April 7, 2005

  • It's looking unlikely that Alex will be heading to Naples after
    all.  He "excelled out" early from music school and graduated a
    couple of days ago with four others, only those four have received
    their orders and Alex has heard zip.

    There are no tuba openings on the website the Navy has for such
    postings.  It had looked a couple of weeks ago as if he WAS going
    to get Italy, since there had been the opening posted, then the website
    was closed down (as happens periodically as posts are filled and new
    ones put up), Alex told he was graduating early, and the website comes
    back up only Italy's no longer on it.

    Looked like Ciao! for sure. 

    Then the Navy said no one was receiving orders until April. 

    Okay.  Fine. 

    April's here.  He graduates.

    Silence. 

    I suppose someone with more seniority (which would be darn near
    everyone, as he's just graduated) decided he'd like the Naples
    spot.  Which is fine, except there aren't any other openings for
    tubists, so he'll just have to sit and wait for something to
    appear.  Talk about being unable to make plans! 

Comments (5)

  • Speaking of tubas, our local concert band did a piece at one of their performances that was a duet for tuba and bassoon.  They said it was the only piece ever written as a duet for those two instruments, and I can believe it.  I laughed all the way through it, which wasn't an insult to the musicians because it was presented in a lighthearted vein.

    I do hope Alex gets a good posting and hopefully not one in the Aleutians or somewhere similar.  Although Alaska is lovely in the summer. 

  • I don't think there's a fleet band in Alaska.

    He wants badly to stay right there in Norfolk. They love the house they're in, they have friends from college there (John's a tubist in the Norfolk base fleet band), they've made other friends, and just basically like the area.

  • Better get used to it, Anne.

  • Skunks.

  • Have he and Charles ever gotten together to play dueling...well, as I recall C doesn't play a *tuba* precisely but...you know what I mean...? I thought that might be a somewhat humorous picture. Some things don't translate from banjo well. Probably a lot of things.

    - Dennis

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