PHOTO PROMPT – © Dale Rogerson
FACE THE MUSIC
Ever since I first saw Wynton Marsalis, I’ve wanted to play the trumpet. Man, that guy can blow.
I asked my Dad, but he said we can’t afford to buy one. I should learn to play Granddad’s Euphonium instead.
Euphonium??! Not even a real tuba? They don’t get money, fame and girls. What does he think, I want to join the USC Marching Band? Name me one famous Euphonium player.
“I was crossing the park bridge, going to the instructor’s. A guy on a bicycle bumped into me, and it bounced off the bridge – twice – and landed in the creek.”
***
Go to Rochelle’s Addicted to Purple site and use her Wednesday photo as a prompt to write a complete 100 word story.
Archon's Den 
My mother used to knit balaclavas for me. How they made me itch. And they looked ridiculous. Strange how many of them were stolen from my locker.
LikeLike
You could have sold them on Amazon, to cold Canadians. Ah, what we do to not break Mother’s heart. 🙂
LikeLike
Dear Archon,
I felt a bit of a disconnect between the last two paragraphs. Did I miss something?
Shalom,
Kilroy
PS I was here.
LikeLike
Just a rowdy teen, perhaps much like yours were, practicing his excuse for what happened to the instrument he never wanted to play. 😦
LikeLike
The excuse he gave his father for “dropping” his lovely instrument, is what I understand from the last bit!
LikeLike
Uh, yup! Since music lessons are off for today, he’s practicing that before he gets home. 😯
LikeLiked by 1 person
Bummer about that Euphonium. Hope there’s no chance of recovery!
LikeLike
I’m pretty sure that’s what he’s hoping also. And those dents might be hard to hammer out, also. 👿
LikeLiked by 1 person
It sure would have a unique sound.
LikeLike
Steel-drum Euphonium?? 😕
LikeLike
Euphoniums get a bad wrap!
LikeLike
Unlike tubas, euphoniums don’t wrap. Either way, he didn’t want to play the Da
m…rned thing anyway. 😦LikeLiked by 1 person
Winton Marsalis is amazing. And yeah, you never hear about the ‘best euphonium blower who ever lived.’
LikeLike
That’s a trick question. Like ‘surly Canadian’, no such person exists. 😆
LikeLike
Surly Canadian… HA! I actually did laugh out loud on that one.
LikeLike
Wait a minute! With me?? Or at me?? 😕
LikeLike
There goes the instrument. And there goes his chance of being the first famous tuba player… he could have been a Youtube celebrety. I love it, great take.
LikeLike
Canada already inflicted Justin Bieber on an unsuspecting world. I think that’s enough. 😳
LikeLiked by 1 person
😀
LikeLike
ha ha . Nice try by that young man.
LikeLike
He’s hoping that the Big Brass isn’t worth recovering, but I’ll bet dad doesn’t buy him a trumpet. “You didn’t take care of Granddad’s Humphonium.” 😯
LikeLike
Is there a famous Euphonium player? There should be. Perhaps the MC can be the first.
LikeLike
‘MC’ says Rap to me. 😕 Add a Euphonium to that and…. “My ears are bleeding! My ears are bleeding!” 😯
LikeLike
That’s one sure-fire way to fix the Euphonium problem.
LikeLike
He may have another problem if that excuse doesn’t hold up. 😳
LikeLike
LOL I don’t think he is going to become the first world famous euphonium player.
LikeLike
‘Weird’ Al Yankovic did wonders with an accordion, but somehow, it’s just not the same. 😆
LikeLiked by 1 person