Musical Crackers

Subject: Musical Crackers
From: Cats
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 02:42 PM

For those of you who want to move from hilarity to insanity at your parties may I suggest Musical Crackers. Take 8 vaguely musically minded lunatics and a box of the aforesaid crackers. In each one you will find a whistle that blows a single note, a badge with a number on it and the obligatory party hat and feeble joke. In the box there is also a baton for the conductor and sheet 'music' (a list of numbers). The conductor points at each number in turn and the person blows their whistle. You might even recognise the tune if you are very lucky. Add to this the odd bottle of wine, port , brandy etc etc and lunacy breaks out. And of course you can't blow your whistle if you are laughing, can you? If you see them about get some and give it a try. I've saved our whistles so just watch out at any festivals we happen to be at this year.....

Subject: RE: Musical Crackers
From: Sooz
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 02:42 PM

Sounds like fun!

Subject: RE: Musical Crackers
From: GUEST
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 02:59 PM

Sounds like you should both grow-up myself!!!!!.

Subject: RE: Musical Crackers
From: Hawker
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 04:52 PM

I dont want to grow up but I have to do something about my bladder control, I almost wet myself!!!! I dont think I have laughed so much since my sister and I invented the tampon trombone. It really was great fun - and the food and drink were excellent (though I would have liked to enjoy more drink!!!!!)
Cheers, Lucy

Subject: RE: Musical Crackers
From: Eye Lander
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 05:09 PM

Grow up? Can someone explain that to me - I don't think I've done that before

Jillie

Subject: RE: Musical Crackers
From: greg stephens
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 05:10 PM

You will find that a lot of the tunes notated come out in the wrong mode. The whistles are tuned in a diatonic major scale(or they are in the crackers I got), so the C to C tunes come out fine. But the ones with keynote F come out with a sharp 4th(B natural instead of flat), which seriously buggers up some of the carols, eg Good King Wenceslas. However, if you are pissed enough, nobody notices!

Subject: RE: Musical Crackers
From: Hawker
Date: 09 Jan 05 - 06:36 PM

We were pissed! All the tunes on the sheet sounded like Good King Wenceslas!!!!!!!!
Tee Hee
Cheers, Lucy

Subject: RE: Musical Crackers
From: Cats
Date: 10 Jan 05 - 01:37 PM

I do have to point out that there was loads to drink but Hawker was driving thus being a good girl. It wasn't that we were being stingy with the alcohol but do appreciate, living in the wilds of Cornwall, that someone has to stay sober to drive!

Subject: RE: Musical Crackers
From: Hawker
Date: 10 Jan 05 - 02:29 PM

OOoops, Sorry Cats, Ididn't mean to make it look like you were being a little mizerly with your booze - there was plenty of it,freely flowing - I was just depressed when we got to the port stage and I had to decline!!!!! and the brandy stage..... when I had to decline!!!!! I'll let KB drive next time - or return the favour and be the hostess who drank the mostest!
Cheers, Lucy