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28 Jan 17 - 01:10 PM (#3835340) Subject: National Kazoo Day From: GUEST,Ed Silberman Rejoice and Glad! Today is National Kazoo Day in the USA http://nationalkazooday.com/ |
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28 Jan 17 - 01:31 PM (#3835342) Subject: RE: National Kazoo Day From: GUEST Given the executive order that your President has just enacted, today is not a day to 'rejoice and be glad' about the USA... |
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28 Jan 17 - 04:40 PM (#3835385) Subject: RE: National Kazoo Day From: keberoxu From the Georgia State Fair to Beaufort South Carolina, eh? One time, when we were all teenagers and all singing in the same high school chorus, we passed a kazoo around. When we were done, the kazoo was never the same. At the time I didn't know what a kazoo was made of, and had no idea why the little thing had lost its buzz. Now that I know that it's about a strategically positioned piece of paper, it's easier to guess what happened. Either the paper was blown out of line from too much wind, or it got soggy and melted because the singing was too wet. I personally blame it on Juanita. She had never laid eyes on a kazoo before; she came up in church, singing gospel, and when she raised her soprano voice, the walls shook. I think she killed that little kazoo without even trying. |
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28 Jan 17 - 05:54 PM (#3835407) Subject: RE: National Kazoo Day From: Sandra in Sydney poor kazoo |
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28 Jan 17 - 06:15 PM (#3835412) Subject: RE: National Kazoo Day From: keberoxu Poor kazoo, is right. It never buzzed again. When you hummed into it, all you got was a whimpering noise. |
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29 Jan 17 - 03:08 AM (#3835455) Subject: RE: National Kazoo Day From: Roger the Skiffler ...and I missed it! RtS |
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29 Jan 17 - 05:27 AM (#3835464) Subject: RE: National Kazoo Day From: GeoffLawes This instrument was known as a tommy talker here in Yorkshire and there was a tradition of Tommy Tallker bands with competitions . See the article here from Musical Traditions No 1, Mid 1983. Article MT072 http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/t_talker.htm |
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29 Jan 17 - 06:42 AM (#3835469) Subject: RE: National Kazoo Day From: Senoufou When I was young (about a million years ago) we used that Izal shiny toilet paper wrapped around a comb. It made an excellent kazoo, and if the paper got soggy, you merely visited the toilet and obtained another sheet. We had a little band with a Hohner harmonica, a melodeon, two recorders and the comb-and-paper. If we managed to sneak into the school music room during lunchtime, we also put Izal paper on the piano wires. The result was a very pleasing percussion sound, like a snare drum, when one played certain notes. We sang folk songs and hymns to this cacophony. It makes me smile now, but we really enjoyed all that at the time! |
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29 Jan 17 - 05:22 PM (#3835571) Subject: RE: National Kazoo Day From: Sandra in Sydney one of my friends, a retired teacher used to offer workshops for young childre3n at festivals. I loved watching as the whole audience toddled or walked forward to grab a shaky or rattly instrument & join in! Even the babes in arms could participate. |
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29 Jan 17 - 05:34 PM (#3835576) Subject: RE: National Kazoo Day From: Senoufou The principle is the same with a swazzle. This is a device used by Punch and Judy 'professors' to make the harsh voice of Punch. They pop it in the mouth between the tongue and the teeth, and can move it around so the voices of the other characters can be made too. It's a reed type of a thing. Sometimes the 'professor' accidentally swallows it, and attaches a piece of thread to the end so it can be retrieved to save him from choking! When Punch says, "That's the way to do it!" in that weird voice, it's because of the swazzle. |
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30 Jan 17 - 05:20 AM (#3835659) Subject: RE: National Kazoo Day From: GeoffLawes Here is a link to the book "The Tommy Talker Bands Of The West Riding. The History And Development Of a Working-Class Entertainment." Paperback – 1979 by R. & Clarke, A. Wharton (Author)for sale on Amazon for $21.88 https://www.amazon.com/Riding-History-Development-Working-Class-Entertainment/dp/B00183DFE6 |
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02 Feb 17 - 09:51 PM (#3836413) Subject: RE: National Kazoo Day From: Tattie Bogle Ah, you poor people have obviously never experienced the World Paper and Comb Champoionships at Stonehaven Folk Festival in mid-July each year. A standard issue comb, supplied by a local barber, and "bog"-standard toilet paper, (not like the soft cushioned stuff you get these days!) One year it had "Government property" stamped on it! Usually on a theme. I have in the past been World Champion, with my rendition of "Highland Cathedral" and my friend holds the current record with her manic rampage through "Doh, a deer" from "The Sound of Music". Various past winners on YouTube too. And I always keep one of those standard issue combs and pieces of old-fashioned toilet paper in my handbag, in case anyone sings that song by Pete Betts, "They don't write them like that any more". It refers to someone playing paper and comb in the last verse, so can duly oblige during the fial chorus! |
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02 Feb 17 - 10:44 PM (#3836416) Subject: RE: National Kazoo Day From: meself "National Kazoo Day" my foot! It's obvious that the kazoo manufacturers invented this holiday just so they could sell more of their lousy product! Furthermore: everyone knows that the Acme and Ajax Kazoo Companies are owned by the same man! |