Now, on this short, shorter, shortest day of the year, The Winter Solstice, my duty am I having as Grand Poobah of the Kopprascharian Kult, the informations to be making to all of you of the renewal of CLAMSAA for another year and for eternity so, I will the mostest sporadics of postings be making to our lists of all of the Clamthems, both ancient and modern, the writings of I have been doing now and then for eternity, so that your holidays have cheer and glory, maybe, if "Nutcrackers" you are playing or your brass quintet has outdoor gigs at the strip mall or little league hockey games so here is the (newly revised) mostest traditional opening Clamthem: THE TWELVE DAYS OF CLAMSAA (to the tune of "The Twelve Days of Christmas") On the first day of Clamsaa, my true love gave to me, A warm-up through every key. On the second day of Clamsaa, my true love gave to me, Two Kopprasch Books, and a warm-up through every key. On the third day of Clamsaa, my true love gave to me, Three section mates, two Kopprasch books, and a warm-up through every key. On the fourth day of Clamsaa, my true love gave to me, Four Wagner tuben, three section mates, two Kopprasch books, and a warm-up through every key. On the fifth day of Clamsaa, my true love gave to me,
FIVE ELKHART CONNS! Four Wagner tuben, three section mates, two Kopprasch books, and a warm-up through every key. On the sixth day of Clamsaa, my true love gave to me, six quarts of valve oil, FIVE ELKHART CONNS! Four Wagner tuben, three section mates, two Kopprasch books, and a warm-up through every key. On the seventh day of Clamsaa, my true love gave to me, seven tubs of slide grease, six quarts of valve oil, FIVE ELKHART CONNS! Four Wagner tuben, three section mates, two Kopprasch books, and a warm-up through every key. On the eighth day of Clamsaa, my true love gave to me, eight silent brass, seven tubs of slide grease, six quarts of valve oil, FIVE ELKHART CONNS! Four Wagner tuben, three section mates, two Kopprasch books, and a warm-up through every key. On the ninth day of Clamsaa, my true love gave to me, nine excerpt books, eight silent brass, seven tubs of slide grease, six quarts of valve oil, FIVE ELKHART CONNS! Four Wagner tuben, three section mates, two Kopprasch books, and a warm-up through every key. On the tenth day of Clamsaa, my true love gave to me, ten conductors flailing, nine excerpt books, eight silent brass, seven tubs of slide grease, six quarts of valve oil, FIVE ELKHART CONNS! Four Wagner tuben, three section mates, two Kopprasch books, and a warm-up through every key. On the eleventh day of Clamsaa, my true love gave to me, eleven screw-rim mouthpieces, ten conductors flailing, nine excerpt books, eight silent brass, seven tubs of slide grease, six quarts of valve oil, FIVE ELKHART CONNS! Four Wagner tuben, three section mates, two Kopprasch books, and a warm-up through every key. On the twelfth day of Clamsaa, my true love gave to me, twelve jars of Carmex, eleven screw-rim mouthpieces, ten conductors flailing, nine excerpt books, eight silent brass, seven tubs of slide grease, six quarts of valve oil, FIVE ELKHART CONNS! Four Wagner tuben, three section mates, two Kopprasch books, and a warm-up through every key. Copywrong renewed for all eternity, 2010 Prof. I. M. Gestopftmitscheist Principal 8th horn and Principal 4th Wagner Tuber, Schplittenotendorf am Oedland Staatsoper und Philharmoniker, (ret.) Solo Horn, Bad Corner Brass Quintet Hornist, Broken Winds WW Quintet Solo 4th Horn (Leader, call me for bookings), Smirnoff Horn Quartet Assistant Associate Principal Mellophone, NJ Turnpike Authority Drum and Bugle Corps, "The Phantom Lane Changers" (ret., bad knees) Hornist as Needed, L'Ensemble du Chambre des Palourdes Principal Natural Horn, I Soloisti di Feces Principal Baroque and Hunting Horn, Camarata Vongoleforte Adjunct, Part-time, Arms-length Professor of Horn and Pest Control, Exit 2 Community College, Exit 2, NJ (Ret.) Adjunct, Part-time, Arms-length Professor of Horn, Pest Control and Home Petroleum Studies, Northern New Hampshire Technical Institute, Bad Corner, NH Owner-Operator, Bad Corner Petroleum Laboratory, "The Worlds Largest Valve Oil Factory" Author, "The Kopprasch Connection," "Kopprasch for Fun and Profit," "Kopprasch for the New Millenium: Where Do you Fit In?" "Hooked on Hornonics," "The DaVinci Clam: Was Kopprasch God's Other Son?" and the new best seller "The Kopprasch Kronicles." Founder, Director and CEO, Universal Institute for the Study, Preservation and Dissemination of Kopprasch Throughout the Solar System Founder and Guru Extraordinaire, Clammers Anonymous (a twelve half step program) Grand Poobah of the Koppraschian Kult Director and Program Manager, The All Kopprasch Channel (AKC), Kopprasch Public Radio (KPR) Host of The Kopprasch Factor on AKC and All Kopprasch Considered on KPR Founder and Disseminator of CLAMSAA, the Universal Holiday for Horn Players Interplanetarily Known Soloist and Artist of Record Exclusive Anborg, Bundy, Carl Fischer, Olds Ambassador, Sansone, Val*Mart and Conn Artist Who Does Not Get His Horns For Free _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
