• AUGUST 2008 •
Serving the Greater Hobo Population Since 1946
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ORIGINAL HOBO BAND NEWSLETTER
AUGUST, 2008
(Subject to Change)
Check the Web site (http://www.originalhoboband.org) for the lastest engagement updates.
Click on the [MAP] if you need driving directions.
JULY
AUGUST (cont’d)
Thursday, July 31, 7:30 p.m.
Ventnor Beach Concert
No Rain Date
Duration: 1.5 hrs.
Newport Ave. & Boardwalk (Beach Gazebo)
Van will be leaving hall - time TBA
Saturday, August 23rd, 8:00 p.m.
Cape May Summer Concert
Bandstand Gazebo
No rain date.
AUGUST
Tuesday, August 5th, 7:00 p.m.
Sunset Auditorium — Concert
Youth Bands I and II including
World Premiere of Commissioned Selection
for Youth Band II.
Thursday, August 7th, 7:00 p.m.
Sunset Auditorium, Pitman — Concert
Youth Band III and Hobo Band
Monday, August 11th, 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Camp Sun n' Fun (ARC) Concert
1036 Tuckohoe Road (Rt 555 north of Rt 322)
Williamstown, NJ (one hour)
No Rain Date
Thursday, August 14th
Ocean City Baby Parade
Step Off: 10:15 a.m.
Between 5th & 6th & The Boardwalk
Distance: Approx 7-8 blocks
Free Parking: 5th & Beach (enter on 6th St.)
No Rain Date
Thursday, August 14th, 8-10 p.m.
Combined Rehearsal w/Bonsal Blues
Hobo Hall
Monday, August 18th
Combined Concert w/Bonsal Blues
Rotary Park Gazebo, East Barber Ave.,
Woodbury, NJ
SEPTEMBER
Thursday, September 4th, 7:30 p.m.
Sunset Auditorium, Pitman — Concert
Harvest Night
Saturday, September 6th
Pennsville Septemberfest Parade
Step Off: 11am
Rain Date: Sunday, Sept. 7, 11am
Route 49 (Broadway) & Acme Shopping Ctr
Parade Ends: Route 49 (Broadway) near
vicinity of Riverview Beach Park
Distance: Approx 1 mile
OCTOBER
Saturday, October 4th, 9:30 am stepoff
Maurice River Township Parade
Parade start: meet at WIPCO
Parade ends downtown Leesburg
Buses will return Hobos to cars
Rain date Sunday, October 5th, same time.
If a cow laughed, would milk come out of her
nose?
Whatever happened to Preparation A through
G?
And remember: When you put the words "The"
and "IRS" together it spells "THEIRS"!
AUGUST, 2008
ORIGINAL HOBO BAND NEWSLETTER
According to many learned psychologists, playing classical music for a child will have a certain
effect on the psychological growth of that child,
depending on the composer and the particular
piece being listened to. The following effects
have been thoroughly documented:
Mozart Effect: playing classical music to your
children raises their IQ.
Cage Effect: A child is sometimes quiet for 4
minutes, 33 seconds, and then pretends he's
been having a conversation with you.
Liszt Effect: Child speaks rapidly and extravagantly, but never really says anything important.
Brahms Effect: Child plagiarizes so forcefully
that onlookers marvel at his learning, scholarship, and of course, force.
Bruckner Effect: Child speaks very slowly and
repeats himself frequently. Gains reputation for
profundity.
Wagner Effect: Child becomes a megalomaniac.
May eventually marry his sister.
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I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger.
Then it hit me.
Police were called to a day care where a threeyear-old was resisting a rest.
Did you hear about the guy whose whole left
side was cut off?
He's all right now.
The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table
was Sir Cumference.
The butcher backed up into the meat grinder
and got a little behind in his
work.
To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
When fish are in schools they sometimes take
debate.
The short fortune teller who escaped from
prison was a small medium at large.
A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.
Mahler Effect: Child continually screams - at
great length and volume - that he's dying.
A thief fell and broke his leg in wet cement. He
became a hardened criminal.
Verdi Effect: Child continually screams.
Schoenberg Effect: Child never repeats a word
until he's used all the other words in his vocabulary. Sometimes talks backwards. Eventually,
people stop listening to him. Child blames them
for their inability to understand him.
Thieves who steal corn from a garden could be
charged with stalking.
We'll never run out of math teachers because
they always multiply.
When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U .C.L.A .
Webern Effect: Child.
Babbitt Effect: Child gibbers nonsense all the
time. Eventually, people stop listening to him.
Child doesn't care because all his playmates
think he's cool.
The math professor went crazy with the blackboard. He did a number on it.
The professor discovered that her theory of
earthquakes was on shaky ground.
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ORIGINAL HOBO BAND NEWSLETTER
AUGUST, 2008
No, I don’t really know why I’m here…
But my ears always itch when I’m supposed to play.
I know we have more toys than this…
I found ‘em, but the one yesterday was this big…
I think I’ll just sleep this one out.
We’re just SO happy to be here, thanks for asking!
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ORIGINAL HOBO BAND NEWSLETTER
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Hey! Are you laughin at me? You think I’m
funny-lookin’? Just look in a mirror, fella…
Is that whatcha do with that thing?
Them bones, them bones gonna walk — or march — or just fool around...?
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ORIGINAL HOBO BAND NEWSLETTER
August Birthdays
PRESIDENT: Rich McKee
VICE PRESIDENT: Jill Wiese
RECORDING SECRETARY: Bev Williams
Gandy, Jean . . . . . . . . . . . . .August 11
Ryder, Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . .August 15
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: Nate Gable
Daly, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . .August 16
TREASURER: Henry Ryder
Murray, Betty . . . . . . . . . . . .August 17
DIRECTOR: Siegfried (“Sig”) Johnson
FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:
(“Brother”) Phil Blackman
SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:
(“Super”) Steve Wagner
BUSINESS MANAGER: Alan Weinstein
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER: Bev Williams
LIBRARIAN: Bob Hitman
FIRST ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN: Ed Kille
SECOND ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN: Doug Cotter
TRUSTEES: Joe Butterick, Bill Lamb,
Walt McCleary, Larry Moore, Pete White
Weinstein, Alan . . . . . . . . . . .August 21
Wagner, Steve . . . . . . . . . . . .August 23
CALLING ALL
WIND PLAYERS /
DRUMMERS
The Original Hobo Band rehearses
every Thursday evening at 8 p.m. at
Hobo Hall, Lambs Rd. & Holly Ave.
(next to J. G. Cook’s Restaurant).
Come on over and sit in.