Randy Stein Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 (edited) I used to perform a 45 minute musical acrobatic clown show back in the 1970s and 80s. It had lots of flips and handstands and total craziness. I was asked to be part of a Chanukah Spiel at my synagogue with a request to play my EC as part of some comedic musical act. Here is my performance sans handstands and flips.https://youtu.be/z6TnaGczg9c Edited January 17 by Randy Stein 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Schulteis Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 That was great fun, Randy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Squeezer Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 That was awesome, would love to see the full clown / acrobatics act! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Day Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 I appreciate the hell of a lot of work and practice you put into this. Well done Randy. Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
symon Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Bravo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMON GABRIELOW Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 It takes a lot of courage and dedication to entertain people - and make it seem so effortless - great stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Day Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 It is strange that as a musical instrument concertinas have been used in many clown acts. I remember as a small boy with my parents on Clapham Common going to the Circus and the White Faced Clown played a miniature concertina. As tiny as I was then perhaps it started my love for the instrument. Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 59 minutes ago, Alan Day said: It is strange that as a musical instrument concertinas have been used in many clown acts. Here’s a thread from almost 18 years ago when we discussed that very topic: And my post in that thread about Bob Berkey, who I was going to mention here when I found this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Stein Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 10 hours ago, Alan Day said: It is strange that as a musical instrument concertinas have been used in many clown acts. Well, I can answer this based on my experience. The concertina is visually interesting and easily moved and manipulated. It is compact so even if you have multiple instruments, they travel easily. I was already performing as an acrobat and looking to develop my own solo act. I wanted to use music in my act. I picked up a cheap 30 button honer EC in a pawn shop. I could do a flip off my partners shoulders while playing the concertina. That I fell in love with the instrument enough to invest my time into it was a gift. Plus one doesn't get as hurt playing the EC, in most cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Day Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 (edited) Doing a back flip with a concertina is something I shall put on the back burner for a while. Your story reminds me of a video of a group that featured a concertina and the player on completion of the tune threw the concertina up in the air. There was a sort of silence as it descended from sky ,completely missed by the player and nearly knocked out one of the band members. Al Edited January 19 by Alan Day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMON GABRIELOW Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 There's a comedy scene in a Laurel and Hardy film with an Anglo [20 button] concertina, being severely punished by Stan Laurel [ poor thing] it really gets a good bit of musical torture [ playing sound is mimed too obviously; not him playing it!].. Maybe they lend themselves to theatrical things, because they can transform physically from small, to long, in shape, in a few seconds, which lends itself to visual trickery, and humour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wild Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 13 hours ago, Alan Day said: Doing a back flip with a concertina is something I shall put on the back burner for a while. Your story reminds me of a video of a group that featured a concertina and the player on completion of the tune threw the concertina up in the air. There was a sort of silence as it descended from sky ,completely missed by the player and nearly knocked out one of the band members. Al I think that was one year at Concertinas at Witney, at the tutors' concert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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