Silly Little Country

If It was Monday it must have been Rothenburg

... ob der Tauber!

What a lovely town, but also what an unexpected delicious touristic moment.

An American touring band was playing in the Marktplatz and I was lucky enough to settle in to watch a couple of their last numbers. A request had been submitted, for 'anything by Sousa' (I might have asked for some Kenneth Alford). In any case, the conductor came forward to announce they would honor the request, but that he would not conduct - rather, he said there was someone in the audience who could conduct, and he invited this person up - as it turned out, a guy who looked to be in his seventies or eighties, walking with a cane, and full of spirit. He did come up and did conduct 'The Washington Post march', superbly, to the enormous enthusiasm of the audience in the plaza.



A sweet moment. I have no idea who the conductor in the end was, maybe part of a family following this American band, but it hardly mattered. Everybody found it utterly delightful.

posted by Alan Adamson @ 3:58 PM