Title: Ocean Orchestra!
Description: trombonefish, harmoni-crab and manta-lin
Description: trombonefish, harmoni-crab and manta-lin
DirkPitt - July 18, 2004 01:51 AM (GMT)
Conductor leads underwater 'performance' snor:
BIG PINE KEY, Fla. -- Using a red snorkel as a baton, a symphony conductor in scuba gear led a group of underwater "musicians" wearing tuxedos and sequins Saturday at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
The scene was part of the annual Underwater Music Festival, which attracted more than 400 divers and snorkelers to Looe Key Reef.
A radio station's six-hour broadcast was piped beneath the sea via Lubell Laboratory underwater speakers, providing the music as Key West Symphony maestro Sebrina Maria Alfonso led a troupe pretending to play fake instruments including a trombonefish, harmoni-crab and manta-lin.
"I can put conducting an underwater orchestra on my resume now," said Alfonso, who has also conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops and the Tokyo Philharmonic.
The event was created in 1984 by Bill Becker, news director for WCNK, a jazz-format station.
"We wanted to come up with a cultural event to combine music and the coral reefs of the Keys," Becker said. "We use a lot of New Age music. It just seems to sound good underwater."
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BIG PINE KEY, Fla. -- Using a red snorkel as a baton, a symphony conductor in scuba gear led a group of underwater "musicians" wearing tuxedos and sequins Saturday at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
The scene was part of the annual Underwater Music Festival, which attracted more than 400 divers and snorkelers to Looe Key Reef.
A radio station's six-hour broadcast was piped beneath the sea via Lubell Laboratory underwater speakers, providing the music as Key West Symphony maestro Sebrina Maria Alfonso led a troupe pretending to play fake instruments including a trombonefish, harmoni-crab and manta-lin.
"I can put conducting an underwater orchestra on my resume now," said Alfonso, who has also conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops and the Tokyo Philharmonic.
The event was created in 1984 by Bill Becker, news director for WCNK, a jazz-format station.
"We wanted to come up with a cultural event to combine music and the coral reefs of the Keys," Becker said. "We use a lot of New Age music. It just seems to sound good underwater."
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
joke - July 18, 2004 05:46 PM (GMT)
when will they discover the waterproof-guitar?..etc.. j:
tonym5 - July 18, 2004 06:19 PM (GMT)
What next? :lol:
Kellym - July 18, 2004 08:04 PM (GMT)
:rolleyes: Honestly!
leopoldville - July 20, 2004 03:36 PM (GMT)
a mind is a terrible thing to waste, as we are being constantly reminded of. On the other hand, it looks like a pretty cool time. j:
snor: leo
snor: leo
Loren - July 20, 2004 06:49 PM (GMT)
When you are from down South, you tend to do alot of "off the wall" things snor:
Your right tonym5...what next?
Your right tonym5...what next?