the Mighty Cattle
** **
Jordan walked into Gary
Cattlesworth's office,
raising his hand as a
greeting.
"'lo, Gary."
"Hello, Jordan. What
is it that you want to
talk to me about."
Mr. Cattlesworth swerved
around in his chair to face
Gombay.
"C'mon, take a seat."
Jordan sat down in front
of Mr. Cattlesworth's desk,
and looked him straight in the
eye,
"Gary, I need to ask you a
favour."
"Yes..."
"Well, would you consider sponsering
my marching band?"
"Why?"
"Dunegon doesn't have good funding
for the music program. I mean, they
don't even have uniforms. Imagine
having to wear a pink, itchy wool
sweater with a lacy neck and polka
dots?"
"Well, Jordan...this is a law firm...."
Cattlesworth seemed to be considering
what Jordan had to say.
"Gary, if you invest in this band, you'll
be known as Cattlesworth, the law firm
that gives back to the community."
"Well...okay."
** **
Jordan led the band into George's shop.
They all ooh-ed and ahhed, excitedly.
Stephanie Bach and the rest of the
clarinet section ran up to a display
of reeds.
00
Trisha and Alysa looked at the piccolos,
on display in the corner.
Everybody was in seventh heaven.
Timmy Caruthers was reading an article
on the side of the cash register. An article
about...Mr G? "'ey Fuzz, Tony come over here!"
Darren and Tony walked over, and were surprised
to hear Timmy say, "Gombay was a Wolverine."
** **
Elsewhere, Gombay was watching Trevor interact
with a tall boy. He leaned over towards Claudia
and asked her, "Claudia, who's that over by
Trevor?"
Claudia opened her mouth to answer, but Katie
beat her to it. "Name's John Thomas. He's in
my math class."
"Heard he repeated sixth grade three t-"
Gombay interupted Claudia and asked,"Does he
play any instruments?"
"Aah, think he's in the fife and drum corps."
"He's got a scholarship, so's he can't play
anything else."
"We might be able to use 'im'."
** **
They'd picked out a uniform, still ugly but better
than their old uniforms, in their school colors
of pink and purple.
They picked out lyres and
A couple of days later, Gombay was being shuttled
in his van to a band director's clinic when he heard
somebody playing a bari sax in the alley. It was good,
until whoever the person was hit a high note. The high
note, consequently, broke the window of the van.
Jordon had his driver stop, and he jumped out of the
van, to chase the boy with the sax. As it was an
alley, Jordon caught the boy, who happened to be
John Thomas.
"Sorry, mister...'bout the window..."
"Ah, don't worry about the window. You're great.
Why aren't you in the band?"
"None of your business."
The boy was clearly not buying Jordan's scheme.
"Come again?"
"None of your business."
"Why not?"
"Fine, I don't know how to use a stand, okay?"
"Is that it?"
And so Jordan had recruited a bari sax player.
** **
The band had taught John how to use a stand,
and he found it easier than he thought it would
be.
Anyways, the band was walking into the school
band room when they saw two students practising
for a chamber music ensemble. They were rather
good, so Jordan asked the band...
"Wanna ask them to join?"
"YEAH!"
** **
Melissa and Mark Waters played flute and bass
clarinet, respectively. Jordan was instructing
her how to play marching band tunes, when
Mark said to Melissa,
"Meli, if you want me to be in a chamber
music thingy, than you gotta be in the
marching band!"
"I'm telling Mom!"
By the end of the practice, Mark had switched
from the bass clarinet to his true love, the
tenor sax.
** **
Will Mark and Melissa help the band improve?
Why can't John use a stand?
Why would a guy play flute?
Find out in the next installment of....
the MIGHTY CATTLE
** **
DISC: You know the drill
** **
Jordan walked into Gary
Cattlesworth's office,
raising his hand as a
greeting.
"'lo, Gary."
"Hello, Jordan. What
is it that you want to
talk to me about."
Mr. Cattlesworth swerved
around in his chair to face
Gombay.
"C'mon, take a seat."
Jordan sat down in front
of Mr. Cattlesworth's desk,
and looked him straight in the
eye,
"Gary, I need to ask you a
favour."
"Yes..."
"Well, would you consider sponsering
my marching band?"
"Why?"
"Dunegon doesn't have good funding
for the music program. I mean, they
don't even have uniforms. Imagine
having to wear a pink, itchy wool
sweater with a lacy neck and polka
dots?"
"Well, Jordan...this is a law firm...."
Cattlesworth seemed to be considering
what Jordan had to say.
"Gary, if you invest in this band, you'll
be known as Cattlesworth, the law firm
that gives back to the community."
"Well...okay."
** **
Jordan led the band into George's shop.
They all ooh-ed and ahhed, excitedly.
Stephanie Bach and the rest of the
clarinet section ran up to a display
of reeds.
00
Trisha and Alysa looked at the piccolos,
on display in the corner.
Everybody was in seventh heaven.
Timmy Caruthers was reading an article
on the side of the cash register. An article
about...Mr G? "'ey Fuzz, Tony come over here!"
Darren and Tony walked over, and were surprised
to hear Timmy say, "Gombay was a Wolverine."
** **
Elsewhere, Gombay was watching Trevor interact
with a tall boy. He leaned over towards Claudia
and asked her, "Claudia, who's that over by
Trevor?"
Claudia opened her mouth to answer, but Katie
beat her to it. "Name's John Thomas. He's in
my math class."
"Heard he repeated sixth grade three t-"
Gombay interupted Claudia and asked,"Does he
play any instruments?"
"Aah, think he's in the fife and drum corps."
"He's got a scholarship, so's he can't play
anything else."
"We might be able to use 'im'."
** **
They'd picked out a uniform, still ugly but better
than their old uniforms, in their school colors
of pink and purple.
They picked out lyres and
A couple of days later, Gombay was being shuttled
in his van to a band director's clinic when he heard
somebody playing a bari sax in the alley. It was good,
until whoever the person was hit a high note. The high
note, consequently, broke the window of the van.
Jordon had his driver stop, and he jumped out of the
van, to chase the boy with the sax. As it was an
alley, Jordon caught the boy, who happened to be
John Thomas.
"Sorry, mister...'bout the window..."
"Ah, don't worry about the window. You're great.
Why aren't you in the band?"
"None of your business."
The boy was clearly not buying Jordan's scheme.
"Come again?"
"None of your business."
"Why not?"
"Fine, I don't know how to use a stand, okay?"
"Is that it?"
And so Jordan had recruited a bari sax player.
** **
The band had taught John how to use a stand,
and he found it easier than he thought it would
be.
Anyways, the band was walking into the school
band room when they saw two students practising
for a chamber music ensemble. They were rather
good, so Jordan asked the band...
"Wanna ask them to join?"
"YEAH!"
** **
Melissa and Mark Waters played flute and bass
clarinet, respectively. Jordan was instructing
her how to play marching band tunes, when
Mark said to Melissa,
"Meli, if you want me to be in a chamber
music thingy, than you gotta be in the
marching band!"
"I'm telling Mom!"
By the end of the practice, Mark had switched
from the bass clarinet to his true love, the
tenor sax.
** **
Will Mark and Melissa help the band improve?
Why can't John use a stand?
Why would a guy play flute?
Find out in the next installment of....
the MIGHTY CATTLE
** **
DISC: You know the drill
