I went to the Halloween Midnight Concert put on by the Wake Forest University Symphony Orchestra. It was 95% for fun and was quite enjoyable. Recorded music would come on the loudspeakers as each section walked out as a group to take their seats. For example, the theme from "I Love Lucy" came on as the Bass section walked out and the theme from "Deliverance" came on when the Woodwinds walked out. Anyway, some of the Timpani came out like Carolina Panthers Football players complete with Referees.
JohnK will have to help me out here - at one point in the performance they began to play the piece that has the "Olympic Kettle Drums" (don't know what that is) in it. The Referee stood up blowing his whistle and threw a penalty flag at the Conductor. Everyone was caught off guard and the place fell silent. Penalty was Delay of Orchestra. I thought it was pretty clever and all the students were cracking up.
