Paper Bag #20 ~ June 24, 1997 Mulcahy's ~ Wantagh , LI, NY |
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The 20th Baggiversery in 4D The 20th Paper Bag is dedicated to the memory of Sally Scudder |
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209 participants
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Instrumentation: Mike Guido, Tony Rome, 5 Cheese Calzones, 10 vocalists, 11 guitars, 6 keyboards, 2 harmonicas, 6 horns, 8 basses, 15 percussionists, 78 crew members, 52 ladies auxiliary, 13 on the Group W Bench Tell us your Paper Bag #20 highlight |
Highlights:
as a song was
being played, we simultaneously played a videotape of the same song from
an earlier Bag, hence, the 4th dimension, time.
Mike Cummings and Peggy Kelly in drag . . again. Suite Judy Blue Eyes,
Jim Small as the King, I Am the Walrus Goo Goo Ga Joob, the striptease
on stage
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It was 20 bags ago today…Can you believe it? 382 different people have participated in the Paper Bag during that span, totalling 2066.5 “bagyears”. We will exist in 4D this year…yes, we will actually laugh in the face of time as it stares back at us. We need someone to volunteer to dub some video tape, please let me know if you are available for that. The final (tentative) songlist is on the back of this sheet. It is in show order. Vocalists please see Mr. Barca and sign up for unclaimed songs (1st come, 1st served). Instrumentalists must check with your Section Leader for song assignments. On run-through day (Mon June 23) we must end at 9:30pm so the club can open. Please be on time that night and be ready when you are needed. Everyone should be checking with your Section Leader so that you are kept up to date. Please get your ticket money in early. Please bring a can of food for donation to those in our community who are less fortunate than we. Thanks Mark Coffee, the man who procures our shirts is the father of twins and a very hard working individual. He plays in the guitar section and has much music to learn. Please inform Mr. Guido now as to what name and number you would like on your shirt and save this guy some precious time. We thank you. Itinerary |
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Useless Paper Bag Statistics In this, our 20th year there are 206 players in the bag, who’s experience totals 1,426 bags, for an average of 6.92 years experience. We thought you would enjoy a breakdown by section.
Sally Send your comments, suggestions and jokes. Don’t forget to leave out the “e” in Paper. Last year some guy in Iowa got a ton of my e-mail. The Savannah Joe Kommnick “Are these donuts fresh?” Moment Many of you in the Paper Bag community knew Joe Kommnick simply as “Savannah.” I had the privilege working with this gentle man in the clubs on the South Shore for over 10 years. Savannah Joe was a bright ray of happiness that cut through the smoky air and shined into your heart. He was always ready with a joke, your favorite libation, or an absurd movie quote . There was never anything harsh about Savannah Joe…none of the rough edges many of us who live the night life develop. I miss his company. In 1996 we inaugurated the tradition of performing a song each year that connects us with Joe, so that we may have a vehicle to help us remember this fine man. This year, Midnight Train To Georgia is dedicated to Savannah Joe. In keeping with Joe’s sense of humor, and to ease the melancholy of the moment, before we begin the song, We ask all of you to place an index finger, held horizontally, just below your nose and all together ask in a falsetto voice …“Are these donuts fresh?” THE BROWN PAPER
BAG is the only
thing civilized man has produced that does not seem out of place in
nature. Crumpled into a wad of wrinkles, like the fossilized brain
of a dryad; looking weathered; seemingly slow and rough enough to
be a product of natural evolution; its brownness the low key brown
of potato skin and peanut shell, dirty but pure; its kinship to tree
unobstructed by the cruel crush of industry; absorbing the elements
like any other organic entity a No. 8 Kraft brown paper bag lay discarded
in the hills of Huntington and it appears to live where it lay No one of the musicians or crew members are paid for these performances, we do it because we are having more fun than anyone on the planet. 1997 SECTION
LEADERS Tony
Rome • Scott Savitt |
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