{"id":32219,"date":"2024-09-25T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/?p=32219"},"modified":"2024-10-02T09:27:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T13:27:16","slug":"fall-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/25\/fall-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"FALL GUY"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
\nI was<\/strong> <\/span>putting away my tenor sax. I was seated. The wooden chair leg snapped and I fell into a bunch of flower bouquets stage-side. Wet flowers. Luckily I had on a heavy tux jacket. I landed on my shoulder. I wore the heavy tux because it was cold out (earlier this month); the wedding gig was in a tent with no heat. Good news. I didn\u2019t injured anything.<\/p>\n

When an old person tumbles, it’s newsworthy, at least to the tumbler. I see falls occasionally on gigs \u2013 old people doing the hora and tripping. Once a young woman tripped and broke her ankle. She was scheduled to run a marathon. It’s all about the shoes.<\/p>\n

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Seven steps in Michigan. (Camp Michigania)<\/p><\/div>\n

Seven steps in Michigan . . . I was walking down some steps in Michigan last month. The stairs were outside, it was dark and everybody was saying “Look at the blue moon — the super moon!” I did, and I went flying. I had just seen the Olympics on TV; maybe that’s why, in mid-air, I decided to \u201cplant\u201d like a gymnast and then roll on my right shoulder. I had on a polar fleece jacket. Again, nothing happened. 2-for-2.<\/p>\n

A friend<\/span> <\/strong>sprained her ankle hiking in Colorado on vacation. An acquaintance broke her hip in Cuba on a trip (literally); she wound up staying down there a couple extra weeks. In Mexico I fell off a mountain bike and injured my ribs. That was five years ago. I’d like to blank that out. I bruised my ribs. Not broken, not fractured, just bruised. At least I think I was just bruised; I never got an X-ray to find out. I could breathe. It was a little difficult to play the clarinet but I could.<\/p>\n

Roll with it. Hope your luck holds.<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Yiddishe Cup plays the University Heights Fall Fest 12-1 pm this Sunday (Aug. 29) at Walter Stinson Park, 2301 Fenwick Rd, University Heights, Ohio. The event is free.
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