Christmas 2007 Concert

From left to right: Bob Weller, Peter Kyhn, Dick Johnson, Tom Leander, Earl Cosbey, Joe Savard, James Arthur, Kevin Bembry, Bob Cochran, Michael Eastin

Guest Artists Visit Bones Southwest

On Monday, September 10, 2007, Bones Southwest was honored by visits from Ralph Sauer and John Lofton.  Ralph Sauer is the recently retired principal trombonist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.  John Lofton is the bass trombonist of the Phoenix Symphony.  Mr. Sauer played solo material for us and gave us some practical tips on playing, and Mr. Lofton sat in during the rehearsal.  Ralph Sauer joined us in playing toward the end of the rehearsal.

The presence of these two wonderful artists made it a very special night for us.  What a fun night!

We were sounding pretty good at this point in the rehearsal.  Everyone was all warmed up, and Ralph Sauer was nice enough to join in!

From left to right: Michael Walker, Joe Savard, Ralph Sauer, Kevin Bembry, Bob Cochran

John Lofton sat in with our regular bass tromboninsts.  This is one serious bass trombone section, folks.  What a sound!

From left to right: Bob Weller, John Lofton, Dick Strobel, Dick Johnson

Joe consults with Ralph while the Bobs have a discussion.

From left to right: Ralph Sauer, Joe Savard, Bob Cochran, Bob Weller

From left to right, with backs to camera: Michael Walker, Lee Wygant, James Arthur, Yolanda Johnson

From left to right, facing camera: Joe Savard, Kevin Bembry, Bob Cochran, Michael Eastin

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