Get Ready/Power Rangers

Get ready everybody. There will be a guest post from Lizzie McMizzie in 3 days.

THREE.

DAYS.

2/21/12

Instead of your usual scheduled programming, she will be taking over for me here, and I will be taking over for her on Wanderingwrites.com.

It's gonna be special.

Until then, here is a quick post on trombonists and their awkward childish love of all things Power Rangers.

Power Ranger Trombonists

Power Rangers was a very popular children's show in the 90's. For some reason, it caught on with trombonists and future trombonists.

The older trombonists were introduced to it by their students, and it quickly became an obsession.

Other trombonists were introduced to the Power Rangers as children, outgrew the show, and rediscovered it when they decided to play the trombone.

Today, Power Rangers are not as prominent in society, but the Rangers' series is still being produced, and the trombonists make up over half of the demographic of viewers. 

What started as a harmless antic of dressing up as Power Rangers for Halloween has turned into a full-fledged awkward nightmare. When they aren't practicing or throwing back copious amounts of alcohol, many trombonists spend their time in their mothers' basement. It is there that these unfortunate forty-something year-old's dress up as their favorite Rangers and watch reruns of the old show.

Trombonists take every opportunity to wear Power Ranger costumes. The minute trombonists return from rehearsals that require them to wear decent attire, they run into their parents houses yelling "It's morphin' time!" and proceed to change in front of whoever is at the house. Unfortunately, this has caused the parents of many trombonists to stop inviting people over due to the awkward situations that arise from bosses seeing the son of an employee stark naked.

Now although trombonists are awkward, they do hang out with other trombonists. This becomes incredibly true when it comes to Power Rangers. I can't tell you how many Power Ranger play dates occur each week among trombone sections.

Most trombone sections meet as many times outside rehearsal that they can. Conductors think that during these times the trombonists run through excerpts as loud and as obnoxiously as possible, but in reality, they spend this time romping through basements and wooded areas taking down imaginary Megazords.

So there you have it. A secret view into the private lives of trombonists. Some musicians enjoy playing golf, some enjoy doing athletics.  Trombonists like dress-up and make-believe.

Now if you'll excuse me,

It's morhpin' time.

-The Socially Awkward Trombone