Flag Room Pianist Shocked to Still Be Waiting for Standing Ovation
Last Tuesday, Jerome Edwarson spent nearly an hour and seven minutes reciting Frank Liszt’s Liebestraum No. 3 (amongst other selections) and failed to garnish even a light applause, much less the uproar of laudation demanded by the presence of an old fashioned master at work.
It was bad enough that several students demanded Edwardson remove his tweed newsboy cap as soon as he entered the building, but to make matters worse he was even asked several times to “stop hitting the keyboard so hard.” If even a single one of the flag room patrons had examined his music sheets, they would have understood that the mid-way climax of Frédéric Chopin’s Fantaisie-Impromptu in C♯ minor actually calls for fortississimo while he was playing at a mere double forte.
If one thing is certain, it’s that Edwardson will certainly think twice before pulling out his unique rendition of Scott Joplin’s ragtime classic The Entertainer for his fellow Aggies, as it was only during his improvised hands-free harmonica solo that he was asked to stop playing and move to another room.
-Downtown Cryin’
After the crowds of first Friday have settled down for the night, the sobs of Downtown Cryin’ can be heard from blocks away. Legend has it he was told he could take a bus to the game from Downtown Bryan, but it never came. And he haunts those streets to this day.