Message: 12
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:49:45 -0800
From: "Hellerman, Steven" <shellerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] RE: Harmonicas and Air Travel
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Always have my harps as carry-on, and usually as I shuffle barefoot
by the person at the screen w/ the puzzled look on their face I say:
"Harmonicas" and they'll nod and wave me through. But sometimes
they'll want to check them out. Doesn't take too long, and then I'll
pick one out of the case and play a little blues riff for them. They
always laugh and send me on my way. Back in 2004-2005 I was taking
the Jet Blue Redeye from Ontario, CA to JFK about twice a month and
became known in that terminal as The Guy With the Harmonicas. The
security crew got to expect a little serenade when I came by, and
one TSA guy made a point to always show me this antique Hohner he
carried around w/ him, used to be his Grandpa's. I only fly about
twice a year these days, and -- alas -- Jet Blue doesn't fly out of
Ontario anymore. So now I have to fly out of Burbank. That sucks
because it's a hell of a lot further away from home in the IE (like
over an hour vs twenty minutes), and the security !
there is not quite so appreciateve of harp players, lol.