Saturday, December 25, 2010
The letter goes on to say: "Just think--every campaign marching club will want to equip each member with (a Rooter)...imitates drum corps, frogs croaking, pigs squealing, etc...wanted at every football game, baseball game, street and other fairs, carnivals, campaign rallies, ratification meetings, shivaries, etc. Folks don’t do much in the way of ‘shivaries’ any more--it’ll get you shot these days!”
You’ve seen trumpet players use a wow-wow mute, moving the mute as they play and making a doo-wah sound? Well, use you palm over the horn of this game call in the same manner as you crank it, and it sounds just like a bullfrog croaking. (I must admit though, I’ve gigged a thousand frogs, and I’ve never heard of anyone using a “frog call.)
