This is Madness

March Madness is never limited to basketball. Lucasfilm is presenting their own tournament to determine who is the favorite character in the entire Star Wars universe. The bracket is divided into the Light Side and the Dark Side, guaranteeing matchups between the two in the final four and possibly in the championship round. No seeds or odds are apparent, but the way the brackets are laid out, Yoda, Obi-Wan, Luke, and Han are all in same region, so only of those can make it to the final four, but Darth Vader vs the Emperor will be a possibility. Voting in the first round will begin Monday, and the final matchup is on April 9th. Link -via CNET


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"he bracket is divided into the Light Side and the Dark Side, guaranteeing a matchup between the two in the final round."

Actually it does not. The way it is laid out it guarantees that the light and dark will face off twice in the final four. You could end up with a Luke vs Lea or a Vader vs Buba.

The seeding seems kind of top heavy on both sides.
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This is one of my favorite pieces! Leroy Anderson writes some really inventive things, and my father exposed us kids to his ingenuity pretty early on.

Thanks for sharing the link! I haven't heard this in years, and I've never seen a film of it in performance.
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Shakespeare, you need to watch this "performance", it's a true classic, Jerry Lewis in "Who's Minding The Store": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7ySmnxy29Q
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Nice to see a percussionist take the forefront.

They'd better hang onto that typewriter, though. In about 50 years you won't be able to find any of these and this piece will be lost to the ages : )
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Very cool piece but I can't help but be reminded that there is an entire generation coming up that has likely never used a real typewriter. I think alot of the coolness of this piece stems from our familiarity with the sound of a typewriter. What happens when that familiarity is lost?
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He could type faster if he used more than two fingers.

I've always liked this piece. Leroy Anderson captured a whole era with his music.
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I've played that! Its really a fun piece. I can't wait to get home so I can hear the recording. When we played it, we had the guy dress like a very prim 1950s secretary. It was awesome.
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Sweet! We performed that either in high school or junior high back in the late seventies or early eighties. Trinity High School in Euless, Texas or Central Junior High. It's sad I can't recall which it was!

That was so much fun to play! A very pretty clarinet player was our typist. She did a phenomenal job with acting out the part. Coincidentally, she was the junior high school principle's daughter. She was cool in that she never took advantage of who her dad was. Those were some great days! :)
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I can only echo what the others have said. Never seen it actually performed either.

Alex, go sit in the corner and hang your head. Now!
Take Kalel with you.
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