Forget snakes. On this plane, it's violins that have people treble-ing. Seriously. Musicians Nicolas Kendall and Zach De Pue were kicked off a US Airways flight from Charlotte, N.C., to Fayetteville, Ark., on Monday, after attempting to bring their instruments on board the aircraft as carry-on. CNN reports De Pue, who is the concertmaster of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, has a violin worth $250,000 -- enough, he says, that he wasn't willing to risk it in the cargo-hold. "We were stopped a...
These Violinists Broke Out In Musical Protest On The Tarmac After Being Booted From Flight
The Huffington Post - 29 May 2014 23:33
Forget snakes. On this plane, it's violins that have people treble-ing. Seriously. Musicians Nicolas Kendall and Zach De Pue were kicked off a US Airways flight from Charlotte, N.C., to Fayetteville, Ark., on Monday, after attempting to bring their instruments on board the aircraft as carry-on. CNN reports De Pue, who is the concertmaster of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, has a violin worth $250,000 -- enough, he says, that he wasn't willing to risk it in the cargo-hold. "We were stopped a...
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