Tomorrow evening, November 1st, 2008 (in the Hoobah Boobah calendar, that would be the 42nd day of the Hoobah Boobah month of Moxdaxk -- you can see the earlier post on the construction of the Hoobah Boobah calendar, which is very different from our calendar), the Royal Symphony of Hoobah Boobah Land will be performing at the Royal Palace for the King Ralph VI and his family, along with an exclusive audience of a few hundred other guests.
The orchestra will first perform the Hoobah Boobah national anthem. The program will also feature a piece by Hoobah Boobah Land's greatest composer, Milityosh Probonizh. Tomorrow night they will play his masterpiece, the Concerto for Reed Flute in A flat minor (the reed flute is an instrument native to Hoobah Boobah Land, similar to the Australian Aborigine instrument, the didgeridoo).
The conductor is one of the few women to lead a major orchestra anywhere in the world. 77 year-old Haaarixicat Xylizzzx has been conductor and music director of the Royal Symphony for almost 40 years.
Tomorrow, she will say sternly, "Bokko Cheechnynya!" to the musicians (that means "listen everyone"). She will tap her baton sharply, and shout, "Ek, dwy, pleeky florz!" (that means, "one, two, ready, go). When each piece is finished, the audience will shout "Skreekaz Haaarixicatzee!" (which means, "great job, Haaarixicat").
The conductor of the Royal Symphony of Hoobah Boobah Land is so beloved, everyone just calls her 'Haaarixicat', and not 'Mrs. Xylizzzx'.
