| You may find the 20 questions in this quiz | | | | Answers: 1. Herb Allen, age three, the world's |
| surprising, and the answers more so. Unless, of | | | | youngest drummer, according to the Seattle |
| course, you've already read A Song for the | | | | Post-Intelligencer. 2. Herb Allen, age four, |
| World, the remarkable story of the Colwell | | | | conducted the Seattle Baby Orchestra. 3. Herb |
| Brothers and Herb Allen. (See A Song for the | | | | Allen, age eighteen, was assistant music director |
| World's website, link below). The seed of the | | | | of The Good Road. 4. Steve, Paul, and Ralph |
| book was planted in 2003, when with longtime | | | | Colwell, ages fourteen, twelve, and ten in 1947, |
| friends we were discussing our thoughts for the | | | | were labeled "Motor City Bluegrass Legends" by |
| future. An attorney from California spoke of | | | | Eugene Chadbourne in All-Music Guide. 5. The |
| conflicts facing youth in her city, and the | | | | Colwell Brothers, ages nineteen, seventeen, and |
| desperate need for solutions. "There ought to be | | | | fifteen, were contracted by Columbia Records in |
| a book about the Colwell Brothers and Herb Allen," | | | | 1952. 6. The Colwell Brothers sang in the Japanese |
| she said. It was an idea that everyone in the | | | | Diet in 1957. 7. The Colwells first sang in another |
| room responded to. Then, perhaps because I'm a | | | | language in Switzerland in 1953 for Robert |
| writer, several looked at me. Even if they hadn't, I | | | | Schuman, a founding father of the European |
| knew this was a commission I couldn't refuse. I | | | | Union, and eventually performed in thirty-seven |
| thought it was a story that I knew. But I was | | | | languages and dialects. 8. The Colwell Brothers, in |
| wrong. It was a story nobody knew, bigger than I | | | | uncounted thousands of venues worldwide. 9. The |
| had ever imagined. Writing it was a privilege, and | | | | Colwell Brothers performed in fifty-four countries. |
| an adventure. Do you know: 1. Who was the | | | | 10. The Colwells traveled farther than the Beatles |
| twentieth century's youngest performing | | | | and Elvis Presley combined. 11. Herb Allen in 1964 |
| percussionist? 2. Who was the era's youngest | | | | introduced the Steel Band of Trinidad and Tobago |
| orchestra conductor? 3. Who was with the first | | | | to the U.S. in a national tour. 12. Bob Quesnel, |
| musical production to tour post-World War II | | | | original drummer for Sing Out 65, played |
| Germany? 4. Who were in the first big-city | | | | continuously for one hundred hours and twenty |
| bluegrass band? 5. Who were the youngest trio | | | | minutes in 1964 and made the Guinness Book of |
| contracted by a major record label? 6. Who were | | | | World Records. 13. Up with People's |
| the first Western musicians invited to sing in an | | | | thirty-five-year run was second only to The |
| Asian parliament? 7. Who was in the first | | | | Fantasticks, which closed in 2002. 14. In 1976, Up |
| American musical group to have a | | | | with People played in 771 U.S. cities to a total |
| thirty-seven-language repertoire? 8. Who played in | | | | live-audience of 3.9 million. 15. The Colwells |
| the most venues internationally of their | | | | performed 412 programs on Radio Congo in 1960 |
| generation? 9. Who performed in the most | | | | and toured the country with Up with People in |
| countries of anyone in their generation? 10. Who | | | | 1968. 16. Up with People toured in Yugoslavia in |
| traveled the most miles of any musicians of their | | | | 1974 and Poland in 1976 and 1977. 17. Up with |
| generation? 11. Who introduced Caribbean steel | | | | People toured in China in 1978 and 1985. 18. Up |
| bands to North America? 12. Who set the | | | | with People toured in the Soviet Union in 1988,'89, |
| Guinness World Record for continuous drumming? | | | | '90, and '91. 19. Up with People casts performed in |
| 13. Who created with others the second-longest | | | | Super Bowls X, XIV, XVI, and XX. 20. The |
| running musical of the Twentieth century? 14. | | | | Colwells and Allen, with others. Symphonies: Up |
| What show set the all-time record for U.S. cities | | | | with People performed with Dallas, Denver, and |
| toured in a single year? 15. Who were the first | | | | the Boston Pops (twice each); Winnipeg; Belgian |
| "outside" performers to tour Africa extensively in | | | | National Symphony; and the National Symphony, |
| the 1950s and 60s? 16. Who took the first | | | | Washington, D.C. World's Fairs: Expo '67, Montreal; |
| international musical show to Eastern Europe in | | | | Expo '74, Spokane; World Expo '68, Brisbane; |
| the 1970s? 17. Who took the first multinational | | | | Expo '82, Knoxville; Expo '92, Seville, Spain; Expo |
| musical group to China after the Cultural | | | | 2005, Aichi, Japan. Although only one of the above |
| Revolution? 18. Who took the first international | | | | claims ever made the Guinness Book of World |
| musical group to the Soviet Union in the 1980s? | | | | Records, all the answers are believed to be true. |
| 19. Who invented, with others, the non-marching | | | | Frank McGee's career as writer and journalist |
| band format of the Super Bowl halftime show? | | | | began in the 1960s in Brazil, Indonesia and Viet |
| 20. Who wrote shows performed nine times with | | | | Nam. |
| major symphonies and at six World Fairs? | | | | |