For his most recent extravaganza, a Halloween party with the unlikely theme of a socialite's funeral circa 1950, David Hopkins lined the sidewalk outside his building with more than 500 memorial candles and hired musicians to perform a funeral dirge on accordion, banjo and musical saw.
The narrator, less extreme — perhaps less courageous? or more courageous — stays put and reaches a gentle closure, courtesy of the twins, who perform a funeral rite on a telephone switch panel made obsolete by new technology, then depart cheerfully on "a tranquil November Sunday of rare clarity shining through each and every thing".
Schumer stumbles across them having a picnic – they're performing a Viking funeral to celebrate what the media have decided is Julia's "last fuckable day".
Even without remains, priests can perform a special funeral Mass.
He and the landlady's son, who is slightly drunk perform a mock funeral, after which the girls go back to bed.
Instead, Parma's largest fan group, Boys Parma 1977, traveled to Carpenedolo, the former owner's hometown, and performed a mock funeral.
Anyone interested can find a video of schoolboys performing a haka last summer for the funeral of their teacher.
In January 1998, Harrison attended Carl Perkins's funeral in Jackson, Tennessee, performing a brief rendition of Perkins's song "Your True Love".
At their funeral service at the Burnham Military Camp, their comrades in the 2nd and 1st Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment performed a traditional Māori funeral haka.
And while Clark said he draws the line at performing weddings, he remembered a time when he virtually performed a reading at a funeral, suggesting that perhaps his terms are malleable.
