One of the middle school orchestra directors, Mrs. K., paid our high school orchestra a compliment. When I asked what time our orchestra was due to perform at a mall concert, she said, "Your group will go on last at (such-and-such time.) You're the last of the Mohicans, meaning the best."
I appreciated her calling our ensemble the best one at the concert. Given the tragedy behind the expression, "last of the Mohicans," however, I would have chosen a different phrase.
