Mutant Sousaphone sighting!

[David Richoux]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYykpRRuHQMwill quite amaze you,

then for more tuba clowning (plus much more strangeness) check out some clips from the designer of the horn & costumes at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvL5DOu3G2o
- Ulik, The Mechanical Clown...

Tuba Trike!

[The Jackson]

It's like the cantina band on wheels...

[circusboy]

Fabulous!

Thanks, David!

[Alex C]

OMG, they've got close to $100,000 invested in Segways. Add the additional cost of the custom sousaphone. trombone and whatever else.... I used to think it cost a lost to launch a quintet.

[TUbajohn20J]

Wow I should do my 40K that way

[imperialbari]

My transportation concept has been found! Any scrapped YamaYorks out there?

Klaus

[Tuba Guy]

That looks like so much fun...I want to get something like that together...

[Mike-ICR]

I would be interested in building stuff like that if anyone's interested. (Not a plug, just wouldn't mind an excuse to spend some time on a project like that).

[David Richoux]

I just found out (from another list) the musicians in that performance are called Fanfare Le SNOB. ( http://www.fanfarelesnob.com , but their website does not translate with Google

[imperialbari]

I just found out (from another list) the musicians in that performance are called Fanfare Le SNOB. ( http://www.fanfarelesnob.com , but their website does not translate with Google

If you click the Glissendo button up right on the page David links to, you will find a better lit version of the video.

Klaus

[David Richoux]

For those not following the links all the way, here is a still shot of the custom Tuba - can't really call it a Sousaphone!

glissando.jpg

and there are many more pictures of the instruments on the page if you scroll down http://www.fanfarelesnob.com/index2.htm - very glad to see a group that uses the Internet properly! Something like this raises a lot of interest and the site does provide a lot - too bad it does not translate to English very well... They are in London at the moment.

Also, several other Youtube clips of some performances have been posted -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC9IBt-tI3E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6gKy4N2fuo shows some good views of the tuba
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy0cmijuldQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKbPIBitMTQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkLjKTlMH4Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCA4ki3m4Uo Tubular Bells!

and BTW, what they are riding are not Segways - here is the site for "HandsFree"
http://www.handsfree-transporter.com/