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Ill be there along with some other CSULB players.. When else do you hear that many tuba players playing in disneyland (or downtown disney)....

I contacted the Guinness people several times over the past few years, calling them out for not listing any of the TubaChristmas performances as the largest assemblage of tuba players ever recorded. I got a response once. They said something about having one of their people there to check up on it.

What the ....???

They list things that happened centuries ago. Anyone who hosts TubaChristmas knows that there are records to be kept and everything is done honestly.

I am not a fan of the Guinness World Book of Records. I prefer Ripley's Believe It or Not.

i'll be there. it'll be interesting to see how crowded it is... i'm having a hard time imagining 800 people and their horns in the Downtown Disney area. regardless, I wouldn't miss it!

I'll be there. Last year there were less than 300 players. No way they'll get anywhere close to 800, but I give 'em credit for dreaming big. Actually, the space they put us in is already tight. Even 100 or 150 more might push the ensemble over the edge. Bad enough trying to stay together when over a third of the group can't really see the conductor.

The crowd is also pretty transient, as a vast majority of them just happen to be at Downtown Disney when the tubas roll in. Unlike Glendale, where everyone's there specifically for the event.

Hope to see all y'all there! Wear your Evolution tees if you have them - I will!

...Dave

I don't have a Guinness World Book of Records here (personal reasons, you know) and it's not something I am going to find at the Fahasa Book Store on Pham Dang Luu Street, but I vaguely remember that the record they record for the biggest aggregation (my word, not theirs) is something like 150. If you count the tubas alone and not the baritones/euphoniums who play at Rockefeller Center in New York City, I'm sure they're are more than 150 tubas playing.

My old school district where I taught for six years before coming here had a rule that no one could have any kind of advertising for alcoholic beverages or cigarettes on campus. Once they were trying to put something into the Guinness World Book (and one of their people actually came to witness it). The classes spelled out GUINNESS in plastic disposable cups inserted into the chainlink fence. One other teacher and I refused to do this.

Our reason was that Guinness is a dark English beer and the book was used to settle bar (pub) bets. The title is simply an advertising ploy for selling beer.

Neither one of us was a teetotaller but it was a matter of honesty and honor at stake. And following simple school rules.

I'll be there to watch if I can't find a tuba to borrow since mine are both staying in Arizona. I was in the Disneyland All-American College Band last summer too so it will make me happy to hear tuba at Disneyland again.

bloke wrote:OK...

...Who has NOT yet been spam-emailed the picture of the mother and daughter that, supposedly, have been "banned for life" from Disneyland...??

I have not received any e-mail of that nature. I guess I'm just not important enough to be spammed!

bloke wrote:OK...

...Who has NOT yet been spam-emailed the picture of the mother and daughter that, supposedly, have been "banned for life" from Disneyland...??

Nope, haven't seen it. Please share.

Uncle Buck wrote:

bloke wrote:OK...

...Who has NOT yet been spam-emailed the picture of the mother and daughter that, supposedly, have been "banned for life" from Disneyland...??

Nope, haven't seen it. Please share.

Well, you asked for it, so...

Click here if you dare! (rated PG-13)

poomshanka wrote:

Uncle Buck wrote:

bloke wrote:OK...

...Who has NOT yet been spam-emailed the picture of the mother and daughter that, supposedly, have been "banned for life" from Disneyland...??

Nope, haven't seen it. Please share.

Well, you asked for it, so...

Click here if you dare! (rated PG-13)

Sorry I asked

Uncle Buck wrote:Sorry I asked

As my mother-in-law always says, "Don't ask the question unless you *really* want to know the answer."

Yesterday's Tuba Christmas at Disneyland was a lot of fun, but we didn't quite get enough players to break the record. We only had 627 tubas and euphoniums.

I wish I had brought my camera because there were some really interesting old horns there. Several nice old double belled euphoniums. My favorite was a 1924 Conn 4 valve Grand Jumbo Raincather Sousaphone with a 24" bell, just like they used in John Philip Sousa's band. (see photos below) The player said he found it in the attic of his old high school band room in San Diego. Anybody know an old high school that will let us explore their attic?



here you go, I found a photo of the big one...

Bandmaster wrote:The player said he found it in the attic of his old high school band room in San Diego. Anybody know an old high school that will let us explore their attic?

As if *you* need any more horns.... Did you take your new helicon? After exposure to Armytuba's Amati helicon at TubaChristmas here in Seattle, I really want one.

It would be fun to bring some dusty old horns out to see the light of day....

BTW: I'm going over to Oberloh's on Boxing Day to give him his case of beer for being my horn jockey. I'll check on your bad boy while I'm there... (Boxing Day is the day after Christmas when people take "boxes" to their tradesman to show appreciation for the past year's services...)

The Big Ben wrote:

Bandmaster wrote:The player said he found it in the attic of his old high school band room in San Diego. Anybody know an old high school that will let us explore their attic?

As if *you* need any more horns.... Did you take your new helicon? After exposure to Armytuba's Amati helicon at TubaChristmas here in Seattle, I really want one.

It would be fun to bring some dusty old horns out to see the light of day....

BTW: I'm going over to Oberloh's on Boxing Day to give him his case of beer for being my horn jockey. I'll check on your bad boy while I'm there... (Boxing Day is the day after Christmas when people take "boxes" to their tradesman to show appreciation for the past year's services...)

No, I don't really need any more horns, but it would nice to have a matched set, a raincather sousaphone, a standard sousaphone, and a helicon. One gentleman had a really nice B&M 4 rotary valve CC helicon at Disneyland, but it didn't look old, just cool. But unfortunately my Martin helicon hasn't arrived yet. I was thinking about it yesterday and this is probably not the best time of year to ship a large box with Greyhound. This is their busy time of year for travelers, and they all bring lugage with them. There is only limited space under the bus and lugage of the riders comes first. Oh well, it will get here eventually...

Bring your camera to Dan's shop and take some pictures for me... I haven't seen my Holton in person for over three years.

I found some photos of yesterday's Tuba Christmas at Disneyland. To see of them all go to http://www.tashiasphotography.net/links2.html and scroll down to "events."

Here's a piece in the Orange County Register on the Downtown Disney Tuba Christmas:

http://www.ocregister.com/news/players- ... y-guinness

It had its fair share of "ensemble challenges", as is evident in some of the sound clips. Overall, though, a fun gig. The video features an interview with Stan Freese - the man behind "Play That Country Tuba, Cowboy" by the Vandals. Stan's son Josh is the drummer in that group.

Merry Tuba Christmas!

...Dave

John_L wrote:There were a couple honest and true train wrecks during the concert - fugues where fugues aren't written. I wish the people directing would figure out that standing in front of 600+ tuba & euph players in a questionable playing environment is neither the time nor the place to be trying to impress people with their conductorial artistry.

That pretty well sums it up - well spoken!

...D

Thanks for the photo of the raincatcher - extremely cool!