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[Steve Marcus]

Pictured from left to right John Daly, John Gannon and me.
On the occasion of John's 99th birthday and 81 years continuous membership of the band.

That should be documented as a world record.

[sousaphone68]

Pictured from left to right John Daly, John Gannon and me.
On the occasion of John's 99th birthday and 81 years continuous membership of the band.

That should be documented as a world record.

If you scroll down on the photo his World Record Certificate is in front of him.

[ken k]

Of the 6 low brass players in the Lancaster British Brass Band (4 tubas and 2 euphs) 5 of us are from the neighboring county of Berks and are teachers including 2 elementary/intermediate school, one high school, one retired, and one college. Also another BBb player who often plays with us is from Berks!

kk

[Heavy_Metal]

2017 Liberty Classic Tuba Section, which was part of an excellent concert today. Colonel Gabriel conducted, and did his usual great job.

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From left: Mark Kerestes (King 1241 BBb), Conrad Mailleue (King 1240 BBb), Jim Caneen, principal (Miraphone 186 BBb), Bill Kear (Yamaha Eb), me (Alexander), Ron Berry (Meinl-Weston CC), Kit Chan (Holton BBb), Charlie Holmes (Alexander 163 BBb).

Looking forward to the next one!

[KevinMadden]

2017 University of Nebraska Tuba-Euph Ensemble
From L-R
Standing: Craig Fuller, Mike Wadsworth, Tyler Schulze, Ethan Millington, Nick Pavel, Cal Denne, Sam Babe, Natalie Kent, Nathan McGahan, Kevin Madden
Sitting: Jacob Coughlin, Jakob Hrenzi, Ashley Joseph, Andrew Barber, Nestor Pelayo, Ben Petrmichl, J.T. McLaughlin

[bort]

I had no idea he was still alive!

[Heavy_Metal]

2018 Maryland All-State Community Band Tuba Section:

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From left: Tom Harwick (Boehm & Meinl BBb), me (Alex), Patrick FitzGerald, principal (Meinl-Weston Thor CC).

Excellent concert!

Photo credit- Amanda Gold (clarinet).

[opus37]

Two Harbors City Band Tuba section on July 26, 2018. Me, Soren Johnson (U of Nebraska Omaha band), Larry Saur.

[Three Valves]

Love the jackets!!

[Heavy_Metal]

Liberty Classic 2018 Tuba Section. First pic is with Colonel Gabriel:

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And here's the artillery shot. Upon seeing nine tubas, the Colonel remarked that the section looked like an armored squadron:

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From left: Mark Kerestes (King 1241 BBb), me (Alex) Charlie Holmes (Alexander 163 BBb), Kit Chan (Miraphone 186 BBb), Chuck Neidhardt (Miraphone 1291 BBb), Jim Caneen, principal (Miraphone 186 BBb), Weena Walton (Miraphone 186 BBb), Ron Berry (Meinl-Weston 2145 CC), and Bill Kear (Yamaha Eb).

And Ron now knows the difference between bi-radial and exponential tubas, as discussed in this thread (see the linked Rick Denney article):

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Excellent concert- hope to see you all next time!

[Heavy_Metal]

The 2019 Maryland All-State Community Band Tuba Section!

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From left: me (Alexander), Dave Cottrell (Eastman EBC-632 CC), Patrick FitzGerald, principal (Meinl-Weston Thor CC)

Great section, excellent concert!

Click the image for a larger version- for some reason this displays rather small.

Photo Credit: Paul Schopf, String Bass

[Heavy_Metal]

Liberty Classic 2019 Tuba Section- all 9 of us, after an excellent concert:

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From left: Jim Caneen, principal (Miraphone 186 BBb), Charlie Holmes (Alexander 163 BBb), Mark Kerestes (King 2341 BBb), Chuck Neidhardt (Miraphone 1291 BBb), Weena Degan (Miraphone 186 BBb), Conrad Mailleue (Rudy Meinl 6/4 BBb), Ron Berry (Meinl-Weston CC), Jim Hoffman (Dillon 3/4 BBb) and me (Alexander).

See you all next year!

(Photo credit- the lovely Naoko)

[bort]

What is the Liberty Classic, and holy cow, what a beefy tuba section. 9?! Search and destroy?!

[Heavy_Metal]

What is the Liberty Classic, and holy cow, what a beefy tuba section. 9?! Search and destroy?!

It's an annual event where musicians from all over come and play under Colonel Gabriel. The Repasz Band hosts it in Williamsport, PA. Next year it will be the weekend of Oct. 9.

More info here:

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[Heavy_Metal]

Bel Air Community Band, July 4, 2021. Only 35 people on the truck, and two tubas- Cheryl Wald (German rotary BBb, we think it's a Ziess) and me (20J, a.k.a. The Beast). We hadn't played together since March of last year, but "Americans We" and "Semper Fidelis" sounded like we had. Photo credit- Cheryl:

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[GeoffC_UK]

Year: 1990
Location: www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk
Band: http://www.stanshawe-band.co.uk/
Listen: https://youtu.be/dTntY6VKeAA or try https://youtu.be/SnKx0tmIpd8

Personnel (L to R): Ian Hitchens BBb bass tuba, Geoff Colmer EEb bass tuba, Lyndon Baglin Euphonium, Andrew Hunt Euphonium, Stewart Baglin EEb bass tuba, and Anthony Nash BBb bass tuba.

[Heavy_Metal]

Tuba Section of the 2021 Maryland All-State Community Band:

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From Left: Patrick FitzGerald, principal (Meinl-Weston 5450 "Thor" CC), and me (Alexander). Photo credit- The Lovely Naoko.

The concert was this afternoon, and was the first time most of us had played in any kind of non-virtual ensemble for over a year. Our chops held up, but just barely............

Guest attendance was strictly limited, and we had to wear masks and use bell covers.

The concert went well, and will be posted on YouTuba shortly- I'll link to it in the Media section when ready.

[Heavy_Metal]

Bel Air Community Band Tuba Section 2022. First concert in two years:

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From left: Cheryl Wald (Ziess? BBb), Andy Chaffee (Schiller BBb), Stephanie Bartholomew (Yamaha YBB-641 BBb) Jake Weller (Meinl-Weston 25 BBb) and me (principal, Alexander).

Photo credit- The Lovely Naoko

[Heavy_Metal]

The 2022 Maryland All-State Community Band Tuba Section, before today's performance:

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From left: Dan Stoudt, principal (Mack Brass BBb), me (Alexander, of course) and Patrick FitzGerald (Meinl-Weston Thor).

Excellent concert!

Photo credit- The Lovely Naoko

[Heavy_Metal]

Liberty Classic tuba section 2022:

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From left: Me (Alexander), John Rapp (Jupiter 584), Ron Berry (Meinl-Weston 2145, only CC in this Section), Mark Kerestes (King 1241), Jim Ellison (St. Petersburg 202LDV) and Chuck Niedhardt, principal (Miraphone 1291).

Photo Credit- Phyllis Fowler (flute).