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Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass section in Italy

from left to right: Darrin Milling, John Banther (me), Zenas Kim-Banther, Demondrae Thurman

Somewhere on the West Coast last year. I'm the second from the right.

The 2016 Maryland All-State Community Band Tuba Section:
From left: Jim Laisure, a.k.a. "big1096" (Alexander 163 CC), Patrick FitzGerald, principal (Meinl-Weston Thor CC) and me (Alexander BBb).

The air-conditioning in the hall had quit working so we ditched our suit jackets. But it was still a very good concert!

Liberty Classic 2016 Tuba Section:
All BBb tubas this time. From Left: Jim Caneen, principal- Miraphone 186, Charlie Holmes- Alexander 163, Chuck Neidhardt- Miraphone 1291, me w/Alexander, Mark Kerestes- King 2341, John Rapp- Jupiter 584.

Excellent concert!

Photo Credit- Jim Ellison

That looks like an excellent section.
Thank you for representing the Bel Air Community Band, good job Frank!

Mark Chachich
Principal Tuba, Bel Air Community Band

here is the Luther College Concert Band Tuba Euphonium Section of the 2016-2017 Season! I'm the Big one with the face of a 10 year old on his knee!

Regina Symphony Orchestra
Low Brass Section 2015-16:

Principal Trombone: David Dick
2nd Trombone (sub): Shaun Poisson-Fast
Bass Trombone: Jeremy Drotar
Principal Tuba: Mark Preece

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.

sousaphone68 wrote: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.

Steve Marcus wrote:

sousaphone68 wrote: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.

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!

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

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

I had no idea he was still alive!

2018 Maryland All-State Community Band Tuba Section:
From left: Tom Harwick (Boehm & Meinl BBb), me (Alex), Patrick FitzGerald, principal (Meinl-Weston Thor CC).

Excellent concert!

Photo credit- Amanda Gold (clarinet).

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

Love the jackets!!

Liberty Classic 2018 Tuba Section. First pic is with Colonel Gabriel:
And here's the artillery shot. Upon seeing nine tubas, the Colonel remarked that the section looked like an armored squadron:
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!

The 2019 Maryland All-State Community Band Tuba Section!
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

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