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The first time I heard about International Tuba Day, I was in High School, and the local radio station was asking for callers who could play tuba over the phone. I called in and played a little of the Haddad suite.

Uncle Buck wrote:The first time I heard about International Tuba Day, I was in High School, and the local radio station was asking for callers who could play tuba over the phone. I called in and played a little of the Haddad suite.

Exactly the same for me. Well, almost exactly... I called in and played the theme from "Leave It To Beaver."

"Dignity. Always dignity." - Don Lockwood (played by Gene Kelly) in "Singin' In The Rain"

Hmm. International Tuba Day. I think I'll play tuba today then. It's been a couple of weeks so why not....






Ralph

Anyone else hear Paul Harvey announcing it on the radio today? My wife and I heard it in WBZ in Boston.

I wore a shirt today that said, "Today is Tuba Day, so hug a tuba player." and on the back "or at least buy him or her a frosty beverage."

This morning this pretty good looking girl in the grocery store asked me if I played tuba. I said yes and she gave me a hug. SWEET! Tonight I'll see if the back of the shirt works as well as the front did.


Will "who might take his tuba out this afternoon and play on the street to spread the word"

It was just a white T-shirt that I wrote on with a marker. And yes, that would be a GREAT shirt to market. I'll have to look into that. The only Tuba Day gear I saw on the website was sweatshirts .

I in fact wore 4 different tuba shirts today (something must be wrong with me to own a bunch of tuba shirts and other clothing). I did go out and played on the street and even took some requests! And for those of you wondering, the back of the shirt did not work as well as the front.


Will "who was disappointed not to get a free frosty beverage but will gladly accept the hugs from the cute girls"

i never knew this...............
great news
to me everyday is tuba day

Uncle Buck wrote:The first time I heard about International Tuba Day, I was in High School, and the local radio station was asking for callers who could play tuba over the phone. I called in and played a little of the Haddad suite.

Yes, it was another high school high (hmm?) for me too. I called KVIL radio in Dallas, played some silly little ditty (hmm!) and got free tickets to Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass!

Yippee-ti-yi-yay!

Karl "who's old enough to know the origin of A&M Records, too" Hovey

My brush with International tuba day was in 1996 or 97, while I played in Dallas Brass. I was staying with the Mike Levine, trombone player/leader in Dallas for a few days. One morning, I was laying in bed in the guest room, and Mike's clock radio had gone off in his room. I heard the local country station, KPLX, telling about the upcoming Intl Tuba Day that Friday. They asked if any of the listeners played tuba, and would like to come down and honk a few notes. Much to my dismay, I hear Mike pick up the phone, and was shortly saying, "Yeah, my buddy Dan will come down and play!" I think they were expecting some guy getting off work to show up with his sousaphone, but one thing led to another, and that Friday, the two of us schlepped my tuba and two euphoniums down to the station, where for around a million listeners, we were interviewed a couple of times over the space of an hour, and played several tunes we had arranged. I remember playing Clarinet Polka as a tuba solo with euphonium accompaniment...Mike is not much of a valve guy. We then did a duet of Tim McGraw's "Take the Girl", which the station used as a name-that-tune giveaway for free tickets to a Brooks and Dunn concert. We only got through one phrase before the phones lit up, and someone actually recognized the tune. We followed that with a rousing rendition of "Boot Scootin' Boogie" and finally, the AM sports talk station across the hall had me play "My Old Kentucky Home" in honor of the Kentucky Derby the next day. Anyway, it turned out to be fun, but I worked pretty hard that morning for my free KPLX t-shirt.