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Random: How many tubas in Tuba City?

Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 12:41 am
by Sous-Chef-Phone
This question is bothering me even though it has no bearing on my life whatsoever.

Yes, I know Tuba City is not named after a musical instrument. But I'm sure they have bands or something. So... how many tubas ARE there in Tuba City?

Re: Random: How many tubas in Tuba City?

Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 11:18 am
by Heavy_Metal
For a start- do they have a TubaChristmas there? if so, how many people showed up, and of these, how many were playing tubas rather than euphonia??

:tuba:

Re: Random: How many tubas in Tuba City?

Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 8:45 pm
by breannalynnplaystuba
Okay, so I have no idea, but I am going to move there as soon as I'm done with college which won't be for another like ten years or something. Idk. But I will be there asap so like count me. :tuba: :tuba:

Re: Random: How many tubas in Tuba City?

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2020 2:21 pm
by humBell
1?

Otherwise it should be Tubas City, right?

Re: Random: How many tubas in Tuba City?

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2020 2:28 pm
by The Brute Squad
SteveP wrote:Apparently not from info on the TubaChristmas website. But there was one in Yuba City. Close enough?
Do they play the rhumba?

Re: Random: How many tubas in Tuba City?

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2020 3:33 pm
by Rick Denney
Not much going on in Tuba City. Houses are small as is the population, and someone practicing tuba could probably be heard by a large percentage of the population. Music is from a much different cultural tradition, ceremonial with a lot of religious significant but without western instruments (other than the same pop music everyone else listens to, of course). There is no band director (or even music teacher) at the high school. I'm thinking the most likely answer to the question at hand is: Zero.

Same for rhumbas.

Except when a bunch of anglos show up to do a TubaChristmas there.

Rick "who has been there a few times, but not to play tuba" Denney

Re: Random: How many tubas in Tuba City?

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2020 7:57 pm
by JCradler
My family and I went through Tuba City a few years ago. I didn't bring up the fact that I play the tuba, pretty sure no one was interested. Didn't see one tuba, or a picture/statue/likeness of a "western" tuba.
If you go, be sure to stop at the Trading Post which also contains a small but very interesting museum of the WWII Navajo Code Talkers.
Cheers,
JC

Re: Random: How many tubas in Tuba City?

Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:50 am
by windshieldbug
The Brute Squad wrote:Do they play the rhumba?

On the tuba, only down in cuba.