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8 Helicons were in action in Salem, NC on Easter 2011. Brown Mule missed the photo op, maybe even saving a camera lens. Great band, 100's of players, lots of plain old tubas, and a few sousas too.

Salem? You know, if this where another time, this many Helicons gathering would have got them burned as witches.

Oh wait, that was Salem, Massachusetts.

STILL A GOOD JOKE!

All kidding aside, this is super cool. It isn't everyday that you see this many Helicons, especially in one place.

Dan, You're going to have to have at least 9 Jumbos this year to better this Helicon symposium!!!!

L to R---------King BBb, Beaufort AmericanBBb, York(in front)Eb, King(made from Souz )BBb, Conn Eb, Conn(made from Souz)BBb, King BBb. Brown Mules KeeferBBb missing. Sorry Joe---------no CC's. You'll have to come East next Easter for Easter giggs.( Tribute to Mike Teague"repair person and Tuba player par excellence"who has kept all of these horns in operation over years and built the two pictured Souz conversions. There are a few more Helicons in the area -------------we'll try to round them up next year.

This is just a mild performance of this above pictured group! Its nothing for some of this same group to appear at some performance with a Serpent, Ophycleide, OTS, Martin giant Souz, or Russian Bassoon. Directors are known to take a "Xanax" before going to a performance where one of them might appear.