Tuba and Euphonium Conference on Cruise Ship

[lowpitchmoravian]

Wonder if anyone has considered having a tuba and Euphonium Conference on a cruise ship?

[Casey Tucker]

Great idea! You've got my vote.

-CT

[opus37]

The hardest part is getting the horns on board. The second is the mass concert. When we had a Tuba Christmas at the Mall of America several years back (about 300 tubas strong), they stopped the concert 3/4 the way through because they were afraid we were going to crack the foundation. (We were not invited back). I would hope there isn't an issue with cracking a cruise ship............

[lowpitchmoravian]

We wouldn't crack the ship unless Dan brought his Conn Grand Souses. Guess the Grand Conns would make good flotation devices for 20 or 30 people in case of an emergency.

[Posaune2]

This idea reminds me of a news story I read a few years ago. Seems a German couple booked a romantic cruise to celebrate an anniversary. The cruise ship company neglected to tell them that most of the ship had been booked for a convention of Swiss yodelers. The couple won a substantial cash settlement for the physical and emotional distress of being forced to listen to ten days or so of yodeling at all hours of the day and night.

I can only imagine the horror of a similar scenario with tubas substituted for yodelers.

[Rev Rob]

As the cruise ship leaves the dock the tubas and euphoniums can gather on the fantail and play "Anchors Away!"

[Z-Tuba Dude]

.....they stopped the concert 3/4 the way through because they were afraid we were going to crack the foundation....

I really hope you are kidding about that.

[opus37]

I really am not kidding about the Mall of America story. We had a lot of tubas that day. It was glorious. Everyone knows that it is not Christmas until the Tubas play......

[Z-Tuba Dude]

They thought that the sound would crack the foundation?

If that was their reason, then I am amazed!

[opus37]

To be clear, it was the sound that had the owners of the mall nervous. I don't think they had any idea what a few hundred tubas can sound like when they are enthusiastic.

[MileMarkerZero]

This idea reminds me of a news story I read a few years ago. Seems a German couple booked a romantic cruise to celebrate an anniversary. The cruise ship company neglected to tell them that most of the ship had been booked for a convention of Swiss yodelers. The couple won a substantial cash settlement for the physical and emotional distress of being forced to listen to ten days or so of yodeling at all hours of the day and night.

I can only imagine the horror of a similar scenario with tubas substituted for yodelers.

Ship load of yodelers + ship load of booze = + +

[averagejoe]

We could get more than we bargained for...
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[Brown Mule]

If worse comes to worse, we tubas could do as the orchestra on the titanic-------play on deck as ship goes down----Maybe "Them Bases".

[Brown Mule]

Just think how fast the time would pass on that Carnival ship off San Diago with various Tuba and Euphonium concerts going on 24/7. I too like a little adventure in my life-----Let's Roll.

[Brown Mule]

I was watching some "cruise chat" about the Carnival Cruise disaster--------It turns out that as the ship was loading and getting ready for departure, longshoremen droped 30 people's lugage into the ocean------They were issued bathrobes to wear. Along with the later disaster, that trip was a loser. If there was an ITEC gig on board-----that could have been 30 tubas into the waves.