The bulk of the musical talk
Frank Byrne
bugler
Posts: 160 Joined: Sat May 08, 2004 8:15 am
Post
by Frank Byrne » Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:13 pm
We had TubaChristmas in KC today and had (gasp) 612 tuba and euph players.
How many at your event?
rodgeman
3 valves
Posts: 406 Joined: Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:26 pm
Post
by rodgeman » Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:51 pm
Wow - just wow.
Chadtuba
pro musician
Posts: 1005 Joined: Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:00 pm
Location: Minnesota
Post
by Chadtuba » Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:57 pm
With that many players where do you put the audience. Wow!!!!!
scottw
5 valves
Posts: 1519 Joined: Fri Mar 19, 2004 8:39 am
Location: South Jersey
Post
by scottw » Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:22 pm
Yesterday, for a first time local TC location, we had a nicely balanced 22 players and a nice audience. Philadelphia will be on December 17 at the Kimmel Center, with a house-limit 100 players at each of the back-to-back concerts.
Bearin' up!
1895King
bugler
Posts: 148 Joined: Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:12 pm
Post
by 1895King » Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:32 pm
We had 16 in Great Falls, MT, last Friday evening and 13 at Walmart on Saturday. We have 5 more performances scheduled.
imperialbari
6 valves
Posts: 7461 Joined: Fri Mar 19, 2004 3:47 am
Post
by imperialbari » Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:38 am
dgpretzel wrote: 8 in Juneau
DG
Capital!
alfredr
3 valves
Posts: 347 Joined: Sun Jul 18, 2010 5:02 pm
Post
by alfredr » Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:57 am
At Atlanta, I didn't hear any numbers, but I would guess they had the normal 120 to 150 participants. I saw one alto horn and the usual two double bell euphoniums. Oldest was 73, youngest was nine. I had my leftie.
Next Sunday, Porterdale is doing one. Sunday is a better day for me to get the family (grandkids) along.
Highams
pro musician
Posts: 793 Joined: Fri Mar 19, 2004 3:17 am
Location: Slough, Berkshire, England
Contact:
Post
by Highams » Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:18 am
This coming Sunday (11th.) sees the 5th. (after a long, long gap) London Tuba Carols on the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral;
http://s91.photobucket.com/albums/k309/ ... ols089.jpg " target="_blank
Would be good to get it up into the 70's & 80's and they assure us of plenty of space after moving protestors tents!
CB
Aspire & Be Inspired !
bearphonium
5 valves
Posts: 1077 Joined: Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:21 pm
Location: Making mischief in the back row at 44, 1' 49"N, 123, 8'10"W
Post
by bearphonium » Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:36 am
While not technically a TubaChristmas (since we don't use the Wilder book) we had 55 tubas and euphoniums at Tuba Carol Christmas in Springfield last week. Oldest 89, youngest 14. No alto horns or sousaphones, but one helicon. Oldest horn is an 1890's german pin valve euphonium...whose player was married to the oldest player.
Heading to Salem this weekend where entries were limited to 100.
Mirafone 186 BBb
VMI 201 3/4 BBb
King Sousaphone
Conn 19I 4-valve non-comp Euph
What Would Xena Do?
bort
6 valves
Posts: 11223 Joined: Wed Sep 22, 2004 11:08 pm
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Post
by bort » Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:06 pm
1
Well, sort of. I can't make it out to one this year, so I played through the book at home.
Bill Troiano
5 valves
Posts: 1132 Joined: Thu Mar 18, 2004 11:08 pm
Location: Cedar Park, TX
Post
by Bill Troiano » Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:27 pm
We should have around 400 at the NYC Tubachristmas this Sunday.
bort
6 valves
Posts: 11223 Joined: Wed Sep 22, 2004 11:08 pm
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Post
by bort » Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:55 pm
DP wrote: bort wrote: I played through the book at home.
Gosh I bet THAT was fun
It was more enjoyable than my last go-round at Rockefeller.
Frank Byrne
bugler
Posts: 160 Joined: Sat May 08, 2004 8:15 am
Post
by Frank Byrne » Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:30 pm
goodgigs wrote: How's your hearing ?
Can you speak up?
Seriously, it was seismic.
And the person who asked about where we put the audience, we put them in the 900 other seats in the hall and had standing room AND people watching on monitors in the lobby.
Check out some of the news coverage:
http://www.nbcactionnews.com/dpp/lifest ... rd-turnout
imperialbari
6 valves
Posts: 7461 Joined: Fri Mar 19, 2004 3:47 am
Post
by imperialbari » Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:45 pm
Skærmbillede 2011-12-07 kl. 02.39.32.png
Aside from some looks I wouldn’t be able to mimic, I find the mouthpiece of the young lady interesting, as I don’t remember seeing anything like before.
Any ID?
Klaus
imperialbari
6 valves
Posts: 7461 Joined: Fri Mar 19, 2004 3:47 am
Post
by imperialbari » Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:06 pm
Link is in Frank Byrne’s posting right over mine.
And the G&W reference looks likely.
K
imperialbari
6 valves
Posts: 7461 Joined: Fri Mar 19, 2004 3:47 am
Post
by imperialbari » Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:23 pm
Btw:
Won’t it be very costly to have those organ pipes erected to vertical again after all the low tuba frequencies had them tilting?
K
MartyNeilan
6 valves
Posts: 4878 Joined: Fri Mar 19, 2004 3:06 am
Location: Practicing counting rests.
Post
by MartyNeilan » Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:32 pm
bort wrote: DP wrote: bort wrote: I played through the book at home.
Gosh I bet THAT was fun
It was more enjoyable than my last go-round at Rockefeller.
And his horn didn't get dented, either.
imperialbari
6 valves
Posts: 7461 Joined: Fri Mar 19, 2004 3:47 am
Post
by imperialbari » Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:45 pm
Will the NY TC event play the old Bacharach standard “Ice cubes keep crushing ’tween my toes”?
taylorbeaty
bugler
Posts: 62 Joined: Wed Nov 03, 2010 6:35 pm
Post
by taylorbeaty » Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:37 am
There was 160 in Weatherford, Oklahoma at SWOSU. It keeps growing!
freddytuba
lurker
Posts: 8 Joined: Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:55 pm
Post
by freddytuba » Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:01 am
Humboldt County, Ca
We had about 20 people playing, but over 100 at each of our 2 performances. I like those odds!
Some people tell us that Christmas doesn't start until TubaChristmas.