A Bold Statement from a Female, Teenage Tuba Player

[Sally Larsen]

Back forty years ago (!) when I started playing, there were no other female tuba players to be found. I marched with a brass sousaphone, because we had four fiberglass horns and one brass one, and our heights looked like this: - - _ - - (Me, 5'4", sandwiched in a line of four 6-footers).
I used to get my picture in the paper nearly every parade
The weight of the horn isn't an issue yet, but I do use a Tubassist for my old King, because the receiver is set too high on the horn for me. I know quite a few female tuba players now, and it doesn't seem like much of an issue any more. A great player is a great player.

Sally (now the problem seems to be more about wind than gender)Larsen

[Erin]

. . . tell them that the tuba is a great dude magnet

Barry Guerrero

Yeah, but the kind of dudes you attract when you play tuba might not be the kind of dudes you want to spend a whole lot of time with!

(Just kidding guys... no need to send me angry PM's.)

[JB]

. . . tell them that the tuba is a great dude magnet

Barry Guerrero

Yeah, but the kind of dudes you attract when you play tuba might not be the kind of dudes you want to spend a whole lot of time with!

I hear ya, especfially after the day of lessons I had to teach...

[Haugan]

Has anyone considered contacting Elese A. and making sure she is aware of this forum? I think Tubenet could use some more literary types - a fine piece of writing as well as the ideas expressed within!