Nearly time for TubaChristmas Chicago!

Factual Questions
1

It’s time once more for those of the tuba and euphonium intent converge on the Grand Ballroom at the Palmer House to bring Christmas cheer to Chicago.

CHICAGO - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22 - TIME: 1:00 pm

LOCATION: Palmer House Hilton, 17 E. Monroe St., Grand Ballroom

For those of you who might wish to be a participant, here’s where you go for details: TUBACHRISTMAS Locations

If you’re a player, get out your horn on Saturday and go make some music. If you’re an audience member, they need you to make this happen; otherwise it’s just a rehearsal in nice clothes. So go!

2

As an expat Chicagoan, I’d dearly love to be there, even though I don’t play a tuba!

Would audience participation be allowed, if I were to bring my ukuele?!!?

:smack: :smiley: :cool:

3

Cute, but no. Lower brass only, tubas and euphoniums and their kin.

4

It’s shocking to see this kind of bassism still being openly practiced in the 21st century.

5

Perhaps with some planning you can join the ukelele Christmas orchestra next year. http://www.musiccenter.org/events/activearts/UKULELE-CHRISTMAS-ORCHESTRA/

6

They used to have Tuba Christmas here in Montreal too. Lots of fun :slight_smile:

7

I just saw this now and me with an unexpected Saturday off with not much to do. Damn.

So how’d it go?

8

Tuba Christmas went GREAT!! It was larger than last year, with 358 Tubas. Incredibly rich sound that you could feel in your bones. There were some neat looking horns also. I liked the pink sousaphone. “Santa wants a tuba for Christmas” was fun.

9

Wish I could have been there. I have a neat old double-bell that’s always fun to play too.

Maybe next year … if I make it to the Midwest Band Convention, which I also very much want to do. Let’s make it a date for next year, okay? :slight_smile: