# The TubaDiva Memorial Tuba Fund campaign is now underway **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 13, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tubadiva-memorial-tuba-fund-campaign-is-now-underway/915233 "2020-07-13T17:59:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tubadiva-memorial-tuba-fund-campaign-is-now-underway/915233/21 "2020-07-13T23:22:49Z")
Done. This is a great idea. And I think we can aim our sights at least as high as a couple of tubas. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tubadiva-memorial-tuba-fund-campaign-is-now-underway/915233/22 "2020-07-13T23:50:52Z")
Again for posterity: 6 hours, and the fund has now exceeded its goal! 🤩 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tubadiva-memorial-tuba-fund-campaign-is-now-underway/915233/23 "2020-07-14T03:43:45Z")
Thank you, Ed, for putting that together. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tubadiva-memorial-tuba-fund-campaign-is-now-underway/915233/24 "2020-07-14T03:54:56Z")
nm nm nm ---
**Author:** ![artemis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@artemis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/artemis)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tubadiva-memorial-tuba-fund-campaign-is-now-underway/915233/25 "2020-07-14T13:31:28Z")
Thank you for setting this up, Ed. It’s a great idea, and I was proud to chip in. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tubadiva-memorial-tuba-fund-campaign-is-now-underway/915233/26 "2020-07-14T13:44:01Z")
Thanks, Ed. Done. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tubadiva-memorial-tuba-fund-campaign-is-now-underway/915233/27 "2020-07-14T14:53:43Z")
I gave what I could. I’m hoping 2 tubas or perhaps any additional monies could be set up (by the recipient) as maintenance money. My youngest played the flute and we’d send it out each year prior to school starting to be cleaned and have it checked over. That was a personal instrument so even more important for a shared one. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tubadiva-memorial-tuba-fund-campaign-is-now-underway/915233/28 "2020-07-14T15:18:01Z")
Just donated - thanks for setting up the fund. **TubaDiva** was a wonderful person and always worked hard for the good of us all. May she rest in peace, and may those who benefit from this fund know something of how much we once greatly appreciated, and now badly miss, her. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tubadiva-memorial-tuba-fund-campaign-is-now-underway/915233/29 "2020-07-14T17:09:33Z")
I just contributed. I just checked out the obituary and was surprised to find out that Jenny looked almost exactly like my sister in law! ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tubadiva-memorial-tuba-fund-campaign-is-now-underway/915233/30 "2020-07-14T18:39:18Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > I shared the GoFundMe link to the Facebook Straight Dopers group Thanks for this. Saw it and donated. Haven’t been here long and still can’t believe she’s gone. Thanks also for sharing the links. Don’t think I’ve ever seen a tuba played that way. (Okay, I think it should be Tuba, not tuba. Just seems wrong.) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tubadiva-memorial-tuba-fund-campaign-is-now-underway/915233/31 "2020-07-14T22:09:17Z")
I gave. But mot as much, or as well, as **TubaDiva** gave to us, ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tubadiva-memorial-tuba-fund-campaign-is-now-underway/915233/32 "2020-07-14T23:40:00Z")
Thanks, Ed. I’m really glad we can do something to keep her legacy going. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tubadiva-memorial-tuba-fund-campaign-is-now-underway/915233/33 "2020-07-15T00:55:56Z")
I’m in. Thanks for doing this Ed! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tubadiva-memorial-tuba-fund-campaign-is-now-underway/915233/34 "2020-07-15T02:53:38Z")
Done. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tubadiva-memorial-tuba-fund-campaign-is-now-underway/915233/35 "2020-07-15T05:26:25Z")
A great way to honor someone who contributed so much to this place. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tubadiva-memorial-tuba-fund-campaign-is-now-underway/915233/36 "2020-07-15T12:49:17Z")
> [@mistymage](#): > > perhaps any additional monies could be set up (by the recipient) as maintenance money Great idea, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tubadiva-memorial-tuba-fund-campaign-is-now-underway/915233/37 "2020-07-15T18:45:50Z")
OTOH, think how many tubas that school could have! Surely enough for their own Tuba Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tubadiva-memorial-tuba-fund-campaign-is-now-underway/915233/38 "2020-07-16T09:58:39Z")
I contributed. I enjoy this place so much, and one of the reasons is that **TubaDiva** made it the place it is today. **Ed** , could the _Chicago Sun-Times_ run a report when the TubaDiva Memorial Tuba is presented to her high school? Or at least, will you let us know here? As for any overages beyond the cost of a tuba, I’d suggest that Jenny’s high school might initiate a scholarship fund. Any funds beyond what is necessary for a tuba at her high school, might help music students at her high school study music at a university. It could be called the “TubaDiva Trust Fund.” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tubadiva-memorial-tuba-fund-campaign-is-now-underway/915233/39 "2020-07-17T03:01:29Z")
> [@susan](#): > > OTOH, think how many tubas that school could have! Surely enough for their own Tuba Christmas. I’m sure they can squeeze in one more. Like a tuba toothpaste. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tubadiva-memorial-tuba-fund-campaign-is-now-underway/915233/40 "2020-07-18T12:40:46Z")
Thanks Ed. I just came back (to accidentally make an ass of myself, but also to try and stick around), and I just now caught up on this. You’d better believe I’m in. Those of you who are crying, know that ya got one more. Just…damn. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tubadiva-memorial-tuba-fund-campaign-is-now-underway/915233.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tubadiva-memorial-tuba-fund-campaign-is-now-underway/915233.md?page=3)