# TubaDiva memorial **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 8, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-memorial/914742 "2020-07-08T14:30:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-memorial/914742/41 "2020-07-11T17:00:18Z")
This is a great idea. Count me in. ---
**Author:** ![basslinemz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/958977/32.png) [@basslinemz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/basslinemz)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-memorial/914742/42 "2020-07-11T21:58:43Z")
A great idea, and could potentially be much more than a single instrument donation, too. It could be the seeds for a Instrument Replacement Fund at the school, to repair and replace school-owned instruments for the forseeable future (if they don’t already have one). My own alma mater started such a project a few years ago, and it’s been part of their annual fundraising schedule ever since. You’ll definitely have contributions from her bandmates for this (whether it’s one instrument or something more; I’m just offering a possibility) ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-memorial/914742/43 "2020-07-12T00:44:13Z")
A great idea and I am in, just let us know when and where. And Hello to you Mr. Zotti! I hope you and yours are well! ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-memorial/914742/44 "2020-07-12T09:56:06Z")
Just curious…do schools maintain their own instruments usually? In my HS it seemed like music class was a strictly BYOInstrument kind of affair and much hand-wringing occurred if a kid wanted to change instruments or quit after a year. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-memorial/914742/45 "2020-07-12T12:19:14Z")
Schools often do have a number of instruments for kids who can’t afford to buy or rent them. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-memorial/914742/46 "2020-07-12T12:22:36Z")
I’m in. And I second the idea of giving one to some other school in a place important to Jenny if that doesn’t work for her alma mata ---
**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 12, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-memorial/914742/47 "2020-07-12T18:40:01Z")
I’m in, too. Let me know if you need advice on what horn to get. Some are utter crap and would be a bad memorial. Others won’t stand up to teenage abuse. I’m a tuba player and I teach high school music. I’ve seen some bad purchases and I know what high schoolers will do to a horn. ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-memorial/914742/48 "2020-07-13T19:04:56Z")
The [TubaDiva Memorial Tuba Fund](https://www.gofundme.com/f/tubadiva-memorial-musical-instrument-fund) is now accepting donations. We’ll likely donate an agreed-upon amount to the school to purchase the tuba. They have a better idea what will hold up than we do and probably get an educational discount anyway. I’ll solicit opinions before making any decision. Naturally we’ll want the donated tuba to have an appropriate inscription. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-memorial/914742/49 "2020-07-13T20:26:15Z")
Really great obit in the Chicago Sun-Times: > **[Jennifer Paradis, who ran Straight Dope Message Board for over 20 years, has...](https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/7/10/21320447/jennifer-paradis-straight-dope-message-board-tuba-obituary?fbclid=IwAR2ZFi5wKTNRq1XDPtqBrwSIElBV5cWGxLz4X3GVwiHilOK6O1xjKCEenjE)** > > She maintained civility among the message board’s devoted followers and oversaw the archive of thousands of columns. And she really loved playing the tuba. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-memorial/914742/50 "2020-07-13T20:29:27Z")
@Ed_Zotti, I’m pretty confident you were part of getting this published. Thank you for that. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-memorial/914742/51 "2020-07-13T20:35:24Z")
That’s a wonderful obituary and a good shout-out for the SDMB - maybe it will bring in some new posters, which is also a fitting tribute for TubaDiva. I just donated and am happy to see that we’re already more than half way to the goal, even though the donation site is at most a few hours old. ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-memorial/914742/52 "2020-07-13T21:34:04Z")
Actually, no. I was in touch with Sun-Times management about the SDMB and mentioned that we wanted to do a memorial, but they came up with the idea of an obit on their own. They thought highly of Jenny. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-memorial/914742/53 "2020-07-13T21:37:11Z")
Ah, well that’s even better, and thanks for putting together the collection. I had no idea tubas were so spendy! ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-memorial/914742/54 "2020-07-13T21:52:49Z")
It’s a lovely tribute. Slightly disappointing they didn’t mention the classic GQ question about whether a plane can take off from a moving conveyor belt. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-memorial/914742/55 "2020-07-13T23:12:44Z")
I can only give a little, but I’d like to, but unfortunately, the GoFundMe page doesn’t accept paypal. I don’t have a credit card, and donating with my German debit card seems to be impossible. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-memorial/914742/56 "2020-07-14T01:03:39Z")
As mentioned by **Munch** in [the other thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tubadiva-memorial-tuba-fund-campaign-is-now-underway/915233/22), you can use PayPal. It’s not intuitive, but you have to click on “Google Pay” to do so. I could be wrong, but as I understand it, Google Pay supports PayPal payments from the U.S. and Germany, but not, for whatever reason, most other countries. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-memorial/914742/57 "2020-07-14T01:50:32Z")
Thanks, @Ed_Zotti, for the idea and for contributing to that great obit! I’m definitely in on the tuba idea! ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-memorial/914742/58 "2020-07-14T01:56:04Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > As mentioned by **Munch** in [the other thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tubadiva-memorial-tuba-fund-campaign-is-now-underway/915233/22), you can use PayPal. It’s not intuitive, but you have to click on “Google Pay” to do so. I could be wrong, but as I understand it, Google Pay supports PayPal payments from the U.S. and Germany, but not, for whatever reason, most other countries. Sorry, but there is no Google Pay option on the donation page (at least as I see it, it may be because I’m in Germany), the only options are credit or debit card. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-memorial/914742/59 "2020-07-14T03:28:03Z")
What a touching obituary. I didn’t know TubaDiva/Jenny personally, but this obit makes me wish that I did. ---
**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, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-memorial/914742/60 "2020-07-14T03:31:38Z")
Many, many thanks to the Chicago Sun-Times for that wonderful obituary. The world _should_ know about **Our Humble TubaDiva**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-memorial/914742.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-memorial/914742.md?page=4)