Tuba Christmas Concert - Portland Dec 12, 2009

Welcome to our pictures from the 2009 Tuba Christmas Concert in Portland. When we lived here before, we loved going to this concert each year, even in the rain. You wouldn't think that 300 tubas would sound so good on Christmas carols, but it is really beautiful. We would love to put in a video clip, but there's a 100 MB size limit and the videos that we shot were all over that limit. We need to get some video editing software so that we can edit down the size of the files. We video'd "Silent Night", "Go Tell It On the Mountain", and "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear", so if we get some editing software, we will post our videos of those songs.

It was a full crowd, even in the rain. The concert doesn't start until 1:30 pm, but you should get there by 12:45 pm to get a good seat.

I think that tubas play faster if you put racing flames on them. You can finish the song way ahead of everyone else.

Even better if your tuba has Godzilla-like spines down its back. This will make those wimpy euphonium players think twice about messing with you!

There were some great hats that all of the tuba players wore. We didn't know you could buy these until later. Next year, we may get us some Tuba Christmas scarves.

Of course, some people bring their own hats. We're not sure if this is a "sea urchin" hat, or if he's picking up satellite radio with this thing.

Good hats can also be improvised, assuming there's a clown around with balloons. Just keepin' Portand weird, dude!

Great concert, as always. Followed by a smooth ride home on Max, Portland's light rail.

We hope you enjoyed the photos.

Happy Holidays!

John & Annie