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Tubas Carol for Christmas

KCUR

Published December 22, 2008 at 1:43 PM CST

TubaChristmas is an annual event that brings together hundreds of tuba and euphonium players of all ages and music levels, shapes and sizes. And they all perform arrangements of traditional Christmas tunes.

By Elana Gordon

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/national/local-national-808740.mp3

Kansas City, MO – The event was founded 30 years ago in New York City by Missouri native Harvey Philips. Now there are more than 200 concerts scheduled throughout the country. It's been a longtime tradition in Kansas City - KCUR's Elana Gordon stopped by the local event this weekend at the Lyric Theater, and brought back this audio postcard.

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