First Bob said: "Well, Fred, the fact is I've always liked tuba music. The more tubas the merrier, as far as I'm concerned. Tubas always sound happy or at least funny to me."
Then Jimmy: "Murphy, I've known you for 3 years now, and I didn't know we had so much in common. I *love* the tuba too! We'll just have to do a duet at Jonifest this year. Not many people know that I play the tuba professionally. I've been a member of the I.T.E.A (International Tuba-Euphonium Association) for quite some time now. There's so much more to the tuba than "oom pah pah, oom pah pah", and us tubists get such a bad rap." Dear fellers, I would have contacted you both privately, but I thought "why be selfish?" and decided to share this with everyone (well, not those Joni-only purists). Ebay has 16 items I'm sure you'd be interested in. Just search "Tubby the Tuba." They even have a copy of the book I used to love in the 50's. Here's an excerpt from the sales pitch: This is an old, very clean, hardcover children's book titled: Tubby the Tuba, by Paul Tripp, Treasure Books publishers, copyright 1954. The book tells the story of Tubby the Tuba and his musical instrument friends in an orchestra - Tubby complains to the others that there are never any pretty melodies written for Tubas. Sean
