Word: tubas
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There's a Cat in the Tuba, which won the $750 citywide song contest, had just what it takes to make a carnaval hit: a catchy tune (reminiscent of the Maine Stein Song) and a daffy lyric. Because the government was out to make carnaval bigger & better after some wartime flops, De Barro and Ribeiro wrote Cat in lilting, one-step marcha time-quicker even than the sprightly samba beat...
...story of one Serafim, a tuba player whose booming at local Sunday concerts gave him an audience for miles around. His hearers were surprised, runs the chorus, when...
...phonograph in his home and money in his pocket can have the reading done for him by a professional. There were never so many children's records to choose from. Among the new standouts: Danny Kaye's version of a children's favorite, Tubby the Tuba (Decca); a new volume in Capitol's Bozo the Clown series; Peter Lind Hayes' Genie, the Magic Record (Decca); Sterling Holloway's Uncle Remus Stories (Decca); The Little Engine That Could (Victor); Dinah Shore's Bongo (Columbia). Older kids can hear Lionel Barrymore's reading...
...expertness of Holmes' direction and the intricacy of Anderson's arranging became more apparent in the near-perfect acoustic conditions of Symphony Hall than in the buffeting of a Stadium breeze. Beautifully shaded contrasts, a clarinet section which sounded as a single instrument, tremendously impressive weight of tuba and trombone: all these were clearly delineated in the Hall...
First tryouts and rehearsals for the band are scheduled for today in the Payne. Band Room from 2 to 5 o'clock and from 7 to 9 o'clock. Further tryouts for anyone from tuba players to baton twirlers are set for Wednesday evening. As bait to lure new members the band offers choice seats at the football games and a chance to get seats in the cheering sections for companions...