BRATTLEBORO — TubaChristmas celebrates its 40th anniversary this year with concerts in more than 250 American cities and others overseas.
This year, on Sunday, Dec. 15, musicians living in and around Brattleboro who play tubas, sousaphones, and euphoniums are invited to present the third annual TubaChristmas at the First Congregational Church.
Players wishing to join the ensemble are asked to register for the concert beginning at 1 p.m. Rehearsal is set for 2, and the show is at 3.
The annual event began in 1974 to honor the late, great tubist William J. Bell, who was born Christmas Day, 1902. Every Christmas season, tuba and euphonium players of all ages, from specific geographic areas, gather to pay respect to Bell and honor their other teachers.