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A host of tubas for the holidays

Brass players puff away on Old Capitol steps in Iowa City

Geoff Stellfox

Dec. 8, 2023 4:07 pm

John Manning, University of Iowa associate professor of tuba and euphonium, directs his band Friday for the annual Holiday Tuba performance on the steps of the Old Capitol Museum on the Pentacrest in Iowa City. Around 100 people gathered to listen to the brassy concert. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
John Manning, University of Iowa associate professor of tuba and euphonium, directs his band Friday for the annual Holiday Tuba performance on the steps of the Old Capitol Museum on the Pentacrest in Iowa City. Around 100 people gathered to listen to the brassy concert. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
John Manning, University of Iowa associate professor of tuba and euphonium, directs his band on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, at The Pentacrest in Iowa City, Iowa. Around 100 members of the community came out to the Old Capital Museum for the annual Holiday Tuba performance. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
John Manning, University of Iowa associate professor of tuba and euphonium, directs his band on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, at The Pentacrest in Iowa City, Iowa. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
John Manning, University of Iowa associate professor of tuba and euphonium, puts the finishing touches on his Santa costume on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, at The Pentacrest in Iowa City, Iowa. Around 100 members of the community came out to the Old Capital Museum for the annual Holiday Tuba performance. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
John Manning, University of Iowa associate professor of tuba and euphonium, puts the finishing touches on his Santa costume on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, at The Pentacrest in Iowa City, Iowa. Around 100 members of the community came out to the Old Capitol Museum for the annual Holiday Tuba performance. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
Musicians playing tubas, sousaphones or euphoniums play holiday songs Friday on the steps of the Old Capitol Museum on the University of Iowa campus during the annual Holiday Tuba performance. In Cedar Rapids, another brassy concert, MerryTuba Christmas, will be presented Saturday, Dec. 9, from 3 to 4 p.m. at the downtown Cedar Rapids Public Library, 450 Fifth Ave. SE. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
Musicians playing tubas, sousaphones or euphoniums play holiday songs Friday on the steps of the Old Capitol Museum on the University of Iowa campus during the annual Holiday Tuba performance. In Cedar Rapids, another brassy concert, MerryTuba Christmas, will be presented Saturday, Dec. 9, from 3 to 4 p.m. at the downtown Cedar Rapids Public Library, 450 Fifth Ave. SE. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
Tuba players prepare for the annual Holiday Tuba performance during the noon hour Friday on the steps of the Old Capitol Museum on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
Tuba players prepare for the annual Holiday Tuba performance during the noon hour Friday on the steps of the Old Capitol Museum on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
About 100 people gather to hear the annual Holiday Tuba performance Friday on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
About 100 people gather to hear the annual Holiday Tuba performance Friday on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
About 100 people gather to hear the annual Holiday Tuba performance Friday on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
About 100 people gather to hear the annual Holiday Tuba performance Friday on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
The Pentacrest is reflected in a tuba on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, at The Pentacrest in Iowa City, Iowa. Around 100 members of the community came out to the Old Capital Museum for the annual Holiday Tuba performance. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
The Pentacrest is reflected in the bell of a euphonium during the Friday Holiday Tuba concert on the steps of the Old Capitol Museum at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
About 100 people gather to hear the annual Holiday Tuba performance Friday on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
About 100 people gather to hear the annual Holiday Tuba performance Friday on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
About 100 people gather to hear the annual Holiday Tuba performance Friday on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
About 100 people gather to hear the annual Holiday Tuba performance Friday on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
John Manning, University of Iowa associate professor of tuba and euphonium, is silhouetted as he directs the brass band performing holidays songs Friday on the steps of Old Capitol in Iowa City. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
John Manning, University of Iowa associate professor of tuba and euphonium, is silhouetted as he directs the brass band performing holidays songs Friday on the steps of Old Capitol in Iowa City. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
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