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Rash Of Unsolved Tuba Thefts Plagues Southland High Schools (Banda Music craze..???)
CBS Los Angeles ^
| 11/13/11
| CBS Los Angeles Staff
Posted on 12/13/2011 8:01:44 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
LOS ANGELES (CBS) Officials say a rash of recent burglaries has left them searching for tuba thieves.
South Gate High School music teacher Ruben Gonzalez Jr. told the Los Angeles Times that thieves broke into his band room and took only tubas. Losses included an upright concert tuba and a silver sousaphone or marching-band tuba worth a combined $13,000.
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To: AngelesCrestHighway
As a former tuba/sousaphone player, I’m shocked and dismayed.
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posted on
12/13/2011 8:37:41 AM PST
by
Lucas McCain
(The day may come when the courage of men will fail, but not this day.)
To: Lucas McCain
To: Lucas McCain
In a “Police Squad” episode, detective Frank Drebin while looking for clues plays “Holiday for Tubas” on his eight-track car player.
(Imagine the worst ever rendition of “Holiday for Strings”)
They’re relating the tuba thefts to Mexicans. I always thought it was Cuban bands which relished the big brass boom.
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posted on
12/13/2011 8:46:32 AM PST
by
elcid1970
("Deport all Muslims. Nuke Mecca now. Death to Islam means freedom for all mankind.")
To: elcid1970
I lived in a Mexican neighborhood, and their music had a lot of tuba bottom.
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posted on
12/13/2011 8:51:12 AM PST
by
Silentgypsy
(If this creature is not stopped it could make its way to Novosibirsk!)
To: COUNTrecount
I think you are right. It's shocking how valuable copper and brass has become. I was in a Williams Sonoma store recently and saw a copper stock pot that, were it not made of copper, you could buy anywhere for $50. It was priced at $900.00. That's why people are stealing copper.
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posted on
12/13/2011 8:52:05 AM PST
by
PUGACHEV
To: Silentgypsy
Mexican music is mostly rehashed polkas.
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posted on
12/13/2011 8:52:22 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: AngelesCrestHighway
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posted on
12/13/2011 8:56:07 AM PST
by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
To: Bigh4u2
Who took my damn tuba?...
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Ok, I’ll say it...this article blows.
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posted on
12/13/2011 8:59:10 AM PST
by
pappyone
To: dfwgator
“Mexican music is mostly rehashed polkas.”...
With the same beat...
Una Una Una Una Una Una Una Una Una......
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Looks like our society has hit another low note.
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posted on
12/13/2011 9:07:12 AM PST
by
exit82
(Democrats are the enemies of freedom. We have ideas-the Dems only have ideology.)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Not the sort of thing that’s easy to hide, carrying it Or playing it.
And do these Tubas have serial numbers on them?
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posted on
12/13/2011 9:09:47 AM PST
by
To-Whose-Benefit?
(It is Error alone which needs the support of Government. The Truth can stand by itself.)
To: Bigh4u2
"Just shut up and blow..."
To: AngelesCrestHighway
“Who took my damn tuba?...”
OH NO!!!
Another ‘rash’ of Tuba thievery!!
):-(
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posted on
12/13/2011 9:12:06 AM PST
by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Yes, thieves motivated by the "Tuba Revolution." They've found the "good life," where tubas are just lying around waiting to be stolen.
Tuba Revolution
To: AngelesCrestHighway
“Is that a tuba under your coat or are you just happy to see me?”
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posted on
12/13/2011 9:13:39 AM PST
by
GSWarrior
(Businessmen are more trustworthy than politicians, professors and preachers.)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Well that guy sure has big ‘brass’ one(s)!
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posted on
12/13/2011 9:13:47 AM PST
by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Are the police going to search students for the stolen tubas?
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posted on
12/13/2011 9:14:10 AM PST
by
count-your-change
(You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: Bernard Marx
“You come to get out of the hole.
You think youre going to grab money in piles. You get here and you realize its not as easy as you imagined.”
That’s the exact same thing I thought when I played my first ‘gig’ in a bar...
Boy! Was I disappointed!
lol!
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posted on
12/13/2011 9:16:42 AM PST
by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
To: count-your-change
Yeah!
Check their backpacks.
Kids put everything in those nowadays...
:)
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posted on
12/13/2011 9:18:09 AM PST
by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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