A tuba, or a whole group of tubas, don’t automatically spring into our minds when we think about Christmas music. But a group of Iowa tuba players (tubists?) may change your mind about that.

As you saw on the cover of this month’s Family Living and can read about in Valerie Van Kooten’s article on Iowa’s holiday music, tuba players around our state are oompa-pa-ing their way into becoming a part of our holiday traditions.

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