This Sunday, December 5th at 6:30 p.m., the 29th Tuba Christmas in
Los Angeles will be held in front of the Alex Theatre on Brand
Boulevard in downtown Glendale. As many as 300 players make up the
large tuba/euphonium choir. They range in age from 8 to 80 and come
from all over Southern California. In addition there will be
performances by the world famous Tubadours and the Los Tubas Pros.
Conductors will be Jim Self, Tim O'Brien, Steve Klein (conducting
some tuba Hanukah songs) and Glendale Symphony Conductor, Norman
Henry Mamey.
This free community concert is sponsored by the Alex Theatre, the
Glendale Downtown Merchants Association, the Glendale News-Press and
the Glendale Symphony Orchestra.
Tuba Christmas concerts are held in over 130 cities across the
nation including those by the National Christmas Tree at the White
House and at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City.
For more information, please call (818) 243-2539 or visit the ir
website at www.alextheatre.org.
The Alex Theatre is located at 216 North Brand Bl. in Glendale.
Validated parking is available for theatre patrons at three Glendale
locations: the Orange Street Parking Garage (parallel to Brand
Blvd.), the Marketplace Garage (located at the intersection of
Harvard and Maryland Aves.) and the Exchange Parking Garage (on
Maryland Ave., south of Wilson Ave.). The house manager will validate
parking tickets.
--Alex Theatre
