They’ve still got their trombones and their trumpets, their cornets and their clarinets. But the high school marching bands of Southern California are tuba-less these days, and their music directors ...
LOS ANGELES — They’ve still got their trombones and their trumpets, their cornets and their clarinets. But the high school marching bands of Southern California are going tuba-less these days, and ...
BELL (CBS) — Authorities say two marching band tubas were stolen from Bell High School over the weekend, the latest in a rash of thefts at area high schools. Two King brass sousaphones valued at ...
Los Angeles-area high school band teachers are blaming a popular form of Hispanic music -- banda -- for a rash of tuba thefts that have decimated high school bands across Southern California. The Los ...
The words "black market" usually summon images of drugs, guns or pirated DVDs — not tubas. Yet authorities in Los Angeles say the instrument is in such high demand that the black market may be what's ...