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Tuba Christmas concert booms in the season in Naperville

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Performers in this year's Tuba Christmas concerts will range in age from sixth-graders to senior citizens.

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Dozens of tuba players will gather Saturday in Naperville and Aurora under the direction of Naperville Municipal Band Director Ron Keller for their annual Tuba Christmas concerts.

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The highlight of the Christmas Tuba concerts, Director Ron Keller says, is a rousing rendition of "Jingle Bells" that veers off into the "National Emblem March" and then back again.

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Ah, the gentle sounds of Christmas in Naperville. Bells pealing softly through a veil of falling snow. Rosy-cheeked carolers gathering outside your front door. Eighty tubas thumping their way through "O, Come All Ye Faithful." Wait just a minute. Tubas? At Christmas? In the heart of downtown Naperville? What in the name of John Philip Sousa is going on here?