Photos of the 2008 Tuba Christmas concert in downtown Boston

Boston greatly enjoyed the 35th annual Tuba Christmas concert at Faneuil Hall/Quincy Market in downtown Boston today. Scores of tuba players served up Christmas classics for a crowd of hundreds of afternoon shoppers. The weather was a little bit chilly but entirely bearable. Tubachristmas is a nationwide event that takes place the first Saturday after Thanksgiving every year.

A portrait-style photo of some of the many tubas and tuba players that were part of the 2008 Tuba Christmas concert in downtown Boston on November 29.

A photograph from the 2008 Tuba Christmas that shows how the conductor directs the tuba players while a Boston Herald photograph scans for shots of the scene

One of the tuba players who helped make the 35th annual Tuba Christmas concert such a success in Boston. The man is wearing a red and white hat that says Tuba Christmas.

A young tuba player takes on pieces of the Nutcracker as the crowd looks on.

A portrait-style close-up photo showing four fingers on the four keys of a tuba.

Three sousaphones dressed up for the occasion joined the tubas at the 35th annual Tuba Christmas concert in Boston, as this photograph shows.

This photo from the 2008 Tuba Christmas shows how Quincy Market in downtown Boston is reflected in a tuba. The tuba is decorated with red Christmas light and its player is a woman wearing a Santa hat.

A close up photo of sheet music and concert notes at the 35th annual Tuba Christmas concert in downtown Boston on November 29, 2008.

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