A tuba player is seen through another tuba while he rehearses with hundreds of other tubists at the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 for Tuba Christmas, an annual concert of tuba players. This is the 39th year for the concert, which started in Rockefeller Center in 1974. It is now held worldwide. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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