Posted by Rick Denney on March 22, 2001 at 18:26:55:
In Reply to: Re: Bah! ITEA. TUBA was a cool name posted by NO BETS on March 22, 2001 at 17:41:40:
The Organization Of Tubists and Euphoniumists Rejecting Sousaphones (TOOTERS).
Tubists Organized To Enjoy Non-Trombone Acoustic NoiZ (TOTENTANZ). Janacek would be the Official Dead White European Composer for this group.
And of course the obvious
Genderless International Musicians Loving Euphoniums and Tubas (GIMLET)
(For those of you who weren't awake in English class, I'll save you the trouble of looking it up:
Main Entry: 2gimlet
Function: adjective
Date: 1752
: having a piercing or penetrating quality
from Webster)
Rick "gimlet-eyed" Denney