Friday evening, the Marching Illini’s sousaphone players helped raise money for the Crisis Nursery by running in a 5k during the Illinois Marathon weekend hosted by the Christie Clinic. This was the ...

The Marching Illini sousaphone section will participate in the Christie Clinic Illinois 5k Run/Walk on Friday to raise money for Crisis Nursery — with their instruments. For nearly a decade, the ...

Alex Kirkeeng has been training for the Illinois Marathon 5K for months, but he's been training for more than just 3.1 miles. "I figure if I can run 5 miles, hopefully I can run 3.1 with a sousaphone, ...

What do you get when you cross a sousaphone with a microphone? We don't know -- but it sure does make for a great news story. KSAZ reporter Cory McCloskey suffered a moment of embarrassment when he ...

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Fans may rave about the tuba players in the UC Berkeley Marching Band. Technically, though, they’re playing sousaphones — and the Cal Band calls them “basses.” Whatever you call them, though, those ...

A South Carolina musician, seeking a way to speak out against a Ku Klux Klan rally, dropped a not so subtle hint for the racist organizers to change their tune by mocking them with his sousaphone as ...