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Tuba Players Get Their Annual Chance to Shine
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More than 100 tuba players showed up for Tuba Christmas Los Angeles, the oldest Tuba Christmas in California.
Every year in the month of December, players of the tuba, and its cousins the euphonium, baritone and sousaphone, gather for a seasonal mass concert known as "Tuba Christmas." California hosts nine separate Tuba Christmas events. The one at Disney is the biggest, but the one in Los Angeles is the oldest -- it's been going for 37 years. Reporter: Susan Valot
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The Giving State: The Hidden Genius Project
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Jason Young (right) talks with Timothy Ford.
In another installment in our series on volunteers in California, "The Giving State," we meet Jason Young, a technology entrepreneur from Oakland who started a program that teaches software development and business skills to inner-city youth. Reporter: Liz Reid
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"Holly Jolly Christmas" performed by Clangin' and Bangin'