Q: The sousaphone is a heavy instrument — 18 to 50 pounds. Don’t you get physically tired marching around with it? A: It’s exhausting, but exhilarating at the same time.

It costs $50 per person. Virtual options are also open for those who cannot attend in person, and race goodies and finisher medals can be shipped. Goodies include a Bella + Canvas-brand short-sleeve ...

Zachariah Hickman playing his sousaphone on Galen Street in Watertown, Massachusetts. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) "This is Nessie, the world’s only Loch Ness Monster Sousaphone," Hickman says.

Never Stand to Close to a Shirtless Man with a Huge Sousaphone on the Subway (Video) Just another day on the NYC subway. Julian Kimble September 12, 2013 ...

Zack Hickman plays his sousaphone in Watertown (WBZ-TV) "It's a human touch we all need right now. And that's what I loved about it," Caulfied said.

The sousaphone player traditionally dots the "i" nowadays, but the first person to dot the "i" was actually Brungart, who played trumpet. In 1937, the sousaphone player took the spot in the ...