Tuba
Ernie Belanger as a Youngster
by Cliff Lamere 16 Dec 2006
Tuba
Photos contributed by Ernie Belanger
Ernest Edmund "Ernie" Belanger, VII
Ernie joined the Skip Parsons' Riverboat Jazz Band in 1973 and has been playing with them ever since.
This webpage shows how Ernie got his start tuba playing.
Ernie Belanger at age 10 with his first tuba (1955)
The Ballston Spa Fire Department Band in 1960. Ernie Belanger, age 15, is at the right with his first new tuba, a Conn Sousaphone. This is the same instrument that he played at the 1980 Winter Olympics with Skip Parsons' Riverboat Jazz Band. In Dec 2006, Ernie is still going to Thursday evening band practices at the Firehouse. Ernie took his sons with him to practices as they were growing up. Now, he takes his 13-year old grandson.
Biography of Ernie Belanger (includes list of CDs on which he can be heard)
Ernie Belanger in other photos taken by Cliff Lamere:
Skip Parsons' Riverboat Jazz Band 1
Skip Parsons' Riverboat Jazz Band 2
Skip Parsons' Riverboat Jazz Band 3
Skip Parsons' Riverboat Jazz Band 4
Skip Parsons' Clarinet Marmalade Trio at Normanside Country Club
Ernie Belanger in photos on other webpages made by Cliff Lamere:
Skip Parsons' Clarinet Marmalade Trio at Funeral
Skip Parsons' Clarinet Marmalade Trio at Elks Club
Ernie Belanger in Florida - part 2
Bugler at Saratoga National Cemetery
Ernie Belanger in other internet photos:
Beneath a canopy - Tom D'Andrea, Rennie Crain, Ernie Belanger, Skip Parsons, Woody Strobeck, Mo Rancourt, Eddy Kebabjian (left to right)
Biography and photo of Ernie's musical father, Ernie Belanger, Sr.
Ernie's father in blackface
Sousaphone