Tuba performers at Salem’s Tuba Holiday at the Elsinore Theatre on Dec. 24, 2021 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Salem’s Tuba Holiday, organized by Salem Symphonic Winds, returned to the stage in 2021. Read more about the tradition here.
John Skelton, director of the Salem Tuba Band, leads the audience in a Christmas carol singalong Friday at the Elsinore Theatre (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
John Skelton directs Friday’s performance of Salem Tubs Holiday at the Elsinore Theatre (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Tuba performers at Salem’s Tuba Holiday at the Elsinore Theatre on Dec. 24, 2021 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
John Skelton directs Friday’s performance of Salem Tubs Holiday at the Elsinore Theatre (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
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Photographer Ron Cooper and his wife Penny moved to Salem in 1969 to take a job as photographer at the Oregon Statesman (later the Statesman Journal). Their three children, Monica, Kimberly, and Christopher, attended and graduated from Salem public schools. Cooper retired from the Statesman Journal in 2001 but, has continued his passion for photography in many ways, including as a photographer for the Salem Reporter.
