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These guys are making spirits bright in Portland

Joshua LaChance plays Christmas tunes on his tuba in Portland's Post Office Park on Friday as shoppers bustle about. Troy R. Bennett | BDN

Street performing, or busking, for tips is an age-old practice. According to the Busker Street Union, it’s a tradition going back to medieval Europe where local merchants would invite entertainers to their storefronts, plazas and public squares to attract pedestrians and increase business. As far as I know, nobody invited Tim Burns and Joshua LaChance down to […]