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Westminster Chorus: the Real Scoop • Buzz Haeger Tribute • Last-Minute Nashville Information May/June 2008 INSIDE: Westminster Chorus: the real scoop • Buzz Haeger tribute • Last-minute Nashville information May/June 2008 VOLUME LXVIII NUMBER 3 The 2007 international cham- pion Westminster Chorus seems to have as much fun 36 per capita as any chorus in the Society. That’s a far cry from the days of disqualifica- tions and petty ego battles that caused virtually the entire chorus to resign. Read about the catastrophe that finally brought them together. Features Last-minute convention info How to start a youth chorus 15 A few schedule changes and few more things to do in 22 Successful collaborations between young and old have Nashville, plus great contests are on the way! led to wealth of tips. What are you waiting for? JOHN SCHNEIDER, CONVENTIONS MANAGER CHRIS SCAPPATURA Sign up for the webcast Tribute to Buzz Haeger 17 Higher quality and better features cost a little more, 34 A musical savant who was good at everything else. but it’s worth it—did we mention delayed viewing? What was behind those world-class eyebrows? LYNN HAULDREN Youth Chorus Festival recap 18 The newest Society choruses are as young as they are Rocky Road to Gold exciting. San Antonio was a taste of things to come! 36 It was a great ride to the gold, but it was mostly ANONYMOUS YOUTH IN HARMONY BOOSTER just a wild roller-coaster ride in the beginning RUSS SQUIRES On the Cover: Northwest Vocal Departments Project Photo by Jennifer Kelly theperfectpic.com 2 12 THE PRESIDENT’S PAGE HARMONY HOW-TO Leaving a legacy to our youth You may be director material 3 43 LETTERS STAY TUNED Praise and concerns about the speech of a genera- Double slam dunk for Great Northern Union tion, and is there a stage fright quick fix? Sri Lanka gets a dose of barbershop harmony 5 46 STRAIGHT TALK MEMBER SERVICE DIRECTORY An outside perspective on sharing harmony Where to find answers 7 48 TEMPO THE TAG Two unveilings for 70th anniversary celebration “I Love to Sing ’Em” by Mac Huff Small chapters: submit your stories! May/June 2008 • The HARMONIZER 1 THE PRESIDENT’S PAGE Noah Funderburg, Society President • [email protected] Leaving a legacy to our youth y undergraduate degree is in political science, school when I sang in my high school glee and I always have enjoyed following politics club known as The Warblers. We warbled at every level. There are a lot of similarities pretty well actually. We also sang some Soci- in behavior among political leaders irrespec- ety arrangements. The sound was an impor- M tive of their level of office. I have observed tant part of my memory, but the blending of that in the period immediately preceding several voices in a joint effort was just as im- their departure from office, they try to refine portant. I could sing solos in church, or sing the legacy by which they will be remembered. to the radio or stereo, but blending in har- I suppose it is in part human ego, but perhaps mony took a group. And I liked that. I think it also is driven by the desire to think that as that same appeal remains today for young a leader you made a difference for something men. The question is, who will introduce this in which you strongly believe. opportunity to them? I hoped my legacy as Society president That is where you come in. Introducing would be to help bring an even young men, and women, to barbershop har- more concerted effort in shar- mony will take deliberate action. While our ing my and your love for bar- staff is working on new program ideas, the bershop harmony with young implementation of much of what they design men and women throughout still will depend on the local guy in the local the world. It is not important chapter. Here are a few ideas of what you can to me that anyone remem- do for a young potential member: bers my role in this. It only is • Get to know his high school music teacher important that I might and give him/her sheet music and CDs. Even the small- have helped bring about • Take a quartet to perform at his high the right circumstances or school. est chapter or exert influence during my • Give him free tickets to a chapter show. any member term to increase those op- • Give him a quartet CD and some sheet portunities. A lot has hap- music of a song from the CD. can promote pened in the last year and • Take him to a barbershop performance. youth program- a half for which I claim • Invite his ensemble to be a part of your no credit. That credit chapter show. ming. First, you goes to our fine staff. I • Teach him a tag. hope my stated desire to • Invite him to sing in a quartet if he is com- have to believe our staff about my inter- fortable. it is worth pro- est in promoting youth • Sponsor him and his teacher to a Harmony programming may have Explosion camp. moting. helped bring some of those • Sponsor him and his teacher to Harmony programs to fruition even University. faster, but creating programs and executing • Teach him that no matter where he is in them well is a tribute to the staff. The best life, there is always a place for barbershop. news of all is that more program ideas are in the planning stages that have the potential to I hope my dream is your dream, and that do even more and greater things. together we can create a legacy of every young man in every city and town knowing What can you do? about and having the opportunity to experi- Just as for political leaders, the reality of cre- ence barbershop harmony. Let’s make it real! ating a legacy really depends on the actions Harmony 4 Life for all! of others. I need your help to make my dream become a part of the Society’s legacy. What can you do? Even the smallest chapter or any member, including a Frank Thorne member, can promote youth programming. First, you have to believe it is worth promoting. I was introduced to four-part harmony in high [email protected] 2 The HARMONIZER • May/June 2008 LETTERS [email protected] Midwinter Convention surprises Praise for Midwinter convention No 1938 dustbin returned from the Midwinter convention in San In the March/April Harmonizer, Ed Watson wrote: Antonio with certainly one of the greatest memo- “Our art form was virtually in the dust bin when O.C. ries I could imagine. Participating in the Texas All Cash and Rupert Hall formed this society in 1938.” Star Chorus was a truly unforgetable Gold Medal Apparently he has not read Gage Averill’s book, Four I Moment for me and the other eight members of Parts, No Waiting, which is available from Harmony our small chapter in Spring, Texas who were there Marketplace, and which I highly recommend. with me. In 1935, the director of recreation for New York The thrill of singing under the direction of Jim City organized a citywide “American Ballad Con- Clancy is indescribable. Thanks for implementing test for Amateur Barber-Shop Quartets.” Eighty this fantastic idea. It gave many of us who have quartets entered. Borough-wide preliminaries at- never had the opportunity of singing with an in- tracted audiences of thousands. The final contest ternational gold medal chorus to experience just in Central Park drew 15,000. The contest ended that. I hope that this was just the beginning of a with a performance of “Sweet Adeline” by a quar- tradition that will continue with every Society tet that included Mayor La Guardia and Parks convention. commissioner Robert Moses. JIM HOGE On August 28, 1936, WNYC broadcast the Bar- Spring, Texas bershop Quartet Finals from Prospect Park, Brook- lyn. In September, the New York Times reported I was prepared to be a little bored, but went to that “Rivalry of barbershop quartets for the title of support friends competing. What a total joyous best in town brings out a throng of 20,000.” surprise the Midwinter con- No, barbershopping was hardly “in the dust bin” vention in San Antonio was prior to the founding SPEBSQSA. for me. Technically, it was my DAN SMITH first time attending a Mid- Norwood, Mass. winter convention, although several years ago I was at the Ed’s response: Yes, I have read Four Parts, No Midwinter venue in Tampa, Waiting, and I, too, recommend it. As to your point, Fla. for a Society member- Dan, it is not so much that it was in the dustbin, as it ship committee meeting; un- was heading that way by 1938. Regardless, our So- fortunately, I had to return ciety has had over 300,000 members join and leave home before the convention [or die] since those days, and we are still the largest activities started. The Mid- winter was more relaxed for attendees than the summer convention and gave me a chance to make many May/June 2008 Volume LXVIII Number 3 new friends and spend Complete contact info: page 46. some quality time with old friends. The Harmonizer (USPS No. 577700)(ISSN 0017-7849) is the official publication of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet The more relaxed schedule also allowed me to get Singing in America, Inc., dba Barbershop Harmony Society. It is published in Janu- in some woodshedding, tagging, polecat singing, ary, March, May, July, September and November at 110 7th Ave N, Nashville TN and quality sight-seeing.
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