Colorado Springs, Colo. Pikespeaker The chapter is looking for an editor to re- place Elda Ridenour, wife of Neil Ridenour who has stepped down as Music & Per- formance VP. Tony Howell has agreed to serve as point man for chapter news until a new editor can be found. The ATB "kick off" concert is Sept. 12th at the Village Christian Church. This show will Tony Howell include our competition package as we get ready for the fall RMD convention on Sept. 25th in Layton, Utah. Admission is free and Chapters in this issue everyone is welcome. Show time is 2:00 pm. Colo. Springs ATB 1 Christmas Show: December 4th Speakeasy quartet/The 505, Albuquerque ` 2 The 505/On Q, Albuquerque 3 This is our biggest show of the year and we are especially excited this year to be sing- New Mexi-Chords, Albuquerque 4-5 ing with the Velvet Hills Sweet Adeline Denver Mile High Sound of the Rockies 6 chorus. The show will feature Christmas Montrose Black Canyon 7 music in 4 and 8 part harmony, male, fe- Denver MountainAires 8 male and mixed quartets, and over 70 sing- Jim Clark Mt. Rushmore, Rapid City 9 ers on stage. What a great way to start the Director Billings Big Sky 10 Christmas season! Burley Sharps & Flats 11 Longmont Long’s Peak 12-13 Longmont/Chautauqua 14 Boulder Timberliners 15 Colby Tumbleweed 16-17 Utah Valley, Skyline 18 Pueblo. Sunsational 19 Grand Junction Bookcliff 20-21 Pueblo 21 Los Alamos Lads of Enchantment 22 Travels with Storm Front 23 RMD Chapter Anniversaries 40 years Mt. Rushmore Shrine of Democracy Rapid City, South Dakota Feb. 27, 1970 40 years Durango Narrow Gauge Chorus Durango, Colorado April 14, 1970 35 years Scottsbluff Sugar Valley Singers Scottsbluff, Nebraska Sept. 15, 1975 35 years Denver Denver MountainAires Denver, Colorado Sept. 16, 1975 RMD VOCAL EXPRESSIONS PAGE 2 NOV/DEC 2010 The 505 Chorus was founded in Au- gust, 2008 by Scott Bustios, Billy Nguyen, Noah Erik Clack and Ivan Miller with the hopes of Scott creating a barbershop chorus to compete at the Barbershop Harmony Society's Second Scott Bustios Annual International Youth Chorus Festival in Pasadena, Cal. the following January. With countless young men at the first informational meetings and rehearsals, the 505 Chorus decided it would sing a repertoire of one third barbershop, one third acapella (collegiate), David Tim and one third choral music. Under the direc- tion of Erik Clack and Ivan Miller the 505 chorus put on many great holiday shows, then Billy Nguyen placed 3rd in Pasadena, singing the highest scoring song of the contest: Innisfree by Brad- SpeakeasySpeakeasy Quartet!Quartet! ley Ellingboe. They went on to work a great deal of new Albuquerque, NM repertoire with a solid core of guys. Then, on their first annual show last August the chorus Contact Scott Bustios, T [email protected] wished Erik his best on his graduate studies Noah Langenwalter, Ld [email protected] and passed the co-directorship to Michael Tim Cox, Bs [email protected] Stokes and Ivan Miller . Erik Clack David Wolf, Br [email protected] They pushed themselves to perform 10 holiday songs on their own holiday shows as Influences: Barbershop, Doo-Wop, A Cappella, Choral. GQ, well as guests on countless others. They Rough Draft, Tag Club, Vertigo, Summit, Bank Street geared up and went to Tampa Bay, Florida in Tim is our local county fire fighter. He's into hiking, rock January, again scoring the highest scoring climbing and booze. Not in "that" way. He's a bartender on the song of the contest. side and loves to learn about cocktails and beers and is always The Harmonizer said: “ Michael Stokes ready to serve you one. Tim will pick up a guitar and play you a [was the] the lead soloist (and perhaps tenor, tune as you enjoy your tasty beverage. Ivan Miller alto and soprano soloist) for Somebody to David is our funny man and cell phone service provider. Love. Freddie Mercury himself would have When he's on his down time, he's making EVERYONE around stood and cheered for Michael's passionate, him laugh. He loves fencing & is a big video gamer. He dabbles energetic vocal fireworks—hands-down the in everything but if you don't see him gaming, he's probably best individual performance of the convention” strumming the guitar. which the judges agreed with. Noah is our straight man and token nice guy. You'll probably The momentum led the guys to many never meet a nicer person than Noah. He's our computer guy other great performances, including helping and he too is a fencing fool. Noah, also big on gaming and strum- with Youth Harmony Camp and hosting the ming the guitar can also play a mean bag pipe and sport a sexy New Mexico Men's Chorus Showcase. They Michael Stokes kilt look that makes the ladies scream..........and wonder? are heading to Las Vegas in January under the new direction of Farris Collins , assisted Scott is our token old guy. He's older than everyone and he's by Jesse Herrera . They are outrageously married. Scott is always the insane one of the group. David will thankful for the ongoing support from the get you to laugh cause of his wit, Scott will get you to laugh community. Your donations have made it pos- cause he's a twit. Always talking and shmoozing, he'll get you to sible for such great arrangements, concerts, smile, will sing you a tune anywhere at anytime and loves to host events, travel costs for those who would nor- some wild shenanigans at his place. Scott's no instrumentalist mally not be able to come, and so much but he can play a mean air trumpet! more. They are also always looking for young Farris Collins David, Tim, Noah & Scott have been very good friends for men who are dedicated singers to join them! several years now. Each have been members of the Duke City Sound (previously the Duke City Chorus ). They all met and Support Youth In Harmony & became friends through the DCS. They have always loved sing- ing but school, work, travel, family and all that life throws at you the Harmony Foundation had prevented them from coming together. Thanks largely in part to the 505, all four are singing regularly and formed Speakeasy to hang out, have tons of laughs and make some fun and pretty Make A Difference! music along the way. Jesse Herrera RMD VOCAL EXPRESSIONS PAGE 3 NOV/DEC 2010 August 6-7 505 Annual Show 7:00 pm Central United Methodist Church August 14th OnQ Annual Show First Unitarian Church September 10th How We Met Quartet Fundraiser Central United Methodist Church There’s a lot of singing going on in the Albuquerque area these days. Now the girls are getting in on the action as On Q has been formed, sponsored by the Enchanted Mesa Sweet Adelines. Both youth choruses held their annual shows this summer. Both the Speakeasy quartet and The 505 sang up a storm. There was a very suc- cessful Summer Harmony Camp held in Socorro in June sponsored by the Bernalillo County chapter ( Duke City Sound ) with clinicians Farris Collins and Beth Bruce (SLC) spearheaded by DCS member Matt Vaive . RMD VOCAL EXPRESSIONS PAGE 4 NOV/DEC 2010 Albuquerque, New Mexico Serenade Oz Wehlander is one New Members Arnold Cohen, editor of the veteran mem- [email protected] bers of the New Mexi- www.newmexichords.com Chords and a strong proponent of AHSOW , July issue (third the Ancient and Har- quarter) was mainly monious Society Of focused upon the Woodshedders. Had a good piece in recent chorus re- the last Serenade about the advan- treat in Socorro and tages of singing by ear — keeping it the chorus show, real! ably chaired by Mike Taylor. Lots of David Barbour Dick Goins photos in this issue made for a great presentation. Chapter has been busy. OneVoice - SparX Fundraiser July24-1 We supported the SPARX Fundraiser and were an integral part of the Men’s Chorus Showcase GREAT Spring Show 2010! RIO BRAVO Stew Bush Mike Eaton George Franklin, Jerry Quintana Show chairman Mike Taylor : we had Rol Blauwkamp, Richard Grady David Barbour joined the New Gil Whalen as Ticket Chairman, Bob Mexichords in 2008 and is now back. Duckett as Program Publisher and J.C. He sings lead. Preston and John Taylor as Ad Chairmen. Pat took care of the ushers. Mike Eaton is a member of a quartet– the WBV Voices (it’s a mixed group) and Gary Bolles, FWD, was the clinician the Downbeats (his quartet in Phoenix). at the chorus retreat in Socorro prior to the chapter show. New Mexichords Mission Statement The members of the Albuquerque Chap- ter of the Barbershop Harmony Society dedicate themselves to: • Continually seek the joy to be found in singing well in the barbershop style. • Promote the benefits of our hobby at every available opportunity ONE NIGHT ONLY Stew Bush, Hal Ratcliff, Jerry SPECIAL FEATURE Raymond Davis, Jamie Arrington Quintana, Steve Cooper ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT BJ Hill, Paul Olguin Sat. & Sun., Dec. 11-12, 2010 Four of our hard working quartets Vision Statement sang on the May 8th spring show It is the vision of our chapter to achieve continuous improvement in our music, presentation, and singing, and to WHATCHAMACALLITZ THE HARMONIKATS Bob Duckett, Oz Wehlander, achieve a high Ron Randall, Nick Maxwell Keith Pederson, Les Elmer Bill Lemen, Steve Cooper level of performance. RMD VOCAL EXPRESSIONS PAGE 5 NOV/DEC 2010 Oz Wehlander, Ron Randall,Stew Bush, Dick Goins, Jerry Quintana, Tom Hoover,Hal Ratcliff, Phil Middleton,Les Elmer, Mike Taylor, Nick Maxwell, Rol Blauwkamp, Steve Cooper VLQ Men’s Chorus Showcase with the Hundred Man Chorus! WE....CONTRIBUTED to the SINGING and LEARNED new Songs- and re- newed old and made NEW friends.