November/December 2018 INSIDE: Chapters That Grew Quickly • Women's and Mixed Barbershop

November/December 2018

INSIDE: Chapters that grew quickly • Women’s and mixed barbershop: myths vs. facts • The value of singing together

November/ December 2018 VOLUME LXXVIII NUMBER 6

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We know singing makes us happy, but research tells us that belonging to a singing community actually solves many MegaSing, 2010 International problems before they Convention, Philadelphia start. BHS Chief Strategy Officer Kevin Lynch has done a lot of research on the value of singing with others, and the plan is to bring that power (especially singing barber- 20 shop) to exponentially LORIN MAY more people.

10 Pre-20th Century-1920s 10 Celebrate 80 years of the 12 1930s-1959 Barbershop Harmony Society 14 1960-80 Let’s look at some of the people, groups, and 16 1980s-2000s events that have made us who we are Lorin May, Editor, The Harmonizer, Grady Kerr, David Wright 18 The last five years See our Salt Lakc City insert between pages 16-17 of this issue. Register before Early Bird rates go away! On the cover 80 years of Barbershop History Departments EDDIE HOLT

2 8 THE PRESIDENT’S PAGE SHARE THE WEALTH Two exciting years for the Society, many ahead How the Marcsmen grew by 76% in 3 months 3 25 STRAIGHT TALK MAKING A DIFFERENCE Do you know the impact you are making? Two chapters on two coasts provide fire relief 4 Quartet canoe trip became more poignant weeks later TEMPO 30 Women’s champion has deep BHS family roots MEMBER SERVICE DIRECTORY A great Midwinter convention coming in Nashville: Where to find answers 7 32 HARMONY HOW-TO THE TAG Women’s and mixed barbershop facts & myths “Each Time I Fall in Love”

November/December 2018 • The HARMONIZER 1 THE PRESIDENT’S PAGE Skipp Kropp, Society President • [email protected] Two exciting years for the Society, many ahead

n this, my final column for The Harmonizer as BHS Presi- say ‘I knew it, they didn’t care about what I said and dent, I offer my perspective on the past two years. the plan is nothing like what I want.’ We have diverse First, some historical context: we are celebrating 80 opinions on some matters and it’s the job of the Stra- years as an organization, which inauspiciously started tegic Planning Committee and Society Board to decide Ias an inward-facing group of men who sang for their which way we go on those. I promise we will use all avail- own enjoyment. We began outreach efforts to impact able data to make the best decisions for the Society as an lives other than our own in 1959, when we established entity. It’s going to be an exciting year!” Harmony Foundation. We began to focus our charitable I confess that I got the time frame wrong—it’s actually efforts externally by supporting therapy via the Institute been an incredibly exciting and amazing two years. The for Logopedics until the late 1990s. Our “modern” Society Boards on which I’ve served since being elected journey began circa 2003 with Harmony Foundation in 2013 have been comprised of men who were and are supporting Society singing programs, such as the wildly able to think strategically. They deliberate and discus is- successful Youth Chorus Festival. We are now noted sues through the lens of their fiduciary obligation to the among the global music community for facilitating truly Society as a whole, not simply their own district, chapter, intergenerational singing. or personal preference. The Society is only beginning an In 2017, more than two years of member incredible journey. O.C. Cash and our founders read feedback and strategic planning efforts culmi- the cultural map of their day and seized the opportuni- nated in the announcement of our new vision, ties that would make for a thriving organization. We are “Everyone in Harmony.” Board and staff have doing the same. been working diligently to design and begin to implement programs aligned to the vision. My thanks to those with whom I’ve served As my term ends, my sincere thanks go to all of the Sharing what we love with all men on all of the Society Boards with whom I’ve had Our founders Since 2016, I’ve been awestruck by the the honor and privilege of serving. I also want you all depth of discussions surrounding Every- to know that Marty and our staff at Harmony Hall are read the cultural one in Harmony, both at the Board level incredible and it has been both a pleasure and a blessing map of their and in one-on-one meetings with mem- to have been able to work so closely with them. They bers. At last year’s International Conven- work tirelessly to include Everyone in Harmony. My day and seized tion, I was proud to stand with Marty in heartfelt thanks as well go to my wife, Nancy, for sup- opportunities the Rainbow Room (a long-standing so- porting me the past two years, for being who she is, and cial gathering of gay Barbershoppers) as just for loving me. that would help we committed that the vision Everyone the Society in Harmony includes everyone. Singing knows no social, racial, gender, or any thrive. We are other boundaries. What matters is that [email protected] we welcome everyone who wants to sing doing the same. in harmony. We continue our commitment to preserve the all- male singing experience for those who prefer it. We’re also pleased to welcome women into the Barbershop November/December 2018 Volume LXXVIII Number 6 Harmony Society, to support women’s and mixed bar- Complete contact info: pages 30-31 bershop singing, and to enable and support barbershop The Harmonizer (ISSN 0017-7849) (USPS 577700) is published bimonthly by the singing in communities around the world internation- Barbershop Harmony Society, 110 7th Ave N, Nashville TN 37203-3704. Periodicals Postage Paid at Nashville TN and at additional mailing offices. POST- ally. Our goal is to facilitate lifelong singing everywhere. MASTER: Send address changes to The Harmonizer, 110 7th Ave N, Nashville TN 37203-3704. Advertising rates available upon request at [email protected]. Publisher The Board’s fiduciary duty to all members assumes no responsibility for return of unsolicited manuscripts or artwork. 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2 The HARMONIZER • November/December 2018 • www.barbershop.org STRAIGHT TALK Marty Monson, CEO / Executive Director • [email protected] Do you know the impact you are making? ow did you enjoy your District conven- Boise Chordsmen after the RMD con- tions and festivals? Did you sing a tag vention and participate in their wonder- with someone you’ve never met before? ful Idaho Youth Barbershop Festival. Did you hear the plans for your dis- Two days of nearly 500 middle school Htrict for 2019? How about Everyone in and high school choir singers (a new Harmony updates by our Society board 500 each day) to experience the joy of representative or Harmony Hall staff? So barbershop harmony. When you add the much is happening within BHS to help audience members who attended each move us into a healthy, sustainable orga- evening concert, the total exposure was What’s on Marty’s daytimer? nization. Have you taken the time to step almost 1,000 people each day. Holy cow, • Nov. 9-10, MAG7 back and just reflect on the impact we’re that gives me goosebumps! Meetings, Nashville making? Two beautiful things happened at the • Nov. 14, Strategic As the staff and board representatives RMD convention. After the chorus con- Planning Committee who attended the District conventions test, everyone sang “America the Beauti- (SPC) provided Everyone in Harmony updates, ful” as a massed choir. (Check out the • Nov. 28 Chorus America we asked the following ques- video posted by RMD, with Pikes Peak in & NAfME meetings, DC tions during the House of Del- the background on a beautiful day. Link • Nov. 28, SPC meeting egates meeting or Everyone in at www.barbershop.org/harmonizer.) What • Nov. 28-29, MBHA Harmony update meetings: 1) a great experience. On Saturday night, meeting, Baltimore, MD who’s excited about Everyone during the evening show of champs, they • Nov. 30, cLEAN the in Harmony? 2) who’s nervous had a couple guest choirs show up and HALL, Nashville about Everyone in sing. The local Colorado Springs Sweet • Dec. 3-7, All-Staff onsite Harmony? and 3) Adelines chorus, Velvet Hills Chorus, meetings, Nashville Experiencing the who’s both excited sang wonderfully under the direction of • Dec. 12, SPC meeting joy of singing, and nervous? The Darin Drown. But what took the cake • Dec. 13, Hal Leonard pulse of the room was the local children’s choir who per- quarterly meeting especially generally reflected two formed. During their second song, titled barbershop, answers. “Dream a Dream of a New Tomorrow,” What’s Marty learning? We are seeing many the kids walked into the audience and • Magic in Harmony song- at the local of our chapters already sang directly to members of the audience book community level developing a path to- … and halfway through, the kids grabbed wards their individual the hand of that audience member to What’s Marty reading? is something we visions of Everyone in create a moment that everyone will re- • Mastering the Rock- Harmony. Whether member for a long time. (Okay, I’m a efeller Habits, Verne Harnish can’t encourage that means your chap- little schmaltzy, but you had to be there.) Experiencing the joy of singing, espe- enough in ter will remain an all- Follow Marty male chapter or shift cially barbershop (I’m a little biased) at today’s world. We bit.ly/martyfacebook to welcoming women the local community level is something twitter.com/Marty_Monson can be a catalyst as a new mixed chorus we can’t encourage enough in today’s or women’s chorus, world. We can be a catalyst and encour- and encourage many of you have age that activity (we already do) ... let’s do that activity even already identified that more, even if it’s getting the audience to path. just sing along! If we do, we can say—at more. The rest of you are least at one point in time during a con- still seeking to under- cert—Everyone was in Harmony! stand or discover what your barbershop singing community might consider. All of the available paths are right on, as there is no deadline to decide what is right for you and for your barbershop singing community. I had the good fortune to visit the [email protected]

November/December 2018 • The HARMONIZER 3 TEMPO Timely news Women’s champion has deep BHS family roots love of singing is often a family affair, but the fam- SWEET ADELINES INTERNATIONAL ily background of two newly crowned women’s champs provides a couple of firsts, as well as a demonstration of the depth of family and marital Aconnections among many male and female barbershoppers. The lead and tenor of 2019 Sweet Adelines Queens of Harmony Class Ring, Heather Havens and Michaela Johnston respectively, are the first two Sweet Adeline champion daughters of BHS quartet champions. Michaela is also the first third- generation quartet champion among winners in the two biggest barbershop organizations. If that weren’t enough, the same two champion CLASS RING: Hailey Parks (Bs), Michaela Johnston (T), daughters are each married to high-level BHS Heather Havens (L), Mary Duncan (Br) quartetters, and each sings with her husband in a champion mixed quartet. national quartet champion between the two biggest Lead Heather Havens seems to have barbershop organizations. (Following her father and inherited everything about her father’s grandfather, Michaela is now also a third-generation love of four-part harmony except for the member of the Barbershop Harmony Society.) low notes. Her dad is Joe “Beast” Krones, Michaela sings with her husband, Nathan, in bass of 2011 champ Old School and 2016 BinG! mixed quartet champion Double Date. son of two barbershoppers, making both Heather and Nathan is also bari of 2018 BHS medalist Quorum; her brother third-generation harmony singers. Further were his quartet to someday win gold, Nathan and keeping barbershop as a family affair, Heather is married Michaela would become only one of many husband/ to Andrew Havens, bass of past BHS quartet finalist wife champion pairs among the various barbershop Da Capo. She also sings with him in 2018 MAD mixed organizations, stretching back for decades. Seriously, quartet champ Better Together quartet. there are far too many to list here. Meanwhile, Class Ring tenor Mi- Class Ring’s barbershop family connections don’t chaela Johnston is the daughter of end there: Bass Hailey Parks is married to BHS mem- Mike Slamka, lead of 2009 champ ber Matt Parks, and bari Mary Duncan is the daughter Crossroads and 2003 champ Power of Michelle Hunget, tenor of 2010 Sweet Adelines Play. Mike won in 2003 singing with Queens of Harmony Zing! his cousin, brother, and father—Power Play bass Jack How well do male and female Barbershoppers mix? Slamka is thus Michaela’s grandfather. We’re pretty (See page 7 this issue.) Ask Class Ring and they’ll tell sure that makes her the first third-generation inter- you: just like family.

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4 The HARMONIZER • November/December 2018 • www.barbershop.org A great Midwinter convention coming in Nashville: Register at barbershop.org/midwinter Join us January 22-27, 2019 in Music City USA! Regu- lars will tell you that the shows alone are worth the trip every year.

World-class contests, shows Thursday Night Show. An all-star lineup explores barbershop’s rich African-American origins. Performers will include HALO Quartet, Grammy Award-winning This is an INTERIOR shot of our Fairfield Four, the Fisk Jubilee Singers®, BHS quar- HQ hotel, the Gaylord Opryland tets, and more. Inaugural Next Generation Junior Quartet Contest and • End in Mind (Steve Wyszomierski) Chorus Invitational. Featuring singers 18 and younger, • HFI Town Hall (Perry White) these events include men’s, women’s, and mixed • BHS Town Hall (Marty Monson) groups competing on the same stage. CONVENTIONS • Gold Medal Hour (After Hours) 2019 Seniors Quartet Contest. Men aged 55 and up, most • David Wright teaches his tags Salt Lake City of whom are highly experienced performers who know • Conquering the Aging Voice (Sandi Wright) June 30-July 7 2020 how to put on a LORIN MAY • Race and Real Talk (Shana Oshiro) Los Angeles show! Immediately • Become a Changeable Leader (Steve Wyszomierski) June 28-July 5 followed by the • Dollars & Impact: The Virtuous Cycle Of Getting 2021 AISQC Show on Grants For Your Chapte (Kevin Lynch) Cleveland Saturday after- • Ins and Outs of Great Performance (Shawn Mon- June 27-July 4 2022 noon. dragon) Charlotte Saturday Night • Mixed Harmony Sing Along (Donny Rose) July 3-10 Show. The All- • Voice Lessons Under Glass (Steve Scott) 2023 Chapter Chorus Louisville • Private voice/quartet instruction July 2-9 returns, hear from • Yoga Basics for Barbershoppers the newly-crowned • Diversity and Inclusion in 20 Words or Less HARMONY UNIVERSITY LORIN MAY Seniors Quartet (Robert Wilson) Nashville Champ, special guest The Hall Sisters, multiple BHS • Sing the Polecats (Donny Rose) July 22-29, 2019 medalist quartets and a grand finale featuring hun- • 5 Leadership Roles (Rob Macdonald) MIDWINTER dreds of singers in a combined multigenerational • Private voice/quartet insruction Nashville chorus. Jan. 22-27, 2019

Participate! Community outreach. While our show performers spread harmony throughout the community, you can help by participating in a blood drive hosted by the American Red Cross. Watch for details in LiveWire. Keynote Address: Theo Hicks, lead of 2015 quartet champ Instant Classic. All Chapter Chorus. Perform on the Saturday Night Show under the direction of Greg Clancy, director of Ask a Customer Service Rep the Vocal Majority. Sign up at barbershop.org/midwinter. Q: My quartet is getting a new member. How do I Harmony University (classes Wednesday-Saturday) update my quartet’s roster in the Member Center? • Changing Behavior & Motivation (Kevin Keller) A: Use the “Swap Quartet Member” function • Tag Time (Donny Rose) to exchange an incoming member for a departing • Society Board Town Hall member. On the “Swap” page, select the departing • Youth In Your Show (Katie Taylor) member and then search for the incoming member • Grant Basics for Barbershoppers (Ashley Brown) by first and last name, email, or their member ID. • Effective Music Leadership Team (Terry Reynolds) Do not use the “Add Quartet Member” or “Drop Quartet Mem- ber” features unless your quartet needs to register or remove an official alternate, meaning you need to list more than four quartet members. Also, you cannot remove your quartet’s contact member until after you have clicked on the “Change Quartet Contact” feature and changed the contact to a different quartet member. Fisk Jubilee Singers® – Annie Reynolds, [email protected]

November/December 2018 • The HARMONIZER 5 TEMPO

Some of the deepest and freshest Harmony University content is available online! Check out the selection of BHS Online • Private Voice Lessons or Quartet Leadership Education Courses, which includes vid-  Coaching (Steve Scott) • Enlightened Leadership (Bill Colosimo) eos, webinars, and online courses geared • Starting an Education Program in Your for singers, directors, coaches, leaders, Arranging Chapter (Circle City Sound) and arrangers. While some courses are • Beginning Arranging (Kevin Keller) • Grant Writing (Ashley Brown) free to members, most are not bite-sized • Intermediate Arranging (Adam Scott) • Become A “Change-Able” Leader (Rob samples—they are deep content from • Advanced Arranging (Steve Tramack) Macdonald) expert HU instructors, often delivered • Winning Frameworks for Chorus in sessions over several weeks. Dozens of Directors Member Musical Development (Jay live-streamed and on-demand options are • Differences Between Butterfield) available. Check them out at www.barber- Teaching and Directing shop.org/online. Here’s just a sampling: Male and Female Voices Everyone in Harmony (Steve Scott, Jennifer Cooke) • Motivating Youth to Sing Barbershop Performers • Lighting and Mic-ing Your Show or (Debbie Cleveland) • Sound Mngmt 1, 2, 3 (Steve Tramack) District Convention (Chad Bennett, • Harmony Happening in the Hills • Choreography/Performance Planning Brent Suver) (Donny Rose) for Beginners (Patrick Brown) • Rehearsal Techniques (S. Jeffreys) • Mixed Quartet Singing Panel (Double • Secrets of the Actor-Singer (Cy Wood) • Private Conducting Lessons (D. Rose) Date and Vintage Mix quartets)

Carolyn’s Corner: 2018 U.S. Tax reform–are you ready for the end of the year? With the introduction of new tax interest deduction for the first $750,000 of debt on limitation on charitable gifts of long-term appreciated law this year, you may wonder newly purchased homes. property to public charities will remain at 30 percent how you will be impacted. For Charitable contributions for cash gifts. The new law of your adjusted gross income. You can still carry over many taxpayers, the new tax increases the current limitation of 50 percent of your any excess for up to five additional years. law creates an opportunity in adjusted gross income (AGI) for donations by cash, the form of increased disposable check or credit card up to 60 percent. Higher net worth What does this mean for me? income. Here are the main takeaways of the new donors may want to consider increasing cash gifts. Lower tax brackets may put you in a better financial law, along with some things to consider for charitable Estate tax exemption. The threshold for triggering an position to help others this year. Here are three smart giving this year. estate, gift or generation-skipping tax was considerably ways to be charitable as we close out the year: raised to $11.18 million per person ($22.36 million for 1. Donate appreciated property. With many markets What’s new? a married couple). If you have a high net worth, you experiencing strong growth, consider a gift of appreci- Income tax brackets. No matter your filing status may no longer anticipate being subject to estate tax ated property to a nonprofit like HFI. You may qualify (single, married/joint, etc.) your tax bracket will be and have an incentive to make larger gifts during your for an income tax charitable deduction and eliminate new in 2018. Most taxpayers will see their tax rate lifetime to obtain an income tax charitable deduction capital gains tax. decrease in all seven brackets, which are now 10, 12, instead of waiting until after your lifetime. 2. Name HFI as a beneficiary of retirement plan ac- 22, 24, 32, 35 and 37 percent. A married couple with counts. Assets in your IRA, 401(k) or other qualified a combined income of $150,000, for example, will go What’s the same? retirement plan accounts remain subject to income from 25% to 22%. Lower rates may afford you the Charitable deductions. You will still be able to de- tax when distributed to your heirs. If you name us as opportunity to give more to charitable organizations duct your charitable a beneficiary of all or part of your plan, your gift will like Harmony Foundation International. contributions if you pass to us tax-free. Higher standard deductions. The new law nearly itemize your taxes. 3. Give from your IRA if you are 70½ or older. Regard- doubles the standard deduction to $12,000 for single Charitable giving less of whether you itemize your taxes, this gift helps filers, $18,000 for heads of household and $24,000 for directly from IRA. Making a Qualified Charitable Dis- you fulfill your required minimum distribution and is joint filers. You may be less likely to itemize and use tribution (QCD) as opposed to a normal charitable gift not considered taxable income. n the income tax charitable deduction, which incentivizes has two main advantages. First, a QCD counts toward giving more to HFI in one particular year over another, satisfying the individual’s required minimum distribu- Need help? Direct questions about how to include so that in some years you may exceed the standard tion for that year. Second, the distribution is excluded HFI support in your plans to 615-823-5611 or donor- deduction and itemize. from the taxpayer’s income–a major new benefit. [email protected]. Itemized deductions. If you itemize this year, chari- Long-term capital gains and dividends. The tax rates Carolyn Faulkenberry, Chief Financial Officer table deductions remain but may be a bit different. on capital gains and dividends remain the same at 0, Harmony Foundation International For 2018 you may deduct up to $10,000 total for state 15 and 20 percent, depending on your tax bracket. [email protected] and local taxes. There is now a cap on the mortgage Charitable contributions of appreciated property. The (866) 706-8021 ext. 3041

6 The HARMONIZER • November/December 2018 • www.barbershop.org HARMONY HOW-TO Women’s and mixed barbershop: myths vs. facts eople are talking about mixed and women’s barbershop! bershop quartet that gave us “Mister Sandman” (1955) Many members are happy to continue their all-male expe- and “Lollipop” (1958). Sigmund Spaeth’s iconic 1925 rience, while plenty of others are thrilled to explore op- book, Barbershop Ballads and How to Sing Them, was the tions for BHS mixed and women’s ensembles. Sadly, my barbershop bible of early SPEBSQSA. Thirteen years Pteam is constantly hearing misinformation about women before our Society was formed, Sigmund wrote: singing barbershop, especially in a mixed setting. Girls can join (a barbershop quartet) if they wish, and a It is natural to have a favorite “flavor” among men’s, strong tenor is more valuable than a timid, falsetto tenor. mixed, or women’s barbershop voices. But saying that While barbershop harmony can be endlessly flexible, and other vocal combinations are not “true barbershop” is open to any number of participants of both sexes, the like a chocolate lover saying that vanilla and strawberry serious purpose of this book , if any, is to encourage and are not “true ice cream.” Let’s keep preferences as prefer- help the legitimate combinations of tenor, lead, baritone, ences and facts as facts. Below, let us consider the most and bass that may be fairly, if sometimes optimistically, be common myths we’ve seen presented as fact. called male quartets. Myth: Mixed voices “kill” the barbershop sound and pre- One in four men in the 1930s and 1940s belonged to vent overtones. Fact: Mixed voices fit together perfectly, a fraternal club, including most of SPEBSQSA’s found- as they do in millions of choirs around the planet, and ers. It’s what they enjoyed, and it played a massive role are not—as one social media post put it—“trombones with in shaping how they thought this new barbershop club violins.” It’s more like putting a viola with a cello, or an should be structured. Had our founders instead come alto sax with a tenor sax. Same family of instruments, but from the choral world, they might have copied the long- higher and lower versions. established choral structures of schools and universities: men’s groups, women’s groups, and mixed groups. Myth: In a mixed group, the women sing their parts an octave higher than the sheet music. Fact: Women sing “Everyone in Harmony” lets us keep what we love the same pitches—in the same octave—as the men. It’s Intentionally or not, misinformation about mixed and likely most women will not have bass notes in the male women’s barbershop likely has little to do with inher- range, as it is likely most men will not have tenor notes in ent issues regarding vocal match, overtones, or science. the female range, but there are always exceptions! Mixed quartets and choruses have energized conventions in Germany, England, and recently in the U.S. and Myth: A mixed barbershop group is now soprano, alto, Canada! Mixed, women’s and men’s barbershop all ring tenor, and bass voicing. Fact: It’s still TLBB. Tenor on like a bell. It’s all barbershop! harmonizing top voice, lead melody in the second voice Our membership requirements have changed over the below, baritone filling the harmony above and below the decades as we’ve become more inclusive. We eventually lead, and bass on the bottom voice. welcomed people of color; later, young men under 21; and finally last June, we welcomed women. By allowing Myth: For a mixed group to sing a men’s arrangement, we these new voices to join us over the years, we were en- would have to raise the key a 5th or more. Fact: Women riched, our voices matched perfectly, and the people who can sing lead or tenor in the written key for most of our met these new members got over fear and instead stood published music. A few women can sing the written bass with their new riser friend or quartet pal. notes (I’ve met them), and many women singing lead or Many of us joined a barbershop group for the music, bari might need to lift the key a bit—but seldom would but then stayed for the friendship and special emotional we raise the song a 5th or more! Remember: for a lot of bond that can happen in a single-gender environment. arrangements, many male basses can’t produce the lowest We honor and respect that experience as incredibly valu- notes and many male tenors can’t sing the highest notes. able for members of all-male and all-female groups, and Pitching your music up a half to a minor 3rd would be we’re so happy that many of our chapters and quartets helpful for most men on bass and women on tenor. will decide to keep the experience they want. Everyone In Harmony is about keeping the experi- Myth: Barbershop has always been about male voices. ence we currently have and giving folks more options. Don Rose Mixed and women’s barbershop came much later. Fact: Just know that hundreds of mixed quartets and choruses Director of Education Mixed and women’s barbershop have been around would like to join our BHS family as “real” members, not drose@ throughout almost the entire history of the art form. For just for “Lida Rose” on the show. Their voices blend per- barbershop.org example, the most popular barbershop group of all time fectly, and it’s real barbershop. Just as real as it was before was probably the Chordettes, the fabulous women’s bar- SPEBSQSA was formed in 1938. n

November/December 2018 • The HARMONIZER 7 SHARE THE WEALTH How the Marcsmen grewq by 76% in 3 months an Marcos, Texas is in its 10th year as a chapter. You Informing, not overwhelming. The effort not to over- likely know them as the Marcsmen, the outstanding whelm prospective and new members was apparent. The chorus that placed 13th in Orlando. But the next Marcsmen told new guests they’d only need to learn two time you see them, you might not recognize them. songs over the next several months—the two songs for S The chapter has always hovered in the same member- the Southwestern District chorus contest—and even pro- ship range; they had 29 singers on stage in Orlando, and vided a document that broke down the immediate costs that’s the most they’ve ever brought to any of their five of being a member. International convention appearances (four entries as a “We went so far as to provide different numbers if competitor and one as a mic tester). “Thirty has always they went to the district convention and shared a hotel been the plateau for us,” chapter vice president of mem- room with one, two or three people,” Fly said. “We bership Kevin Collins said. didn’t take any detail for granted, so that every person But three months to the day after the chorus contest could make an educated decision about whether to be- in Orlando, the Marcsmen took the stage at the South- come a member.” western District’s fall chorus contest with a staggering 51 Clear expectations. The chapter hosted a mandatory singers. After 10 years with a roster consistently between membership class once auditions wrapped up, which is 20 and 30 singers, the chapter had nearly doubled in an idea Fly gleaned from The Vocal Majority. The class size seemingly overnight. covered what’s expected of a member in terms of time That must have been some great guest night or some and finances, a checklist of things to do (who to talk to massive recruiting drive, right? Actually, it was neither. for uniform needs, for example) and some other top- And that was the point. ics. The most important Pride in the product. topic, Fly said: chorus eti- “What really came quette. It establishes how to fruition was the members are expected confidence that all the to behave on the risers, a members realized the The Marcsmen in July ... topic that may usually be talent and culture of taken for granted. our chorus that gave our But when you add a members the confidence whole new chorus to to say, ‘I am proud of your chorus overnight, this chorus,’” vice presi- small details like that dent of membership ... and in October really matter. development Randy Fly What I learned most said. “They know that when guests come in, we take care in talking with Collins and Fly about this period of of them. The members and even the new members were rapid transformation in their chapter was that they telling others about us with confidence.” didn’t focus their energy in developing a scheme to Audition windows. Rather than sink resources into a entice people to show up to their chapter meeting. one-off guest night, which had yielded them so-so results The members of the chapter were proud to be mem- as recently as January, the Marcsmen decided to hold bers, and the membership team did its job to invite open audition sessions in July. But instead of simply ad- guests and to create an inclusive environment once vertising auditions and then waiting to see who showed they arrived. up, Fly and the membership team went to work to en- Your chapter probably won’t double overnight, and sure success. that’s okay. The Marcsmen rehearse in San Antonio, A focused task for the membership team. All members which is the seventh most populous city in the United had to do was extend an invitation to a prospective guest States. That fact alone is a significant advantage built and then feed contact information—an email address or in to their network of potential members. But every a phone number—to the membership team. From there, chapter can follow the Marcsmen’s example of opening the membership team contacted them and scheduled a up to guests in a way that is honest, transparent and 30-minute window during the open auditions for that welcoming. “All of these members came from word of mouth,” James person to audition. Fly said. “That’s our philosophy. It’s a quality product, Pennington That was pretty much it. The goal was to keep it Chapter Success simple and not to overwhelm guests. As a result, a few we have a great leadership, and everyone works together Manager weeks’ worth of open audition sessions yielded 26 new to make the product appealing. Our brotherhood is jpennington@ (or returning) members, 12 of whom had never sung strong, and everyone works hard for the benefit of the barbershop.org barbershop. chorus.” n

8 The HARMONIZER • November/December 2018 • www.barbershop.org November/December 2018 • The HARMONIZER 9 HISTORICAL MILESTONES

A non-comprehensive timeline of people, groups, and events that have made us who we are in the 80+ years of the Barbershop Harmony Society

Who and what had a big influence on the Barbershop get relatively more space than the previous 75 years, in creating this historical overview has been Harmony Society? With 10 pages to cover 80 years, which were so well covered by Grady Kerr in the special invaluable. we have space to cover an importrant fraction of the Jan/April 2013 double issue of The Harmonizer. (It can significant events, groups, and people. Many that merit be downloaded from the Document Center at barber- We Barbershoppers stand on the shoulders an entire book receive a sentence or two. Many others shop.org/docs.) of giants. As we each attempt to write our who have exerted tremendous influence are deserving personal chapters of BHS history, let us of many honors, but not included in this brief recap. The following 10 pages are significantly informed by the appreciate a sampling of those who have work of two of our most knowledgeable living BHS histo- already made an indelible impact. To clarify: this is not a “best of” list. It’s a “Cliff Notes” rians, Grady Kerr and David Wright. I have added overview of 80 years of BHS history. The past 5+ years considerably to their published research, and their input – Lorin May, Editor of The Harmonizer

Pre-20th Century 11th-12th Century Mid-1800s 1894 A Cappella Development Concert quartets like the Hutchinson Family Singers Haydn Quartet Emergence of 11th and 12th century Gregorian arise in New England. Songwriters like Stephen Foster The first great recording quartet, Chants with emphasis on unison, the octave and produce simple melodies that can be harmonized. organized to make wax cylinders the perfect fifth and fourth. 14th-16th century Minstrel shows become popular and frequently feature for Edison. Bass William Hooley church music introduces major and minor triads. a quartet. Black quartets arise in the South. Popular and tenor John Bieling were early 16th and 17th century European composers songs in the later 1800s become even more singable, quartet greats. develop the seventh chord (dominant) and a rich with more varied harmonies implied by their melodies. variety of harmonies and progressions. Late 1800s-early 1900s “Pick up four colored boys or young men anywhere and the chances are 90 out of 100 that you have a quartet,” wrote African American music historian James Weldon Johnson in 1925. Many jazz pioneers later connect much of their musical vocabulary to barbershop singing during their youth. The phonograph spreads quartet singing across the country with (mostly white) studio quartets. 1890s Vaudeville eclipses Minstrel shows Black and white quartets of the 1890s become popular as Vaudeville grows and 1700s minstrel shows wane, giving “Barber’s music,” as spontaneous music was called the male quartet its prime in Elizabethan England, comes to America. Sponta- medium. Comedy quartets neous harmonizing develops especially in the South like the Avon Comedy Four and among the black community. Old South Quartette become nationally famous.

10 The HARMONIZER • November/December 2018 • www.barbershop.org Early 1900s 1920s-30s Harmonizing hits home parlors Skilled “harmony men” carry the craft beyond mere “Tin Pan Alley” sheet music produces straightfor- woodshedding to the careful harmonizing of each ward lyrics and harmonizable melodies. Most chord, maintaining consonant four-part harmony middle-class living rooms have pianos, and parents at all times. In the mid-1930s, New York City Parks encourage spontaneous music-making, helping begins sponsoring barbershop quartet contests. move the barbershop style into the mainstream. Amateur quartets are singing all across America under the sponsorship of clubs, churches, busi- nesses, and even baseball teams. African Ameri- can youths (shoe shine boys, train porters, singing waiters) form street corner foursomes. This is the golden age of the quartet.

1900 Sigmund Spaeth “Barber The celebrated Musicologist wrote 23 books on the history of shop” first popular music in America and was an early member who The first-known remained influential within SPEBSQSA for decades. He wrote written use of several books on barbershop harmony, including pre-Society; “barber shop he academically and popularly helped define the art form. quartet” appears in a column by Tom the Tattler, a 1924 black music critic Maple City Four lambasting black Popular radio stars until quartets’ love of the 1940s who were “slang chords” 1906 known as much for their (particularly 7th Peerless Quartet zany costumes and antics chords), as op- The most famous and enduring quartet of its era due as their sound. Their posed to “proper” to its high singing quality, longevity, and the popular- popularity extended into classical chords. ity of lead Henry Burr, a major singer in his own right. movies as well.

1900s 1920s 1910 1910-20s 1929 The term “barber shop” is first Ragtimers like Scott Technology pushes quartets into the margins used in a song. It is identified Joplin further develop With the advent of sound in movies, Vaudeville shows, which typically include with a kind of harmony that rhythm and harmony, barbershop quartets, rapidly begin to fold. The evolution of the microphone elimi- features the seventh chord which innovations nated the need to sing into a cone to record, and solo singers began to take over and is identified with African are adopted by popular music. By 1938, the thousands of male quartets had been reduced to a Americans. songwriters like Irving few hundred, with some struggling professional groups continuing as Vaudeville Berlin. Popular music and radio quartets. becomes richer, songs are harder to harmonize but still A broken record: going above and beyond singable by 1920. Scottish barbershopper Mike Coumans recovered a piece of barbershop history that everybody thought was lost: songs from records that came with the 1925 edition of Barbershop 1909 1919 Ballads and How to Sing Them. Written by celebrat- American Norfolk ed music historian Sigmund Spaeth, the recordings Quartet Jazz capture what he considered the essence of the The most illustrious Quartet style at the time. Although Sigmund republished the book in 1940, of the studio quar- Performing the latter had no recordings. For a long time, many of the songs tets and probably under sev- recorded were thought to have been lost. the first “super eral name Mike is deeply invested in preserving barbershop history, and owns quartet.” Formed variations many rare, early books, letters, and documents. A lot of internet sleuth- when Haydn until 1940, a ing helped him find a version of the book that included the records ... which Quartet bass popular radio were in pieces. Undaunted, Mike found one of the few restorers in the world who William Hooley and studio could reassemble broken records into working copies. The process wasn’t at all and tenor John gospel quar- cheap, but it worked and Mike had the missing songs digitized. Bieling recruited tet. They influenced both the barbershop sound and Want to hear them? You’re not alone. But the book and the record are still two other top-level inspired other African-American quartet giants like the under copyright, and both Mike and the Barbershop Harmony Society follow singers. Golden Gate Quartet. the law. Should permission be granted, stay tuned for a possible future reveal.

November/December 2018 • The HARMONIZER 11 Started almost by accident, SPEBSQSA quickly becomes a legitimate organization

1941 The Grand Central Red Caps The importance of this quartet would be recognized only in hindsight. The winner of the 1941 Central Park Quartet Contest featured professional-caliber singers, but was barred from competing in the international convention because of race. The Society Board noted a lack of racial agreement among broader membership, while citing the exclusionary practices of other fraternal organizations. A public relations fiasco at the time, the decision’s effect on the composition 1938 of the Society and on the development of the barbershop sound would be deeply felt even at the time, and Chance meeting leads to new Society its effects remain with us today. Racial restrictions were not officially dropped until the early 1960s. O.C. Cash and Rupert Hall from Tulsa meet in the lobby of the Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City and lament that woodshedding is a dying art. They 1941 1945 Owen plan a meeting set for April 11, 1938 at the Tulsa The Chord Busters Sweet Adelines Inter- C. Cash Club’s Roof Garden/Sky Terrace. The first two The first champion to use national is formed at With Rupert meetings are a success, and they form a local club. written arrangements the Tulsa home of Edna Hall, orga- Stories of the third meeting go national and sing- and high-level coaches, Mae Anderson among nized what ers around the country express interest, catching they refused the invita- wives of SPEBSQSA became the organizers off-guard. On June 18, 40 members tion to compete again members. Their first first Society of the Tulsa group drive to Kansas City to help the and initiated the “once a convention would be meeting, fledgling chapter organize. Other cities followed. champ always a champ” held two years later. then used his The Society is born. tradition. considerable humor and Phil Embury flair for public The Society’s fifth president, he relations to promote SPEBSQSA and attract improved the judging system and top-level leadership. While he refused official overall organization of the Society. titles (other than “Founder and Permanent Third During his two-year term, member- Assistant Temporary Vice Chairman”), he was ship nearly tripled. the effective face and heart of the organization until his death in 1953.

1930s 1940s “Molly” Reagan More than anyone else, created the modern-day contest and judging system. 1944 First Society “Deac” headquarters Martin 1939 The Society opens its Influential BHS Bartlesville Barflies Quartet first national headquar- leader beginning The first SPEBSQSA international champion. ters in Detroit, with Car- in 1938, was the roll Adams as full-time first BHS historian, executive secretary. a Harmonizer edi- 1941 tor, and long-time The new Society’s Harmonizer col- master organizer umnist. His 1948 Carroll Adams of book, Keep Michigan becomes America president of SPEBSQSA Singing, and makes major is a main moves to transform the The Chordettes source for Society from a small, Starting as a barbershop quartet in the 1940s, they understanding ad hoc collection of 1944 are widely known in the pop music world for chart- the Society’s clubs into a legitimate The first Canadian chap- topping hits including “Mr. Sandman” and “Lollipop.” first 10 years. organization. ter, Windsor, Ontario, Probably the most famous and successful barbershop joins the Society. quartet of all time.

12 The HARMONIZER • November/December 2018 • www.barbershop.org 1948 Early 1950s The first in a se- Arrangers Phil Em- ries of 12 annual bury, Molly Reagan, Society music Frank Thorne, Hal folios, Songs Staab, Bill Diekema, For Men, results Rudy Hart, Bud in a total of 28 Arberg, and Floyd four-part Society- Connett were produc- approved songs. ing what were considered masterpieces 1957 compared to the Harmony Hall Rupert Hall previous decade. The Society purchases an 18,000-square foot mansion in Kenosha, Wis., which would become the Society’s headquarters building for nearly 50 years. Society co-founder and its first president, he remained active in the Society for Dean Snyder 1959 the next three decades, In the early 1950s was in- Harmony Incorporated is founded in Providence, including as a member of strumental in creating and Rhode Island, its founders having left the larger the Society’s International executing visionary long-range women’s organization in protest of racial policies. Service Committee. Society plans that are still with us. Past Society historian and founder of Alexandria Har- Floyd Connett S.K. Grundy monizers. In 1958 became the Considered 1949 Society’s first “field man,” ahead of his time, Mid-States Four strongly advocated for arranger of many An all-time great show quartet, they greatly in- 1952 quality music education. of the Confederates’ fluenced future quartets with entertainment value Four Teens After three years, became (1956) most beyond singing. In certain respects, the first modern-sounding a full-time employee of memorable songs; quartet. All previous quartets featured heavier, full Sweet Adelines, where he full of twists, many voices, some vibrato, and often a full-voice tenor. helped create their judg- were considered The Four Teens had bright voices, straight tones, ing categories. Prolific daring and pure falsetto tenor (no mix), and a ringy sound. arranger. audacious.

1950s “Molly” 1953 1956 Frank Thorne Reagan First chorus Confederates The first quartet More than anyone invitational The most popular gold medalist (bass else, created the The 38-man Great champion following of Elastic Four, modern-day con- Lakes Chorus wins the Buffalo Bills, 1942) to serve as test and judging the first chorus event, with a big, ringing Society president, system. although not all dis- sound and audacious one of the Society’s tricts sent a represen- material that evolved foremost arrangers, tative. The first official possibilities in the judges, and admin- winner would be barbershop sound. istrators. the Singing Capital Chorus in 1954.

1955 In a swan song performance 1950 the year after Buffalo Bills becoming the Possibly the best-ever “old style” quartet, combining first official inter- an older, rich sound with the tuned, ringing quality national chorus 1959 of quartets that would follow. World famous as the champion, Harmony Foundation School Board Quartet of Meredith Willson’s The Washington, is formed to further Music Man on Broadway (1957) and film (1962). D.C.’s Singing the charitable and When they retired in 1967, they had tallied 728 Capital Chorus educational aims of concerts, 216 television shows, 1,510 legitimate demonstrates the Society. stage performances, 626 conventions, 675 radio the first example shows, 672 night club and hotel appearances, of chorus chore- 137 state fair performances, and 15 record ography. albums.

November/December 2018 • The HARMONIZER 13 Building on the explosive growth of the first two decades, the Society strives to normalize excellence

1960 1968 A new school of arrangers that includes S.K. Swedish brothers Olle and Svante Nyman form Grundy, Val Hicks, Dave Stevens, Walter Latzko, The Elastic Harmony Four and introduce barber- Mo Rector, and Renee Limberg (Craig) dominates shop to chorus singers in Stockholm. stages with a rich variety of novel ideas. Bud Arberg 1961 A music professor inspired by Dean Snyder, The Suntones beginning in the 1950s he showed how Represented a whole new generation of class: to teach high-level craft to amateur sing- Young, handsome, smooth, and fantastic, they ers—and made it fun—giving birth to our became the Society’s most admired and emulated Society’s fledgling education program. quartet, and one of the most successful with non- Long-time director of Alexandria Harmoniz- Society audiences. Early 1960s ers and a prolific arranger. The Osmond Brothers Too young to be a Society quartet, the boys became darlings of BHS events before hitting it big on television. Managed by BHS luminary Val Hicks, who also Lloyd Steinkamp coached and arranged for them, they boosted the Arguably the most popular Society Field Repre- profile of barbershop harmony during the 1960s. sentative, visited virtually every Society chapter making presentations. After retirement, he became a force behind Young Men in Harmony 1965 in the Far Western District. Four Renegades After several switches among the top three parts, they found a golden combination that was greater than the sum of its parts. One of the biggest show quartets ever, they traveled almost every weekend for chapter shows for many years after their championship.

1960s 1962 Val Hicks The Society’s first Harmony Education Program features top faculty and would A music profes- evolve into today’s Harmony University. sor, considered a Society pillar for decades as a composer, arranger, music educator, judge, and an important historian and visionary. Man- aged the Osmond Brothers rise from obscurity to inter- 1964 “Buzz” Haeger national fame. The Institute of Logope- Chicago Barbershopper was one of the Society’s dics is adopted as the greats as arranger, judge, coach, and quartet man, unified Society-wide and he was ground zero for barbershop in Chica- Lyle Pilcher service project. goland. Tenor of the Four Renegades (1965). A pioneer, he was among the Society’s all-time 1964 Walter Latzko greatest The East York, Ont. The professional arranger became most fa- coaches, Chapter’s British Isles mous among Barbershoppers for auda- Bob Johnson guiding tour sparks overseas cious arrangements of Broadway and In two decades as BHS Director of Music Education multiple in- interest in barbershop other famous tunes sung by top groups and Services, helped develop the high quality of BHS ternational clubs, eventually leading including the Buffalo Bills (1950), the education programs, including Harmony College, champs. to The British Association Chordettes, The Suntones (1961), and manuals, recordings, C&J, quartet registry, expansion of Barbershop Singers. Bluegrass Student Union (1978). in England and Sweden, audio/visual, and relationships with ASCAP and MENC.

14 The HARMONIZER • November/December 2018 • www.barbershop.org 1971 1973 Renee Craig The Vocal Majority BABS becomes the Society’s first affiliate. Influential in the men’s Since forming, musical excellence has been its and women’s organiza- trademark, through 13 international champion- tions, she was one of ships. A prototype and benchmark for many other barbershop’s true musical choruses. The first 11 golds were under the VM’s geniuses. A professional central figure, director Jim Clancy. A top-level ar- songwriter, arranger, direc- ranger and director, Jim is a world-class motivator tor, harmony singer, soloist, who has inspired in his singers fierce loyalty and pianist. Member of the boundary-busting performance. highly celebrated Cracker Jills (1957), creator of 1973 countless popular men’s Dealer’s Choice and women’s barbershop Sang with a technical perfection previously un- arrangements, and medal- heard. The first in a series of Don Clause-coached winning director and coach. champions (the dominant coach of the 1970s), their profound effect on barbershop technique and sound continues today. 1975 Bowling Green University offers Jim Miller its first barber- Creator of the modern shop course. “superchorus,” his six Over the years, medals directing the 32 students of Thoroughbreds plus eventual hall-of- another directing Southern famer Dr. Richard Gateway Chorus represented Mathey earn new heights in musicality and international stage innovation. quartet medals.

1970s 1971 Dave Stevens Lou Perry The Barberpole HQ staff from 1969-1985, best known for Arranger and influen- Cat program showing his educational, humorous and tial spokesman and begins, creating inspirational presentation, “What Are exemplar of “elegantly a common We Trying to Preserve?” at almost every simple” arrangements, repertoire for Society chapter. Also headed up the who strongly urged all barbershop Society’s music publishing, expanding others to likewise “re- singers. the music library of barbershop spect the song.” Highly arrangements. popular arranger, coach and mentor to the Four Statesmen (1967) and 1971 Old Songs Boston Gentlemen’s Library Common 1978 Agreement Heralded as (1980). Bluegrass Student Union Exciting blends one of the Took the mantle of the most popular Society quartet and rhythms took nation’s largest from the Suntones and maintained it throughout the the Society by collections of 1980s. A long career mastering difficult material storm and shook sheet music, it that showcased the creative arranging of Walter the status quo. contains well Latzko and Ed Waesche. Some material over 100,000 approached the pieces, with Suntones’ level of many dupli- 1980 pizzazz. cates. It began Boston Common in 1947, and Medalists in every year they competed, was enthusiasti- their full resonance reminded many of cally promoted the great early quartets. Their enormous for decades. sound and strident rejection of the era’s performing and judging trends helped make them all-time favorites.

November/December 2018 • The HARMONIZER 15 As the old guard retires, the new guard develops programs for an even younger generation

1993 The Gas House Gang A combination of on-stage charm and impres- sive musicality without gimmickry. Arguably the most popular quartet of 4 Under Par 1992 the 1990s Pioneers of contest comedy, the creative genius of Water Street Junction wins the first College Quartet and Roger Payne and Joe Hunter inspired later competi- Contest. The contests go through several name chang- early tive comedic quartets including FRED (1999) and es and sponsorship changes; there are now Junior 2000s. Storm Front (2010). and Varsity quartet and chorus contests. Many of today’s most prominent Society leaders and performers discovered barbershop through this system.

1992 1993 1995 Keepsake The first Harmony Bri- Following a 1994 A champion’s champion, still one of the most admired gade weekend takes rule change, and imitated groups. Off-the-charts musicality place in North Carolina. Betty Clipman featuring Today, more than a doz- and Gail Jencik all-time-great en men’s, women’s and are the first female singers in mixed Brigades serve the directors on the top U.S. and Europe. International stage. form. In 1997, Jean Barford (Southern Gateway Chorus) is the first (and 1986 only) female recipi- The first Seniors Quartet contest is held. George ent of a BHS inter- Baggish Memorial Quartet is the first winner. national medal.

1980s 1990s 1986 1993 Ed Waesche 1995 Earl Moon The first formal Singing Valentines program begins The three category One of the most prolific, Sing America/Sing A giant as an with the Santa Rosa, Calif., chapter. Society head- judging system (Music/ innovative, and creative Canada launches. arranger, coach, quarters later works to make this a Society-wide Presentation/Singing) arrangers, and arguably performer, and endeavor. Feb. 14 remains an annual PR and finan- becomes official, con- the most sung. High in- inspirational cial bonanza for hundreds of chapters and quartets. tinuing to this day with fluence as a judge and 1996 educator. modifications. Society leader, including a term as The Harmonet is born. Society The lively discussions presi- of this group email dent. list have since mostly moved to Facebook.

1988 1996 Following a 36-year relationship with the Ball State University hosts the first Harmony Institute of Logopedics/Heartspring, with mil- Explosion Camp. Hundreds would follow 139th Street throughout the Society in later years. lions of dollars raised, Harmony Foundation Quartet becomes the main BHS charity. Popular medalists during the ‘80s and ‘90s, they 1989 were instrumental in The Australian Association of Men’s Barber- creating what became shop Singers (now called Barbershop Harmony a Society-wide model Australia) joined BABS, BinG!, SNOBS, and of youth outreach; they BHNZ in the growing roster of affiliates. The were central to starting Netherlands, Ireland, and South Africa would the international youth follow. quartet contests that continue today.

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2000 Joe Liles 2006 2007 Rather than only A prolific arranger and Vocal Spectrum The Society officially opens its new headquarters allowing the 16 composer of popular Musical offspring of The Gas House Gang, their building in downtown Nashville. district champi- barbershop songs and tight and bright vocal pyrotechnics inspired virtuoso ons to compete a highly influential music performers like Ringmasters (2012) and internationally, educator. Served both Instant Classic (2015). four wild cards as BHS Musical Services plus three affiliate Director and BHS Executive choruses were Director. invited; even more wildcards were later added.

2000 The Society ends Westminster Chorus direct association Their world-class sound and youthful style was the with the former template for today’s youth chorus movement, while Institute of Logo- raising the bar for all barbershop choruses. pedics. David Wright High impact and prolific output as an arranger, coach, judge, director, educator, and barbershop 2002 historian. A key Four Voices architect of judging’s The first of many college champions current Music to become quartet Category. His highly gold medalists, the influential arranging vanguard quartet innovations have led of today’s ever- to countless signature growing youth charts for top groups. movement.

2000s 2003 Alexandria Greg Lyne Aaron Dale Harmony Hall, Harmonizers A “boy wonder” of Weaved new song the lakeside man- A “super chapter” since the the 1960s, became genres into the sion headquarters early 1950s, a tradition highly influential barbershop fold using in Kenosha, Wis., of excellence in contest, as a coach and an innovative, rhythm- is sold, and the performance, marketing, chorus director centered style that Society begins to leadership, and deep con- (four gold medals). helped spark today’s 2008 look for a perma- nections throughout greater A well-respected youth movement. OC Times nent home. Washington, D.C. choral professor in Inspired a new Their game-changing repertoire and ultra-cool the academic world, generation of arrangers. performance style arrived alongside YouTube, he brought outside inspiring a generation of young singers and 2004 respect and next- helping the youth movement explode. Following marketing survey data, the Society level artistry to the officially adopts the decades-old shorthand name, barbershop world, “Barbershop Harmony Society,” as the official particularly during 2008 business name. SPEBSQSA continues to be the his 1997-2005 tenure The first International Youth Barbershop Chorus Festival takes place at the Society’s legal name. Reactions at the time range as BHS Musical Midwinter convention. Six choruses and nearly 200 students participate. from anger to jubilation. Services Director.

2005 The Society’s new logo is introduced, going through minor tweaks in later years.

The first overall winner, The Marcsmen, became a BHS chapter

November/December 2018 • The HARMONIZER 17 As older models begin to deliver diminishing returns, innovations start to transform the Society

2015 2015 Masters of Crossroads (2009 champ) and Grammy-winning Society membership Harmony gospel quartet The Fairfield Four take ACDA conven- becomes “a la carte.” A Southern tions by storm, the first of many collaborations that Members may belong California chapter raise the profile of barbershop harmony among music only to the Society, with that demonstrates educators. district and chapter the importance membership optional for of a culture 2012 those who wish to join of excellence Ringmasters chapters or compete. independent Swedish quartet becomes the first overseas inter- of the director. national quartet champion, and vanguard of the Won eight “Swedish Invasion.” Zero8 (Sweden) became the Clay Hine championships in first affiliate international chorus medalist. One of the most popular a row under three arrangers, coaches, different directors, and directors since the and a ninth in 2014 1990s, he also helped 2017 under a The Society teams with the world’s largest sheet break comedic ground fourth director. music publisher, Hal Leonard, utilizing its extensive as baritone of FRED marketing channels to expose new directors and (1999) and director of choirs to barbershop harmony. the Big Chicken Chorus.

2014 Joe Connelly and Tony De Rosa Clarke Districts leaders seeking to lower convention costs Often mentioned in the same breath because they are competitively in Caldwell successfully lobby for the option to host only one a league of their own. These two prodigies went on to In nearly 14 district convention per year. Most districts keep earn four international quartet medals apiece, two years as CEO continue to host two or more, but several districts while competing together. Joe is the consensus top of Harmony move to one annual event in which both district lead of all time while Tony is both among the best Foundation, led champions and international qualifiers are chosen. leads (two golds) and arguably the best baritone its transformation ever (two golds). Both are top-level coaches and as into a high-impact famous for their work ethic as their talent. BHS partner.

2010s 2015 2016 A video of seniors quartet Port City Sound singing in Toward better performances their seats during a runway delay gets more than 10 The Presentation Category is changed to the million online views. Later in the year, Main Street’s “Pop Performance Category, with a high emphasis Songs Medley” likewise goes viral on social media. on authentic performances that connect with broader audiences. 2014 Musical Island Boys The New Zealanders rode a Motown vibe to a championship while being a living rebuttal to every imaginable barbershop stereotype. They are neither old, white, American, stodgy, or a nostalgia act ... and they can even dance!

2014 Harmony University moves to Belmont University in Ambassadors of Harmony Jim Henry DAN WARSCHAUER honestly say that this is the were loving every minute setting that really put me on of it. A lot of things have The last-place-in-district Daniel Boone Chorus changed A beloved on-stage performer and spokesman the path that has led to my changed, but that spirit that being invited to speak to you gripped those singers from Nashville after 40 tonight. I am overwhelmed two turns of the century ago and deeply humbled. is just as fresh and palpable today. It is that timeless spirit Some things of barbershop, and music in its name and mission in the 1980s to emulate the Vo- as bass of The Gas House Gang (1993) and never change general, that I want to talk years at Missouri In the introduction to his about this evening. 1925 Book of American Ne- gro Spirituals, James Wel- Life-changing don Johnson, a towering musical experiences cal Majority model of musical excellence, succeeding Crossroads (2009), and multi-championship figure of the Harlem Re- Jim Henry has had his share of ova- I bet that every singer in the naissance—author, lyricist, tions as a performer and director, but room is here because at least Western State. composer, lawyer, civil rights one time in our life a musical the multi-minute standing O following leader, and founder of the his 2007 Harmony College address experience changed us in a NAACP—recalled a scene may have topped them all. significant way. I am blessed from his boyhood memories to remember several. through decades of director of the Ambassadors of of Jacksonville, Fla. in the I was in junior high when Attendance goes 1880s. See if it doesn’t sound familiar to you: the high school choir sang for my school at an assembly. I wasn’t singing in the I was only about 13, In the days when such a thing as a white barber was choir at that time because I wanted but for a few min- unknown in the South, every barber shop had its quar- nothing to do with the teacher who I tet, and the men spent their leisure time playing on the considered to be ineffective and unin- utes I was complete. effort and winning Harmony. Influenced the trend toward guitar … and ‘harmonizing.’ I have witnessed some spiring (or as I described her in junior Music did that, and I up 40%. of these explorations in the field of harmony and the high school-ese, “A tone deaf witch”). scenes of hilarity and backslapping when a new and But I was in the audience when the high determined then and rich chord was discovered. There would be demands school choir came to sing for us. I don’t there that I would for repetitions and cries of, ‘Hold it! Hold it!’ until it remember anything they sang except for multiple golds. Not- brighter-sounding basses; evangelized was firmly mastered. And well it was, for some of these one song: “Search Me O God.” The lyrics devote my life to try- chords were so new and strange for voices that, like came from Psalm 139: ing to experience that Sullivan’s Lost Chord, they would have never been Gold Medal Moments found again except for the celerity [i.e., swiftness] in “Search me, O God, and know my completion again, which they were recaptured. In this way was born the heart / try me, and know my thoughts / and maybe even in- It’s just a hobby, right? To some it is just that, but to many of us it’s far more. famous but much abused ‘barber-shop chord.’ And see if there be any wicked way in me, ed for its ongoing the “Gold Medal Moments” philosphy and lead me in the way everlasting.” spire it in others. But is “hobby” a fair name for a near obsession that can change the lives of even mere spectators? In these days when controversies about what does and what does not constitute barbershop fester The music was not at all fancy or complicated, and Here’s the Harmony University 2007 address by Jim Henry that many are calling the speech of a generation. incessantly (is “Surfer Girl” barbershop?), it is reas- the singers were your average high school students. suring to read an account from 125 years ago that But for me it was as if I had heard the Beethoven 9th community outreach that barbershop should be viewed describes exactly the same scene that takes place in Symphony for the very first time, played by the world’s First, I want to express how honored I feel to be stand- But we became very adept at shifting instantly from any nearly every corner of every barbershop harmony finest orchestra. Their music, especially the heart they ing here this evening. I was 12 when I attended my first major-7th chord to “My Wild Irish Rose” whenever we gathering around the world today. Never mind that poured into it, overwhelmed my spirit. To paraphrase Harmony College back when Bob Johnson stood in saw Dr. Johnson coming our way. these poor ignorant souls from the last millennium the great choral musician Weston Noble, my spirit then this same spot. Like most students in those days, I was I also learned from some of the Barbershop Society’s didn’t know that they weren’t supposed to use a inspired my soul—my emotions and my mind—and completely evangelized by him and scared to death that most revered icons like Dave Stevens, Lou Perry, Mac guitar, or be unashamed about finding new chords my soul effected my body, creating chills and a rush of efforts throughout less as a hobby and more as a means he would carry through with his threat to send home Huff, Val Hicks, Greg Lyne, Eric Jackson and others with strange voicings—after all they didn’t have the adrenaline. For a moment every part of my being—body, anyone that he caught singing a modern tag (which, through the years at Harmony College, and from fel- contest rules or the sages of the Harmonet to set them soul, and spirit—was filled to overflowing. I was only I now admit, I did do on occasion). As a matter of low (albeit adult) students who took me under their straight—and, truth be told they certainly would not about 13, but for a few minutes I was complete. Music fact, singing modern tags at Harmony College in ’70s wings—men like Chuck Lower, Bill Heyer, David have possessed the clean, polished sound of a Max did that, and I determined then and there that I would involved five people: four to sing the tag and one to Krause, Bob Landry, Gordon Lankenau, Ron Black, Q, OC Times, Vocal Spectrum or Realtime. They devote my life to trying to experience that completion greater St. Louis. of changing lives. Flook all around for Bob Johnson like a terrified meerkat. Rick Taylor, Dwain Brobst, and countless others. I can weren’t singing for anybody but themselves, and they again, and maybe even inspire it in others. 16 The HARMONIZER • November/December 2007 November/December 2007 • The HARMONIZER 17

18 The HARMONIZER • November/December 2018 • www.barbershop.org 2017 2017 2018 Members of the Grand Central Red Caps quartet Everyone in Harmony The Everyone in Harmony vision is further fleshed receive posthumous Society memberships, symbol- The Society announces the “Everyone in Harmony” out. Dates and goals for evaluating the impact izing the Society’s commitment to proactively vision, a long-term view of how to increase the of programs, policies, and services are set for embrace communities that have not discovered ways in which people will engage with the Bar- determining which will receive further investment barbershop harmony in large numbers. bershop Harmony Society. The comprehensive or optimization. Goals for engagement are estab- vision, a precursor to the plans that would follow lished, including dates by which new chapter and in coming years, includes greater chapter variety member offerings will be released and when future 2017 and support, evolving organizational and financial BHS structures will be presented. The Youth Chorus Festival includes women’s and models, and a strong emphasis on inclusiveness. mixed choruses for the first time, attracting music programs that could come only if both their boys 2018 and girls were involved. Marty Monson 2018 Gender is removed from Society membership Later in the year, the 25-years and younger Society CEO since The power of online requirements; scores of women join within hours of Next Generation Barbershop program divides into 2012, has driven offerings continues to the June 19 announcement. The fraternal nature of the Varsity (ages 18-25) and Junior (18 and under) vision and innovation increase the reach of the organization will be preserved for all chapters divisions, both of which feature quartet and chorus among staff and barbershop, with mil- that desire it, but all chapters may opt to add contests. volunteer leaders, lions of barbershop mixed and women’s options under their chapter with an emphasis on performances viewed umbrella. Beginning in January 2019, chapters increasing ties and online annually and can opt to welcome female members, and female collaboration with more than 80,000 members may charter women’s or mixed groups outside organizations subscribers to the BHS under the BHS umbrella. No official contests for and educators who YouTube channel. More mixed or women’s groups are currently available, support singing. than 30,000 subscribe although the topic is under discussion. Key visionary of the to the BHS Facebook Everyone in Harmony page, a big fish in an strategies. growing body of online barbershop communities that shape performers’ and fans’ barbershop lives.

2010s Jim Henry’s “Gold Medal Moments” sums up much Is barbershop about the awards? About the music? of what we do: “How Maybe more than than anything, it’s about the friendships many lives have we changed? How many They say being a Barbershopper is “about “In response, Dad placed a help wanted souls have we fed? To the music,” but sometimes it turns out that music ad in the Boston Herald for several actors [in what extent do the actions is just a small part of what we do! Such was a highly specific and extreme style of dress] that we inspired in one the case with two barbershop legends. Lloyd for a movie, auditions at the office of Terrance of those people impact Steinkamp did everything there was to do in bar- Clark at 9 a.m. Wednesday,” Gary continued. all the other people that bershop, and people flocked wherever he was. “Terry’s office had a line of 50 or more candi- are a part of that person’s If he really liked you, he might tell you, “Call me dates waiting for him when he arrived, and his life? Really, have you ever Unka Lloyd!” People also flocked to Terry Clarke, secretary was completely overwhelmed. He told tried to fathom how great the golden-voiced bass of the Boston Common, those in line that the position had been filled. is your impact?” Read it in who was always ready to sing a song and to He later figured out that it was my Dad.” the Nov/Dec 2007 issue have fun. There are a lot more stories, but suffice it to of The Harmonizer. (www. They lived on opposite coasts but met through say, Lloyd and Terry were best of friends and barbershop.org/docs) our crazy hobby, and formed a decades-long loved messing with each other. friendship unlike most, filled with mutual respect “Those two guys had a bond, and I mean a DAN WARSCHAUER ... and bonding through practical jokes! big-time, strong bond,” said Larry Tully, baritone

honestly say that this is the were loving every minute setting that really put me on of it. A lot of things have the path that has led to my changed, but that spirit that being invited to speak to you gripped those singers from “Dad and Judy and I were getting home from of the Common. “They loved each other like tonight. I am overwhelmed two turns of the century ago and deeply humbled. is just as fresh and palpable today. It is that timeless spirit Some things of barbershop, and music in never change general, that I want to talk In the introduction to his about this evening. the airport from another International Contest brothers, but each couldn’t wait to ‘cook’ the 1925 Book of American Ne- gro Spirituals, James Wel- Life-changing don Johnson, a towering musical experiences figure of the Harlem Re- Jim Henry has had his share of ova- I bet that every singer in the naissance—author, lyricist, tions as a performer and director, but room is here because at least composer, lawyer, civil rights one time in our life a musical week, and as we turned the corner to Dad’s other. Would I put anything past these two gi- the multi-minute standing O following leader, and founder of the his 2007 Harmony College address experience changed us in a NAACP—recalled a scene may have topped them all. significant way. I am blessed from his boyhood memories to remember several. of Jacksonville, Fla. in the I was in junior high when 1880s. See if it doesn’t sound familiar to you: the high school choir sang for my school house we could see a For Sale sign in the front ants? Nope. They were fun-lovers from the word at an assembly. I wasn’t singing in the I was only about 13, In the days when such a thing as a white barber was choir at that time because I wanted but for a few min- unknown in the South, every barber shop had its quar- nothing to do with the teacher who I tet, and the men spent their leisure time playing on the considered to be ineffective and unin- utes I was complete. guitar … and ‘harmonizing.’ I have witnessed some spiring (or as I described her in junior Music did that, and I of these explorations in the field of harmony and the high school-ese, “A tone deaf witch”). yard,” recalled son Gary Steinkamp. “There go.” scenes of hilarity and backslapping when a new and But I was in the audience when the high determined then and rich chord was discovered. There would be demands school choir came to sing for us. I don’t there that I would for repetitions and cries of, ‘Hold it! Hold it!’ until it remember anything they sang except for was firmly mastered. And well it was, for some of these one song: “Search Me O God.” The lyrics devote my life to try- chords were so new and strange for voices that, like came from Psalm 139: ing to experience that were people inside being shown their house! Relationships like Lloyd and Terry’s don’t Sullivan’s Lost Chord, they would have never been Gold Medal Moments found again except for the celerity [i.e., swiftness] in “Search me, O God, and know my completion again, which they were recaptured. In this way was born the heart / try me, and know my thoughts / and maybe even in- It’s just a hobby, right? To some it is just that, but to many of us it’s far more. famous but much abused ‘barber-shop chord.’ And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” spire it in others. But is “hobby” a fair name for a near obsession that can change the lives of even mere spectators? In these days when controversies about what Judy was angry with my Dad for not telling her. The realtor come around every day, but when they do they should be does and what does not constitute barbershop fester The music was not at all fancy or complicated, and Here’s the Harmony University 2007 address by Jim Henry that many are calling the speech of a generation. incessantly (is “Surfer Girl” barbershop?), it is reas- the singers were your average high school students. suring to read an account from 125 years ago that But for me it was as if I had heard the Beethoven 9th describes exactly the same scene that takes place in Symphony for the very first time, played by the world’s First, I want to express how honored I feel to be stand- But we became very adept at shifting instantly from any nearly every corner of every barbershop harmony finest orchestra. Their music, especially the heart they ing here this evening. I was 12 when I attended my first major-7th chord to “My Wild Irish Rose” whenever we gathering around the world today. Never mind that poured into it, overwhelmed my spirit. To paraphrase explained that Mr. Clarke, Dad’s ‘attorney,’ had hired her to remembered by more than just a few… even if for only the Harmony College back when Bob Johnson stood in saw Dr. Johnson coming our way. these poor ignorant souls from the last millennium the great choral musician Weston Noble, my spirit then this same spot. Like most students in those days, I was I also learned from some of the Barbershop Society’s didn’t know that they weren’t supposed to use a inspired my soul—my emotions and my mind—and completely evangelized by him and scared to death that most revered icons like Dave Stevens, Lou Perry, Mac guitar, or be unashamed about finding new chords my soul effected my body, creating chills and a rush of he would carry through with his threat to send home Huff, Val Hicks, Greg Lyne, Eric Jackson and others with strange voicings—after all they didn’t have the adrenaline. For a moment every part of my being—body, anyone that he caught singing a modern tag (which, through the years at Harmony College, and from fel- contest rules or the sages of the Harmonet to set them soul, and spirit—was filled to overflowing. I was only sell the property. When Dad told her it was a practical joke, practical jokes! We’ll miss them both. n I now admit, I did do on occasion). As a matter of low (albeit adult) students who took me under their straight—and, truth be told they certainly would not about 13, but for a few minutes I was complete. Music fact, singing modern tags at Harmony College in ’70s wings—men like Chuck Lower, Bill Heyer, David have possessed the clean, polished sound of a Max did that, and I determined then and there that I would involved five people: four to sing the tag and one to Krause, Bob Landry, Gordon Lankenau, Ron Black, Q, OC Times, Vocal Spectrum or Realtime. They devote my life to trying to experience that completion Flook all around for Bob Johnson like a terrified meerkat. Rick Taylor, Dwain Brobst, and countless others. I can weren’t singing for anybody but themselves, and they again, and maybe even inspire it in others. The HARMONIZER November/December 2007 November/December 2007 The HARMONIZER she asked, ‘Does this mean I won’t get a commission?’ – Bruce Checca 16 • • 17

November/December 2018 • The HARMONIZER 19 The value of singing together

How much has singing impacted your life? Everyone in Harmony is a vision to bring those benefits to exponentially more people

An interview with BHS Chief Strategy Officer Kevin Lynch

Studies overwhelmingly prove it—singers enjoy greater Barbershoppers have always said: Singers are happier, social, physical, and emotional health as a direct result healthier, and more connected to others. It follows of singing and belonging to a singing community. from the data that the Barbershop Harmony Society Many of the ills that afflict broader society are far less is in an excellent leadership position to extend these common among choral singers. Kevin Lynch, Chief singing benefits to exponentially more people. See- Strategy Officer for the Barbershop Harmony Society, ing a lot more people singing barbershop is what the has assembled dozens of academic sources that confirm Everyone in Harmony vision is about. The research the power of singing together—the main activity we as will help us develop evidence-based strategies that will Barbershoppers have been enjoying achieve this vision. for 80 years. The research is a founda- Part of the Everyone in Harmony timeline tion of the Society’s larger effort to • Scaling Impact: By 2020, a new array How does singing together create Sscale the benefits of singing to many of BHS programs will be in place to use value for our broader society? more people. barbershopping to tackle specific social We all know that singing Following is a brief overview of the issues. makes us happy, but few of research and its purposes. More de- • Scaling Assets: By 2023, our assets, skills us know all the reasons. tails will appear in upcoming issues. and infrastructure will be redeployed to Singing with others has a support a global choral ecosystem, be- profound effect on physical You’ve put a lot of time into researching yond our current North American, male- and emotional health. It the effects of singing on individuals and only organization. leads to deeper friendships, communities. In a nutshell, what have • Scaling Participation: By 2028, 1.2 mil- emotional connections, a you found? lion people will be engaged in barber- sense of belonging. It helps Kevin Lynch: We looked at over shop. us increase our ability to 170 scholarly articles and compiled • Scaling Inclusion: By 2038, the measur- sense how others feel. A the findings of 72 of them into a able base of people engaged in barber- choral ensemble is a place Lorin May report we hope to formally publish shop will resemble society as a whole, where we build trust, espe- Editor, The in the future. There’s an awful lot across cultural, ethnic, racial, gender, cially when we have powerful Harmonizer sexual orientation, social, economic and of information there, but, taken experiences when perform- harmonizer@ generational lines. barbershop.org together, the articles confirm what ing together. Singing gives

20 The HARMONIZER • November/December 2018 • www.barbershop.org Singing with others has a profound effect on physical meaning to our lives and that these donors care about. For example, there’s evi- relieves anxiety and depres- and emotional dence that singing can help create healthy communities. sion. We gain a social sup- health. It leads Well, Barbershoppers are already impacting hundreds port network. For many of of communities right now. We hope this research will us, singing has increased to deeper help us acquire important our employability and aca- friendships, institutional partners and demic achievement. scale up the number of The value of singing together So many of the prob- emotional people singing together. 1. When people sing together, their lives are improved at many levels. lems that are prevalent in connections, 2. When people sing together, our commu- our communities are rare How does the research ap- a sense of nities are healthier, both metaphorically within barbershop com- ply within the Barbershop and specifically. munities. Singing together belonging. Harmony Society? 3. When young people receive music educa- eases a lot of problems. When [BHS CEO] tion and sing together, it helps them Marty Monson looked learn, develop and become healthier So you’re saying that research confirms what Barbershoppers at the data, he saw that adults. have shared anecdotally for a long time? this is not only great 4. When people sing together across gen- Absolutely. Singing with others also has well-estab- for institutional philan- erations, it enhances the lives of all the lished physiological effects, from an improved immune thropy, but it’s also kind generations. system to higher cognitive function later in life. of of a blueprint for the 5. When people sing together across And of all the arts and all forms of music, singing is Everyone in Harmony cultures or groups, it unifies them and the most accessible, convenient, democratic and univer- strategies we’re devel- reduces barriers between groups. sal. If you have a voice, you can sing. This is why singing oping. This research is 6. When men sing together, it helps them is seen by many as a central part of human culture. now affecting how we become better men, and when young approach program de- men sing together, it helps them develop Apparently, you started this research for a more narrow sign. The seven values a healthy identity. reason, but it has since taken on a greater significance. How of singing (see sidebar) 7. When people facing significant chal- did that come about? that we’ve identified will lenges sing together, it helps them with This work was originally driven by our work on insti- be the basis for measur- those challenges, and is likely to help tutional philanthropy, by which we mean the process ing our impact and our society address those issues as well. of seeking and winning grants from significant founda- outcomes, hopefully for tions and public sources to support what we do. We a long time going forward. Erin Harris (Senior Direc- want to make the case to these institutional funders that tor of Impact) and her team are busy putting together singing with others produces many of the social benefits methods for this evaluative work.

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November/December 2018 • The HARMONIZER 21 Barbershop has the musical characteristics that could activity only for excellent singers. Unless they already How is the BHS well posi- actually take the sing well, they have few opportunities to sing at all. tioned to have a greater value of singing We can’t have that kind of elitism in broader society, impact on communities? and certainly not in the BHS if the idea is to get more Many of the best estab- to scale. people singing. lished elements of the value of singing together are strongly correlated with What about within the Barbershop Harmony Society—what what Barbershoppers do. This is especially true of the are some the internal challenges for us to increase the scale intergenerational aspects of the Barbershop Harmony of what we do? Society—the effect of older and younger singers sing- The first is that this is a lot for Joe Barbershopper ing together. to absorb. The research is sort of arcane and compli- There is evidence that sung harmony—which hap- cated—even Barbershoppers in the know can struggle pens to be the heart of barbershopping—holds a special to get their heads around it. Steve Scott (staff music place among all musics, because it touches the heart educator) has been invaluable every step of the way of the singer and creates connection, joy and unity in this research, both because of his deep academic between singers. background and his experience in making complicated Barbershop has the musical characteristics that topics easier to grasp. could actually take things to scale. Things like our I also think that the old adage of the prophet not be- love of the overtone, the unselfish focus on blending, ing known in his own town is true. Most of us probably and the chance for instant success through tags and don’t truly appreciate the impact of what we’ve always polecats, really distinguish us and make a difference. done in our singing communities. We don’t realize that Beyond the music itself, we have a methodology for we’re doing anything other than having a good time creating singing communities, we have assets in place on Tuesday night. But we’re not just singing—we’re that make us uniquely capable, and we have a plan of creating value for the world. We hope more and more how to take it to scale. The business side of that plan Barbershoppers can appreciate the greater importance is Everyone in Harmony. of what we already do.

What are the social barriers to scaling up the number of You said these were difficult concepts to absorb. What would people who sing? you suggest Barbershoppers do right now? It’s sad. In a world where harmony can make such a Be proud of what you’re doing as a Barbershopper. difference, people increasingly see singing as a product Because you now have a little more understanding made by professionals, not as an activity for everyone. of these values of singing, pay attention to delivering Add to this that there is less funding for arts education them more intentionally in your chapter and commu- in schools, lack of social support for singing among nity. Don’t hesitate to brag about the value of singing young men and no widespread continuum for lifelong in your public-facing communications—to audiences, singing. And, until we took up the mantle with Every- to community partners, to potential donors, etc. And one In Harmony, there was no one in the sector who stay tuned. In future issues of The Harmonizer we’ll be was really focused on taking singing to scale. expanding on these ideas even more, and hopefully So many people don’t sing because they think it’s an publishing some more of our data. n

Current BHS assets for scaling impact • The international footprint of hundreds industry via our presence in Nashville mate, valuable choral art existing communities of artists • A strong profile and partnerships with al- • A professional, focused management team • Best-of-field harmony education offerings lied choral organizations (American Choral • Thousands of engaged volunteers devoting through Harmony University Directors’ Association, Chorus America, Na- millions of annual volunteer hours • A robust set of tools for effectively operating tional Association for Music Education, etc.) • A modernized governance structure communities of singing • A set of tested outreach offerings that touch • Our philanthropic partnership with Har- • A growing music publishing business offer- over 1 million per year, focused on engaging mony Foundation International, which har- ing over 6,000 barbershop arrangements youth and their gatekeepers, music educators nesses the generosity of individual donors to • A strong and growing profile in the music • The credibility of barbershop as a legiti- fuel our work

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Innovative recruitment boosts Townsmen Chorus q The Kingston Townsmen Chorus experience the overwhelming fel-  (ONT) grew by 50% in six weeks lowship that is the hallmark of the after retooling their recruiting Barbershop Harmony Society. process. It started when leaders They developed promotional listened to their newest member, materials, guest packages, a who told them that their recruiting continuous communication process was broken. strategy, sheet music packages, a “It made us look disorganized well planned musical program, an and worse, it made us look disin- education program for the weeks terested in our new members,” following the event, temporary said chapter president Len Matio- access to key learning tracks, and wski. First step: They changed their guidance on the administrative Guest Night event into a four-week elements of the chapter. “Learn to Sing” program, provid- “Our goal was to ‘wow’ them,” ing guests a reason to come be- said Chorus Director Andrew yond curiosity. Carolan. “We set a number of key Then they worked to ensure objectives. First, we focused on de- guests received great first, second, veloping a program that created an and third impressions. The chapter opportunity for the guests to hear, choreographed the guests’ experi- experience and most importantly ences from the moment they ar- participate in that spine-tingling rived on their first night through feeling that comes when you ring a the four weeks of the program. chord. Second, we wanted to show Guests would see a well-organized that learning barbershop songs was chapter and an excellent music easy.” program. They would get quality – Based on an article by Charlie one-on-one time with top-notch Reid. Read the full version at musical resources, and would www.barbershop.org/harmonizer

Among Society chapters, few enjoy the community connection of the Hunterdon Harmonizers of Hunterdon County, N.J. Whenever anything happens in this bucolic community only an hour from New York City, the chapter seems to be part of the action. Earlier this year, the chapter was part of the biggest veteran’s fundraiser in county history. The patriotic program that featured the Hunterdon Harmonizers along with many opera, Broadway and stage entertainers. Benefit concert for the homeless is huge success Funds raised are assisting area veterans with On May 19, the Delta County, posters were printed at a reduced medical support and rehabilitation. Mich., Chapter’s Remnant’s rate; tickets and programs were Chorus sponsored a concert printed for free; and all the tal- to a packed house that raised ent performed at no charge. almost $5,500, all of which went The chorus was joined by The to the county’s interfaith home- Grace Notes (a gospel group less shelter, Hope At The Inn. made up of chorus members), Costs were an amazingly low a comedy team of Barbershop- $173 (which was covered by a pers, two pianist singers, and a donation) because the Memorial girl’s choir from Chicago. Audi- United Methodist Church in ence feedback was overwhelm- Gladstone, Mich., donated its ingly positive. sanctuary for the performance; – Ted W. Brainard

November/December 2018 • The HARMONIZER 25 MAKING A DIFFERENCE q CHAPTER ETERNAL Members reported as deceased between Sept. 1, and Nov. 1, 2018. Email updates to [email protected].

Cardinal Illinois Joseph McManus Francis Donnelly Thomas Mayfield Worcester, MA Seymour, IN Frank Thorne Harvey Beetle John Heaton Henry Buerger Laconia, NH Lexington, KY Arlington Heights, IL John Rusk Stephen Reen Chicago Metro, IL Pittsfield, MA Columbus-Green- Henry King Cameron Bailey wood, IN Will-Cook, IL Manchester, CT Greater Indianapo- Robert Farnham lis, IN Johnny Laconia, NH Six musical odes to transportation planning Appleseed Concord, NH Carolinas Donald Yake William Crenshaw Marion, OH Ontario later, “Access Management, the Musical” is a hit Greater Gaston, NC Paul Gilboy Carl Rainey John A Diamond Shenango Valley, PA Oshawa, ON It’s a question that has plagued singers for decades: How do you Savannah, GA Andrew Caliguiri combine barbershop quartet singing with transportation research at a Alan Kousen Pittsburgh South Pioneer national conference? Thanks to Florida Barbershopper Frank Broen, Winston-Salem, NC Hills, PA Larry Hein Merwin Marshburn Stephen Reen Grand Rapids, MI the answer finally came during a summer evening in Wisconsin. Jacksonville, NC Western Hills (Cin- James Findlay A 20 minute-long musical starring Brew City Harmony quartet cinnati), OH Windsor, ON used comedy to teach transportation planners how they can deal Central States Donald Shaffer John VanWestrienen Gary Gjerstad Xenia, OH Kalamazoo, MI with challenges like driveways and medians. The well-received Mason City, IA Donald Funk performance is sure to become the benchmark—and probably the Roger Lusk Land O’ Lakes Lansing, MI go-to set—for any quartet that has struggled to help audiences gain Wichita, KS Ken Stephenson Gerard Beneteau a better understanding of the multimodal approach of eliminating Rodney Stewart Saskatoon, SK Windsor, ON Kearney, NE Les Gurr John Balint roadway conflict points. Winnipeg, MB Detroit-Oakland, MI Learning the six parody songs and two tags in four weeks Dixie Gary Gjerstad wasn’t easy. But in a set that included “Drivin’ Me Crazy,” “Can Mitchell Link Albert Lea, MN Rocky You Love Your U-Turn Now?” and “Goodbye My Roadway North East Ten- Eugene Moss Mountain nessee West Allis, WI Rodney Stewart Congestion,” there was a lot of good Stevens Point, WI Albuquerque, NM Frank Broen harmony, plenty of laughs and smiles, Evergreen Mark Gawron Lawrence Wilkinson and possibly more than a few bad Fred Burkhalter Black River Falls, WI Montrose, CO Twin Falls, ID jokes. The quartet may not have un- Charles Wagner Mid-Atlantic Southwestern derstood much of the humor, but this Coeur D’ Alene, ID Alan Kousen Dale Deiser audience loved it. Spokane, WA Alexandria, VA San Antonio, TX It happened during July’s 12th Marc Perez Albert Schellhaas Far Western Hamilton Square, NJ Greater New Or- National Conference on Access William Redmon Cal Sexton leans, LA Management in Madison, Wisc., at a Hemet, CA Lancaster Red gathering where attendees assembled for food and a cash bar. All Coachella Valley, CA Rose, PA Sunshine John VanWestrienen William Redmon Burton Bice were surprised when four road crew workers walked through the White Mountains, AZ Dundalk, MD Greater Canaveral, FL crowd and began singing the best transportation management- Mesa, AZ William Darmody Norman Reinertsen themed barbershop performance any of them had ever seen. Francis Donnelly Ocean County, NJ Everglades, FL Songs included “Access Management Won’t You Please Help Frank Thorne Jonathan Fink Naples/Fort My- Henry Nahass Pottstown, PA ers, FL Me” (Lone Prairie tag) to the concluding “One More Lane” (One Sun Cities, AZ Ronald Obermeyer James Rosevear More Song). There were also “I Want to Get Thru” (Hello Mary Richard Mills Fairfax, VA Miami, FL (Sun- Lou), “Upon a Sidewalk” (Under the Boardwalk), and “Wild Palomar Pacific, CA Larry Reagan shine), TWTL Roads” (My Wild Irish Rose). Ronald LaMar Frank Thorne Larry Hein White Mountains, AZ Richard Kreh Charlotte County, FL The much-talked-about performance and the parodies were the Donald Levering Frederick, MD brainchild of Frank Broen, a member of the conference commit- Orange Quartet Clarence Becker No District tee and lead with the Capital Chordsmen of Tallahassee. The Fullerton, CA Altoona, PA Barbara Budinger Paul Ludwig quartet includes Mike Corkins (bass with Capitol Chordsmen of Tucson, AZ Northeastern Madison Wis.) joined by Niel Johnson (T), John Von Haden (L) Robert Landes Alan Kousen and Mike Olson (Ba) from Brew City Harmony to deliver the Palomar Pacific, CA Pittsfield, MA harmony. Temecula, CA Watch the performances at http://bit.ly/ammusical.

26 The HARMONIZER • November/December 2018 • www.barbershop.org Last-minute quartet helps retuning Illinois native cross a big item off his bucket list Greg Davis had given up hope to cross off a big still needed a quartet. Greg replied that the event bucket list item, but in the 11th hour, The Railsplit- was in two days and that he had pretty much given ters came through! up hope until this call. Harold said he would get The Long Island Barbershopper back to him. had never thought about a barber- “10 minutes later, he called back shop bucket list until seeing the and said they were in!” Greg said. “I topic in the Jan/Feb 2018 issue of couldn’t believe it, but this was re- The Harmonizer. Then, he remem- ally going to happen!” bered his 50-year class reunion was Two days later, the quartet coming up, and he got an idea. showed up at the event, and as “We were a small (60 gradu- planned, Harold announced they ates), tight-knit class, but I hadn’t were there to sing for the party. seen most of them in “As they began to sing 50 years,” Greg said of jaws dropped and faces his Central Illinois high beamed,” Greg said. “Af- school. He discovered ter their short set, ac- barbershop harmony 25 companied by raucous years ago in Long Island applause, they surrepti- and couldn’t think of a tiously invited me up and better way to share a part I confessed that I am a of himself than share the music Barbershopper and arranged that had become such a large this whole thing.” part of his life. I explained, to surprise and Happy to belong to an in- amazement, that this was “my ternational organization full gift to the class of ‘68—beautiful of fellow singers, he hoped he music,” Greg continued. “Then could find a quartet in Central I joined The Railsplitters on Illinois that could show up and a couple of my favorite classic perform a couple of numbers. songs. Oh, what a night!” But he had only a month to “I am very grateful to all the plan, and the date of the re- members of The Railsplitters union was a tough match for for making the magic happen,” area Barbershoppers. Greg said, “and for demonstrating once again the “It seemed that one or more members of every special brotherhood (and sisterhood) that we Barber- Central Illinois quartet was on vacation or they had shoppers enjoy while we get to ring those chords!” gigs elsewhere,” Greg said. “I was beginning to think Greg sings lead with the The Harbormen of the that this was not going to happen.” North Brookhaven, N.Y., Chapter and Harmonic Just as he was ready to give up on his bucket list, Tides quartet. a member of the Sound of Illinois chorus told The Railsplitters are Bryan (T), Mark Scheffler him that while his own quartet was unavailable, he (L), Happy Gilmore (Br), Harold Harness (Bs). would make some calls and see what he could do. On the day Greg and his wife boarded their flight, there was still no word. “I told my wife, “If it’s meant to happen, it will happen.” They were having dinnner with friends in Chicago when Greg’s cell phone rang. “Harold” had gotten word of Greg’s predicament and asked whether he

The Fresnotes quartet delivered a soaring National Anthem to launch a high-flying weekend at the Reno Air Races. Hoping for National Anthem performances in the winter and spring? Many organizations are already screening, so make your phone calls now! n

November/December 2018 • The HARMONIZER 27 Swipes ‘n’ Swaps “New director” ads are free in The Harmonizer (first 50 words) to Society chapters. Send to [email protected].

NEW DIRECTORS WANTED compensated. Contact Larry at LGilhou- Terry Franzen: [email protected]. Ontario District’s Ganaraska Chordsmen [email protected] or (813) 362-5922. www.arlingtones.net seek new director for weekly rehearsals, numerous community performances, an- The Caveman Chorus of Bowling Green, The Sun Parlour Chorus in Windsor, nual show and the probability of entering KY, seeks an energetic director interested in Ontario is a 35-man chorus that stages an a competition. We are new, 30 men strong, growing our established brand, cultivating annual show, competes in two Pioneer Dis- mostly seniors wishing to improve our per- a fun learning atmosphere, and expanding trict conventions and performs at numerous formance level. Send inquiries/responses outreach to the local youth education and community venues. We are looking for a to Herb Franklin: [email protected] choral community. This is an excellent low director who will support our commitment pressure opportunity to gain directing and to excellence in singing and performance. The Upstate South Carolina Chapter is leadership experience. Contact caveman- Rick Wilson: [email protected], www. seeking an enthusiastic Choral Director [email protected]. sunparlourchorus.com. for its Palmetto Statesmen Chorus in the rapidly growing Greenville-Spartanburg- The Arlingtones of Arlington Heights. The Houston Tidelanders are seeking Anderson, SC region. This 53-year-old IL, seeks a new director for once a week an Associate Director. This is a contract Chapter meets weekly throughout the year rehearsals, two annual shows, and many position. Ideal candidates will have 5+ years and the Chorus/Quartets compete, produce community performances. Our 25 member experience directing preferably a cappella shows and perform at several community chorus leans towards performance, Broad- ensembles, the ability to inspire enjoyment events. Applicants are expected to have way, Contemporary, traditional Barbershop, and fun while working to achieve A-level prior a cappella directing experience, good primarily for the fellowship, although com- performance, and the desire to continue to communication skills and a strong desire petition in the future could be a possibility. develop director skills. Contact President@ to serve our communities. The position is $650/month, $125/gig, and other benefits. houstontidelanders.org.

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28 The HARMONIZER • November/December 2018 • www.barbershop.org What's on your W I S H L I S T P Travel to historic and beautiful locales! holiday P Time with cherished friends P Learning from barbershop's wish list? best instructors P Barbershop! Barbershop! Barbershop! P IES 2019

IES 2019 Next July, you will have the opportunity to travel to Manchester, UK July 25-28, 2019 and immerse yourself in the world of barbershop with some of the Royal Northern best Sweet Adelines instructors such as Judy Pozsgay, Lori Lyford and Sandy Marron just to name a few. Deke Sharon will also be on hand College of Music for the week, teaching classes on topics such as close harmony, Manchester, UK blend and performance presentation. And don't forget the Rising Star Quartet Competition where you will enjoy the beautiful harmonies of the best up-and-coming youth quartets! You won't want to miss this incredible week of barbershop learning in this historic and beautiful location. Start making your plans now by adding IES 2019 to your holiday wish list.

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November/December 2018 • The HARMONIZER 31 THE TAG Joe Liles, Tagmaster Get to know S.K. Grundy, The Sundowners

n honoring some of our notable members from best quartets ever, and The Four Rascals and The the past in this issue, including many arrangers, Sundowners sang well enough to be champs even if I thought about a special ahead-of-his-time guy, they never won outright. S.K. Grundy. As an arranger and performer in the His arrangements still are sung today, and they are I famous “Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra,” he fine examples of the barbershop style. He created the also wrote and arranged music for male and female superb arrangement of “A Nightingale Sang in Berke- Barbershoppers and directed a Sweet Adeline ley Square” as sung by The Confederates. I wanted chorus. Some of the renowned quartets that sang his to put that tag in this issue, but it is still protected by arrangements included copyright, requiring permis- the Confederates (1956 sion and a fee from the champ), 4 Pitchhikers owner. So, here is a favorite (1959), The Auto- tag from one of his original Towners (1966), The songs, “Each Time I Fall in Four Rascals and The Love,” as sung by The Sun- Sundowners. Many of downers. Let’s sing it and these groups were the Six-time medalist The Sundowners remember S.K. Grundy. n

Each Time I Fall In Love for male voices 3 3 you. Tag freely Tenor bœ œ œ b˙ œ bœ œ ˙ ˙ bœ w œ w w Lead bb b c œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ " œ œ œ w w V b Ó Ó 3 3 Fall-ing in love o - ver a - gain with you. Fool-ish o-ver you. 3 3 Bari Ó Ó œ Bass w œ œ œ ˙˙ œœ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ? b b c ˙ bœbœ ˙ bœ œ " œ w w b b 3 w w w with you, you.

S. K. Grundy 1967, for the Sundowners

Each Time I Fall In Love for female voices

3 you. Tag freely 3 Tenor Lead b bœ œ œ bœ œ ˙ ˙ w w w & b b c Ó Ó œ œ œ b˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ bœ ˙ œ œ œ œ w w 3 3 Fall-ing in love o - ver a - gain with you. "Fool-ish o-ver you. 3 3 Bari Ó Ó œ Bass Ê b w œ œ œ ˙˙ œœ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ " œ œ b b c ˙ bœbœ ˙ bœ œ œ w w with you, 3 yowu. w w S. K. Grundy 1967, for the Sundowners

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