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Nov Dec 2013 VE.Pub COLORADO IDAHO KANSAS MONTANA NEBRASKA Proud members of PROBE www.RMDsing.org Barbershop Harmony Society Classic Collection, 1982 — International Quartet Champions — Storm Front, 2010 2012 Barbershopper of the Year: Bob Reed, Longmont, Colorado Vol. 35, No. 3 Published by the Rocky Mountain District Association of Chapters Nov/Dec 2013 NEW MEXICO SOUTH DAKOTA UTAH WYOMING International Seniors Quartet Representative SUGAR HOUSE RMD Fall Novice Quartet Champions THE STANDARD 2013 Quartet Champions SURROUND SOUND Plateau Champions SURROUND SOUND Most Improved Chorus Plateau I DENVER MILE HIGH COLO. SPRINGS/PIKES PEAK Plateau II International Chorus BERNALILLO COUNTY Paul Cochran, Phil Garrott Representative Plateau III Jay Dougherty, Kyle Ricks SOUND OF THE ROCKIES WASATCH FRONT SURROUND SOUND Las Vegas, Nevada Plateau IV POCATELLO Denver Mile High & Longmont, CO RMD Chorus Champions & International representatives to Las Vegas Photo: Mike Deputy Denver Mile High “Sound of the Rockies” director Darin Drown RMD VOCAL EXPRESSIONS PAGE 2 NOV/DEC 2013 RMD Vision Statement — Enriching lives in the Rocky Mountain District through singing in harmony BOARD OF DIRECTORS & OPERATIONS TEAM President Imm. Past President Exec. Vice President Secretary Treasurer Kevin Pape Lee Taylor John Elving Pasco Scarpella Roger McClelland 303 775-1054 801 576-9384 605 381-9680 7235 WCR 23 PO Box 537 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Ft. Lupton, CO 80621 Grand Junction, CO 81506 Acting RMD webmaster 303 659-8200 970 241-8816 [email protected] [email protected] Chapter Support Chorus Director Contest & Judging VP Events VP Financial & Member Marketing & PR VP Leadership Training VP Development VP John Coffin Rod Sgrignoli Services VP Woody Woods CARA Coordinator Anthony Pennington 303 922-3804 720 981-1246 Bob Fox 719 528-8702 Brett Foster 720 480-5279 [email protected] [email protected] 303 980-1870 [email protected] 406 661-1538 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Music/Performance VP Youth In Harmony VP Society Rep. 2013 Editor Jeff Click Dr. Tony Pranaitis Alan Lamson Steve Jackson 303 655-0854 303 233-6234 [email protected] 215 Cheyenne St. Lot 18 [email protected] [email protected] Golden, CO 80403 RMD BOTY 720 389-8739 [email protected] Bob Reed, Longmont, Colo. RMD VOCAL EXPRESSIONS PAGE 3 NOV/DEC 2013 Editor’s Note VocalVocal ExpressionsExpressions Steven Jackson is published electronically Just to get back on a regular publishing sched- six times yearly ule, this Nov/Dec VE issue will be posted, then Issues will be posted online we’ll use the revised schedule in the left column, thanks for your patience. It’s good to be back Rmdsing.org serving the RMD as editor — I needed that break. My health is Send articles, photos, business cards, getting better and I’m continuing to lose weight, slowly but surely. news, etc. in ASCII text, jpgs, text Thanks to Woody Woods, I have a new email address for all only, pdf, or Word documents, thanks. RMD matters — [email protected] — please use this, thanks! Feb/March issue Deadline Jan 20 April/May issue 2013 District Officer Chapter Support Deadline March 20 June/July issue President Chorus Director Dev. Deadline May 20 Kevin Pape Anthony Pennington Aug/Sept issue [email protected] [email protected] Deadline July 20 Los Alamos Albuquerque Sterling Bernalillo County Oct/Nov issue Grand Junction Deadline Sept 20 Chapter Support Dec/Jan issue Exec. President Leadership Training John Elving Brett Foster Deadline Nov 20 [email protected] [email protected] Santa Fe Cheyenne Durango Casper Spearfish/North. Black Hills Events Treasurer Rod Sgrignoli Roger McClelland [email protected] [email protected] Boulder Montrose Marketing & PR Mt Rushmore Woody Woods Farmington/San Juan County [email protected] Secretary Granby/Grand County Pasco Scarpella Rexburg [email protected] Billings Pueblo Membership & H. Foundation Imm. Past President Bob Fox Lee Taylor [email protected] [email protected] Colo. Springs/Metro Utah Valley Colo. Springs/Pikes Peak Wasatch Front Burley NO MORE PAID ADS Pocatello Music & Performance SINCE WE”RE NOW ELECTRONIC! Longmont Jeff Click Show quartets, send your business cards and Contest & Judging [email protected] we’ll use them every issue and urge our readers John Coffin Colby to use the great RMD quartets that are available [email protected] Ogallala for your chapter shows. Please send your show Salt Lake City Scottsbluff posters, no guarantee that they’ll run AS IS, but Loveland Youth In Harmony I will summarize your show info to use in a reg- Tony Pranaitis ular column about RMD chapter shows in this [email protected] bulletin. This is YOUR publication, read it, use Denver Mile High it, and tolerate the crazy editor! Denver Mountainaires RMD VOCAL EXPRESSIONS PAGE 4 NOV/DEC 2013 RMD President From: David Robinson Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 12:44 PM Kevin Pape To: Mike O'Neill Subject: Harmony University To whom it may concern, I am a 26-year-old Music Education Major at the University of Barbershop’s Positive Wyoming. I conduct the LDS institute choir here in Laramie. I Impact Realized plan on teaching high school and collegiate choirs as well as publishing my own arrangements and compositions. I won a scholarship at ACDA this last spring for HU. Because of HU I'll be As barbershoppers, we understand the positives we are starting a quartet as soon as I can, and maybe a chapter some- blessed with as a result of our hobby. We usually recognize ben- day too! efits at chapter meetings, activities, and performances. More are recognized at District events and activities too. But there are It's actually hard for me to tell you how much I learned and those rare and special benefits that come into focus and have a experienced this year at Harmony University. I was initially appre- very positive impact on people that are not already engaged in hensive about going. In my mind all I could think about was our hobby. spending a week with a bunch of guys who are all stuck in one style of music. Yet, I figured if they were nice enough to offer me This was especially true and witnessed at the 2013 RMD Fall a chance to experience barbershop for a week, then I could show Convention held in Cheyenne. In fact, those in attendance wit- up and learn what I could. nessed two instances of these special events. Marty Monson, CEO of BHS shared a very moving DVD that highlighted the tre- My attitude changed very quickly Sunday night. As I was mendous positive impact barbershop has on people. Then, we wondering around the store (trying to waste time until the general were treated to the reading a heart-felt letter sent to the Barber- session that night), a man with a vest that was covered in patch- shop Harmony Society by a young man, who is a student at the es walked up to me and talked to me like he'd known me forever. University of Wyoming, Laramie. He was the recipient of a full Despite my initial awkward reaction, I couldn't help but smile as I scholarship to Harmony University Director’s College this past walked out of the store with a book of polecats (whatever they summer. Rather than share the details of this young man’s let- were) that he'd recommended. ter, I have included it in its entirety below including the email I was floored at the general session that night. First, I was string of it’s distribution - enjoy! thankful that he'd recommended a polecat book so I could sing along. Being recognized as a member of ACDA was awesome! It From: Marty Monson was an amazing experience to sing with that kind of group. And Subject: FW: FW: FW: Harmony University when they introduced Joe Liles (a man I didn’t know) I couldn't BHS Board and HFI Trustees: here’s a great read, and a result of help but clap along with the people around me. I felt like I was our ACDA strategy. More to come, one at a time! involved in something great, but more than that, I felt like I be- longed. Cheers, Marty The classes blew my mind hour after hour. There was so From: Sherry Lewis much to learn, hear, and understand that I found myself swim- To: Mike O'Neill ming with water way over my head and loving every moment of it, Cc: All Staff especially the Next Generation chorus! As a shy choral singer I usually sit back and let others sing out in choral settings. I found Harmony University myself enjoying choral singing so much that I kept having to pull What a wonderful story. You would never expect this much back in order to not blow my voice out…a problem I've never had emotion to ooze from the words of such a quiet and unassuming before. I wish I could tell you the excitement and pure joy I had young man that we met while attending the Dallas ACDA Con- standing behind the curtain Saturday night as I waited for our performance to start. vention. He didn't really want to have his picture taken after win- ning the scholarship opportunity, and in fact, we had to prod him For someone who is normally gripped with painful perfor- several times during the following months for his commitment to mance anxiety, that was truly a moment I won't forget. What fol- attend HU at all. He was a reluctant recipient who will never for- lowed was a life changing experience. It's hard to explain how get the life-changing moments he experienced while at Harmony liberating it was to let go of all the performance anxiety and previ- University 2013.
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