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WESTUNES WESTUNES, established in 1951, is the official publication of the Far Western District Association of Chapters in the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of BarberShop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. Magazine Volume 55 March/April 2005 Number 2 6 Sands of Time 22 Memory Lane 24 Fuzzy Logic What’s this? Come to Burbank & see. Quartets listed in order of finish of International Senior Quartet Contest in Jacsonville, FL The FAR WESTERN DISTRICT includes Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and Southern Utah WESTUNES WESTUNES, established in 1951, is the official publication of the Far Western District Association of Chapters in the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of BarberShop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. Magazine WESTUNES Staff Far Western District VIPs Table of Contents Editor President Features Ray S. Rhymer Peter Feeney 4339 Whispering Oaks Circle Granite Bay, CA 95746 5320 Coral Gables Drive Las Vegas, NV 89130 11 FWD Quartet Champions - O.C. Times 916-791-2134 E: [email protected] 702-655-9064 E: [email protected] 13 FWD Chorus Champions - Executive Vice President Masters of Harmony Division 1 SCW Editor Bill Cale 15 International Champion Quartet GOTCHA! Mike Martin 9951 River View Circle Stockton, CA 95209 18 Successful Shrine Christmas Performance Warren Willard 2262 Bagley Ave Los Angeles, CA 90034-1109 209-473-2326 [email protected] 19 Steve Sammonds 15 Year Celebration 310-558-4949 E: [email protected] Immediate Past President 25 Planting the Seed John Krizek Ron Murray, Placerville Chapter VP YMIH Division 2 SCE Editor 13615 Debby Street Van Nuys, CA 91401 Inside Back Cover SF Bay Area Tsunami Disaster Dick Girvin 818-785-0498 E: [email protected] Relief Fund Raising Performance 57 F Calle Cadiz Laguna Woods, CA 92653 Secretary 949-380-0732 E: [email protected] Dick Girvin Board of Directors 57 F Calle Cadiz Laguna Woods, CA 92653 Division 3 NCWH Editor 949-380-0732 E: [email protected] 2 President’s Page John Heather Treasurer Peter Feeney 1058 Celilo Dr Sunnyvale CA, 94087-4004 Jim Sherman 408-732-3276 E: [email protected] 2853 Lexford Ave San Jose, CA 95124 4 Executive Vice President’s Page 408-265-9034 E: [email protected] Bill Cale Division 4 NCENN Editor Society Board Member: FWD/EVG Roger Perkins Mike Lanctot 6-10 District Management Team Articles 11493 Sherwood Way Auburn, CA 95602 5400 Harbour Pointe Blvd, K-106 530-823-0339 E: [email protected] Mukilteo, WA 98275-5155 26-36 Division DVP Articles & Division Digests 425-349-1749 E: [email protected] Division 5 ASNSU Editor Ads Phil Smith Division Vice Presidents Inside Front Cover Masters of Harmony Show 1682 W. Campbell Phoenix, AZ 85015 Division 1 SCW Bob Lally 03 Fullerton Show 602-274-9158 E: [email protected] 1357 School House Road Santa Barbara, CA 93108 04 Bay Area Metro Show 805-969-9701 [email protected] 05 Memorial Day Bash Division 2 SCE Bernard Priceman 25 San Juan Capistrano Quarteting WebMaster 5150 Avenida Hacienda Tarzana, CA 91356 25 Fresno Chorus Director Search Keith Eckhardt 818-625-2832 [email protected] District Notices 5449 Robert Rd Pollock Pines, CA 95726 Division 3 NCWH Dick Whitten 12 Spring Convention Events Schedule 530-644-4151 E: [email protected] 7022 Cinnamon Drive Sparks, NV 89436 12 On-line Bulletin Contest Rules FWD Webpage: http://www.spebsqsafwd.org/ 775-626-5433 [email protected] Division 4 NCENN Clark Abrahamson 14 05 Harmony College West Individual WESTUNES and FWD data continuously updated. 186 Big Valley Road, Folsom, CA 95630 Registration 916-983-1141 [email protected] 16-17 05 Harmony College West Quartet Division 5 ASNSU Ivan Jensen Registration Subscriptions: 9172 N. Brave Drive Tucson, AZ. 85743 20 05 NCWH Division Convention Registration Domestic $15/yr First Class Postage 520-572-2347 [email protected] 21 05 NCWH Division Convention Information Foreign $20/yr First Class Postage 22 05 A/SN/SU Division Convention Registration FWD District Management Team 23 05 NCENN Division Convention Registration 24 05 SCE Division Convention Registration Advertising rates per issue: [See articles for complete contact information] Ad Size 1 issue 3 issues 6 issues Chair: Chapter Support/Leadership Training 1 - Page $150 $140 $130 Ollie P. Brilhante III [email protected] 1/2 - Page 100 90 80 Chair: Chorus Director Development 1/4 - Page 50 45 40 Jim Turnmire [email protected] Bus. Card 30 25 20 Chair: Contest & Judging Submittal Chapter News Submittal Terry S. Aramian [email protected] Issue Deadline to Div Editor Deadline 1- Page: Inside Front Cover or Inside Back Cover Chair: Events Jan/Feb 1 Dec 25 Nov $200 per issue, one or more issues Sam Barger [email protected] Mar/Apr 1 Feb 25 Jan Chair : Marketing & Public Relations May/Jun 1 Apr 25 Mar For all ads & payment, contact: Michael S. Frazer, MBA [email protected] Jul/Aug 1 Jun 25 May Chair : Membership Sep/Oct 1 Aug 25 Jul Westunes Editor [Above] William J. Rosica [email protected] Nov/Dec 1 Oct 25 Sep Chair : Music & Performance Send all articles and photographs to: Jerry Fairchild [email protected] WESTUNES Editor by email Chair : Young Men In Harmony Send change of address to: • Articles: use MS Word 98 [or earlier] or .pdf files. John Krizek [email protected] WESTUNES Editor • Photographs: use high resolution JPEG. VP - Financial Development Harmony Foundation [Please include old and Please identify people in photos clearly. Robb Olllett [email protected] new addresses] March/April 2005 • WESTUNES 1 #2 Fullerton Chapter. Fullerton recruited 11 new members and District President reinstated 1, total 12. #3 Reno Chapter. Reno recruited 10 new members and rein- Peter Feeney stated 2, total 12. #4 Paradise Valley Chapter. Paradise Valley recruited 7 new 5320 Coral Gables Drive members and reinstated 4, total 11. Las Vegas, NV 89130 #5 North Valley Chapter. North Valley recruited 6 new mem- 702-655-9064 bers and reinstated 4, total 10. E: [email protected] #6 White Mountains Chapter. While Mountains recruited 6 new members and reinstated 4, total 10. Congratulations to these chapters for leading the way! We have Mid Winter Convention much to be thankful for here in the Far Western District. As I write this I am preparing to travel to Jacksonville, Florida to Barbershop Harmony is alive and well, I happy to report, and I'm attend our Society's Mid Winter Convention. It will be a real confident we can continue to strengthen our Society here in treat, I am sure. We will have three quartets representing the Far 2005. We ended the year 2004 with 3,360 members and with Western District in the Senior Quartet Contest: Memory Lane, your continued efforts I am looking forward to seeing that num- Sands of Time, and Fuzzy Logic. We also will be treated to per- ber increase this year. formances by our International Champs GOTCHA!, and our 2004 Bronze medallist quartet Metropolis. I will have to leave Spring Convention -- Burbank, California it others to report on the convention, but I wanted to make sure Have you made your plans to attend the FWD Spring Convention that the members of these quartets know just how proud we are and SoCal West Division Contest on March 18and 19? I sure of their accomplishments! hope so. The Convention promises to be a lot of fun, not to men- tion the fact that you will see a parade of talented quartets and Bay Area Chapters choruses all competing to either represent the district in Salt Lake Amighty big thank you to the chapters of the Northern City this summer, or compete for the District Championship in California area that joined together to produce a benefit per- Pasadena this fall. This is our second combined International formance for the unfortunate victims of the Asian tsunami. The Prelim and Division Contest since we did it last year in Reno. It performance, entitled In Harmony for Asia by SF works, as you will see in Burbank. Don't miss it! Bay Area Chapters was held on Sunday January 23 Motto: at the Chabot Performing Arts Center in Hayward, Division Conventions CA. Proceeds from all ticket sales went directly “Keep a As mentioned above, the first division conven- toward the ongoing relief efforts of charitable tion and contest of the year will be held in organizations involved in the recent Asian tsunami Melody Burbank, with the other four divisions holding disaster. Thank you, gentlemen. The District is Ringing in theirs in April and May. I hope your chapter's very proud of you! chorus is planning on competing and I hope we Your Heart.” have a large number of quartets in each division Year End 2004 Membership competing. Competition is an excellent way for I know that most of us don't study district membership statistics, each of us to improve our craft and our performance skills. The except for perhaps our own chapter, but I think it is important to feedback we receive from our judges is invaluable in helping us take notice of some of the activity that is taking place in the improve. The best reason I know of to enter competition, how- FWD. The Santa Fe Springs Chapter, home of the Masters of ever, is that it is just a lot of fun! Don't deny yourself; compete Harmony, our current District Chorus Champion, ended the and see how you do. You won't ever regret it. I guarantee it. year with a remarkable total of 195 members. That is 23 mem- bers more than the same time last year making the Masters far and away the largest chapter in the District.
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