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Rocky Mountain District * Proud member of PROBE GuestsGuests areare alwaysalways welcome!welcome! ♪♫ mountainaires.org ♫♪ Vol. 41, Issue 6 Barbershopper Of The Year Rich Phillips Voice of the Denver MountainAires, Denver, Colo. June 2017 “Magnificent 17” BHS Chapter 2012 First place bulletin in BHS 2015 We sing barbershop harmony Tuesdays, 7:30 — 10:00 pm Edgewater Community Church, 2497 Fenton St., Edgewater, Colo. 80214 The other songs for the Festival which we are learning for June 24th are: God Bless America This Is My Country (# 7601) America The Beautiful (# 7340...this arrangement is new for us) Let There Be Peace On Earth (new) Armed Forces Medley (new) Our chorus will also prepare four songs to sing during the Festival; one or two from the stage, the others at the Afterglow. Two of those songs (probably for the afterglow) are Darkness On The Delta and Play A Simple Melody. Mt. Rushmore Festival The other two are yet to be decided. Will Be Fun For All! Current focus for everyone: learn the songs for June 24th, and you will know all but two of the Festival songs By Tony Pranaitis, Music VP for Mt. Rushmore. The other two we'll deal with after June An anonymous member has offered 24. Denver MountainAires chorus songs for Mt. Rush- to establish an "angel fund" to assist more will be standard repertoire. individuals who may have declined to participate in the Mt. Rushmore Festi- val due to finances. If some financial assistance would change your mind, please contact Joe Gibson [email protected] (Board Member At Large) to dis- cuss your economic situation and how much help you would need. We are now up to TEN wives/significant others who are attending the Mount Rushmore Festi- val with us! We have 15 singers. The repertoire we are learning for June includes almost all of the songs we'll sing at Mt. Rushmore. The only addi- tional song will be "Bring Him Home" and we will include this song in our rehearsals after the June 24 show. We are also singing a different arrangement of the Star Spangled Banner at Mount Rushmore (by Bobby Gray) and we will do some quick preparation on this right before the Festival (we will keep the Val Hicks arrangement in our standard repertoire, so we will only look briefly at the Bobby Gray arrangement). Mountain Talk Page 2 June 2017 Mountain Talk published monthly by the Denver MountainAires 11 time RMD Bulletin Editor of the Year 2017 IBC:IBC: 3rd3rd place,place, 19851985 && 20012001 1st1st place,place, 20122012 && 20152015 Rich Phillips Proud members: RMD, PROBE, & BHS Board of Directors Bulletin deadline: 25th of each month Bulletin Staff Bulletin deadline: 25th of each month President Articles expected from board members, and Editor Bob Kaes Steve Jackson 303-237-3271 committee chairs, and members are encouraged 720 389-8739 [email protected] to contribute items for each issue, please. [email protected] Imm. Past Pres Reporter Jon Dreger Tony Pranaitis 303-744-7744 303 233-6234 [email protected] Section Leaders [email protected] Treasurer Tech/Photos Alex Lunsford Tenors: Chris Kanapackis 815-614-8345 Al Klinger 303 986-1055 [email protected] 303 935-1503 [email protected] Leads: Vince Sortman 303-953-0422 [email protected] Secretary [email protected] Ken Miller 303 989-7670 Bari: Robbie Robertson 303-307-3452 [email protected] [email protected] Basses: Jerry Hooper 303 278-1762 Admin Support Membership VP Doug Kulesa [email protected] Webmaster 303 985-8604 Vinny Sortman [email protected] 303 953-0422 Marketing & PR VP [email protected] Al Klinger Uniform Chairman 303 935-1503 Ken Miller [email protected] 303 989-7670 Music VP [email protected] Youth In Harmony VP Harm. Showcase Chair Tony Pranaitis Tony Pranaitis 303 233-6234 303 233-6234 [email protected] [email protected] Program VP Chapter Historian Jeff Maen VACANT 303 718-3236 Print off two copies of this bulletin to share, [email protected] one with your family and one with someone Member At Large you are bringing to a chapter meeting. Joe Gibson 303 794-4271 Let them know they belong here! [email protected] Chorus Director Chelsea Asmus Member's Resource Center 303 917-6824 Chapter Website: www.mountainaires.org [email protected] BHS Website: www.barbershop.org Assistant Director Rocky Mountain District website: www.rmdsing.org Chris Kanapackis BHS Phone Number: 1-800-876-SING (6474) toll free 815 614-8345 Renew your membership: www.barbershop.org/ebiz [email protected] Quartet registration: www.barbershop.org/ebiz Find a member, chapter or quartet: www.barbershop.org/ebiz Associate Director Enter a Contest: www.barbershop.org/ebiz (Contest Entry Tab) Jerry Hooper Contest Rules: www.barbershop.org (Document Center Tab) 303 278-1762 [email protected] Chorus email: [email protected] Mountain Talk Page 3 June 2017 President BARBERSHOP HISTORY QUIZQUIZ 3838 BobBob KaesKaes by Mark Axelrod from probeweb.org 1. Society founder, O.C. Cash, was a re- The time is flying by and the “hurrieder” I lentless promoter of barbershopping. He go the “behinder” I get. Alex Lunsford has was successful in getting two major nation- been working with his son Keith to restore the al publications to take note of the society in website and get it operational again for the June show as well as its very early days. Name these famous periodicals and when the rest of the events coming up this year. Online tickets are the articles about us were published. available now. Tony Pranaitis is doing a superb job keeping us on track for learning the music we need for our shows. Give a 2. Was the society egalitarian and democratically run during its good hard look to the Mt. Rushmore trip the end of August. At first few years of existence? last count there were 19 singers and many wives going for sure 3. Many big names in show biz were early society members and and a few maybes. Don’t overlook the December show either. I contributed to our early PR successes. Name as many of these am a “maybe” for Mt. Rushmore but depending on my circum- people as you can. stances I’m looking forward to going. The Boulder Timberliners has expressed interest in getting together again. I will talk to Alan 4. Some early society celebs included political types and cap- Barker and try to arrange a joint meeting at our place this year. tains of industry. Name as many as you can. I feel like I was AWOL for the month of April. Mark, our oldest 5. What did early society members Bing Crosby, Bud Abbott and son, came for a nice visit and helped with many of the mainte- Lou Costello personally and specifically do to promote the Socie- nance items on the homestead that needed to get done. He ty? spent a couple of afternoons hiking with a high school friend and Answers on page 16 his family. We are in the process of getting ready to put our home on the market in early June. We’ve been packing and cleaning and staging most of May. Then the hail contributed a lot of extra Harmony Foundation chores and reduced us to a one car family as well. welcomes new fundraiser One Tuesday I was getting my stuff gathered and sat down in my reading chair by our fireplace at about 6:50 pm. Next thing I Janet Wiley joined the Harmony Foun- knew it was 8:20. It’s starting to get to the point where life is re- dation staff on April 17 as Regional Major turning to a flow instead of the rush of the firehose. I feel like a Gifts Officer for the eastern region. In this newbie again. Just know I do appreciate your camaraderie when position, she will manage donors and pro- I get there. spects in her area to raise funds for HFI. Jon Dreger attended the House of Delegates meeting for the chapter during the time when Mark was visiting. There is a presi- With decades of experience in major th gift fundraising, Janet is excited to venture into the barbershop dents meeting in Las Vegas during International on July 6 . Since Tony will be there for the convention he will represent the community and learn more about the unmatched spirit and ca- chapter at the meeting. Hopefully life will slow down a little for us maraderie. She has held leadership positions at Gettysburg, so I can be involved in more chapter activities. Goucher, and Lebanon Valley colleges, and also has experience in nonprofit and healthcare philanthropy. Janet can be reached at [email protected] or (866) 706-8021, ext. 3052. GRACE NOTES BARBERSHOP QUARTET 303‐278‐1762 Del Miller, Tenor Joe Gibson, Lead Barbershop Quartet Bob Dickman, Baritone Jerry Hooper, Bass Tony, bari, Damian, bass, Chris, lead, Dave, tenor Contact: Tony Pranaitis, 303 233-6234 Mountain Talk Page 4 June 2017 Chorus Director I can’t help but wonder if people spent more time listening to and making music what you, and our world, would be like. Chelsea Asmus We get to go to a meeting every week as barbershoppers where it doesn’t matter what your economic status is, what ethnicity you are, your age, how you worship, who you love, and so on. What if the whole world had one day a week where they had a An Open Letter to a World meeting like that? One day where all you had to know was a tune. in Desperate Need of Song Dearest world, I propose some of the greatest music is sung Dearest World, before each session of world leaders.