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The Orange Spiel Page 1 April 2018 Volume 38 Issue 4 April 2018 We meet at 7:30 most Thursdays at Shepherd of the Woods Lutheran, 7860 Southside Blvd, Jacksonville, FL Guests always welcome Call 355-SING No Experience Necessary WHAT'S INSIDE CHAMPIONS AGAIN Title Page he Big Orange Chorus (with most of the Palmetto Champions Again 1,3 Vocal Project and several from the Orange Blos- Editorial 2 som chorus and the BarberGators chorus dual Singing Without Fear 4-5 T membering with us) won the Sunshine District Barbershop History Questions 49 5 chorus championship for the tenth time. We had already April Fool 6 earned the right to compete at International chorus con- Each And Every Man... 7 test in Orlando this July as a wild card at last fall’s Sun- Free Your Voice 8 shine District contest. Free Singing Tips 8 Just Thinking You Don’t Have Enough 9-10 Two weeks later the Palmetto Vocal Project (with most of Barbershop History Answers 49 11 the Big Orange Chorus dual membering with them) won 33 Most Effective Singing Tips 11 the Carolinas District AA chorus championship, along Can You Help The Chorus 11 with a Most Improved Chorus award, and the right to Magic Choral Trick #372 12 compete as the Carolinas District representative at next Chapter Quartets 12 year’s International chorus contest in Salt Lake City. Top 5 Apps For Singers 13 They would have won the overall District Chorus champi- Spring Show 14 onship as well, if they weren’t singing off the trophy from Quartet Corner 15 winning it last year and not being eligible this year. Chapter Member Stats 15 Board Minute Summary 16 With several quartets also participating in the contests, it Mel’s Musical Musings 16 was a busy and fun month. Upcoming Schedules 17 Birthdays / Guests / New Members 17 Directing Team / Other Leaders 18 Chapter Officers / Music Team 19 (Continued on page 3) The Orange Spiel Page 2 April 2018 2018 Board of Directors Committees EDITORIAL President: Show Chairman: Brian Kerr Jason Boddie It’s an exciting time to be a Big O. Our new direc- tor is moving to town this month and will be with us Immediate Past Pres: Webmaster: on a weekly basis. We’ve got an annual show and Terry Ezell Frank Nosalek an international competition for which to prepare. Executive VP: Chorus Manager: We’ll be continuing our partnership with PVP, but Jason Dearing Jason Dearing that doesn’t mean we don’t need to grow our membership here at home. Keep those guests VP Music & Performance: Uniform Manager: coming. John Alexander Dave Walker It’s also time to be serious about our new culture. VP Membership: 2018 Music Team Everything we do must be the best that we know Daniel Proctor how, every time. We will be learning how to be Music Director: better and applying those things we learn across VP Marketing & PR: Jay Giallombardo the board. Robert Reeves Associate Director: Each and every man, improving just a little bit, Secretary: George Gipp each and every day, will result in huge improve- Ken Tureski ments for the whole chorus. Music VP: Treasurer: John Alexander Gregg Flowers Section Leaders: Finance Chairman: Terry Ezell Tenor Rick Morin Jason Boddie Lead Brian Kerr Bari Daniel Proctor Bass Big O Bucks Learning Materials: Coordinator: Daniel Proctor Mike Sobolewski Presentation Coord: Bookkeeper: Mike Sobolewski Rick Morin Music Librarian: Eric Grimes The Orange Spiel is published monthly and is the official publication of the Jacksonville Big O Chapter of the Sunshine District of the Barbershop Harmony Society, the home of the Big Orange Chorus. The chapter and chorus meet most Thursday evenings at 7:30 pm at the Shepherd of the Woods, 7860 South- side Blvd. For more information visit our website, http://www.bigorangechorus.com. Articles, pictures and address corrections may be sent to the editor. John Alexander, Editor For more detailed, 2429 Southern Links Dr timely information Orange Park FL 32003 see my weekly [email protected] publication: 904-278-3987 Orange Zest The Orange Spiel Page 3 April 2018 CHAMPIONS AGAIN (continued) HAPPY EASTER EVERYBODY, SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, AND NOBODY by Stephen Rafe from Probemotor This is a little story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it. However, Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done. ___________________________________________________________ The key to a chapter's success is the involvement of the members -- with each member taking on a job that is appropriate to his skills, his time, and his desire to contribute. The Orange Spiel Page 4 April 2018 4. Be passionate about your performance. Believe SINGING WITHOUT FEAR - the lyrics and find the emotion, then live it. BECOME FEARLESS 5. Use humor. Humor is such a powerful tool for reducing anxiety. It's also a wonderful way to by Audrey Hunt gain audience acceptance, and we know that a from hubpages.com fear of audience rejection is one of the most common fears leading to stage fright. Causes of Fear Anyone can experience fear, depending on the In the Book of Lists, Wallace, Wallechinsky, situation. I, too experienced fear in the early stages and Wallace ranked fear of public speaking of my career as a professional singer. Then one day and singing as the number one phobia in I asked myself this question. What is the worst pos- America. Fear of dying is number six. Anyone sible consequence that could happen during my can experience fear or stage fright, not just shy or in- show? I imagined what it could be and came up with secure people a great solution. That was the end of my fear. Let's take a look at a few main causes of fear: Become As A Little Child • You make predictions about every situation When we were children we sang freely, without fear you're about to enter. As a performer you imagine of judgment, and our voices rang with confidence. a number of things that might go wrong. These We made up our own lyrics as we went along with fear-provoking thoughts come from your own past no concern about rhythm or rhyming. Our songs failures, observing others who have made mis- were our dreams and we wanted to share them with takes, or simply having an active imagination. our friends. • You experience anxiety as a result of your fear- provoking thoughts. Your feelings and emotions We knew something the grown-ups didn't know. We are produced by your thoughts. If you believe knew that singing is simply dreaming out loud. No you're going to have difficulty, you will become fear or concern is present. We connect with our in- frightened. ner self. • Since the brain can only focus attention on one complex mental task at a time, the more you fo- Celebrate By Singing cus on assessing your anxiety, the more the task you are performing will be interfered with and in- As children we celebrated everything with a song. terrupted. Birthdays were honored with a special verse of • The main cause of fear and stage fright is the "Happy Birthday To You." So what if we mispro- fear of negative evaluation . nounced a word. Who cared if we left a word out. We dreamed about our own birthday party and the How To Control Fear excitement of sharing our cake and special surprises with friends. We dreamed of a brand new bike that Learning to recognize your fear and the causes of we might get this year. fear is one of the first steps in learning to control it. But never, were we afraid to sing. Singing was a 1. Your prediction about how well you think you will natural form of self-expression and communication. perform, determines your failure or doom. The more you predict failure, the more fear you will Helpful Tips To Overcome Fear experience. 2. Your evaluation of the importance of the conse- https://youtu.be/FFkPMRSHDJY quences of performing determines the level of fear you experience. Singing Reawakens What Has Been Tucked Away 3. Be prepared. Before my students sing or act in a performance, I put them through weeks of train- Why do we forget and dismiss this power as we ing under various conditions. This consistent grow older? We silence ourselves and lose touch practice teaches them to focus on the business at with our own imagination and our own voice. hand and not at distractions. Know your material inside and out. (Continued on page 5) The Orange Spiel Page 5 April 2018 SINGING WITHOUT FEAR Fear is negative. It exists only in your own mind. (continued) With practice you will overcome this debilitating emotion. You will become fearless. (Continued from page 4) We are taught to discount our inner voice and when You truly are a unique and beautiful diamond. You we do that we lose touch with ourselves. How sad are part of nature. You are the very source of your this is. Is it any wonder then that we grow up hating own energy. Don't bury your diamond under a rock the sound of our own voice? of fear and self-judgement. Let your diamond spar- kle and shine. We are missing so much by refusing to dream out loud through singing.