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Pdf Westunes Vol 57 No 2 Summer 2007 WESTUNES, established in 1951, is the official publication of the Far Western District Association of Chapters in the Society for the PWreservation and EnEcouragement oSf BarberShTop Quartet SUinging in AmericaN, Inc. MEagS azine Volume 57 Summer 2007 Number 2 OC Times 87.7% Late Show 81.4% Hi-Fidelity 78.8% VocalEase 78.5% 5 FWD Quartets Qualify for Denver Stardust 77.7% The FAR WESTERN DISTRICT includes Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and Southern Utah The Crush 75.2% Tahoe Blue 71.4% Equinox 70.9% Uncalled Four 66.5% Tonic 64.4% The Fortune Hunters 58.2% Good Time Harmony 57.5% Ye Olde Artifacts 55.8% Tune Struck 55.6% Stampede 54.5% Highway 49 51.8% Almost All Rebuilt Parts 48.1% Uproar! 65.5% Barbershop Express 56.6% Preservation 55.9% International Preliminary Contest NCENN Division Contest The Crush 75.2 Tahoe Blue 71.2 Tahoe Blue 71.4 Uproar! 65.5 Equinox 70.9 The Fortune Hunters 58.2 Uncalled Four 66.5 Good Time Harmony 57.5 Tonic 64.4 Barbershop Express 56.6 The Fortune Hunters 58.2 Preservation 55.9 Good Time Harmony 57.5 Ye Olde Artifacts 55.8 Chord Miners 49.7% Ye Olde Artifacts 55.8 Tune Struck 55.6 Tune Struck 55.6 Stampede 54.5 Some photos by Homer Rail Stampede 54.5 Highway 49 51.8 Placerville Chapter Highway 49 51.8 Chord Miners 49.7 Almost All Rebuilt Parts 48.4 Almost All Rebuilt Parts 48.1 WESTUNES, established in 1951, is the official publication of the Far Western District Association of Chapters in the Society for the PWreservation and EnEcouragement oSf BarberShTop Quartet SUinging in AmericaN, Inc. MEagS azine WESTUNES Staff Far Western District VIPs Table of Contents Editor President Bill Cale Features Ray S. Rhymer 9951 River View Cir Stockton, CA 95209-4165 4339 Whispering Oaks Circle Granite Bay, CA 95746 209-473-2326 E: [email protected] 916-791-2134 E: [email protected] Executive Vice President Bob Lally 10 Youth Harmony Camp 1357 School House Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93108 11 FWD Quartet Champions - Late Show Division 1 SCW Editor 805-969-9701 E: [email protected] 12 Mike Martin Immediate Past President Peter Feeney 13 FWD Chorus Champions - Westminster 14 2262 Bagley Ave Los Angeles, CA 90034-1109 5320 Coral Gables Dr Las Vegas, NV 89130-2025 25 310-558-4949 E: [email protected] 702-655-9064 E: [email protected] Secretary Dick Girvin Division 2 SCE Editor 34888 Lyn Ave Hemet, CA 92545 951-926-8644 E: [email protected] Dick Girvin 2007 Board of Directors, SBM & Div Dig 34888 Lyn Ave Hemet, CA 92545 Treasurer Jim Sherman 951-926-8644 E: [email protected] 2853 Lexford Ave San Jose, CA 95124 408-265-9034 E: [email protected] 2 President Bill Cale Society Board Member: FWD/EVG Division 3 NCWH Editor 4 Executive Vice President Bob Lally John Heather Lou Benedict 1058 Celilo Dr Sunnyvale CA, 94087-4004 121 N. Upas Escondido, CA 92025 6-10 District Management Team Articles 760-747-3736 C: 760-271-6777 E: [email protected] 408-732-3276 E: [email protected] 12 Society Board Member Lou Benedict Division 4 NCENN Editor Division Vice Presidents Roger Perkins Division 1 SCW Bernard Priceman 26-36 Division DVP Articles & Division Digests 5150 Avenida Hacienda Tarzana, CA 91356 11493 Sherwood Way Auburn, CA 95602 818-345-4125 E: [email protected] 530-823-0339 E: [email protected] Division 2 SCE Gene Clements Ads 21725 Esmalte Mission Viejo, CA 92692-1029 Division 5 ASNSU Editor 949-581-5544 E: [email protected] Phil Smith 4 Sidewinders CD Division 3 NCWH Steve Sammonds 5 Stage Hogs 1682 W. Campbell Phoenix, AZ 85015 1128 Beaumont Drive San Jose, CA 95129 16 Ready, Willing and Mable CD 602-274-9158 E: [email protected] 408-252-4093 E: [email protected] Division 4 NCENN Dick Whitten 7022 Cinnamon Drive Sparks, NV 89436 District Notices WebMaster 775-626-5433 E: [email protected] Keith Eckhardt Division 5 ASNSU Ivan Jensen 15 ANU Division Contest 5449 Robert Rd Pollock Pines, CA 95726 9172 N. Brave Drive Tucson, AZ. 85743 16 Combined SCEW Division Contest 530-644-4151 E: [email protected] 520-572-2347 [email protected] 17 NCWH Division Contest FWD Webpage: http://www.spebsqsafwd.org/ 18 Reno information WESTUNES and FWD data continuously updated. FWD District Management Team 18 Official Call to House of Delegates Meeting [See articles for complete contact information] 19 Reno Contest Chair: Chapter Support/Leadership Training 20 HCW Subscriptions: Ollie P. Brilhante III E: [email protected] 21 HCW Class Description Domestic $15/yr Chair: Chorus Director Development 22 HCW Class Descriptions Foreign $20/yr Jim Crowley E: [email protected] 22 FWD Nominating Committee Request Chair: Contest & Judging 23 HCW Quartet Registration, page 1 Advertising rates per issue: Russ Young E: [email protected] 23 HCW Quartet Registration, page 2 Ad Size 1 issue 2 issues 4 issues Chair: Convention Activities 1 - Page $150 $140 $130 Keith Eckhardt E: [email protected] 1/2 - Page 100 90 80 Chair: Events Chuck Leavitt E: [email protected] 1/4 - Page 50 45 40 Submittal Chapter News Submittal Bus. Card 30 25 20 Chair : Marketing & Public Relations Kevin Smith E: [email protected] Issue Deadline to Div Editor Deadline Chair : Member Services Winter 1 Nov 25 Oct 1- Page: Inside Front Cover or Inside Back Cover Spring 1 Feb 25 Jan $200 per issue, one or more issues Clark Abrahamson E: [email protected] Chair : Music & Performance Summer 1 May 25 Apr Fall 1 Aug 25 Jul Contact Westunes Editor [Above] for all ads Jerry Fairchild E: [email protected] Chair : Young Men In Harmony These are new dates for the new and subscriptions. John Krizek E: [email protected] Quarterly publication schedule Send all articles and photographs to: Send change of address to: WESTUNES Editor by email VP - Financial Development Harmony SPEBSQSA, Inc • Articles: use MS Word or PDF files [embed fonts] Foundation 7930 Sheridan Road • Photographs: use high resolution JPEG. David Haedtler E: [email protected] Kenosha, WI 53143 Please identify people in photos clearly. or use the secure Society website login FWD Official Address https://secure.spebsqsa.org/members/login.asp 34888 Lyn Ave Hemet, CA 92545 951-926-8644 E: [email protected] Summer 2007 • WES T UNES 1 baptism. My disappointment is in the fact that only seven quar - District President tets competed when as many as 22 have done so in the past. Come on guys, there are about ten months left until the next Novice, so get working on a quartet. A couple of you veterans Bill Cale need to grab a couple of rookies and begin working on some 9951 River View Circle chords. Something might come from it. Stockton, CA 95209 209-473-2326 Also in March we all had a little get-together in Reno. Wow! [email protected] Even if you didn’t participate in the competition, how could you not enjoy the most fantastic quartet competition outside of the finals at International, just by watching and listening? Phew! Did you miss it? All animals except man know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it. April arrived with the NCW/H Convention in Woodside, CA. I Samuel Butler didn’t know I knew so many barbershoppers and their spouses/significant others. And what a kick to get to sing in the Ol’ Sam Butler apparently didn’t know any barbershoppers. mic-testing quartet. What a blast. I couldn’t make it to Phoenix Enjoyment is our byword when we’re completely immersed in for the Az/SNv Convention. I know I missed a good one. 366 our hobby. men crossed that stage while singing in that one division contest, held over two days. Try to convince me nobody enjoyed himself. As I write this, a full one third of 2007 has passed so quickly While writing this I’m planning to be in Whittier for the com - because of my being deeply involved in active barbershopping. bined SoCalE&W Convention. Eleven choruses and 28 quartets How involved are you? are entered. That’s going to be some fun. In January it was Albuquerque and a chance to All this personal involvement took place along with meet with the Presidents of the other fifteen Motto: regular chorus rehearsals and various activities with Districts to discuss common problems and possi - two quartets. Yeah, I’m a barbershop junkie. ble solutions and, as a bonus, get to enjoy the per - “Thanks for formances of the top five quartets in the world as My purpose in going on at length about what “I” well as our Collegiate Champs from New the did, is to get you to ask yourself how much more Zealand, the Musical Island Boys. Got to see you could enjoy yourself by getting more involved many FWD friends. Were you there? There was a Memories” in this wonderful hobby. Take that first step. first time dinner held for all chapter presidents in the BHS, and although the turnout wasn’t huge, we can take pride in the fact that the FWD had the most in attendance. February is always a highlight of the year because of singing valentines. I spent the better part of two days making deliveries and having a ball. In between deliveries we visited some schools. FWD Sunshine Chairman Our lead is the choral director of a local high school and he is using barbershop as a tool to interest grammar school boys in Jim Holder singing when they get to high school.
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