Barbershoppers' Memorandum for San Francisco
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NowAvailablein KIT 10(111 THE "SUPER" SHELL THE MOST ADVANCED QUARTET SHELL EVER PRODUCED ONLY - ACOUSTICALLY OUTSTANDING - LIGHT IN WEIGHT $40 - EASILY ASSEMBLED PLUS FREIGHT International Officers President, Plummer F. Collins, .216 Conewango Ave" Warren, Pennsylvania 16366 Immediate Past President, F. Richerd Ellen berger, 2476 Poersch Ct., Schenectady, New DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BARBERSHOP QUARTET HARMONY York 12309 Vice President, Samuel Aramian, 4435 W. Tierra Buena Lane, Glendale, Arizona 86306 MARCH • APRIL 1976 • VOL. XXXVI • NO.2 Vice President, Rogor J. Thomas, 3720 St. Androws Blvd., Racine, Wisconsin 63405 Vice President-Treasurer, Ernie Hills, Box 66, THE HARMONIZER is the official publication of the Society for the Preservation Medford, Oklahoma 73759 and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. It is published Executive Director, Barrie Best, 6315 Third in the months of January, March, May. July, September end November at the Avenue, Kenosha, Wisconsin 53141 International Office of the Society located at 6315 - 3rd Avenue. Kenosha, Wisconsin 53141. Notice of change of address should be submitted to tho editorial Board Members and advertising offices of THE HARMONIZER (at the address shown above) at least thirty days before the next publication date. Subscription price Is $2.50 yearly and Cardinal, Gene S. Newcombe, 10510 Hussey $.75 an issue. The International Office Is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Central Time) Lano, Carmel, Indiana 46032 Monday through Friday. Phone: (414)654-9111. Central States, Gil Lcfholz, 13316 E. 51st St., Kansas City, Missouri 64133 .·.·a.ur.·s DiX~~'ng~:i~,B~~:~~rr:a1~5~~~neviewRoad. Bir· Evergreen, Burt Huish, p.O. Box 91, 812 Main Barbershoppers' Memorandum for San Francisco . ...• , .• ,•, ... ,. ,. 2 Ave. N., Twin Falls, Idaho 83301 Far Western, Jack Hines, 9244 Gallatin Road, IBM Meet at Society's Largest Mid·Winter ...........•......•... 4 Pico Rivera, California 90660 "Majority Rules . .. (alter only four years) ..........•.•....•..... 6 Illinois. William Everitt, 135 E. Ash St., Lom bard. illinois 60148 Life Begins With Singing . ..................•....•.•....•..... 9 Johnny Appleseed. Louis D. Sisk, 437 Decatur Open Letter to Paul Revere 12 Ave., Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania 15221 Land O'Lakes, Remi P, Grones, 12109 Robin Is Liberalism in Barbershop Really a Sin? ..................•..... 14 Circle, Minnetonka, MInnesota 55343 Quartet Challenge Contest Great Experience ...............•..... 16 Mid-Atlantic, Leslie Hesketh, Jr., 7467 Clifton Road, Clifton, Virginia 22024 The "Chords Unlimited" - Head Over Heels in Barbershop . ...•..... 18 Northeastern, Richard J. O'Connell, 21 Terri Our First Performance - a Memorable Experience, , .. ,, .. , ,22 Road, Framingham, Massachusetts 01701 Ontario. Donald Lamont, 41 Caldwell Crescent, 25 Years With the "Schmitts' - the Sixties 24 Brampton, Ontario L6W 1A2 Pioneer, Don Funk, 1451 Harvard Road, East Lansing, Michigan 48823 ('onlnlf·ol Seneca Land, Chet Biohrs, 372 St. Joseph St., No. Tonawanda. N'ew York 14120 Speaking BASIC·ally ........•...•......•....•.•....•....... 10 Southwestern. Dave Sjogren, 14622 Southern Pines, Dallas, Texas 75234 Sunshine, L. Brett White, 1631 S. Bayshoro Ct., Cocoanut Grove, Fla. 33133 d,'parln...nlS And Past International Presidents Richard deMontmollin, 4664 Oakwood Road, I See From the Bulletins . ....•....•......•.•.................26 Columbia. South Carolina 29206 Mail Call ......................•........•....•.•..........32 Charles E. Abernethy, 231 Cordelia Street, S.W.• No. Canton, Ohio 44720 Leon S. Avakian, P.O. Box 689, Asbury Park, New Jersey 07712 .nisl"f-lln IU·OUS San Francisco Convention Registration Form . ....•.• '.,,., •.. ,, .. 2 Society Financial Statements ,." ... ,,,., .... , •.•.. , .•.... , .. .20 What About Tax Deductions? .................•......•........23 Executive Director Century Club ......................•.•...........•........29 BARRIE BEST Logopedics Contributions . ............•......•......•....... .30 Music Education and Services New Chapters - Bargain Basernent .. ,, ... , ..... , .• ' .•.• '•,, ... ,31 ROBERT D. JOHNSON. Director Music Services Assistants MALCOLM L. HUFF JOE E. LILES ('onlrlbulors DAVID M. STEVENS Bob Arnold . .. Robert Campbell . .. Plummer Collins . .. Jack Fahey . .. Communications HUGH A. INGRAHAM, Director Frank Ferrito,., Dick Floersheimer.,. Bob Hockenbrough." Don Field Representatives Richarclson, ., .foe Schmitt THOMAS P. COGAN SAMUE L K. KENNEDY LLOYD B. STEINKAMP Communications Assistant D. WILLIAM FITZGERALD Editor fulure C'on,'enllons LEO w. FOBART Finance and Administration INTE RNATIONAL MIO·WINTER DALLAS A. LEMMEN, Director 1976 San Francisco, Cal. July 6-10 Manager, Membership Services 1977 Philadelphia. Pa. July 4-9 ROBERT J. MEYER 1978 Clnclnnati, O. July 3-8 1977 Orlando, Fla. Jan. 28-29 Merchandise Manager MARGARET A. YORK 1979 Minneapolis, Minn. Jury 2-7 1978 Tuscon, Ariz. Jan. 27-28 March·April, 1976 1 REGISTRATION AND HOUSING Barbershoppers' A registration form is included on this page. Still lots of tickets left, but don't delay too long. Registrations have already reached 6,500; that's over 2,000 ahead of Indianapolis at the same time last year, and we had almost 9,000 in "Indy." Sight lines are going to pose a problem in San Francisco if we have over 10,OOO'registrations, so you see why we say. "don't delay." Contest tickets for those who have registered will be mailed about the first of April, along with the special event ticket Memorandum order form. Tickets for the past champs show may be ordered at that time. Housing forms appeared in the January-February edition of the HARMONIZER - or if you wish you can get one from the International Office. At last word, there were still some rooms left at most hotels, including the headquarters Hilton. for SPECIAL EVENTS The order form will go out in early April, but here are some of the things being planned: Tours of the city; A boat trip across the bay to Tiburon and dinner; Napa Valley wine tour and bar·b·que; San Francisco Tour to Alcatraz Island; A day at the newly·opened Marriott Theme Park; Tour to the Muir Woods (giant redwoods). And for the Barberteens: Marine World; Santa Cruz Beach; Tour to Angel Island; Tour to cable car barns and chocolate factory. SAN FRANCISCO CONVENTION And then there'll be those tours you can make on your REGISTRATION ORDER BLANK own - just a cable car away. Such things as Ghirardelli Square, Fisherman's Wharf and Chinatown. Oat9 _ International Office, S.P.E.B.S.a.S.A., Inc. Box 575, Kenosha, Wisconsin 53141 RECREATIONAL VEHICLES Special parking arrangements for "RVs" have been made at Gentlemen; the Cow Palace, where all contest sessions will be held. The cost will be $5 per day and will include the following: Enclosed Is chock for $ for which please Issue: _ Adult RegistratIon @ $25.00 08. Junior RegistratIon @l Ample parking space; S 15.00 (18 and under) for myself and my party for the 38th Water availablility (not hookul»); Annual Convention and International Contests at San Francisco, Garbage service; California on July 5·10. 1976. I understand that the registration Portable toilets (with necessary cleanout); fee includes admission to official events; a reserved seat at all contest sessions; a registration badge and a souvenir program; Ample security service (24·hour basis); free shuttle bus service between the headquarters hotel and the Pre-arranged in and out availability. contest sito. 1 clearly understand that registrations arc trens ONLY CAMPERS, TRAILERS, MOTOR HOMES AND POP forable but nOt rodeemable. UP TRAILERS ARE ACCEPTABLE; ABSOLUTELY NO PLEASE NAME -,.PRINT TENTS OR "CAR CAMPERS." DISTINCTLY Reservations should be made well in advance to: ADDRESS Tom McGowan 1532 Castle Hill Road Walnut Creek, California 94595 (City) (State or Province) (Zip/Postal Code) Be sure to let him know your arrival date and the size of CHAPTER _ your vehicle. Make chock payable to "SPEBSaSA" 2 THE HARMONIZER San Francisco is a scant DRESS 16 miles from Muir Woods, a 491·acro pro· San Francisco is not Los Angeles. Corne dressed for serve of America's oldost SOLithern California and you'll freeze. It's a fact that depart living monumonts, the ment stores in San Francisco do more topcoat business in the Sequoia sempervirens, summer than at any other time of the year. The reason: commonly called red·· wood. A tour to this tourists who are freezing to death and have to buy a coat. The scenic ares is one of daily mean maximum in July is 64 and the minimum, 53. But many SIJocial events when the fog rolls in (and July has lots of morning and evening planned for Convention fog), it's cool. Rain in July is llnllSUal and the mid-day hours week. are generally sunny and very pleasant. The San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau says it this way: "Women will be most comfortable in suits, light weight wool, or knit dresses or ensembles, or street dresses worn with a topcoat. Men's attire requires only SAN FRANCISCO "DON'TS" Iight-ta·medium weight suits or sports clothes. An all·weather topcoat is recommended for cool evenings." You'll also find (Don't Call It "Frisco.") San Francisco a dressy city. Ties and jackets are required Reams have been written about San Francisco. Most men's wear at lunch and dinner in many of the city's best travel pieces particularize about things to do in this known restaurants. ebullient city - Le., ride a cable car, walk across the Pacific Mind you, if you want warm weather you can easily find it. on the Golden Gate Bridge, sip jasmine in the Japanese Tea The temperature goes up about ten degrees for every ten miles Garden, take a Bay cruise, etc. Here, for a change, are some you travel from the city. When it's a comfortable 65 degrees in San Francisco "don'ts." San Francisco, it will be in the 80s across the Golden Gate in Don't pack a a tropical wardrobe; the mercury may Marin County to the north, on the Peninsula to the south and hover around 59 degrees even in summer. in Contra Costa County to the east. While in the valley Don't park on a hill or even a slope withmlt cramping farmlands it'll be in the 100s.