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The HARMONIZER (ISSN 0017-7849) Is the official publication of the Socloty for the Preservation and Encouragement of Berber Shop Quartet Singing In America, Inc. (S.P.E.B,S.Q.S.A.l. It is pub. IIshed In the months of January. March, Mav, July, September and November at 6316 - 3rd Avenue, Box 575, Kenosha, Wisconsin 53141. Second-crass postage paid at Kenosha, Wisconsin. Editorial and Advertising offices are at tho International 6fflce. Advertising rates available upon requost. Publisher assumes no responsib1Jfty for roturn of unsolicited manuscripts or artwork. Notice of chango of address should be submItted to the editorial offlces of THE HARMONIZER, 6316 - THIRD AVE" Box 575, KENOSHA, WISCONSIN 53141, 8t least thirty days bafore the next publicatIon data. Subscription price to non-mombers Is $3.50 yearly or $1 an Issue. Copyright, 1979, by the Society for th& Preservation end Encouragament of Barber Shop Quartet SInging In AmerIca, Inc.

Features 4 RED CARPET OUT FOR SARA­ 19 FINALIST QUARTETS SOTA MID-WINTER CONVENTION. The sunny climes of Sarasota will 22 MEDALIST QUARTETS be an enticement for Barbershop­ pers to attend the Society's all­ 24 WEEKEND TO REMEMBER. A fun convention. singing "bash" brought together three of the Society's outstanding 8 LOOKING BACK AT THE PITTS· singing chapters. BURGH CONVENTION. The full story, including official board action and pictures of all contestants. 26 CHORUS COMPETITORS

14 QUARTER FINALIST QUARTETS 30 CONTEST SCORING SUMMARIES

18 SEMI·FINALISTS QUARTETS 32 MUSEUM FUND CONTRIBUTORS

Contributors John Ford ... Tom Hansbury ... Bob Hockenbrough ... Keith Howard .. Hugh Ingraham Also in this issue

2 THINKING ALOUD 36 NEW CHAPTERS - BARGAIN BASEMENT 3 LETTERS Conventions 36 SEATTLE CONVENTION REGIS· 5 SARASOTA CONVENTION REGIS­ TRATION INTERNATIONAL TRATION JUly3-10 19B3 Seattle, Wash. 37 LOGOPEDICS CONTRIBUTIONS 1984 St. Louis, Mo. July 1-8 1985 Minneapolis, Minn. June 30-July 7 1986 Salt Lake City, Ut. Ju ne 29-Ju Iy 6

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THE HARMONIZERISEPTEMBER-OCTOBERI1982 International Officers

President, Merritt F, Auman, P. O. Box 7842, Reading, Pennsylvenla 19603 Immediate Past President, Burt HuIsh, 1531 Julio Lane, Twin Falls, Idaho B3301 Vice Presldont, Dr. Hank Vomacka, 1881 Rose Thinking Street, Sarasota, Florida 33579 Vice President, Gil Lefholz, 13316 E. 51st Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64133 Vice Presldent·Treasurer, John T. Gillespie, 712 Newgate Road, Kalamazoo, MI 49007 Aloud • • • Board Members Cardinal, Morris Jennings, 508 Gardner Court, Marion, Indiana 46952 Central States, Thomas M. (Mike) Hines, 3317 Ravenwood Terrace NW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa "When in doubt, refer to what some· effort, you can't expect the chapter to do 52405 Dixie, Ralph Delano, P, O. Box 9, Benson, one else has written." I'm afraid that's it all ... North Carolina 27504 Evergreen, Harry NeUWirth, 1109 Maple Street, all too often my motto. I'll read an "I'm convinced, finally, that recruit­ Silverton, Oregon 97381 article which I find interesting, then clip ment is far more important than reten­ Far Western, Beryl Caron, 10809 Wellworth Ave., Los Angeles, California 90024 it out for future reference. Later, when tion. Let the 'summertime soldiers' go! Illinois, Jim Vliet, 807 W, Springfield, Urbana, I'm looking for something to write abollt, Let's concentrate our efforts on signing Illinois 61801 Johnny Apploseed, Darryl Flinn, 7975 Cleve· I'll refer back to this article. Some those ten new members - and figure that land Ave. NW, North Canton, Ohio 44720 four of them will be with us in 1985," Land 0' Lakes, Don Challman, 916 W. County people might call it stealing, Others, Road G2, St. Paul, Minnesota 55112 plagiarism. I prefer to think of it as pre· Some interesting thoughts. I'm prone Mid-Atlantic, William Park, Box 470G, RD 1, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania 19317 servation. to agree on a couple of counts. We'll Northeastern, Ronnie Menard, 50 Tufts Drive, Anyway, a couple of years ago when never completely solve our retention pro­ Nashua, New HampshIre 03060 Ontario, Cliff Watts, 234 Walden Blvd., Fort Al Woodard was president of the Sun­ blem. There are men among us who just Erie, Ontario L2A lRB CANADA shine District, he wrote a very interesting plain joined the wrong organization. Pioneor, Doran McTaggart, 890 Buckingham, Windsor, Ontario NBS 2C8 CANADA article on member retention vs. recruit· They'll never be quite happy with barber­ Rocky Mountoln, Jack Smith, 700 Valencia Drive NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108 ment. I thought it was sufficiently shopping. And AI is right; it's almost Seneca Land, Robert CUlbertson, 438 Buffalo thought-provoking and filed it in my impossible to be all things to all people. Street, Franklin, Pennsylvania 16323 Southwestern, Donald Wagner, 10106 Lalng­ "future file." Let me give you a couple of No chapter can do it. On the other hand, tree, Dallas, Texas 75243 direct quotations. let's not make this an excuse for poor Sunshine, Bert Warshaw, 9100 SW 16th Street, Miami, Florida 33165 "I suspect that we attract some new chapter programming. Let's try to pro­ members who expect to find a special vide the member with as many singing And Past International Presidents kind of inter-personal relationship they've opportunities (chorus and quartet) as Roger Thomas, 3720 St. Andrews Blvd., Racine, Wisconsin 53405 failed to find elsewhere. In other words, possible in a well organized atmosphere. Ernie Hills, Box 66, Medford, Oklahoma 73759 their recruitment was flawed from the It's just too easy to say that we can't Les Hesketh, Jr., 7467 Clifton Road, Clifton, Virginia 22024 outset. ,. make everyone happy so let's do nothing. "Others have special musical or social Finally, I do think AI is right when he International Office needs which we do not, or cannot, says that recruitment will give liS our' supply. Some come. to look for casual, greatest growth. There is unbelievable Executive Director off-the-cuff woodshedding and want no potential among men who have never HUGH A. ING RAHAM Music Education and Services part of the discipline of chorus rehearsal. been exposed to our hobby, both in com­ JOE E, LILES, Director Others have no interest in quartetting. munities where chapters exist and where Music Services Assistants How do we satisfy all these divergent they don't. By all means, let's keep as DAVE L. LABAR needs? We don't. We can't. _. many present members as we can (we'll lYLE E, PETTIGREW "In the final analysis, it all boils down never keep them alll, but the greatest DAVID M. STEVENS Public Relations Director to this: you get out of barbershopping growth can and should come from the ROBB OLlETT what you're willing to put into it ... You great unwashed who have never had the Editor have to become directly involved. If unique experience of singing barbershop LEO W. 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2 THE HARMONIZER/SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER/1982 own quartet. This is a great and wonderful spirit. If there are any barbershop singers It makes one proud to belong. who would be interested in exchanging Clarence Wachs Letters letters across the waters I would be glad Kenosha, Wis. to hear from them. Applauds Award Winner I am 33, married, and live in the Thinks Gray Perceptive The Gould Award is given annually midlands area of England. Hooray for Don Gray and his intelli· by the Voice Foundation, selected by Sean Brown gent and perceptive article in the July/ international panel of experts, for con­ Earls Court Cottage Aug. '82 issue. Don has faced squarely tinuous significant contributions to re­ Bromyard Road a point few of us in barbershop seem search of the singing voice. Previous St. Johns willing to address: much of our present selectees read like a "Who's Who?" in contest music is boring to all but a few voice science. At the 1982 Care of Conventions Are About People ardent devotees of the style. Don pro­ the Professional Voice Symposium (Juil­ On behaif of Bill Thomas and me, may poses, I think, a realistic and workable liard School, New York City, June 10, I thank all your members for the warm solution to the controversy of class· 1982), I was proud to see this year's and wonderful reception given to us icists vs. entertainers. I hope his article. award go to Barbershopper Tom Shipp. before, during and after the convention draws a significant response from the Tom is a professional voice researcher at Pittsburgh. membership. at the VA hospital in San Francisco. Words can never express the depth of Surely none of us wants to find our He has done definitive work on larynx emotion we felt at the welcome we reo eventually relegated to height and vocal vibrato during singing. ceived wherever we went. Sarnia, Pitts­ the status of, say, chamber music with He is also approximately a 20-year burgh, Cincinnati, Ashville, Milwaukee, its narrow appeal to a few esthetes. Society veteran. Kenosha, everywhere, it was the same. Barbershop is alive. Let's keep it vital How exciting that, coincidentally, this Better qualified people than I will and growing and attractive to new and year Barbershoppers can study with write all about the convention and com· younger members, many of whom are Dr. Shipp at Harmony College (Missouri petitions. All I can say is that I bel ieve delighted to find that the stvle can be Western, St, Joseph, Mo., - Aug. 1-8, that conventions are about people, and applied to some contemporary music. '821. He will be teaching the "Advanced that Barbershoppers (male or female) All we need do is adopt a broader ap· Accoustics and Physiology of Voice" are a people within a people, proach to the style definition, course. See you in Seattle. We have, I think, two choices: Having personally witnessed the pre­ Frank Butterfield 1. Do what Don Gray proposes sentation of many of Tom's papers, West Yorkshire, England and have two performing classes as well as the high regard held for him by in our contests, or the voice science community over the Barbershoppers Are I

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THE HARMONIZER!SEPTEMBER·OCTOBER!1982 :1 Red Carpet Out for Sarasota Mid-winter Convention

(January26·29, 1983)

By Tom Hansburv. Communications Officer SARASOTA HYATT HOUSE ~ HEADQUARTERS HOTEL 1857 Jasmine Drive, Sarasota, Fla. 33579 The Sarasota area has for centuries dome at Disney ¥Jorld, Circus World, Sea In the 1920s, John Ringling, multi­ lured passersby into becomimg perman­ World, Busch Gardens and many other millionaire king of the circus world, de· ent re'sidents, for there are few places famous attractions. These are just a hoot cided to create a magnificent center of in the world as lovely and peaceful as and a holler from Sarasota. All are de· the arts on his landscaped 37·acre estate this. signed for children of all ages. in Sarasota, the town he had chosen for Sarasota is a city of many attract­ As you all know, Sarasota is aptly the winter quarters of the "The Greatest ions and there is something for everyone named the Circus City. There is a reason Show on Earth." He set about to acquire whether it be golf, tennis, fishing or any for this. In the early days of circus pop­ what is now America's largest and finest other sports activities. The many tennis ularity the Ringling family's influence collection of Baroque paintings, dating courts are all of championship caliber on the city of Sarasota was the greatest. from the late 16th to mid-18th centuries, and the golf courses are the most chal­ Many wealthy families came to the area. a period he admired for its vivid color lenging in the country. Sarasota is pri­ Elegant homes were built and priceless and great vitality. marily a resort city and attracts many art was collected. As a result Sarasota Beside the Baroque collection there visitors who love its cultural charm with became, and still is, ~ center of culture, are paintings by Peter Paul Rubens, many fine restaurants and unusual shops, with museums, theater, art, ballet, Hals, El Greco, Murillo, Veronese, Rem· which includes the world's most unique symphony and opera. The circus tra­ brandt, Cranacll, Velasquez, Poussin, Van shopping area, St. Armand's Circle. dition is still strong in ~;arasota, and the Dyck and many others. These are all Museums, art galleries and theaters are Ringling name clings to many famous originals. also part of Sarasota's cultural scene. attractions, boulevards and bridges. The The museum building, styled after These are enjoyed by Sarasotans all Ringing Bros. and Barnum & Bailey a 15th century Florentine villa, is said year long. Circus primarily had its headquarters in to be one of the most beautiful examples Sarasota is an ideal spot for the 1983 Sarasota, but it is now located in Venice, in this country of Italian Renaissance Mid-Winter convention (Jan_ 26-29) and Fla., just South of ~arasota. architecture. all Barbershoppers who attend will be THE FOUR RINGLING MUSEUMS Meanwhile, Ringing and his wife given that traditional southern hospitality OF SARASOTA Mable were constructing on the same pro­ treatment even if most of us are trans­ One of the most remarkable museum perty, along the shore of Sarasota Bay, planted northerners. One of the greatest complexes in the world is located in a colorful Venetian·Gothic palazzo to be thrills of your life will be watching the Sarasota, overlooking the Gulf of Mexico. called "Ca'd'Zan" or "House of John," sunset in all its vibrant colors. The tired It consists of the John and Mable Ring· in Venetian dialect. old sun drops below the horizon in a ling Museum of Art, the Ringling Resi­ Patterned after the Doge's Palace on blaze of glory_ dence, the Asolo Theater and the Ring­ the Grand Canal in Venice, the 32-room For those who would like to extend ling Museum of the Circus. It is con­ mansion, elaborately furnished with art their visit to Florida, there are other sidered the foremost cultural center of objects from around the world, was attractions throughout the area. These in­ the southeast, visited by more than half built in the 1920s at a cost· of more than clude, among others, The Magical King· a million people annually. $1,500,000. Its marble bathrooms with

4 THE HARMONIZERISEPTEMBER-OCTOBERI1982 gold fixtures, a $50,000 Aeolian organ with 4,000 pipes, a huge crystal chande­ lier from the lobby of New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel, and room afte( room of handsome period furniture attract visitors from everywhere to marvel at its elegance. Although financial reverses in the late 1920s almost upset Ringling's plans, his art museum was finally completed at his own expense and under his super­ vision. It was open to the public in March, 1930. Mabel Ringling had died in 1929, and upon John's death in 1936, his entire estate was bequeathed to the State of Florida, which now operates the large complex_ The mansion of John and Mable Ringling, built on Sarasota Bay in 1926 at a cost of $1,500,000, was patterned aftor tho Dog's Palace on tho Grand Canal In Venice, Italy. Ringling did not found a circus Its 32 rooms ate fiUod with elaborately carved period furniture and objects of art from museum, and it is unlikely that he was all over the world. The "ea 'd Zan" (House of John in Vallotian dialect) is maintained in aware of the artistic importance of circus all its opulence from the Aeolian pipo organ and gold·fixtured bathrooms to the formal artifacts. Yet such a museum was deemed roso garden planted by Mable Ringling. necessary, if a significant part of Amer­ spectacular purchase for the Ringling The real excitement of the week, of icana was not to be lost. In 1948, the Museums is an 18th century theater im­ course, is the singing of the medalists on Ringling Museum of the Circus was ported in its entirety from Asolo, Italy, the two shows scheduled for Saturday. estabiished by the State of Florida on and installed in its own building west of Each show will be different, so you may the museum grounds, to serve both as a the Museum of Art. want to attend both. memorial to Ringling and as a storehouse The only original 18th century play­ We suggest you use the registration of memorabilia and documents that house in America, the Asolo Theater form on th is page as soon as possible, so illustrate the history of the circus in a provides a jeweled setting for a winter that you can be assured of preference manner both educational and entertaining. opera season, a nine·play repertory pre­ seating. You'll find the special group Displayed at the Museum of the Circus sentation of classical and modern p.lays, rates offered at the headquarters Sara­ are huge bandwagons, wild animal cage and a year-round program of art films, sota Hyatt enticing. A housing form wagons, calliopes, posters, heralds, cos­ lectures, concerts and recitals. will be sent from the hotel as soon as tumes, and other trappings of the circus Not only are the Ringling Museums a your registration is received. in its heyday. There is also a recreation of mecca for art lovers, circus buffs, antique Details on the special activities will the "backyard" of the old circus with fanciers and theater-goers, but also an appear in the next HARMONIZER. If props and disguises used by famous educational institution which serves the you want to be part of this week filled clowns of . entire state through eight affiliates and with harmony, sunshine and relaxing Perhaps the State of Florida's most one associate museum. fun, get your registration in early.

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Although it is not necessary to have a registration to obtain show tickets, NON-REGISTRANTS will not be assigned seats until after December 1, 1982, at which time tickets will go on sale to the genoral public. REGISTRANTS will be assigned immediate priority seating in the ardor their ·reglstrations are rocoived. Registrants will also roceive a namo badga, entry to tho afterglow, and a housing form from tho hoadquarters Hyatt Hotel enabling thorn to obtain spacial group ratesi-' --, CHAPTER NO..! I MEM8ER NO. I NOTES:

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1. The "Welcome" signs wore out. 2. Genial Convention Chairman Jack Owens I 3. Quartet activity aboard the boat. 4. Some gang·singing, too. 5. The cruise was a family affair. 6. Early shoppers Immediate Past lnt', Looking Back at the Pres. Burt Huish and wife Gloria. 7. From first champs, "Bartlesville Barfly" George McCaslin visits with lnt'J Pres. Merritt Auman. Pittsburgh Convention

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - We weren't tage of the long holiday weekend and in Pittsburgh five minutes before we took part in the special "Sunday in the realized there really is a lot of construct­ Park" festivities along with the Pittsburgh ion underway in this city; significant area chapters. renaissance is taking place, and people 1-2. At the registration desk. attending our 44th international conven­ INTERNATIONAL BOARD ACTION 3. Int'! VP Gil Lefhol~, Larry Hagerson (Inst. of tion soon found they were right in the Faced with a relatively light agenda, Logopedics) and Logopedics Raffle honcho Past Int'l Pres. Reedie Wright. middle of it. It didn't seem to bother President Merritt Auman gaveled the 4. Reedie sells VP·Treas. John Gillespie and Pres. anyone, though, as our people went board into session shortly after 9 a.m. on Auman raffle tickets (Staffer Bill Fil~Gerald in background, center). about the business of the convention ­ Wednesday. The board discussed each of 5. City of Pittsburgh tour. having fun singing, conducting the Soc­ the committee reports, acting on those 6. Coal mine tour. iety's business and picking new quartet necessary. 7. Johnson rents a tux. 8. Pres. Merritt and daughter Joann enjoyed the Ball. and chorus champions, Though the sun The board voted to increase the adult didn't shine everyday, for the most part convention registration fee to $40 start­ we couldn't complain too much about ing with the St. Louis Convention in the weather. From the packed boat cruise 1984. The increased fee will cover busing. on Monday evening to the special activ­ Membership Development Manager ities on the following Sunday, nearly all Tom Cogan's program using volunteer the planned events were well attended fieldmen was adopted as part of President and quite successful. Many took advan- Auman's five-year plan.

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Bids for the 1986 International WHEREAS, his love of the Society Convention were received from Hartford, and the form of music it perpetuates is Connecticut and Salt Lake City, Utah without bounds, with the awarding of the convention to BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED: Salt Lake City. that the International Board of Dir­ The following resolution honoring ectors, governing body of S.P.E.B.­ retiring Int'l Staff Director Bob Johnson S,Q,S.A., Inc., hereby officially was unanimously adopted: expresses its gratitude to Robert D. "WHEREAS, R08ERT D. JOHNSON Johnson, musician, educator, adminis­ is retiring as Director of Music Educa trator -- and a magnificent Barber­ tion and Services of SPEBSQSA, shopper. ,. A busy Barbershoppers' Shop. 2. This family found rooms at Duquesne University, Inc. and Dated this 30th day of June, 1982 in 3. The Alexandria, Va.·Peninsula, Cal. party. WHEREAS, he has been a member of Pittsburgh, Pa." 4. Backstage whiz Joe Wllite. the International Office Staff for Needless to say, presentation of the 5. "," 1951 champs. 6. "Grandma's Boys," 1979 champs. twenty (20) years, and resolution on a handsomely framed 7. "Happiness Emporium," '975 champs. WHEREAS, during that period he has scroll brought tears of joy to Bob a. "Bluegrass Student Union," 1978 champs. served the Society with. dignity, Johnson. 9. "Buffola Bills" Vern Reed (HI!.iO champs) and "Boston Common," 1980 champs. dedication, and honor, and 10. "Chicago News," 1981 champs. WHEREAS, through his efforts Bar­ ELECTION OF OFFICERS bershop Harmony has become a well The following members were elected respected and acknowledged form of to take office on January 1, 1983 and music both here and abroad, and, serve through the calendar year as inter-

10 THE HARMONIZER!SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER!1982 Laaving Civic Arton;). "Classic Collection" and coach. Judges' pit. Communltv singing at Arena. Tho Glon Howards' 44th convention. Mus. Sorvices Ass't Dave Stevens monitors every song. Congrotulatorv handshakes to Int', Pres.­ elect Hank Vomacka. 1948 champion "" Jiggs Ward and Bill Conway_ And 1949 champion "Mid·Statos Four" members Forrv Haynes and Martv Mendro.

national officers: President, Henry S. There was no chance to "second choruses mounted the stage for their Vomacka (Sarasota, Fla. - Sarasota, Fla. guess" the judges' decision this year. The presentations. It was another display of Chapter); Immediate Past President, Mer· Classic Collection (Rocky Mountain Dis­ superb singing coupled with artistic ritt F. Auman (Lebanon, Pa.); Inter­ trict) won the contest from start to finish showmanship which challenged the national Vice President-Treasurer, John and now proudly wear the gold medals. judges. When all the votes were in, the T. Gillespie (Kalamazoo, Mich.); Inter­ Fourth place medalists last year, Center Dallas (Metro), Tex. "Vocal Majority" national Vice President Gil Lefholz Stage (Pioneer District) took home the had become 1982 chorus champions, (Kansas City, Mo.); International Vice second place silver medals. Repeating as outdistancing the rest of the field by President, William K. Park (Wilmington, third place bronze medal winners were 103 points. In second place was the Dela.). Elected as Harmony Foundation the Side Street Ramblers (Southwestern "Southern Gateway Chorus" from West­ Trustee was Reedie Wright (Altadena, District); the Grand Tradition (Far ern Hills (Cincinnati), O. Third place Cal.l. Western District) came in fourth place; went to the Alexandria, Va. "Harmon­ and Vaudeville (MidAtlantic District) in izers;" in fourth place the "West Towns CONTEST RESULTS fifth place. Chorus" of Lombard, III.; and fifth place The Civic Arena literally buzzed with Even the "roast" of retiring Bob - the "Peninsulaires" of Peninsula, Cal. singing activities once the contest sessions Johnson, which took place between got underway early Thursday afternoon. competing choruses on Saturday after­ MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION It was an exciting time for the first of 49 noon, did little to ease the tension in the Proving the "once-a'champion, al· -quartets gathered to sing their way to the packed auditorium. You could almost ways-a-champion" adage, our past champ­ international crown. feel the electricity in the air as the ion foursomes, from the 1951 Schmitt

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1. Dummy and friend. 2. Convention film f,lhotographer Lou Sisko 3. Southern Gateway's marching band at Mass Sing. 4. Bob Johnson's last hurrah. 5. Chords and balloons fill the air. 6. New cllamps, the "Classic Collection." 7. "Pllilharrnonic Flavor" doubles in brass. 8. Renown "Chordettes" drew crowds every­ where.

Brothers to our most recent champs, the Vern suffered torn ligaments as he was John Miller. former bass of the 1979 Chicago News were kept busy all week leaving the stage on Wednesday and was champion Grandma's Boys, came out of long. Anytime a crowd gathered you'd unable to appear as master of ceremonies the Chorditorium audience to join the hear the sounds of one of our past for the "Saturday Night Show." quartet for one song. The quartet did champion quartets. Random Productions of North Holly­ their famous toy soldier routine and The champs presented their own show wood, Cal. covered much of the conven­ Miller never missed a beat. on Wednesday evening, and it had to be tion for possible sale to either com­ It was a memorable week for retiring one of the finest ever. Featuring the mercial, public or cable TV, Their video Bob Johnson, who was the object of a lot distinctive sounds of six champion tapes will become part of the Society's of attention all week long, The large quartets (Schmitt Brothers, Bluegrass archives. turn out for the Mass Sing was evidence Student Union, Grandma's Boys, Boston Though "Reaganomics" made PBS of the respect and love shown for this Common, Happiness Emporium and (Public Broadcast Services) coverage of man. There were many wet eyes as the Chicago News), the show continued to this year's convention impossible, we crowd broke into "For He's a Jolly Good build to the grand finale including champ­ were pleased to hear that PBS still has Fellow" as he finished .directing the Mass ion quartet men dating back to the high hopes for coverage of next year's Sing. In addition to being presented with forties. event in Seattle. a resolution by the international board on A standing ovation and an unforget· PM Magazine zeroed in on our Friday Wednesday and the subject of a "roast" table moment came with the appearance activities with the main focus on the on Saturday afternoon, Johnson received of Vern Reed, tenor of the Mass Sing. It is not known at this time a special "Bub" Thomas caricature on of "Music Man" fame. Unfortunately, when their coverage will be aired. Saturday evening.

12 THE HARMONIZER!SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER!1982 Seattle, The Emerald C1tJ~ 1~ ?'b':1:'- \~ ~' H,.:~~l Despite a depressed economy, support more relaxed audience showed its appre­ for the Society's SERVICE PROJECT, ciation for the splendid performances the Institute of Logopedics, was much they had seen all week long, The show 1. Logopedics Breakfast head table. in evidence all week long. The annual was a fitting close to a fun-filled, emo­ 2. Johnson receives "Bub" Thomas caricature. raffle of district gifts brought in nearly tion-packed week. 3. Bob and Betty Johnson wave a fond farewell. $9,000; this amount, plus several other 4. The fancy stepping, smooth singing champion "Vocal Majority." miscellaneous cash contributions, will 5. Fifth place medalist "Vaudeville." make this year's total the largest ever. AWARD WINNERS 6. Fourth place "Grand Tradition" make their way Special guests at the Logopedics Break­ Winners of the 1982 public relations on stage. 7. Third place, "Side Street Ramblers." fast were Dan McGrove, an Institute awards were as follows: B. Second place silver medalist "Center Stage." teacher, along with Mark, a Canadian Boston Common quartet - for their 9. Champion "Classic Collection." 10. New champs and special convention guest Idress student who has made fine progress at the trip to Germany, Spring, 1982. Cash, sister of Founder O. C. Cash. Institute. Or. Frank Kleffner, Institute Center Stage quartet - for their PM 11. See you In Seattle. Director, was also present and gave a magazine feature in July, 1981. status report on Institute activities. He Terry Jordan (Alexandria, Va,) - for was especially pleased with the Society's arranging for publicity on TODAY 2nd - PRIDE PIPER (Editor Jerry support and expressed his grateful appre­ SHOW, October, 1981. Silver) Waterloo, la,; ciation. Long Beach, Cal. Chapter - for their 3rd LIVINGSTON TUNE·TYPE Both Friday's quartet finals and the nationally televised appearance at Angels! (Editor Jim Cox) Livingston, N. J,; "Saturday Night Show" moved along at a Brewers baseball game, May 29,1982. 4th - HAPPINESS EXPRESSIONS brisk pace much to the delight of the Vocal Majority Chorus (Dallas Metro (Editor Jerry Peterman) Denison, la.; audiences. Though the "Saturday Night Chapter) - singing for President Reagan, 5th - GAZEBO GAZETTE (Editor Show" was emotion-packed (the tributes Vice President Bush and their wives in Lowel Shank) Bowling Green, Ky. to Bob Johnson continued), the top five Houston, July 15, 1982. General Convention Chairman Jack quartets and the immediate past and Top Five bulletins: Owens and his Greater Pittsburgh Area newly crowned chorus champions pre­ 1st - OVERTONES (Editor Dick workers did a great job of presenting a sented an outstanding program. A much Teeters) St, Paul, Minn.; smoothly run, successful convention.

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1,~ /I' (1) GRAND CENTRAL (Miami & Palm Beach, Fla, - SUN I Mike McGarry, tonor; Rogor Von Hadon, load; Tom Ball, bass; Chris Crites, barI. Contact: Mike McGarry, 372 Minola Dr., Miami Springs, Fla. 33166. Phono: (305) 885·8616. The Barbershop Strut; From the First Hollo to tho Last Goodbyo.

(2) YANKEE EXPRESS (Burlinglon, Vt. - NED) Stovo Norris, bari; Dick Ianni, bass; Tom Glosick, lead; Andy Buchanan, tonor. Contact: Tom Glosick, 18 Oakcrest Dr., Burlington, Vt. 05401. Phone: (802) 658·2816. Straw Hat and A Cane; Old Cuartet Of Mine.

(3) aLOE NICKEL TOWNE FOUR (Anne Arundel, Dundalk & Gtr. Baltimore, Md. - M·ADI Dave Hinman, tenor; Pat Brennan, lead; Frazier Pittman, bari; Dave Deibel, bass. Contact: Frazier Pitt­ man, 310 Leeanne Rd., Baltimore, Md. 21221. Phone: (3011 391-3466. I Wannll Playa Nickelodeon; Back to Maryland.

(4) BLUE RIBBON EDITION (Winston-Salem, N.C. - DIXI Joe Daub, tenor: Jon Vickers, lead; Brett Pryor, bass; Mike Sotiriou, bari. Contact: Joe Daub, 1551 Northwest Blvd., Winston-Salem, N. C. 27104. Phone: (9191 748·0734. Heart of My Heart; Bowery Boys Medley.

(5) HIGH ROLLERS (Portland, Ore. - EVG) Keith Dodson, tonor; Mike McCormic, lead; Tim McCormic barl; Dick McCormic, bass. Contact: Dick McCormic, 3623 N. E. 20th Ave., Portland, Ore. 97212. Phone: (503) 281·1755. Ride the Railroad Tonight; Paddlln' Madelln Homo.

(6) TEXAS GOLD (Dallas Metro & Big "0", Tex. - SWDI Jim Casey, lead; AI Kvanli, tenor; Rick Robertson, bass; Bill Thompson, bari. Contact: Rick Robertson, 505 N. Church. McKinney, Tex. 76069. Phone: (2141 542·9752. San Francisco Bound; Old Fashioned Girl.

(71 SATURDAY NITE FEATURE (Detroit No.1 & Grosse Pt., Mich.; Windsor, Onto - PIO) John R. Wearing, tonor; Don Humphries, barii Jack Slamka, bass; Bruce La Marte, lead. Contact: John R. Woar· ing, 3060 S. Telograph, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. 48013. Phone: (313) 338-8548, California, Hero I Come; Make Believe.

(8) STACKED DECK (Tuscaloosa, Ala. - DIXI Fred Braswell, tonor; Ron Montgomory, load; Tom Cain, bass; Jim Cain, bari. Contact: Jim Cain, 3807 2nd Ave" Tuscaloosa, Ala. 35405. Phone: (2051 758-9594. Powder Your Face With Sunshine; April Showers.

(9) JAX OF HARMONY (Des Moines, lao - CSD) John Mininger, tenor; Jerry Pike, bass; Michael Rehberg, lead; Ron Mordon, bad. Contact: John Mininger, 3010 S.W. 40th, Des Moines, la. 60321. Phone: (5151 288·4389. I'm Alone Because I Love You; What a Won­ derful Wedding There Will Bo.

(101 SOUND ASSURANCE (Harlford & Waterbury-Derby, Conn. ­ NEDI Kon Gundorson, tenor; Dennis Evans, lead; Vanco Harris, bass; Jim Curtis, bali. Contact: Jim Curtis, 29 Taylor St., Windsor, Conn. 06095. Phone: (2031 688-1810. That Old Barbershop Style; Heart of My Heart/Story of a Rose Medley.

(11) QUEEN CITY SLICKERS (Regina, Sask. - LOL) Doug Richards, tenor; Stewart Wilkinson, lead; Lorn Hamilton, bass; Ken Holzer, bali. Contact: Lorn Hamilton, 423 Argyle St. N., Regina, Sask. S4R 4C9. Phone: (306) 543·5942. Bring Back Those Days (of the Song and Dance Man); Meet Me In Rosetlme. Aosle.

(12) KNUDSEN BROTHERS (Utah Valley, Ut. - RMD) Kovin Knudson, bari: Jak Knudsen, bass; Lynn Knudsen, lead; Owen Knudsen, tenor. Contact: Kevin Knudsen. Box 598, Provo, Ut. 84603. Phone: (801) 224-0010. Nlghtime in Olxlo­ land; Broadway On Oponlng Night.

(13) TALK OF THE TOWN (Minneapolis & St. Croix Valley, Minn.­ LOLl Keith Fransen, tOil or; Judd Orff, lead; Bob Brutsman, bass; Charles Green, bari. Contact: Bob Brutsman, 3002 Virginia Ave, N., Minneapolis, Minn. 65427. Phone: (6121 546-7795. Song for Mary: Thero's a Broken Heart for Everv Light on Broadwav,

(14) SOUTH SOUNDERS (Tacoma, Wash. - EVGI Glenn Barnhart, tenor; Noal Booth, load; Bill Thurmon. bari; Tom Wilkie, bass. Con· tact: Neal C, Booth, P, 0, Box 5551, Tacoma, Wash. 90405. Phono: (206) 472·6848. Canoy Island Baby!Wo All Fall Medlev: It'$ Time to Sing Sweet Adeline Again. \. I~ (15) 'LECTRIC CHORD COMPANY (Fargo-Moorhead, N. D. & Det· roit Lakes, Minn. - LOLl Irv Williams, bari; Paul Dirks, bass; Gar'y Jacobson, lead; Bill Kilbourne, tenor. Contact: Bill Kilbourne, 1611 10th St. S.• Fargo, N. D. 68103. Phone: (701) 293-5574. Thet Old Quartet of Mine; Whon You and I Were Young, Maggie.

(16) NICKEL CITY HARMONY (Amherst & East Aurora, N. Y. ­ SLD) Pat Campbell, tenor; Jorry Thompson. barl; Jack Trenchard, bass; Denny Johnson, lead. Contact: Pat Campbell. 263 Braymar Rd., Tonawanda, N. Y. 14150. Phone: (716) 832·6973. Broadway on Opening Night; Bring Beck Thoso Days lof the Song and Danca Manl. (171 POPULAR CHOICE (Orlando, Fla, - SUN) Donnis Aagaard, bari; Rusty Ross, bass; Marshall Webb, lead; Rogar Ross, tenor. Con' tact: Rogar Ross, P. O. Box 1703, Maitland, Fla. 32751. Phone: (305) 678·3100. A Song for Mary; Back In the Good Old Days.

(181 LITTLE RASCALS (Minneapolis & Gtr. SI, Paul, Minn. - LOL) Greg Dolphin, tenor; Kirk Lindberg, lead; John Korby. bass; Jim Emery, bsrL Contact: Kirk Lindberg, 11970 Albavar Path, Inver Grove Hts., Minn. 55075. Phone: (6121 460·1288. Suzie's Fella; Sweetheart Sally.

(19) JUBILATION (Scarborough & Oakville, Onto - ONTI Merv Kaye, tenor; Rick Morrison, lead; Rob Lamont. bass; Dave Beetham, .' .) (. bari. Contact: Dave Beetham. 270 Warden Ave., Scarborough, Onto .' . ( M1N 3Al. Phone: (416) 691·1495. Please Don't Talk About MeWhen I'm Gone; Wedding Bells Are Brooking Up That Old Gang Of Mlno.

(201 REUNION IKitchener·Waterloo, Oakville & Burlington, Onto ­ ONTI Dave Litwiller, tenor; Jim Turner, lead; Bob Davis, bass; Bruce Bonnyman. barL Contact: Jim Turner, 61 . 6777 Formentera Ave., Mississauga, Onto L5N 2M3. Phone: (416) 826·6372. Put on Your ,. J Old Gray Bonnet; Goodbye My Coney Island Baby. - (21) MUSIC MART ILouisville, Ky., Terre Haute & Evansville, Ind. ­ CARD) Dick Griffith, tenor; Myke Lucas. lead; Vinco Winans, bass; Don JUlian, barj, Contact: Dick Griffith. 4443B Countryside Dr., Owensboro, Ky. 42301. Phone: (502) 926-4190. I Never Miss tho Sun· shine; I'm Looking Over a Four·Loaf Clover.

(22) POINTE CLASSICS (Grosse Pointe & Clinton Valley, Mich. ­ PIO) Bob Demchak, tenor; Russ Seely, lead; Nals Gregorson, bass; Jorry Van De Velda. bari. Contact: Russ Seely, 791 N. Oxford. Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. 48236. Phone: (313) 882·5520. Someone to Lovo; Daddy GOt Your Baby Out of Jail.

(23) WELCOME CHANGE (Springfield, Mass. & Waterbury·Derby, Conn. - NED) Chuck Labee. tenor; Don Jolie. lead; John Violano. bass; Chuck Packiwicz, barj, Contact: Chuck Labee, 23 Elm St., Hat· field, Mass. 01038. Phone: (4131 247·5568. Remember Me to Mary: That's What I Call a Pal.

(24) FAVORITE SONS (Mason City, la. - CSDI Paul Wigley, bad; Gary Eliason, bass; David Boyd, lead; Kevin Lincicum, tenor. Can· tact: Gary Eliason, 501 N. 4th St., Clear Lake, la. 60428. Phone: 15151 357-3884. Forgive Me; I've Found My Sweotheart Sally.

(26) THE PARTNERSHIP (Boulder, Colo. - RMD) Tony Sparks, tenor; Mike Krieger, lead; Duane Bosvald. bass; Toby Balsley, bari. Contect: Mike Krieger, 167 Cherokee Way, Boulder, Colo. 80303. Phono: (303) 499·2103. If You Can't Get e Girl In the Summertime; Sam, tho Old Accordlan Man. (26) THE CORNER QUARTET (Kansas City, Mo. - CSO) Donald P. Kohl, tenor; Lance Hellmann, lead; Stan Grossman, bass; Steve Leono, bari. Contact: Stan Grossman, P. O. Box 334, Plattsburg, Mo. 64477. Phone: (816) 233·2603. Forgive Me; From the First Hello to the Last Goodbye. (27) VINTAGE '81 (Burnaby, B. C. - EVGI Marty Lovick, tenor; Wally Cae, lead; George Metzger. bass; Charlie Metzger. bar!. Con­ tact: George Metzger, 3803 Pentland Ct.• Burnaby. B. C. V3N 4l6. Phone: (604) 421-3614. Midnight Rose; Meat Me In Aosetlme, Rosie.

(28) GRANDSTAND VOCAL BAND (Providonco, R. I. - NEDI Courtney Davis, tenor; Ted Doran, load; Milte Maino, bass; Mike Gab· riella, bad. Contact: Courtney L. Davis, 11 Jencke's Ct., Narragan· sett, R. I. 02882. Phone: (4011 783-9148. Broadway on Opening Night; In the Land Where the Shamrock Grows.

(29) THE FRIENDS OF OLD (Canton & Elyria, O. - JADI Tom Gentry, tenor; Kirk B. Roose, lead; Alan Downoy, bass; Rodney C. Nixon, bar!. Contact: Rodnoy C. Nixon, 6020 Oberlin Rd" Amherst, 0.44001. Phone: (216) 233·6036. Dear Old Girl; On 8 Sunday After· noon, .' •

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3rd Place Bronze Medalists-SIDE STREET RAMBLERS (Daltas Metro, Tex. - SWD) Brian Beck, tead; Koith Houts, tonor; Earl M. Hagn, bass; D. C, Malone, bari. Contact: Earl M. Hagn, 1321 North­ lake Dr., Richardson, Tex. 75080. Phone: (214) 235-4374. I'd Love to Meet That Old Sweetheart of MIne; Put Your Arms Around Me; Gatta Be On My Way; Story of the Rose; Broadway/One Little Light Medley; Hello, Broadway.

1st Place Gold Medalists-CLASSIC COLLECTION (Denver Mile Hi. Colo. - RMDl George Davidson. bari; Terry Hahno, bass; Larry Wilson, lead; Curt Hutchison, tonor. Contact: Curt Hutchison, 7322 S. Ivanhoe Ct., Englewood, Colo. 80112. Phone: (303) 770·4034. When You Look In the Heart of a Roso; Can't You Hear Me CallIn', Caroline?; Sweet­ 4th Placo Bronze Medalists-GRAND TRADITION fEI Cajon, Long heart of Sigma Chi; Paper Doll; In tho Land Where the Shamrock Beach, San Diego, Whittier & Crescenta Valley, Cal. - FWD) David Grows; 011, You Beautiful Doll. M. Garstang, tenor; Dan Jordan, load; Terrence Monks, bass; Robert Gray, Jr., bari. Contact: Dan Jordan, 2211 North Verdugo Rd. No. 1, Glendale, Cal. 91208. Phone: (2131 243·9530. From the First Hello to the Last Goodbye; Who'll Be tho Next One to Cry; Let's Do It Again; Time After Time; Got My Thumb Out; Lost In the Heart of My Own Hometown.

5th Placo Bronze Medalists-VAUDEVILLE (Alexandria, Va, - M-ADI Harold Nantz, tenor; Scott Werner, load; Bifl Cody, bass; John Holll, bari. Contact: Scott Werner, 3302 N, Bradford St" Woodbridge, Va. 22193. Phone: (703) 670-2668. This Is the Way to Vaude..dlle/Glve Me a Straw Hat and a Cane Medley; The End of the Road; You've Been the SunshIne of My life; I'm a Star; I Love You Just the Samo, Sweet Adeline; ShIne on Harvest Moon.

2nd Place Silver Medalists-CENTER STAGE (Huron Valley & Oak­ land Co.• Mich. - PIO) Wendell Pryor, tenor; Dennis Gore, lead; Leo Hanson, bass; Glenn Van Tassell, bad. Contact: Glenn Van Tassell, 5876 Mohawl< Dr., Ypsilanti, Mich. 48197. Phone: (313) 484-3038. Five Foot Two/Somebod,y Stole My Gal Modley; There's a Rose on Your Cheek; Old Irish Mother; Samo Old Shillelagh/Shillelagh Under My Arm Medlay;Get Out and Get Under the Moon; Smllin' Through. Only Discriminating Chapters Choose The Racquet Squad Quartet

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Altoona, Pa. We Welcome! Anacortes, Wash. the following to our list of discrim· Greater Baltimore, Md. inating chapters: Barrle,Ont. Beverly, Moss. Brockton, Mass. Binghamton, N. Y. Frederick, Md. Bridgeport, Conn. Grossinger's, N. Y. Brockvllle.Ont. Hampton Roads, Va. "The Bryn Mawr. Po. Hilton Head, S.C. IAgaln) O( tI .Racquet Burlington, Vt. Lima, Ohio . Je'r IIa SqUad Danville, Va. Milwaukee, Wis. at Its bes ••lJds.. T,. had the Delasusquehudmac Naples, Fie. t. SayS . hiS gro aUdienc' Delco, Pa. Nassau-Mid-Island, N.Y. erOC!<\liIt Up Was b e In the Etoblcoke,Ont. New London, Ct. e. OlJt F1 aroersho . Palin Hagerstown, Md. (Twice) Norwich, q. . eCOrder p Slngin Hamptons, N.Y. (Twice) Greater PIttsburgh, Pa. 9 Hanover, Pa. Pottsville, Pa. Anacortes, Wash. Chapter, .. "That was some outrageous comedy. HarrIsburg, Pa. Rockland, N. Y. (Again) How can you sing so well and be so weird." Haverhill, Mess, (Twice) St. Petersburg, Fla. (AgaIn) Hilton Head, S.C. Lansdale, Po. -Lexington, Mass. livingston, N.J. Now Castle, Po. Nlagare.Q loan, N. Y. North Quoens; N. Y. Orange Co.• N. Y. Ocean Co., N,J. PaInted Post, N. Y. Pittsfield, Mass. Port Jervis, N. Y. (Twice) Poughkeepsie, N. Y, (Twlco) Reading, Pa. Richmond, Va. Rockland Co., N.Y, Salisbury, Md, Schenoctady, N. Y. Scituate, Mass. (Twice) Scranton, Pa, Springfleld, Mass. St. John's, Newfoundland St. Petersburg, Fla. Tallahasseo, Fla. Teaneck, N.J. Utica, N, Y. Warren, Pa. Washington, D.C. Wayne, Mich. Westchester Co., N. Y. York, Pa. "I nsect Medley"

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If, •• ll1U! you'll feel sometMllg elkiH to the electric thrill tllat I ollce ell­ joyed 1IJ1,ell Gilmore, Pelt COHlVtlY, tile Great .Crea/ore, IV. C. Halldy cHId lollll Philip Sousa (JIl came to town A" tlte "cry same "is/oric day!" ("Tire Music Melli," Meredith WiIlsolI)

Any Barbershopper worth the lint safari with near-flawless logistics ­ .report: in his pitchpipe knows that those lines close-to-home, low-cost and FUNI But _ it was a 24 Karat day of hot from "76 Trombones" describes the joy scratch Trip No.2 without the immediate sun and blue skies. Our Cinei hosts were in the fantasy life of Professor Harold response and enthusiasm of ex-Duke Jim there with kegs of beer all iced down and Hill that inspired him along his trail of Ramsay of Cinci's Southern Gateway and more hot dogs than I've (Jver seen in one musical fraud and fun. It may have been Ken Buckner of Louisville's Thorough­ spot. After a good round of woodshed­ fantasy for Professor Hill, but three breds. ding, we got down to the afternoon's hundred·plus Barbershoppers and their In short order (well, if accuracy's sports events with results as follows: families knew exactly how he felt after what you get off on, 87 long·distance DISCUS - The Duke's five·man team the historic Cinci-Louisville·Scarborough phone calls and 192 days later) Hof­ were winners with a total of 461'2". Champions' Weekend this past May. stetter, Ramsay and Buckner came up Southern Gateway came second with Scratch a Barbershopper deep enough with an itinerary that would have done 3177" and the Thoroughbreds third and you'll find he enjoys entertaining an Air France travel agent proud (every­ with 251'3'~ Best throws were: Dukes, other Barbershoppers even more than thing but a trip to the lOO.) Great food Rick Morrison; Cinci, "Skip" Thatcher; singing for his in-laws, and such was the served up by the Cinci wives, a sun­ Louisville, Bob Netherton. SHOT·PUT ­ case in Cinci. Maybe that's what made it blessed Decathlon. enough chords to have Scarborough again with total 'puttage' . the runaway success it was. shattered a goodly number of windows of IB5'5", Cinci second witl. 162'9" For Scarborough's Dukes of Harmony, across the river in Covington, Down­ and Louisville third with 139'10". Best the year had started off on a dull chord South billeting that saw the start of some puts were: Dukes, Chris Beethan; Cinci, when our long-planned trip to Britain had life-long friendships, and the chance to Dave June; Louisville, Bill Hankla. to be cancelled due to timing conflicts sing, if not pitch, in the major leagues. THREE·LEGGED RACE - Scarborough and ever-rising costs. Casting about for an The weekend was officially kicked off took first, second and third (Scarborough alternative to keep the Dukes' spirits up, at noon Saturday with a Decathlon at also wrote this report. Ed.; TUG·O-WA R Bill Hofstetter IV.P. Comm. and Ship's Cinci's beautiful French Park. Here's - Louisville's heavies totally dominated Morale Officer) carne up with a substitute an excerpt from "Duke" Keith Howard's this event winning each of four pulls.

l-"--'~''-''-''--''''-''--'''-''-''-''-''-''--'''--'''-''-''-''-''--''''''-''''-''-''-''-'.-..--..--•• - j I YOU OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES I. *** I. ... and our service can make that happen. I I I I • OFFICIAL CONVENTION PHOTOGRAPHER I REGISTER NOW! i ,.... SPE B S0 S_A ,INC I for the I n':\;;· GROUPS OF 4 OR 400 ~ OUR SPECIALTY i 1983 Seattle Convention ;:~.: .~I:'S:'!·1 /-;L;;~EOTOGRArHY See page 36 g !! if 1103 BROAD FIELDS DRIVE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY 40207 I 15021893-7237 I *** •_ .. _ .._..--..._.. -"-"-"-"--""\ .. -- .._.--.•..-..--.•..-..• _ ..-..._,....--.•..-.. _ ••-...--•.--•..-.-! 24 THE HARMONIZERISEPTEMBER-OCTOBERI1982 -["]:TTi]r,I'",I J -' j. I'4"I'J""'.., •I\I 11:'1:'"f f ~' 1 1 I",'.il," ., l,l ; j. t _

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BOA TRACE - The final event of the extra sense of awareness and appre· blocks to Cincinnati's mammoth River· afternoon saw six-man teams vying for ciation. (Otherwise, why were so many front Stadium, the home of baseball's the title of 'Ale-Ouaff Champions. ' guys taking notes?) famous Reds, who were hosts that Scarborough's experience (no comment. If three champion choruses weren't aft~rnoon to another group of Canadians Ed.) came to the lore: Dukes' Team A, enough, we were treated to a memor­ - the Montreal Expos! (Are you starting 22.4 sec.; Dukes' Team B, 28.8 sec.; able Parade of Quartets which included to get the idea that the weekend was Cinci, 33.4 sec.; Louisville, 47.4 sec. the "Citations," "Roaring 20s," "Rap­ well-planned?) lilt was an afternoon to be long re­ scallions" and the wacky "Mello-Men." membered and cherished - good close All this in the spacious St. Nicholas Again, for the crowd that had come harmony, warm fellowship and a spirit Hall somewhere out in the boonies. I early to enjoy the special four·part of friendly competition all brought to­ think there were palm trees nearby. warm-up festivities, the Dukes, Southern gether in perfect weather and surround­ !'laturally, a little after-glowing took Gateway and the Thoroughbreds each ings. " spontaneous root, but eventually we gave a medley of their best songs, can· An ideal buildup for a memorable were all bundled off to our hosts' warm eluding with the single event that had evening. Let your mind's ears imagine billets to rest up for the great day already drawn many of us from so far. With two three of the finest choruses in the Soc­ dawning. At noon the three uniformed countries about to compete in the hot iety plus eleven great quartets with choruses presented a mini-concert in the summer sun in the friendly game of nothing to do but sing to each other and vast, glassed-over lobby of Cinci's spec­ baseball, the massed choruses gave out their families for five straight hours! tacular new Westin Hotel. Each chorus with the Canadian and American national Southern Gateway, the Thoroughbreds doing a twenty-minute stint followed by anthems - "0 Canada" directed by Ray and the Dukes weren't necessarily trying a crowd-pleasing massed sing. Danley and "The Star Spangled Banner" to outdo each other; but each, obviously, And then came the pinnacle on top under Bob Mucha. sensed that this was a unique experience. of the climax on top of the highlight of Does anyone know where you can get Those who were singing knew that those that great big memorable weekend: the mascara that won't run? who were listening were doing so with an three choruses strolled a half·dozen P.S. Guess who won the ballgame

A CHORUS FOR ALL SEASONS· THE ARLINGTONES Barbershop Music of the Four Seasons, including 9 Christmas Favorites, captured In stereo by The Arllngtone Chorus SlOE ONE-Without A Song· We Klnda Miss Those Good Old Songs. I Found A Rose In The Devil's Garden • My Lady Loves To Dance • When LIndy Comes Home • Shillelagh Stick SIDE TWO-it's Beginning To look A lot like Christmas • I'll Be Home For ChrIstmas • Sliver Belis • Have Yourself A Merry lIt1le Christmas • Jingle 8ells • I'm Dreaming 01 A White Christmas • Winter Wonderland • Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers • Do You Hear What I Hear

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Second Placc SOUTHERN GATEWAY Bob Mucha, Director Western Hills (Cincinnati) Ohio Johnny Appleseed District Rose of No Man's Land; St. Patrick's Day Parade/McNamara's Band/It's a Long, Long Way to Tipparary/lt's a Great Day for the Irish Medley

Third Place HARMONIZERS John E. Hohl, Director Alexandria, Virginia Mid-Atlantic District Wait Til Vou Get Them Up in the Air Boys; Somebody Stole My Gal/I Won­ cler Who's Kissing Her Now/Baby, Won't You Please Come Home Medley

Fourth Place WEST TOWNS CHORUS Greg Lyne, Director Lombard, Illinois Illinois District 1'/1 Never Write a Love Song Anymore; Baby Face/Ves, Sir, That's My Baby/ My Baby Just Cares for Me/Pretty Baby/ Steppin' Out With My Baby Medley

Fifth Place PENINSULAIRES John Williams, Director Peninsula, California Far Western District The Peerless Quartet Medley; That Old Quartet of Mine

COMMODORES Bob Spong-Rod Johnson, Directors Minneapolis, Minnesota Land O'Lakes District Here Comes the Showboat; Time After Time NARRAGANSETT BAY CHORUS Ted Doran, Director Providence, Rhode Island Northeastern District Three Girls Medley; Rempmber Me, Mary

HEART OF AMERICA Jim Bagby, Director Kansas City, Missouri Central States District That Old Ouartet of Mine; Bring Back Those Minstrel Days/Down Yonder/ Swanee Medley

GENERAL ASSEMBLY Rudy Partin, Director Research Triangle Park, North Carolina Dixie District Down Yonder/I've Got the Nicest Little Home in D-I-X-I-E/Moonlight Down in Dixie Medley; Goodbye, Old Dixie, Goodbye

GENTLEMEN OF FORTUNE Charles Metzger, Director Burnaby, British Columbia Evergreen District Gee, But I Hate to Go Home Alone; Alone Medley rCumillllcd nn next page) 21

ORANGE llLOSSOM CHORUS Burt Szabo, Director Orlando, Florida Sunshine District Dear Old Girl; When Sweet Susie Goes Steppin' By \l~r\li~~ti'~I'~.''~, ~~frJ1'1;':',l II I 11 '" j 111'1 ; '"I'..t k't_);1 ; ~ '. . ~ I'', .. _. ,-, " "" ., ,.,. I ~ ~;f,.- I . ,-I" I, ,I ~tl,_~:." _,. 1~,.,~L,J I; I. ... ;1'1.;' '~~ ! .".~:.,Io','k'0, V,.,'Q -,.1,. ;,., iI'A I" t," '" ell" .';i rr..' i",.' " ~~ it 't~ iI',_ .'f .', )'11 W,.r ,,'i.'lI..... d ii' Ii .t' , •••." ..... j;:,.~,.~ 'fU g]-~' ••. ,~.,~.'-: .! •. ~.,.~. " :. ... ,. r r '.. .. f " .. .. r " ,. , r 'Tr, ', ~fI ~il' 11,_.'• ,t , .. r' ." •• '..... ' .. 6" .. , , ..-" .'(1 '. fe t ._ PRIDE OF INDY " !, . "'-'''''''', - . "'rl 11I, !11 :, :{ ..:. --;....:. r 'f ' -1- :'T :,....;-( '-- -, i- d .+ ;11 ' Bob Weiss, Director 1 II . Greater Indianapolis. Indiana Cardinal District _., .6:Lv- .'.' ~ --_...._,---,'~" .• ~ Hello, Ma Baby; On CandleligM Lane

MOTOR CITY CHORUS Carl Dahlke, Director Detroit No.1, Michigan Pioneer District It's A Great Day For the Irish; Irish Mother

CHORUS OF THE GENESSE Jan Muddle, Director Rochester, New York Seneca Land District I Remember All the Songs We Sang; Where Have My Old Friends Gone?

BEEHIVE STATESMEN Milton A. Christensen, Director Salt Lake City, Utah Rocky Mountain District Breaking In A New Heart; WI..n You Wore A Tulip

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RANI< Name of Quartet District SND INT SP ARR TOTAL

1. Classic Collection. RM 1550 1537 1543 6B 4698 2. Centor Stago. Pia 1436 1404 1613 5G 4409 3. Side Stroot Aamblers. SW 1516 1461 1382 3B 4396 4. Grand Tradition. FW 1505 1468 1347 4B 4368 5. Vaudeville . .. MA 1477 1407 1398 B7 4349 G. Roaring 20's . . .J A 1382 1399 1428 36 4245 7. Harrington Brothers ,CAR 1361 13B5 1384 42 4172 B. 139th Streot Quartot . FW 1359 1392 1416 -13 4154 9. The Rapscallions. .J A 1336 1339 1373 59 4107 10. Tin Pan Allies. ILL 1390 1389 1293 30 4102 11. Sound Association SW 921 B47 949 3B 2753 12. California Fovor. FW 91B 900 BBG 4B 2751 13. Remember When FW B91 900 929 27 2747 14. Curtain Call, .. MA 917 89B 900 21 2736 15. Friends. ILL 947 914 B68 11 2730 16. Sound Syndicate .J A 910 B76 B70 44 2700 17. Friends of Yesterday. MA B37 876 915 17 2644 18. The Four Henchman. ILL B28 908 B79 22 2637 19. Empire Express, .S L B97 BG3 B60 24 2634 20. Sound Revival, MA B5B 832 B52 19 2561 21. Favorite Sons. .C S 430 425 392 15 1262 22. Little Rascals. · LOL 406 422 417 14 1259 23. Friends Of Old .J A 401 43G 401 19 1257 24. Texas Gold.. SW 441 409 392 -02 1240 25. The Corner Quartet. .C S 410 449 354 a 1219 26. Grandstand Vocal Band NE 3B4 396 418 7 1205 27. Stacked Deck. OIX 39B 399 416 -10 1202 28. 'Lectric Chord Company. · LOL 410 422 35B 4 1194 29. Jax Of Harmony .C S 394 390 3B3 24 1191 30. Knudsen Brothers Barbershop Quartet. ·RM 42B 416 342 a 1185 31. Jubilation ... .ONT 402 3Bl 399 a 1183 32. South Sounders. .EVG 393 418 345 ,. 1170 33. Grand Central. .SUN 3BB 423 350 -01 1160 34. Sound Assurance NE 3B9 374 3B6 10 1159 35. Talk Of The Town · LOL 399 387 361 5 1152· 36. Reunion .ONT 3B6 36B 3B4 14 1152· 37. Popular Choice. .SUN 357 414 360 5 1136 3B. Olde Nickel Towne Four. MA 379 JBG 36G a 1129 39. Welcome Change ... .NE 39B 3.2 31. 17 1126 40. NIckel City Harmony. , ,S L 362 372 379 10 1123 41. MusIc Mart. .CAR 377 37. 371 -OB 1119 42. Saturday Nite Feature Pia 355 370 379 a 1104 43. Blue Ribbon Edition, · DIX 377 3B7 325 13 1102 44. High Rollers. .EVG 373 398 321 4 1096 45. The Partnership. ·RM 384 396 300 6 1086 46. Vintage '81 .EVG 335 361 345 16 1057 47. Yankee Express. ·NE 372 354 303 12 1041 4B. Pointe Classics .. · PIO 323 332 339 -07 9B7 49. Queen City SlIckers. · LOL 334 312 261 13 910

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INTERNATIONAL CHORUS CONTEST SCORING SUMMARY PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA - JULY 3, 1982 TOTAL RANI< Name of Chorus District SND INT SP ARR TOTAL MEN 1. Dallas Metro, Texas.. SW 549 521 665 2G 1651 133 2. Western Hills, (Cincinnat!l, Ohio · JAD 520 497 512 19 154B 91 3. Alexandria, Virginia MA 49G 493 609 36 1534 95 4. Lombard, Illinois. ILL 459 457 46B 16 1400 9B 6. Peninsula, California FW 479 455 44B 9 1391 B2 G. Minneapolis, Minnesota · LOL 469 44B 456 14 1387 97 7. PrOVidence, Rhode Island NE 43B 458 452 33 1381 77 8. Kansas City, Missouri. .C S 443 460 443 24 1370 69 9. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina OIX 4B2 436 420 26 1364 41 10. Burnaby, British Columbia. .EVG 430 442 434 24 1330 7B 11. Orlando, Florida .SUN 43B 439 420 20 1317 50 12. Indianapolis, Indiana. .CAR 403 441 454 16 1313 70 13. Detroit, Michigan. Pia 425 437 430 3 1295 B9 14. Rochester, New York. .S L 41B 412 363 19 1212 Bl 15. Salt Leke City, Utah RM 419 385 3BG 12 1202 74 16. OakVille, OntarIo. 30 .ONT 399 377 409 ·2 1183 64 Its nice to feel good about something you've done.

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(Inside message) May the speciallighl of When you send one of the IIle llOliday season brighten your life throughout the year. Institute's cards, you help provide To honor the relationship between the Institute and Ihe Bar­ therapy and training for Kim and bershoppers, your greeting cards will have the following paragraph printed on the back of them: many others. So, give a little of the The Institute ofLogopedics provides comprehensive programs for children and adults willI handicaps in whic!J the ability to communi­ Institute for the holidays, and let your cate is impaired. In 1964, the Society for 1I1e Preservation andEncou(­ agement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America adopted the friends know you support the Institute Institute as their Unified Service Project andformed their slogan, "We Sing...That They Shall Speak." Over 18 years, a warm relationship of Logopedics. Ilas developed between the special children at the Institute and the choruses. quartets, andaudiences that enjoy the unique Barbershop harmony. Members and friends of tfle Society have contributed over 75% althe purchase price is lax deductible as a contribution $4 million to the Institute. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• S.P.E.B.S.Q.SA Holiday Greeting Card Order Form I•",/( As a Barbershopper. you may choose from among I I three different styles: /J, , Sounds of the Season ....••... ___ Boxes -,' Holiday Light . ___ Boxes .#•••••

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Ray Barrett. Salem, N.J. $1000 and OVER Don Chalacombe, uak Park, Ill. Cliff Watts, Posen. III. Bill Bailey, Tulsa, Okla. Andy Dill, North Highland, Cal. Milton G. Salzman, Lynbrook. N.Y. Bill Diekema, Holland, Mich. Merle Dickenson, Sioux City, la, George Chamblin, Columbus, O. Cameron Shaw, Downers Grove, Ill. Howard Deunk, Fairview Park, O. lawrenco Grady. Park Forest, III. Dick Neely, Elmhurst, III. Dick Ellenberger, Fairfield, Conn. Mrs. Lillian Davison, Oklahoma City, Okla. Glon A. Reid, Logansport, Ind, Wayne Foor, Naples, Fla, Gerald Roland, Lancaster, Pa, AI Feuerbacher, San Antonio, Tex. $500 to $1000 Mark Roberts, Largo, Fla. Art Farrell, Allentown. Pa, Joe Craig, Springfiold, Va. O.B. Falls, Jackson, Mich. E. Fitch, McClean, Va. Clarence Jalving, Holland. Mich. S. S, Gray, Scarborough, Ont, QUARTETS Ray Glynn, Westfield, N.J. The Antiques, Hinsdale, III. $100 $100 to $500 Gordon Gardiner, Regina, Sask. Friendship Fire Co. Quartet, Emmett Bossing, Placentia, Cal. R. L. Hockenbrough, Brookfield. III. Annandale, Va. $100 Jack Baird, Oak Lawn, Ill. Joe M. Jones, Tucson, Ariz. Richard BonsaI. Montclair, N,J. John W. Lawrence, Winter Haven, Fla. CHAPTERS John A. Broderick, Scituate, Mass. Norval B. Langworthy, Tucson, Ariz. Aurora, III. $100 Harry Berkshire. Largo, Fla, Donald L. Lisle, Altadena, Cal. Blackhawk Chorus, Joliet, 111. $100 Carl F. Becker, Escondido, Cal. Ted McAlpine, Oakville, Onto Carson City Chapter, Nev. $100 Randall G. Cook, Alexandria, Va. Gino Micheletti, no address Canton, 0. $100 Julian Domack, Madison, Wis. Roger Thomas, Racine, Wis. Pioneer, Chicago, III. $100 Buck Dominy, Roanoke. Va. Frank Rice, Bartlesville, Okla. "a" Suburban, Hinsdale, 111­ $1000 Phil Embury, Mesa, Ariz. Walt Reuttinger, Joliet, III. Oak Park, III. $100 Carl G. Ek. East Haven, Conn, Dave Sjogren, Dallas, Tex. Leonard Field, Jackson. Mich. Phil Schwimmer, Highland Park, III. DISTRiCTS Daryl Flinn, North Canton, O. Dick Svanco, Oak Park, III. Illinois (free will offering) $32 Charley Franjevic, Westmont, III. Sev Severance, Raleigh, N.C. John Gillespie, Kalamazoo, Mich. Jim Steedman, Kenmore, N.Y. OTHERS Frank Graham, Jasper. Ore. Mrs. Ed West, Charlotte, N,C. PROBE (free will offering) $2B Harry Neuwirth, Silverton, Ore. Lee J. Craven, Raleigh, N.C. DECREPITS $100 Ken Haack, West Chicago, III. Ben Taylor, Raleigh, N,C. DECREPETS $300 R, M. Hockenbrough, Brookfield, 111. Harold W. Neely, Pecatonia, III. Harmony Foundation $5000 Hugh Ingraham, Kenosha, Wis. David L. Bowen, Raleigh, N.C. DELESUSQUEHUDMAC $110 Gil Jacobs, La Habra. Cal. Huck Sinclair. Indianapolis, Ind. Interest Earned on Fund $1707 Earl Mazzer, Jr., Oxnard, Cal. John R. Hull, Lombard, III. John Mulkin, Carterville, lit. Aoland C. Bunge, Nacogdoches. Tex. Preservation Hall is a project of the Walt Martin, Island Lake, Ill. Mary Sue Johnson, no address DECREPITS (Past Int'l Board Members) Wes Meier, San Diego. Cal. George Peters, Wheaton, III. and a whoppin' 37% of them have Ernie Matson, Allendale, N.J. La Verne Zwicky, Oshkosh, Wis. Ray NUllo, Sarasota, Fla. Dennis R. Sullivan, La Grange, III. chipped in to help. Your help is needed Bill Otto, Seminole. Fla. Kenneth Vonderohe, Elmhurst. III. too. A gift from you, or your quartet, Hal Purdy, Livingston, N,J. M. G, Edwards, Colton, Ca1. or your chapter can help make it happen. Walter Peek, New Rochelle, N. Y. Henry M. Halsted III, Racine, Wis, Clip the coupon below and mail it with C. Allen Petersen, Chicago, III. John C, Cain, Fox Lake, III. your check for any amount from $10 Dee Paris, Silver Spring. Md. Earl M. Clark, Bessemer, Ala. Jim Richards. St. Paul, Minn. W. Chris Miller, Rockford, III. to $1000. Join the list of Barbershoppers Jim Strong, Hampton, N.Y, Kenyon Patterson, Naperville. lit. who care. Help make the dream come Don Summers, Peoria. III. Andrew J. Dill, North Highland, Cal. truel Dean Snyder, Alexandria, Va. • •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Wilbur Sparks, Arlington, Va. Joe Shekleton, Arlington, III. Frank Vechiola, Chicago, III. Mr. Dallas Lemmen, Box 575, Kenosha, Wis. 53141 Hank Vomacka, Sarasota, Fla. Here's My Check for $ _ Brett White, Cocoanut Grove, Fla. Dan Waselchuk, Appleton, Wis. Mail this (Payable to SPEBSQSA, INC. MUSEUM FUND) Tom Watts, Glenview. 111. o This is my Total Gift Fred Schaeffer, Maumee, 0. Coupon Paid Charles McKinsey, Indianapolis, Ind, o Part Payment on Pledge of $ o semi onnuol James LEwin. Washington. D.C. with ----0 quarterly Low Sims, Chevy Chase, Md. Upto$100 your o This Gift in Honor of. James Ahlgrim. Hinsdale. III. Chet Biehls, N. Tonawonda, N.Y. Check ------Marg Boardman, Washington, D.C. Signature _ Bruce Blanton, Silver City, N.C. Plummer Collins, Warren, Pa. of Chapter Dis! _. _ FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE A stereo recording by the incomparable - four part harmonyat its best, with twelve selections from the quartets current showl

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Why should the public want to bershoppers, do three things to help per­ for the sake of more entertaining con· hear us sing them? How can we win petuate barbershopping. We must pre­ tests in this wondeiful hobby that be­ going head-to-head against the pro­ serve through the singing and performing longs to all of us, As qon suggests: make fessionals the public hears singing those of those songs of the early 1900s which your feelings known to the folks who same songs on radio and TV? are so identified with our Society. Sec­ make the rules. Barbershop is not the only music ondly, we must preserve through the Dick Floersheimer that entertains people. All music enter­ arranging of more current songs in the Livingston, N.J. tains. Our best quartets can sing any­ barbershop style, i.e., we must keep it thing and entertain an audience. But up-to-date. Finally, and most impor­ Gray Makes Him See Red they will be wasting a magnificent ad­ tantly, we must do all of this at a high Don Gray recommended that the vantage if they don't sing barbershop. level of musical excellence. It matters Society adopt two goals in the July/ The basic flaw in the Gray strategy not what we sing, if we sing it poorly. August HARMONIZER. One goal is to is the assumption that classic barbershop Bad singing or shabby performing, sing classic barbershop and preserve the does not entertain people. On the con­ whether an old song or a more current old songs. The second is to entertain trary, that kind of music entertained one, will not entertain, nor will it en­ audiences by singing a wider group of America for thirty years. It has rich tice new men to participate in our hobby. songs "in the barbershop style." He variety - nostalgia, ballads, up-tunes, The shows presented by our fine suggested two separate contests. The comedy, songs about mother, Ireland, choruses and quartets should exhibit a classicists would compete "in a small Dixie, sweethearts, and the old home blend of the old and the new, the pure facility designed for the performer and town. It offers the best chance of making and the entertaining, just as it should the judges, rather than for the audience." our product stand out from the com­ exhibit a balance of fast and slow songs. The entertainers would compete "in a petition. It offers the best chance for We should remember that pure does not large auditorium, with full theater facil­ your quartet, your chapter, and the So­ necessarily mean non-barbershop. ities." ciety, to grow. Obviously, if we are to continue to be a viable organization, with growth No organization grows by offering As one with extensive experience in potential, we must present a well bal­ a "me-too" product. Any organization corporate strategy and long-range plan­ anced program. We get most of our new that wastes the unique advantage we have ning, I would not recommend that members· by 1) being an entertaining by pushing a product where that ad­ strategy to any organization. chorus and 2) singing well. This should The key problem for anyone with a vantage can't be used makes a hardened be the thrust of barbershop choruses product to sell is how to make that pro­ marketer cry. and quartets, not, do we sing all old, duct stand out from its competitors. John B. Malloy "pure" songs. Why should the public pay to hear Munster, Ind. I must differ with Don Gray in his barbershop? They have all kinds of suggestion regarding contests. Of course, alternatives. The public can listen to Another Voice in the Storm one that disagrees ought to have an rock, contemporary, symphonic, oper­ As I see it, Don Gray's article is the alternative idea. My ideas are as follows: atic, jazz, blues, country and western, sanest article yet written on the overall 1. Retain the contest format as it folk, lieder, art songs, Broadway show subject of "Keeping It Barbershop." currently exists up to the Top tunes, and on and on. Every marketing It is the sanest because it recognizes 10 portion. manager wrestles with this problem; the fact that barbershop singing and per­ 2. The Top 10 competition should everyone of them looks for some ad­ forming is not un i-faceted. Preserving be comprised of the following vantage to make his product stand out. the barbershop style does not necessarily two elements: equate with songs that were written 50 We are extremely fortunate because a. 4-6 minute straight contest years ago. There are so many songs that we .have a unique product. We have the package are of a more recent vintage that lend barbershop seventh chord. We exploit b. 6-10 minute show package, that chord more than any of our com­ themselves to excellent barbershop chord­ petitors do; that's a primary reason bar­ ing and styling. Of course, there are many, many de­ bershop is unique. We can ring chords, I have been increasingly bothered by tails that would need to be resolved, but tingle spines and bring the hair on the those who would make our fantastic I think it can be done. arm to attention. We can make our music hobby so introverted that people who As an avid Barbershopper (as is my stand out from the competition. are not educated in barbershop would whole family), I am concerned that our It takes more than four men wearing be excluded from enjoying the beauti­ hobby be preserved and made better, matching suits and singing a capella to ful and unique music that is barbershop. both technically and in terms of enter­ achieve that magic. Those four men have I also cannot abide those of us who tainment. We cannot afford to be self­ to sing songs rich in barbershop sevenths. say "to heck with the old songs." These serving in our singing. If we become The Society's Arranger's Manual says people would throw out all that is good self-serving we will collapse or at least at least one chord in three, and pre­ in barbershop music and yet palm them­ move backwards. On the other hand, if ferably more, has to be a barbershop selves off as a "barbershop quartet." we follow the basic tenets of compro­ seventh to achieve that magic. Obvious to me is that both those mise and excellence we will continue to We can't sing contemporary songs approaches are wrong. What is needed in grow. "in the barbershop style" because those our Society is the common sense attitude Clay Shumard songs don't have enough of our magic of compromise, coupled with a continued Kalamazoo, Mich.

THE HARMONIZER!SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER!1982 Dear Friends, Thanks for the nice letters about "After Class." We were very proud 01 our firsl effort in that it showed the mixture of technique and excitement that we try to achieve in every performance. We see a record album as a mirror of our musical tasle, which is Ihe reason we're anxious for you to hear our mosl recent recording, "The Glder...The Setter." If you're a connoisseur of barbershop harmony, we think you'll appreciate how we've grown. You'll notice the influence of other great quartets, and of contemporary, COuntry and gospel music. You'll hear the story of "Bilf the Purple Bear" and our rendi· tion 01 the 40's hit, "Java Jive," as well as "pure" barbershop from three different decades. This album is just now being released ... :;:i,"':'~;:W'a:""J:'~j

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