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OFFiCIAL PUBLICATION OF THE BARBERSHOP HARMONY SOCIETY • JanuarylFebruary 1991 Join The 1990 World's Championship on a fun filled adventure spending APRIL IN PARIS & MAY IN LONDON ~ Plus 5 spectacular days in r£1. ~ Ireland '1V

.. Nonnandy Becu:hes .. The Eiffel Tower .. Fountairwbleau .. Notre Dame Cathedral .. Cherbourg .. The RiverSeirw April 29 to May 8, 1991 .. Mont St. Michel ~ "Singing.. Rouen s.P.£s.s().s.~ .. Salisbury only $1,695. .. Music from New York* .. London Theatre .. Westminster Abbey *Low cost add'01ls from olhe,. cities .. Storwhenge * PiccadiUy * Merriment * IrelandExtension * FourPartHarmony * BABS Convention

Our adventure begins in Paris, the City of Light, with its For those of you who can spare the time, join us for a elegant Champs-Elysees, the bustling Latin quarter, the five day extension to the Emerald Isle. See forty incomparable Louvre, the soaring Eiffel Tower, French shades of green; hear barbershop singing with an Irish bistros and brasseries, people-watching at sidewalk accent; kiss the Blarney Stone! cafes. This is April in Parisi Then it's off to Normandy to visit the Invasion beaches, Mont St.-Michel and Tour includes roundtrip air transportation via regularly Cherbourg. scheduled airlines, superior hotels, continental breakfast daily, dinners daily except for three evenings Before long we're off to magical Merry Olde England and in London, deluxe motorcoach, sightseeing programs, the BABS Convention! Then it's London and tips and baggage handling. Join the harmony. Enjoy Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, the the adventure of a lifetime. Come woodshed a few with Houses of Parliament, the theatre and more. History the new champs. Don't miss it! Send in the coupon and tradition come alive here. today for a free brochure. Tour sponsored by Harmony Services Corporation, SPEBSQSA, Inc. ~. ------.#~ "- WINDSORTRAVEL,LTD. /i~'~ YES! 5935 SouU, PulaskiRd. I ~,f-4A');~)\ Chicago, Illinois 60629 ~ ~~__.}!/)# Send me complete ..... (312) 581·4404 or ' ,'\ details on •• 1·800-648·7456 "Toursf11lof Distinction" APRIL IN PARIS and Dear Frank: MAY IN LONDON Please send me your brochure and complete details on the plus PARISILONDONIIRELAND tour with Acouslix. IRELAND NAME ADDRESS CITY ______.STATE ___ZIP January/February 1991 The Volume LI, No.1 Ti,e Harmo//izer{USPS No. 577700) (ISSN 0017.7849) is Ihe ~armonizer offici3] publication of the Sadri}' for the Preservation and Encouragement ornllrber Shop Quartet Singing in Amer­ Ica, Inc. (SPEBSQSA). It is published in the months of January, ]\frueh, Mar. Jul}', September and November al A HI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE PUBLISHED FOR AND ABOUT MEMBERS OF 7930 Sherldlln Road, Kenosha, Wisconsin 53143. Second· SPEBSQSA, INC. IN THE INTERESTS OF BARBERSHOP HARMONY. ChlSS postage paid at Kenosha, WI and at addifionalmail· Ing offices. Edllorilll and ad\'crtising offices are at Ihe inter­ national office, Advertising rates available IIpon request. Publisher assumes no responsibilil}' for return of unsolic· ited manuscripts or artwork. Postmaster: send address . Features changes to editorial offices ofThe lInrmOll;zer. 7930 Sheri· dan Road, Kenosha, Wisconsin 53143 at least thirty days berore the next publication date, A portion or each mem­ ber's dues is allocated to cO\'er the magazine's subscrilltion price, Subscription price to non-members [s $18 yearl)'or$J per i~ue, Foreign subscriplions nrc $27 year1r or S4,50 jJer 4 C'mon down to Derbytown issue, ©1991 by the Society ror the Prcscn'ation and En­ Louisville prepares for the 1991 international convention couragement or Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. 12 Bob Cearnal becomes Society's 48th president Illinois educator also directs a barbershop chorus The Song in this Issue 14-161990 district quartet champions One ofthe songs Ihal came alit ofEngland in photo display the early days of World War I is "Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts For Soldiers," which just goes 10 18 New music notes prove that even in a nation's dark hours, humor recent releases from international has its place, 20 How the Lifeline program works The writers, R.P. Weston and Herman N, Darewski, composed words and music for nu­ a new Society non-dues income source merous stage shows, both in London and in New 23 Harmony is the "hook" York City. an address to Decrepits The year 1914 was a good one for songs, Also appearing were: "By The Beautiful Sea" 24 Nuggets are not linear (#7123), "Can't You Hear Me Callin' Caro­ craft line," "1 Love The Ladies," "Mary, You're A Little Bit Old-Fashioned" (#7250), "St. Louis 25 How qualified are the judges? Blues," "When It's Night Time In Dixieland" a summary of the judging program (#7905), "Wheu You Wore A Tulip" (#7023). "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral, That's An Irish Lullaby," and one of the first woodshedding songs that we remember, "By The Watermelon Vine, Lindy LOll," We hope you are singing Also in this issue some of these fine, old songs. Our arrangement comes from the pen of Russ Faris, who has contributed other songs to our publishing program, including "Pal Of my Cradle Days"( #7269). 22 Chapters in Action CONVENTIONS 26 News About Quartets INTERNATIONAL _ ..' 1991 Louisville, KY June 3'O-July 7 28 Letters to the Editor 1992 New Orleans, LA June 28-July 5 1993 Calgary, Alberta June 27-July 4 1994 Pittsburgh, PA July 3-10 29 The Way I See It ... MIDWINTER 30 Barbershop Around the World 1991 Tampa, FL January 28-February 3 1992 Long Beach, CA January 27-Febmary 2 1993 Corpus Christi, TX January 24-31 32 Swipes n' Swaps-bargains for barbershoppel's

International Office SPEBSQSA 6315 Third A vemlC On the cover Kenosha, WI 53143-5199 Telephone (414) 656-8440 Members ofthe Louisville Thoroughbreds assemble at the Belle ofLouisville, welcoming Toll-free 1-800-876-SING Barbershoppers to the 53rd international convention. TheBe/Ie afLouisville, built in 1914, FAX (414) 654-4048 Office HOUl'S: 8 am - 5 pm is the oldest authentic excursion sternwheeler in the United States, The Indiana skyline rises Monday-Friday (Central Time) above the fa .. banks of the Ohio River.

January/Fcbruary 1991 r!JfaJinonizer International Officers Illternatioll(li ExeclItil'e Committee Pfc'sident: Robert L. Cearnal, 416 North Ninlh, Mascoulah,lL 62258 Vice President: TelTY Aramian, 47A 001 A\'~nue, CamplJ(lI, CA 95008 In "Seventh" Vice President-Treasurer: Ernie Nid:oson, 1702Cam~ron Ct., Le"ington. KY 40505 Vice Pr~idC'nl: Bobby Wooldridge, 2510 8th SI., Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 Immediale PaM President: Charles McCann, P.O. Box 40969, Heaven Nashville. TN 372<» byJoeLiles 1lItematio"al Board Members Cardinal: LQII·tll Sh.lJ1~, 2413 StOrttbddgc. IJQwling Gl"I'~n, KY 42101 Executive Direclor CtntrJI Slalts: Myron t1ul1grcn, 450 N. Annl,lur, Wkhila, KS 67206 Di~it: Art Woumls, 806 WallC'f$lm.!, Columbia, SC 29209 Evelgr«n: Bun SlrOlll. 4531 Fo~ FJrm RoJd, Grt.ll Falls, /liT S94().t f.lr WtSIC'rn: Charln Hunter, Sr" 7.~2 nt1l0niO Avc., Sunn)'\"3lc. CA 94086 Illinois: S}'1 WtllC'. 436 S. O.1klmd, Vilb P.u\.:, IL6-181 WO years ago, this column ex­ such member services as: conventions, Johnn)' Appks«d: Chock Wauon. 78.f M~all St., Worthington, OH plained the necessity for having COTS, Harmony College and Direclors 43235 l.and O'l3lts: Judd Orff, 115 E. Lindtn St.. SlillwOIlcr, MN 55082 an international office, with the College. Of course, most of this income Mid·AII,t/llk: Jot Slangl, 11483 AppJegr.l1h Wa)'. (;tmurllOlln, :\ID T associated organizational benefits goes to defray the costs of Ihe service itself. 20874 NonhC'asttm: Jim Kis~". P.O. Bo~ 745, ChC'JU('IlC'I, RI 02814 to the membership, and outlined an impres­ Other non-dues revenue includes in­ Orllmo: Bob PoUllt(, 159 King SI. E. Brock\illt, ON K6\' lei sive sct of membership services derived come from: merchandise sales, rent (from Pion«r: Eatl Ikn)', 27130 CI3iO'lcll' 0., DC'.ubom Ills.• MI48127 from a 79-cents-per.wcck-pcr-mcmber in­ our Sheridan Road building), interest on Rod,;)' Mounlain: D,lrJ Babr. 6260 N.Lalepoint Pi.. PMbr, co 80ll-l Stn«a Land: Jim H3SSC:1. 316 Edgc.....ood, Grove City, PA 16127 ternational dues structure. Since then, a investments, MBNA credit card use, Har­ SoulhwC'sltm: Greg Elam, 71JO O1allinglOrt. DJlIa.s, TX 75248 number of people have inquired about the monizer advertising and Harmony Founda­ Sunshine: lim Hanralwl. 215 Hcdgn:ock Cl., Sa'tllile lJeach, fL 32937 relationship between dues income and 11011­ tion and Harmony Services activities. Past l"ternatio1lal Preside"ts dues income and how they impact the Soci­ In 1991, and, hopefully, for many years Janlts D. RiehJlds, 1459 Cl:lm13f A\·t.. Rosevillt. MN 55113 bmes C. Warner. 6060 Poplar Avt., Suile 295. Mtmpliis, TN 38119 ety budget. 10 come, the new Lifeline long-distance OM!)'I Flinn, 7975 Clevel3nd A\·e., N, ("aniOn, OH 44720 In 1984, dues supported aboul 42 per­ telephone service will bring us additional cent of an annual budget of $2.6 million. finHncial support. We have budgeted for With expanded services, 1101 to mention about $20,000 in income from this service Affiliate Organizations innation, the annual budget grew to $3.8 fol' 1991. AUSTRAI.IAN ASSOCIATtON OF MEN BARBERSHOP SIl'\GERS (AAMBS) John LilllC', Pftsidtnl. 8/18 Ehie SI .• million in 1990. When the International We will mainlain an all-out effort to Walenmn, WtSIC'lll AU~Ir.>li3 6020 Board approved the 1990 budget, a $54,000 keep the Society on a healthy financial BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF IJARBERSIIOP SIi'\GERS (BABS) Phil JootS, Ch"inn3l1. 61Joul'lllM)' Rood. A~hror<.l. deficit for the year was anticipated. How­ footing. There will be necessary dues in­ Middltsu. 1"\\'15 3LU. EIIglan<.! ever, with frugal management, an unex­ creases along the way, but these will be DUrCl1 ASSOCIATION OF BARBERSIlOP SINGERS (DABS) peel'cd increase in merchandise sales, the minimized through Ihe development ofnew ll1ro un Dijl. PrtsKlenl, MoienSUUI 18. 5211 DR ·s·HenogenlKKch, The NelMrlands advent of the MBNA credit card and suc­ non-dues revenue sources. The Society and NEW ZEALAND ASSOClATlO:-l OF BARBERSHOP SIr\GERS cessful conventions-all nOll-dues revenue Hannony Foundation recently hired Char­ lNZAIJS) Gf:Jharn Nobbs, PrtsKlenl. 12 Dt\'al Dr.. lilir.lllgi. Aoclrlmd 7. New 7.calmd sources-we actually ended the year in the lie Green as manager ofdevelopment to get SOCIETY OF r\ORDlC BARBERSHOP SIr\GERS (Sr\OBSJ black. Membership dues accounted for our endowment program, the "Keep A H3I1s Ol3uslOO. Presitknl. D1ornnltnho\'s V. 17, S-611 39 N,-kopin8. Sweokn only 31 percent of our 1990 income. Melody Ringing Fund," off and running. SOUTlIERN PART OF AFRICA TONSORIAL SINGERS (SPATS) The American Society of Associntion It is very likely that no othereducational Fr.lnk Oenlle)', Prtsidem, r.o.lJo.~ 76-1. Randburg 2125 Rtpublk of Soulh Africa Executives (ASAE) keeps data 011 associa­ and charitable organization offers so much tions throughollt the U.S. Their records bang for the member's buck. Were we to show that the average organization such as attempt to run our music, training manual International Office Staff ours, accrues 42 percent of its financial and magazine publishing programs, our on­ JOE LILES, Execulivc Direclor support from membership ducs. The num­ scene craft sessions, our barbershop har­ MEL KNIGHT, Dircr'or of Music Education & SeiVices I'J{ANK SANTARF.I.I.I, DircctorofFinallce & Admin. bers show that our sliccess in raising 11011­ mony promotion efforts, as well as main­ RUTH BLAZINA.JOYCE, Museum Curator/Archh'ist dues revenue, over the past six years, is far tain a well-stocked warehouseofsheet music, KEN BUCKNER. ~lanager ofCon\'entions & M«lings above that of the average association. recordings and unique barbershop merchan­ DAN DAILY, EdilOr of Publicalions JIM DeOUSMAN. Music Specialist Moreover, the international office contin­ dise on income from dues alone, the cost to TOM (;ENTRY. Music Speci31ist ues diligently to seek oul new sources of each member would be well over $100 RAY II ELLER, ~f3nager ofCommunicalions non-dues income. annually. ERNIE HIU.s, HarnlOn)' Sel"'iC('s ~lanager CHARLIE liREEN, Direclor of De\'c!opmcnl Total income for Ihe 1990 budgeI breaks Some of the non-dues programs do re­ WARREN I.EISEMANN. ~lanagerof Infonnalion S)'slems down as follows (in thousands of dollars): quire membership support to be effective. RUnl MARKS, Hannon)' Foundalion Program Coord. Dues $1,20 I If you haven't subscribed to Lifeline, do it EVERF;IT NAU. Music Specialist/Media & Perfornlance UILL RASH LEIGH, Music Specialist Education t ,239 now! Those who may be in a position to do RON ROCKWELL, Membership/COTS Manager Olher non-dues 1,402 so should begin planning 110W to support the (iAltY STAMi\I, Man:tger of ~lcdi:t and Perfonmillce Total 3,843 endowment fund. We do, after all, want to UUIn' SZ,\UO. ~Iusic Specialist "ATRICK TUCKEn·KELLY, i\1embership/C&J Coord, Incomc items listed under education are kcep the whole world singing. lil! UOLOnES VESEVICK, Executivc Assislant

2 8!aJf11011izer January/February 1991 PRogress begins with PR by Bob Cearnal (ker.nel ') International President

sSliming the role of president of our declining numbers ~nd challenged each four drunks singing "Sweet Adeline" under this wonderfnl brotherhood of of us to turn the tide in the opposite direc­ a lamppost. We simply must strive for barbcrshoppers makes me feel tion. In the last quarler of 1990, Greg Elmn, better standards of perfonnance. When we A quile humble, indeed. When Ilhink as Charlie's membership chairman, pro­ arrive at that higher level. we can sing with of Illy immediate predecessors-Darryl vided us with an all-member mailing en­ pride, and make our choruses more inviting "DYNAMO" Flinn, Jim "A Golden Ring" titled, "A Time to Re-member." Although to audiences, thus increasing our member­ Warner, and Jim "Our Future is Now" the outcome of the drive is unknown at the ship. Richards-I realize that Illy greatest chal­ present time, I feci confident that our ef­ Finally, throllgh the efforts ofchairman lenge will be to maintain the momentum forts will bring positive results in the vcry John Ward and the other members of the which they have created. Their vision, ncar future. International Public Relations Committee, wisdom, and dedication have improved our In an attempt to follow up on Charlie's the DCOs, the PR COTS faclllty, and the Society immeasurably. emphasis on membership, I havc choscn as chapter cOllllllunications officers, we will And how can I ever expect to fill the my theme ,"PRogressbegins with PR,"which learn how to publicize our Society with gigantic shoes of Immediate Past President stresses the "widely-recognized" concern optimum results. Charlie McCann? Simply put: I can't! of the vision statement. In my opinion, it is Before [ forget, none of this will be Chal'lic'sdown·home philosophy. combined time we put the "barbershop is the best-kept possible without the commitment of all with his business acumen and shrewd in­ secret in town" cliche to rest. Barbershoppers. We need your support in sight into the desires of Joe Barbershopper, With that in mind, last Novcmber, at the order to make progress in 1991, and I look will truly be a tough act to follow. District Leadership Forum in Kenosha, I forward to the coming year with eager Fortunately, I won't have to do it by asked the district presidents, directors of anticipation. myself. With a devoted staff at Kenosha, membership developmcnt, district music multi-talented committeemen, and district educators, and district communications! leadership behind me, I anticipate a chal­ public relations officers to establish several lenging, yet most enjoyable, year as we goals. I encouraged them to continue to continue to make strides into this new dec­ concentrate on membership. In that vein, I ade of hannony. requested that they strive for a realistic and My guiding principle in 1991 will con­ attainable 2-percent increase in member­ tinue to be that which has guided us since ship. I told them to increase attendance at 1988-the vision stmement proposed by mini-HEP schools by 12 percent and im­ the Future II Committee and adopted by the prove DYNAMO activity to include mleast , . Barbershop Cartaon LA I. R SESSiON I International Board: 10 percent of their chapters. Note Pads "Our Society is to be a widely-recog­ Then I directed their attention to im­ 8y Ed Tyler ~~1lT FIRSTl)'AU':::) TI1ERE~ ±IRAGU\IlTET.. nized, ever-growing singing fraternity of proving our internal and external commu­ Featured cartoonist men, drawn together by their love of the nications. I suggested that thcy accept no for years in the "Mid-Atlantics". four-part, a cappella, close-harmony style less than IDO-percent participation from Now available in 50 ofmusic known as barbershop, whosemission their chapters regarding bulletin publica­ sheet pads 5 Y2" x 81f2"·.\~~~t~"i:~ is to perpetuate that style by sharing it and tion, even if only a one-pager from the with 5 different '{lIlt cartoons. f their love for it with people of all ages chapter president. I also asked them to seek Only $8.95 plus r throughollt the world." a IO-percent increase in performanccs from $1.50 P&H. CA . President McCann's thrust, as you know, their choruses and quartets, but urged them residents. add 6,25Qb sales tax. For Christmas, order before Dec. 1st. concerned the "ever-growing" aspect of to be ever-mindful of our public image. Make checks payable to: that statement. His slogan, "MEmbership Another stereotype I can do without is ED TYLER, 650 Cascade Drive, begins with ME," focused our attention on the public's picture of barbershoppers as Drawer B, Fairfax, CA 94930

January/February 1991 81atfllonizer 3 The Louisville skyline has changed dramatically in the past decade, with a floating restaurant and nightclub, Presbyterian headquarters and $60-miliion Humana Tower (second from right). The headquarters Galt House complex inciudes the building with the crane atop and the structure to its right with the vertical columns of light.

C'mon down, c'mon to Derbytown by RiclwlYl Riedel

erhaps best known as the home of River, primarily as a base from which to portation expenses, and is located within the Kentucky Derby, "the most harass British troops during the American one day's drive of more than 60 percent of p exciting two minutes in sports:' Revolution. Today, Greater Louisville is the population of the United States. It Louisville also enjoys the reputa­ the "bluegrass state's" largest city, with a offers easy accessibility via three major tion of being one of the best and most population of approximately one million interstate highway systems and a modern affordable convention sites in North Amer­ scattered over seven Kentucky and Indiana airport. ica. Barbershoppers who attend the 53rd­ counties. In addition, Louisville is only a 90­ annual international convention will be The city and its people are a contrast in minute drive from the Cincinnati Interna­ pleasantly surprised with the transition of cosmopolitan sophistication and small town tional Airport, located in Florence, Ken- what once was primarily a manufacturing charm. It is home to one of the world's continued on page 6 community into a busy and energetic busi­ largest health·care providers, Humana C ness and medical center. Corporation, with its architecturally con­ This will be the first time that an inter­ troversial multi-million-dollar downtown national barbershop convention has been headquarters. Yet, within a 20-minute drive staged in Louisville. But, with the genuine of the inner city can be found the rolling sOllthern hospitality, fine convention facili­ hills of Thoronghbred breeding fal1ns. ties, world-class hotels, and ample area The Louisville convention may be the attractions, you will want to return to the most accessible and affordable gathering river city again and again. ever offered by the Society. Louisville is Louisville, pronounccd "Loo-uh-vul" by consistently ranked as one of the world's its natives, was founded by Gen. George lowest-avernge-cost-per-day convention Rogers Clark in 1778 at the falls ofthe Ohio cities with regard to hotel, food, and trans-

4 rf!!mflJonizer January/February 1991 Society initiates discount travel program 1996 INTERNATIONAL SPEBSQSA has joined with Classic World Travel will contribute a portion of World Travel, Inc. to provide members and their cOlllmission to our organization. This friends with a year-round discount travel contribution is based on the total alllount of CONVENTION program. This program offers discounts, sales generated by members and friends. not only for conventions and society meet­ Classic World Travel also allows each BIDDERS ings, but also for vacations and business district to receive credit for sales to their travel as well. members. These funds go to support dis­ Air fare savings range from 3 percent on trict programs. To ensure proper credit, be Chapters interested in bid­ any caiTier al any time of year to conven­ sure. when calling in, that you tell the tion travel discounts, ranging from 5 per­ reservation <\gcnt your district name. ding for the 1996 interna­ cent off super-saver fares to 40-45 percent With your first ticket purchase, you will tional convention must sub­ off standard fares, depending 011 the desig­ receive a personalized membership card. mit their bids to the interna­ nated carriers and type of fare chosen. In This ready-reference card includes the toll­ addition, senior citizens arc eligible for a free telephone number to call and the Soci­ lional office by June1, 1991. lO-percent discount offered through Ihe ety's master account number-a "discount various carriers (age 50 on American Air­ access code" that will provide you with • lines and 62 on all olhers). Classic World savings on future travel purchases and al­ For information, contact: Travel will include an additional 3-percent low faster handling of your call. Ken Buckner, Manager, refund off the already discounled fares. When planning convention, business or Conventions & Meetings This refund is paid directly to the purchaser vacation travel, try Classic \Vorld Travel upon completion of the trip. first. This service is provided to our mem­ SPEBSQSA, Inc. In addition to the important member bers and friends as a means to save on travel 6315 Third Avenue advantages, the Society and the member's costs while providing income to the Society Kenosha, W153143-5199 homedistrict receive benefits as well. Classic and your district. @

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Jallllary/February 1991 ,§faJflJonizer 5 barbershopping on a budget. per day is a Oat-rate $20.00. Reservalions Shuttle bus service has been arranged to for this location are available 01/1)' through 1 transport conventioneers from all conven~ convention services by calling Jack Lam~ tion hotels. From the headquarters hotels to ben (502) 267-4485 (W) or (502) 228-3183 the contest site is a 12~minute trip. (H). Olhel' RV local ions are: Louisville The quartet and chorus competition will Metro KOA, (812) 282-4474 (7 miles from be held at Ihe Kentucky Fair & Exposilion the contest sile) and ADD-MORE Mobile Center. Wilh more than 700,000 square Home Park, (812) 283-6001 (10 miles from feet of covcred, air·conditioned meeting the contest site). space, it is one of the world's largest multi­ Freedom Hall is air -condilioned and for purpose buildings. Freedom Hall will be good reason. Summertime in the Ohio the spccific sitc of the contest and will be Valley is usually warm, but is subject to configured 10 seat 10,000 barbershopping rapid change. For maximum comfort, pack enthusiasts. This state~of-the-art facility is shorls or cool, light-colored clothing for also home to the University of Louisville your trip. A light jacket or swealer will be basketball team, which perennially is one welcome during the competition sessions, of Ihe nalion's top baskelball powerhouses. as Freedom Hall is kept on the chilly side. The Kenlucky Fair & Exposilion Cen­ No less than 10 museums can be found, ter will also be one of three RV sites avail­ where exhibits range from fine art to the able for the convention. Harmony City will fine lut ofcoffee making. These include the be located on the grounds of the center and new 7.2-million-dollar Kentucky Derby is within walking distance ofFreedOln Hall. Museum, located right next to 116-year-old The location is five miles from the conven­ Churchill Downs. tion headquarters hotel and one mile from Actor's Theater and its internationally shopping. RV SPOIS for 240 units will be recognized Humana Festival ofNew Ameri~ available, 140 with electric and water hook~ can Plays and Classics in Context, a month­ Churchill Downs is America's oldest and ups and 100 wilh electric only. Showers long celebration of the arts, can be found in best-known thoroughbred track. The and rest rooms are available on site. Cost Louisville. On any given summer evening, $7.2-million Kentucky Derby Museum is located there.

continued from page 4 Louisville Convention Schedule of Major Events lUcky, which offersdirect flights from London and connecting nights from major U.S. Tuesday, July 2: Jack Daniels Original Silver Cornel Band gateway cities. Galt House Easl 8:00 p.m. The convention co-headquarters hotels will be Ihe Gall House and Ihe Gall House Wednesday, July 3 AIC Shows East. These 25-story hotels are connected Commonwealth Convention Center by a pedway and arc located on the southern 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. bank of the Ohio River. Each hotel offers a panoramic view ofthe Falls ofthe Ohio, the Thursday, July 4 Quartet Quarterfinal Sessions Belle of Louisville and recreational river Freedom Hall 11 :00 a.m.; 3:00 p.m.; 7:30 p.m. activities. Every major downtown hotel has been booked for the convention and all Friday, July 5 Quartet Semifinals arc within walking distance of the head­ Freedom Hall 7:30 p.m. quarters hOlels or accessible by a free trol­ ley. Salllrday, July 6 Chorus Contest While not located downtown, consid­ Freedom Hall 12:00 Noon eration should be given to the Executive Quartet Finals Inl1 and Executive West. Both hotels are a Freedom Hall 8:00 p.m. five-minute drive from the airport and a five-minute walk from the contest site. Each Registration Picl<-up Information will bescl'viced byconvention shuttle buses. In all, lhe city offers an abundance of As in previous years, we will not be mailing registrations or tickets. All convention hotel rooms in Ihe metropolitan area, rang­ registrations, special event and tour tickets may be picked up in the registration area ing from ultra-modern national chains to which will be on the second floor of the Galt House East. Registration will be open restored, grand, old southern hotels, all pro~ from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday - Friday of convention week and from 9:00 a.m. viding affordable housing for those who are to 11 :00 a.l11, on Saturday.

6 r3!81fnonizer January/Fcbruary 1991 the city is alive with a bluegrass music festival or an ethnic heritage celebration of its diverse neighborhoods. The city boasts more than 400 restau­ rants, offering visitors a wide variety of choices, from sOllthern-style to international cuisine. A trip to Derbylown would not be complete without sampling two local dishes, the Hot Brown and Derby Pie. Shopping opportunities abound, with seven major fashion malls in the area and countless antique and specialty shops. Several optional tours have been planned for convention goers, induding trips to Mammoth Cave. Historic Bardstown, My Old Kentucky Home, Fort Knox-and the

George Patton Museum-and Ihe Lexing M One of the oldest, authentic sternwheelers in the nation, the Belle of Louisville still tOil-area bluegrass horse country. An sails on the Ohio River, with daily cruises from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Ohio River cruise on the historic and au- thentic Belle of Louis\'ilIe sternwheeler is lazer show and fireworks, a water park, a planned. Also in the works is a post- Laser Tag center and Kentucky Kingdom Plans are afoot for a convention trip to Nashville's Grand Old Amusement Park are planned. Opry. The entire community is looking for- World Harmony Caba­ A special emphasis has been placed on ward to sharing in the barbershop experi- ret on Friday, July 5, at Barberteen activities for this convention. ence. With its central location, plus low the Galt House. Watch Teens will be able to compete for prizes in hotel and food costs, the Louisville conven~ video games and organized contests. A tion promises to be a fun-fi lied and afford- for details in the Marchi pool party is planned. Also, trips to a able event that the whole family will enjoy April issue. Redbirds minor-league baseball game with and remember. @ ~* ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• I Louisville International Convention Registration. June 30 - July 7,1991 I

: Date Member No. : I Chapter Name I I Name Nickname.- -. I I Address I I I I City/State/Province Zip Code INSTRUCTIONS I • Complete order form and mail with • Telephone Bus. ( Res. ( paymentto: SPEBSQSA, 6315 Thi"d I Avenue, Kenosha, WI 53143·5191). I I Please accept my order for: Registration fee includes a conven- I I Rate tion badge, a reserved seat at all con- I Quantity Type Total (US funds) test sessions and a souvenir program. I I If you register for more than one I person, please furnish complele infor- I • mation for each person on cl separate. • sheet and attach to this order form. I I I For office use I I Make checks payable to SPEBSQSA. Reg,straltons are transferable bul not re- I , fUlldable. When you receive confirmation, please keep it as your receipt. • I 0 Handicapped 0 Wheelchair 0 Other (specify) I I 0 MasterCard 0 VISA Exp. Date I I I I Account No. I Authorization No. I Signature 1991 CONVENTION ONLY I •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

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# Hotel Sgl/Dbl Obi/Obi Suites Ex. Per. Pool Prkg. 1. Galt House $69.00 $69.00 $250.00 up $1 0.00 Y Free Headquarters 2. Galt House East (All Mini 5uiles)79.00 79.00 475.00 up 12.00 Y Free Headquarters 3. Hyatt Regency 69.00 69.00 130.00 up 8.00 Y $6.00 4. Days Inn 54.00 54.00 64.00 up 0.00 Y Free 5. Quality Hotel 54.00 54.00 89.00 5.00 N Free 6. Seelbach Hotel 69.00 69.00 145.00 up 10.00 Y' 6.00 7. Brown Hotel 69.00 69.00 195.00 up 6.00 N 6.00 8. Holiday Inn Downtown 59.00 59.00 125.00 up 0.00 Y Free 9. Executive Inn 67.00 67.00 90.00 up 7.00 Y Free 10. Executive West 67.00 67.00 90.00 up 7.00 Y Free 11. Freedom Hall - Contest Site

• Poollocaled al adjacent athletic club 5g1 - 1 Person/1 Bed Obi - 2 Persons/1 Bed Allhough the age limits may vary, all hotels allow children to stay free in Obi/Obi· 2 Persons/2 Beds the same room as parents. Suites - Starting Rate All rates shown are SUbject to state and locallaxes.

8 tJimfnonizer Jnnllary!Febfllary 1991 ~ SPEBSQSA 1991 International Convention Official Housing Request Form .-U·e• 1'1)\ • -. Instructions Mail the completed form to: SPEBSQSA Housing Bureau 400 South 1st Street Louisville, KY 40202 NO RESERVATIONS CAN BE ACCEPTED BY PHONE

• Please complete all sections below. • All requests must be made in writing to the Housing Bureau. • Room assignments are made in order of receipt. • Be sure to list definite arrival/departure dates and times, and all room occupants. • Reservations will be held only until 6:00 p.m., unless guaranteed by credit card, check or money order. Details will be outlined in the hotel confirmation. Do not send check or money order deposits to the Housing Bureau. • Reservations must be made by June 10, 1991.

A: Confirmation (please type or print)

Confirm reservations to: After receipt of confirmation, all changes (arrival/departure dates and cancellations) should be made in writing to the Name _ Housing Bureau.

Street or box _ Within 15 days of the convention date, all changes must be made directly with the hotel. City State _Zip _ Acknow/edgement will be sent from the Bureau and Telephone ( confirmation from the hate/ will follow.

You may guarantee your rooms. Provide a first night's deposit by completing the following:

o VISA 0 MasterCard 0 AM EX Card No. Exp. Date _

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B: Hotel choices (list three choices in order of preference)

1st Arrival date Hour a.m./p.m. 2nd Departure date Hour a.m,Jp.m. 3rd

C: Room type (indicate number of rooms and type required)

__Single room __Double room Dbl/dbl room __Parlor suite (1 person/1 bed) (2 persons/1 bed) (2 persons/2 beds) (0 one or 0 two bedrooms)

D: Names (list occupants for EACH ROOM-please bracket names of those sharing) LOUISVILLE TOURS - 1991

TOUR A. AMAZING LOUISVILLE HISTORIC TOUR E• MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME - No trip TOUR - Tour includes River City Mall, Founders to Louisville would be complete without a tour to Square and Actors Theatre, a national historic sight, Bardstown to visi t the lovely old mansion Riverfront Plaza, Louisville Falls Fountain, Old immortalized by Stephen Foster and known as "My Louisville's St. James Court and Central Park ,vith its Old Kentucky Home". You'll also visit Talbott Tavern Victorian townhouses. You'll also visit Cherokee Park built in 1779 and St. Joseph Proto Cathedral, the oldest with its statue of Daniel Boone and some of Catholic church west of the Allegheny Mountains. Louisville's elegant residential areas. 3 hours - $14.00 Completing the tour will be a visit to Hodgenville and per person; children under 12 - $10.00. Depart 9:30 the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic am - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday. Site. Entry fees included. 7 1/2 hours - $33.00 per person; children under 12 . $18.00. Depart 9:00 am ­ TOUR B. CHURCHILL DOWNS AND THE Tuesday, Wednesday & Fi·iday. KENTUCKY DERBY MUSEUM - No visit to Louisville is complete without a visit to Churchill TOUR F. FORT KNOX·GOLD & TANKS - Just Downs. Price includes outside guided tour of a short ride southwest ofLouisville is Amelica's "Gold Churchill Downs, entry into Kentucky Derb~ Vault", Fort Knox. Here you'll be able to view (fl'Om a Museum where you'll re-live the excitement of an distance, of course) the U.S. gold depository. Also actual race as a 3600 multi-media spectacular using 96 located here is the Patton Museum of Calvary with projectors sun'ounds you with stereophonic sound. artifacts from the Revolutionary War to the present. Weigh in on an historic jockey scale. Climb on a horse Entry fees included. 6 hours - $30.00 pcr person; in a real starting gate. 3 hours - $14.00 per person; children under 12 - $15.00. Depart 10:00 am - Friday children under 12 - $10.00. Depart 1:30 pm - Monday, only. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. TOUR A&B • COMBO TOURS - This tour POST CONVENTION TOURS combines tours A & B, 7 hours - $26.00 per person; children under 12· $18.00. Depart 9:30 am - Monday, TOUR G• NASHVILLE - 4 days - July 7·11, 1991 Tuesday, Wednesday and Fiiday. Music lovers will delight when they savor this slice of Americana. GRAND OLD OPRY A TOUR C• BLUEGRASS HORSE COUNTRY PADDLEWHEELER CRUISE -A REAL LIVE This is the premier attraction ofKentucky. Learn why RECORDING SESSION - OPRYLAND - THE it's called "The Sport of Kings". Motor along HERMITAGE, President Jackson's home - MUSIC Bluegrass Drive which includes views of many HALL OF FAME and NBC STUDIO "B" where famous Bluegrass horse farms with their million Barbra Streisand, Perry Como, Elvis Presley and dollar mansions. Tour a 1,032 acre working horse hundreds of others have recorded. WHAT A GREAT farm, the Kentucky Horse Center where you'll view WAY TO SPEND FOUR DAYS! Price includes: thoroughbred horses close-up including mares and transportation, first class hotel, cruise, Grand Old foals, watch work-outs and view a spectacular multi~ Opry, entry fees, full time tour escort and more...only media presentation "To Race the Wind." We'll also $279.00 per person. Third person in room $209.00. visit the Kentucky Horse Park, a multi-million dollar Single Supplement is $99.00. Depart 11:30 am ­ tribute to man's love of horses. A super never-to-be­ Sunday, July 7, 1991. Return to Louisville 1:00 pm forgotten day! Entry fees included. 8 hours - $37.00 Thursday, July 11, 1991 (or you may return home per person; children under 12 - $24.00. Depart 8:30 directly from Nashville.) am - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Fiiday. TOUR H• STEAMBOATIN' ABOARD THE TOUR D• MAMMOTH CAVE - One of the seven LEGENDARY DELTA QUEEN - 7 days - JULY 7­ wonders of the world, Mammoth Cave is a fairyland 14, 1991 Listen! The bell's clanging. The whistle is for all ages. Included is a tour of great Onyx Cave, blO\ving. The calliope's playing. It's your turn to go one of the many caves available in the area which is back in time on board the Delta Queen where this surrounded by 600 acres of natural wildlife. You'll grand tradition ofSteamboatin' lives on today. Join in also visit Mammoth Cave Wildlife Museum. Entry this fare opportunity to join with fellow fees included. 8 1/2 hours -- $33.00 per person; Barbershoppers on a paddlewheel journey up the children under 12 - $18.00. Depart 8:00 am - Tuesday, Ohio River all the way to Pittsburgh. Also included Wednesday and Fliday. are visits to My Old Kentucky Home and Bluegrass Country. Price may vary with cabin category. Depart 10:30 am - Sunday, July 7th. For complete details NOTE: All tours depart from headquarters hotel. send in coupon on follO\ving page.

10 8fatillonizel~ January/February 1991 PLENTYTO SEE! COMEEARLY! STAYIATE! Tours Order Form

Please indicate the number of tickets desired for each tour: TOUR A: AMAZING LOUISVILLE HISTORIC TOUR TOUR D: MAMMOTH CAVE· 8 1/2 hours· $33.00 3 hours· $14.00 ($18.00 under 12 years of age) ($10.00 under 12 years of age) _0-17. Tuesday, July 2nd, 8:00 am $ _A-1. Monday, July 1st, 9:30 am $­ _0-18. Wednesday, July 3rd, 8:00 am $ _A-2. Tuesday, July 2nd, 9:30 am $­ _0-19. Friday, Juiy 5th, 8:00 am $ _A-3. Wednesday, July 3rd, 9:30 am $­ TOTAL $__ _A-4. Friday, July 5th, 9:30 am $­ TOTAL $- TOUR E: MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME· 7 1/2 hours TOUR B: CHURCHILL DOWNS AND KENTUCKY $33.00 ($18.00 under 12 years of age) DERBY MUSEUM· 3 hours·$14.00 _E-20. Tuesday, July 2nd, 9:00 am $­ ($10.00 under 12 years of age) _E-21. Wednesday, July 3rd, 9:00 am $-­ _B-5. Monday, July 1st, 1:30 pm $­ _E-22. Friday, July 5th, 9:00 am $­ _B-6. Tuesday, July 2nd, 1:30 pm $­ TOTAL $_ _B-7. Wednesday, July 3rd, 1:30 pm $­ _B-8. Friday, July 5th, 1:30 pm $­ TOTAL $- TOUR F: FORT KNOX·GOLD AND TANKS· 6 hours $30.00 ($15.00 under 12 years of age) TOUR A & B: COMBO TOUR· 7hours· $26.00 _F-23. Friday, July 5th, 10:00 am $ ($18.00 under 12 years of age) TOTAL $__ _ A&B-9. Monday, July 1sl, 9:30 am $­ _A&B-10. Tuesday, July 2nd, 9:30 am $­ _A&B-11. Wednesday, July 3rd, 9:30 am $­ TOUR G: NASHVILLE· 4 Days· $279.00 per person _A&B-12. Friday, July 5th, 9:30 am $­ double occupancy· Depart 11:30 am TOTAL $- _H-24. Sunday, July 7 10 Thursday, July 11 $-­ _Third person in room $209.00 $ TOUR C: BLUEGRASS HORSE COUNTRY· 8 hours _Single Supplement: $99_00 $ $37.00 ($24.00 under 12 years of age) _Please find me a roommate _C-13. Monday, July 1st, 8:30 am $­ TOTAL _C-14. Tuesday, July 2nd, 8:30 am $­ _C-15. Wednesday, July 3rd, 8:30 am $­ TOUR H: STEAMBOATIN' ABOARD THE LEGENDARY _C-16. Friday, July 5th, 8:30 am $­ DELTA QUEEN· 7 Days. Departs Sunday July 7th. TOTAL $- (send for details· see below)

Mail completed form with credit card informalion or check (in the amount of $,=..-__...)), made payable 10 SPEBSOSA, to: SPEBSOSA LOUISVILLE TOURS - 6315 Third Avenue, Kenosha, WI 53140-5199 __VISA MasterCard __Check __Money Order

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January!Febmary 199\ 8laJfll0nizer II Meet your new Society president-Bob Cearnal by Johll Mil/kill

ob Ccarnal stands in awe ofbarber­ He then joined a quartet called Male Deliy­ shopping. The new Sociely presi­ ery. Over the next 15 years, Male Delivery B dent says the experience continues appeared on more than 100 chapter shows, to provide a kaleidoscope of emotions ... from Manitoba to Disney World, and picked love, enlhusinslll, and excitement. It's what up an Illinois District championship in 1978. you might expect of a small-town guy, a Both Male Delivery and Ihe Accutones chorus director in a chapter of 35 members garnered the Illinois District Quartet Serv­ and an English teacher in a secondary school ice Award, an annual recognition to the of 850 studenlS in a town of 5,500 persons quartet perfol111ing the greatest amount of (Mascoutah, Illinois). public service. In his home-towll restaurant, everybody In 1976, Ceamal's chorus director de­ knows Bob and calls him by name. Conver­ cided to give up thejob. Thechorusmembers sations invariably include questions and insisted that Bob take the position even comments aboul barbershop hannony. He though he assured them that he didn't know clearly demonstrates that sophistication is the first thing about directing and couldn't not essential to being considered important. read a note of music. They said he could For Cearnal, standing before the photo­ leam, and he did. He's attended Hannony graphic array ofchampionship quartets and College seven times, starting with the be­ Bob Cearnal and wife, Jo, posed for the choruses in Harmony Hall is a never-end­ ginning-director classes. He also enhanced ing thrill. his training at District schools and in the photographer at the 1989 Valentines Cearnal (pronoullce4 ker-l1e/)joined the Direct Hit program. The chorus did not Dance given by the Mascoutah High Society in 1968, the same year he started compete for many years, but it finished in School Students Against Drunk Driving his teaching career in Mascoutah. During first place in 1988, 1989, and 1990 ill the SI. club. Cearnal teaches English at the an initial meeting with school officials, the Louis area contest. Cearnal received the school and is the faculty sponsor for the English department chairman revealed that Illinois District's Award for Barbershop SADD club. Jo is a secretary in the he was a member of the Belleville Chapter. Excellence in 1988. school's Guidance Counselor office. Recalling his parents and his aunt singing Cearnal has more than 40 Man-of-Note the old classics and hearing international awards. He teaches the presidents' classes Although he starled out as a basketball, champions on the Ed Sullivan show, Bob at COTS alld is a member of AHSOW. He baseball, and golf coach who also taughl decided immediately that he wanted to join. is the first Society president from the illi­ English. he now teaches such innovative He SOOI1 linked up with a foursome nois District since the legendary Frank English courses as studies in humor and called Ihe Accutolles. It won the SI. Louis Thorne. detective fiction. He has sponsored a group area contest, finished second in district Cearnal is as enthusiastic abollt his teach­ of Inixed voices called the Harmony Sing­ competition and stayed together until 1973. ing position as he is about barbershopping. ers and today sponsors the Students Against Drunk Driving clllb al the high school. A past president of the local National Education Association, Cearnal has served the North Central Association, an accredit­ ing agency for secondary schools. On his classroom wall is a Certificate of Apprecia­ tion from the National Council ofTeachers ofEnglish, and he is listed in Who's Who in American Education. Eastern Illinois Uni­ versity singled him out for an Excellence in Teaching Award ill 1988. , Bob and his wife, 10, have two children: son SCOll, who is 28, and daughter Cindi, 27. Cindi has given the Cearnals two grand­ children: Christopher, 6, and Jessica, 3. ft has been said that a successful man needs a good wife to stand behind him, but Bob will be Ihe firsl to point out thaI Jo is ~-- ' never that far back. Barbershopper friends ... of the family arc convinced that the Society Male Delivery, 1978 Illinois District champion, performed in more than 100 chap­ will need to create a new office for Jo. ter shows during its 15-year span and was awarded the district's Quartet Service Among her f/llojJicial titles for the coming year will be secretary and general factotulll Award. (I to r) AI Mueller, tenor; Lyle Wilson, lead; Bob Cearnal, bass and Rich to the new president. e Pilch, bari.

t2 r3fmf1Jonizer January/February 1991 • 1991 AIC SHOW OF CHAMPIONS d"bl e .·... Barbershop in FouEParts! (actually 2 fabulous shows in one evening with one really long "intermission")

THE FIRST SHOW - PART ONE THE FIRST SHOW - PART TWO Sidewinders 1964 The Thoroughbred Chorus The Dealers Choice 1973 1986 1975 Acoustix 1990

...... • SUPER "INTERMISSION" .

THE SECOND SHOW - PART THREE THE SECOND SHOW - PART FOUR AIC Chorus 1978 Chiefs of Staff 1988 1982 1989 Sun Tones 1961

This year you have a choice: attend first show OR second show OR buy a Super Ticket and attend both!

WEDNESDAY EVENING FIRST SHOW (PART 1 AND 2) 6:00 P.M. .JULY THIRD 1991 SECOND SHOW (PART 3 AND 4) 9:00 P.M.

The first show will be predominantly square barbershop, while the second show will be mostly show barbershop. The shows will be held at the downtown Commonwealth Convention Center in Louisville, within short walking distance of all hotels (except those at the airport), The 4500-seat hall is connected to the Hyatt by a walkway, No buses-no long lines! If you plan to attend both shows, pack a lunch and enjoy the hour-long "intermission"!

-----, The Ale will honor the 30th Anniversary The AIC will also feature the Special Performance of the SUN TONES, ACOUSTIX, 1990 International Champions. 1961 International Champions, perhaps the Their appearance on this show is note­ ~'I~~t' finest show quartet to eVElf hit the boards. worthy because, for the first time in our This is a "must see" for all barbershoppers ­ Society's history, a father and son are those who still remember their great shows wearing gold medals in championship and recordings, and Ihose who have never quartets - thirty years apart - the had the pleasure! The Sun Tones will Sun Tones' Harlan Wilson and the appear on the 9 0 'clock show ONLY! Acoustix' Todd Wilson.

Reserve your tickets by phone on your MasterCard or VISA. Call Mail orders will be accepted if postmarked before June 3, 1991. 1·800·876·7464 extension 50, between 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. CST. Send check or money order (payable to AIC) to AtC IN FOUR PARTS, Your tickets will be waiting at the door 1 hour before showtime. 533 Oak Crest Lane, Coppell, TX 75019.

SEATS SUPER SHOW OR CHOOSE ONE QUANTITY TOTAL Total Order $ (plus $1.50 postage and handling) FRONT 0 $80 0 $50 0 $50 ROWS· Both Shows First Show Second Show Name _ NEXT 0 $'0 0 $25 0 $25 BESP Both Shows First Show Second Show Address _ REAL 0 $25 0 $15 0 $15 GOOD Both Shows First Show Second Show Cily _ WHAT'S 0 $20 0 $12 0 $12 LEFT Bolh Shows First Show Second Show Stale/Zip _ *Quantilles limited.

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CARDINAL High Spirits CENTRAL STATES DIXIE Louisville, Ky., Terre Haute and Indian­ Station Sound Standard apolis, Ind. Newton, Kan. Knox County Metro, Tenn. Scott Bradford, tenor; William Book, lead; Steve Hoskins, tenor; David Hill, bass; Jim Phifer, tenor; Mike Tipton, lead; Brian Doepke, bass; Dick Treptow, Wayne Lankenau, lead; Brent Lembke, Mark Beeler, bari; Bob Eubanks, bass bari. bari. (in rear). Contact: Brian Doepke, 4250 Fox Har­ Contact: Wayne Lankenau, 2432 S Contact: Bob Eubanks, 1906 Cedar Lane, bor Circle, Indianapolis, IN 46227 Glendale #101, Wichita, KS 67210 Knoxville, TN 37918 Pllone: (317) 784-4712 Phone: (316) 682-8461 Phone: (615) 688-2979

EVERGREEN ILLINOIS Sonic Boom FAR WESTERN Classic Ring Vancouver and New Westminster, Brit­ Special Feature Lombard, Chicago #1 and Champaign, ish Columbia Reno, Nev., and San Diego, Calif. III. Tom Metzger, bass; David Cotton, tenor; Raymond Davis, tenor; Jamie Arring- Kirk Wood, bari; Scott Kitzmiller, bass; Dave Vincent, lead; Mark Metzger, ton, lead; Billy Hill, bass; Paul Olguin, Paul Fernando, lead; Rick Anthoney, bari. bari. tenor. Contact: David Vincent, #2301-1150 Contact: William Hill, 4460 Mira Loma Contact: Kirk Wood, 2314 E Grand, Jervis St., Vancouver, BC V6E 2C8 Dr., Reno, NV 89502 Lindenhurst, IL 60046 Phone: (604) 685-8925 Phone: (702) 826-4132 Phone: (708) 356-2443

14 8iaJfnonizel~ Jalluary!February 1991 JOHNNY APPLESEED Joker's Wild Shenango Valley and Buckeye-Colum­ LAND 0' LAKES bus, Ohio Simply Grand MID-ATLANTIC Clockwise from lower left: Mark Green, LaCrosse, Wis. The Untouchables lead; Dave Kindinger, bass; Steve Jim Larson, bari; Steve Mendell, bass; Patapsco Valley, Md. Legters, bari; Steve lannacchione, Ken Kiehne, lead; Brian Kowalke, John Brohan, tenor; Kevin King, lead; tenor. tenor. Brett Pryor, bass; Mike Sotiriou, bari. Contact: Mark Green, 4813 Powder­ Contact: Steve Mendell, P.O. Box 3222, Contact: Kevin King, 25 Village Road, horn Ln., Westerville, OH 43081 LaCrosse, WI 54602 Baltimore, MD 21208 Phone: (614) 890-4909 Phone: (608) 787-5594 Phone: (301) 653-3805

ONTARIO NORTHEASTERN By Design PIONEER Something Old, Something New Kitchener-Waterloo, Scarborough and Checkmate Plattsburgh, N.Y. and Pierrefonds, Frank Thorne, Ontario Wayne, Mich. Quebec Jim McKnight, tenor; Scott McCarthy, Craig Pollard, lead; Bruce Lamarte, tenor; Richard Sears, Tenor; MarkLewis, lead; lead; AI Baker, bass; Barry Towner, Brian Kaufman, bari; Scott McNutt, Ken Abbott, bari; Ed Jobson, bass. bari. bass (in rear). Contact: Ed Jobson, 187 Beacon Hill Contact: AI Baker, 12 Swayze Ct., Thor­ Contact: Craig Pollard, 30905 Leelane, Road, Beconsfield, PQ H9W 1T5 old, ON L2V 4Y9 Farmington Hills, MI 48024 Phone: (514) 697-3192 Phone: (416) 227-5031 Phone: (314) 474-1485

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SENECA LAND ROCKY MOUNTAIN Lake Effect Harmony SOUTHWESTERN Sound Syndicate Geneva, N.Y. Tulsa Tradition Denver Tech, Colo. Art Maeske, tenor; Ron Butler, bass; Tulsa, Okla. Ken Potter, tenor; Doug Porrey, bass; Pete Covert, lead; Keith Langdon, Tim Ambrose, tenor; Curt Angel, lead; Jerry Smith, lead; Jeff Click, bari. bari. Doug Crowl, bass; Don Conner, bari. Contact: Jerry Smith, 3832 S. Eaton St., Contact: Keith Langdon, 247 Washing­ Contact: Tim Ambrose, 4554 S Louis­ Denver, CO 80235 ton St., Geneva, NY 14456 ville, Tulsa, OK 74135 Phone: (303) 986-5878 Phone: (315) 789-4900 Phone: (918) 747-4828

SUNSHINE Saturday's Heroes Fort Myers, Fla. THf NIGHT HOWlS Don Clause, Jr., bari; Walt Smith, tenor; Have performed Barbershop Harmony in Comedy Style in Dave Wilkenson, lead; Bob Summers, ! 31 states, Canada, Sweden, and for the u.s.a. in Japan, bass. Guam, Okinawa, Hawaii and the Phillipines. Contact: Robert Summers, 531 Prather Contact: Don Challman, 916 W. Co. Rd. G-2 Dr., Fort Myers, FL 33919 St. Palll, MN 55126 (612) 484-9738 Phone: (813) 489-1762

16 rfflmflJonizer January!Februury 1991 . Join THE DEALER'S CHOICE 1973 Champs They have a reputation (for fun that is)!! on a fantastic HARMONY CRUISE to ALASKA including Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Wrangell, Endicott Arm, Davidson and Rainbow Glacier

FRIDAY, June 7, 1991 Special Gl'OUp Discount to PRICES FROM $1,409.00 FRIDAY, June 14, 1991

THE BARBERSHOP CRUISE YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR !i! We begin our journey in lovely Vancouver, Canada's pristine answer to San Francisco. As the sun sinks low over the Strait of Georgia we'll sail into the Inside Passage aboard the sumptuous Daphne where our Italian chef is preparing our first mouth watering dinner. The Inside Passage is North America's answer to the Norwegian fjords - calm waters, massive glaciers, snow capped mountains, soaring eagles, perhaps a humpback whale or two. All this magnificence plus rustic Ketchikan, Juneau and Skagway await us. What better way to visit these exciting destinations than aboard the sleek, white, modern Daphne, with the world's best travelers -- people who enjoy great music. And what better entertainment than those fun-loving rascals, the Dealer's Choice, who will sing for you and woodshed with you on the decks, in the dining rooms, on the piers and everywhere else the spirit moves them. Great entertainment! Great food! Great sightseeing! Great people! What a way to go' Cruise sponsored by Harmony Services Corp., SPEBSQSA

w. ------_.WINDSOR TRAVEL, LTD. I YES! 5935 South Pulaski Rd. I Chicago, Illinois 60629 I Send me complete ~.... (312) 581-4404 I details of the •• 1-800-648-7456 "Tours ofDistillctiou" I DEALER'S I I Dear Frank: CHOICE Ple~se send me your brochure and complete details on the I DEALER'S CHOICE Alaska Cmise. I ALASKA NAME I ADDRESS I CRUISE CITY ______STATE ______ZIP I ------• Szabo, is one ofthose songs of which every­ New music notes one knows a line or two, but no one seems to know in its entirety. It is another great by 8,,1'/ Szabo show/contest uptune with neat opportuni­ Editor, Music Publishing ties for creative visual enhancement.

It's hard 10 imagine that a year has #7718, captures the excitement of these Bob Margison, a long-time Barbershop­ rousing events. passed since Iprepared "New Music Notes" per from London, Ontario, makes his first for the January/February, 1990 issue ofThe Three of the arrangements for the 1990 appearance in our catalog of published ar­ Harmonizer. Time docs, indeed, fly. Here Harmony College show were taken from rangements with his fine work on the lovely is a quick review of recent publications, all the publication "Heritage of Harmony old song "Just A Dream Of You, Dear," calculated to help you get the year 1991 off Songbook," They are "Sweet Rosie #8130. The arrangement provides wonder­ to a grand start. O'Grady," #8114, "She Is More To Be ful possibilities for sensitive and artistic Pitied Than Censured," #8115, and "Sweet interpretation. The arrangement came to Dack To The '90s Sixteen," #8121. you in the November/Deccmber issue of That was the title ofour 1990 Harmony Twoadditional songscomplcte the music Tile Harmonizer. College show which featured music popu­ for the show "Back To The '90s." They are lar in the 1890s. There are some real gems "Asleep In The Deep," #8120, arranged by Songs COlllllosed BJ' Darbe,.shopllers here that we think yOll will enjoy. SPEBSQSA with a bass melody through­ Three barbershop composers contrib· "The Old-Tyme, Gay-Nineties, Parlour­ out, and "Who Threw The Overalls In Mrs. uted to our catalog of arrangements in 1990. Piano Medley," #7712, includes "Sweet Murphy's Chowder?" #8119, an arrange­ They include Gene Cokeroft, whosc song And Low," "Stars OfThe Summer Night," ment that is sure to tickle the funny bones of and arrangement, "Light Up Your Life With "Sweet Genevieve" and "Seeing Nellie singers and audiences alike. Hannony," #7711, was the theme song of Home." I remember learning these songs in the 1989 Association oflnternational Cham­ elementary school back in HUlltington, Ohio. Harmony Heritage Series pions show. It's exciting, fun, smashing. They embody perfectly the spirit of that Continuing the discussion ofsongs from Frank Buffington composed, and Lou period before the tllrn of the century. the '40s, several other songs in this series PCITY ananged, "r Want You To Be My One of the 1110St enduring sacred songs appeared in 1990. From England comes Sweetheart," #7557, a tender and loving from the past is "Amazing Grace," #7713. "Come Along My Mandy," #8113. Burt treatment of a sweet message. Try this for 1'0111 Gentry has given us an arrangement Szabo provided the arrangement of this your Valentine's Day performances; it came elegant in its simplicity, and easy for all excellent song. If you are searching for an in the January!February 1990 issue of Tile singers. up-tempo contest number with a bit of a Harmonizer. Burt Szabo again contributed to the challenge, this could be it. The March/April 1990 Harmon;zer Hannony College show with a medley in­ Szabo also resurrected "In My Merry included Mel Knight's composition and cluding "The Sidewalks Of New York," Oldsmobile," #8116, and created an excel­ arrangcment, "Why Not Say Goodbye The "The Bowery," "Daisy Bell," "After the lent show/contest arrangement of this fa­ Way We Said Hello," #7558. We have Ball" and "The Band Played On." Titled miliar song. It appeared in the May/June heard it sung a couple of times in contest to "A New York Medley In Three-Quarter 1990 issue of The Harmon;zer. enthusiastic audiences. Time," #7714, the familiar tunes will entice Jack Baird contributed his arrangement your audiences to sing right along with you, ofthewell-known"Ballin'TheJack,"#8117. Songs For Men Sel'ies One of the most popular items on thea­ Stage presence possibilities abound and it This series, numbered 7001-7290+ in­ ter bills during the 1880s and '90s was the is sure to be an audience pleaseI'. cludes arrangements of songs that are under melodrama. Villains and heroines encour­ From the pen of Rob Campbell comes copyright to various commercial publish­ aged the audience to boo and hiss. Burt "Waiting For The Robert E. Lee," #8118, ers. All the arrangements in this series are Szabo's arrangement of "Those Wedding an exciting arrangement that is just chal­ suitable for use in barbershopcontests. Many Bells Shall Not Ring Out," #7715, is one lenging enough for every singer in your titles in other series are suitable, as well, but composer's attempt to set the melodrama to chapter. all of the titles in the Songs For Men series music. The Harmon;zer issue for July/August are good for competition use. Nine songs in Two of the liveliest minstrel songs of 1990 contained Dave Briner's and Lloyd this serics were issued in 1990. the era arc "Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay" and Steinkamp's arrangement of "I'm In Love Rob Hopkins' arrangement of "Louis· "A Hot Time In The Old Town," #7717. With The Mother OfMy Best Girl," #8112. ville Lou," 1/7282, isflill of good humor, a This SPEBSQSA medley could be a great Here is a fine song for shmy or contest with bit challenging, and offers excellent oppor­ opener and/or closer for one of your show a clever lyrical twist. tunities for visual enhancemcnt of the pres­ packages. Another favoritc is "There Is A One of the classics of popular music in entation. TavemlnTheTown,"#7717. SPEBSQSA's the 1890s is the ballad, "I Wish I Had A "Too Many Kisses In The Summer," arrangement preserves all the good fun and Girl," #8123, which was released in the #7283, is a song we had not heard until some of the pathos of this fine old song. September/October Harmonizer. arranger Paul Engel "discovered" it. It is an Tent shows and revivals wcre a part of SPEBSQSA created this arrangement to excellent ballad with a strong lyric mes­ 19th~century the scene, much as they are satisfy many, many requests. sage. Paul's fine arrangement highlights today. Burt Szabo's arrangement of the #8124, "He'd Have To Gel Under-Get spiritual, "There's A Meetin' HereTonight," Out And Get Under," arranged by Burt continued next page

18 8fmfllonizer JanuarylFebruary t991 the lyric most effectively. Bob Graham and Lou Perry teamed lip on an arrangement of "That Wonderful Mother Of Mine," #7284. This is a lovell', heart-tugging ballad. Lou Perry has arranged a Humber of songs by Barbershopperlsongwriter Bob Godfrey. "Who Told You," #7285, was popularized by the international champion \~ quartet . LOll graciollsly t:. ~*,). offered his arrangement in answer to many . requests. The Perry name pops up frequently in our catalog, this time in collaboration with THE Ed Waesche on the song "I Called You My Sweetheart," #7286, another song that was HAPPINESS new to us. LOll and Ed have given us numerous magic moments in this arrange­ EMPORIUM ment. "Why Don't My Dreams Come True," #7287. is onc we remember from younger Experience the Thrills of days of quartet singing and wQodshedding, and one we have not heard for quite some "TtiArS ~/llt/T~I2TAI/llt/'"~/llt/T!" time. LOll Perry's fine, sensitive arrange­ The sixth and latcst H.E. album is the first with baritone, ment should help to repopularize this bcau­ Rick Anderson. Side One captures the excitement of a live tiful song. performance lalthough done in a studiol of the popular Burt Szabo found the song "There's "That's Entertainmentl" show package. Side TWo Something About An Old-Fashioned Girl," continues the tradition of H.E. variety and style #7288, in the Old Songs Library. It's a in ear·bathing stereo. lovell' ballad. That's Entertalnmentl now available on Compact Disc. "Living A Ragtime Life," #7289, is no Mall Order Prices doubt a rcsult of the ragtimc crazc in popu­ Quantltv Olscounls? Of Course! lar music. You'll enjoy Steve Jamison's Single record album or tapes -- 58.00. AI~ co Vld.. .m CnnliSTI· ru\ TIl any tl'lO •• 515.00. three or more .. $7.00 each Thars Enleltalnment "' treatment of the ragtime dog, the ragtime CD· MThal's EntertainmenW . $14.95 Doub~e Feature "x- X wife and the ragtime job. Lots of good VHS Video - ~Doubre Feature" - tlew reduced price· 520.00 Coni/or Yoursell X >< humor in this one. Please send me the following albums and/or Japes. >< Checks Payable to: EMPORIUM RECORDS Humble X >< X One of the Illost requested arrangements 9151 Glen Edin Lane, Minneapolis, MN 55443 flo\'! it Then X >< X of recent years is "My \Vife Is On A Diet," Rise "l Shine X >< Name Rightlrom the Stall #7190. Tom Gentry contributes his talents Street Posta e& Handlin $2.00 on this one, with loads of lyrical humor and canadian alders specify 'U.S. Funds· stage presence possibilities. City State Zip O...efstaS orders add 55 it specify 'U.S. Funds' Tt,f 1l.,ln~ ..1on. 'ftor t:l:lfH ~ GI unon(~ I«~~ (ojl ~ MI ~ If'-II ~Ul«llhJllM (o:.<'I:ftI:5 er ,~tl'l r«~'~ I'IJI ~,,~;'f>t"~riJ:~ ref u,.·,~;l Tolal Archive Series The third issue in the Society's Archive Series is "Sugarcane Jubilee," #8403. The song was written by Ozzie Westley, an arranger for, and coach of, numerous quar­ i_..-..-.._.. --.. _._-.-.. _.. _.. _.- .. _.. _.. _.. _.. _._--'- .. _.. _.. _._-_.. -i tets in the 19405 and '50s. Our arrangement is by Westley and "Buzz" Haeger. A i Remember the gang that I complete history of the song and arrange­ ment is included wilh the music. We guar­ i sang, ,, with a photo, I antee loads of fun with this lively, up­ ! • officiral cSonpvEenBtsioQn PShAotographer I tempo number. lor...... , lnCo I If you have a new Illusic subscription, I • Groups of 4 or 400 - Our specialty i you have already received most of these songs. If yOll are not a subscriber and wish I i to be one, telephone the orderdepartment at i Jim MinerPhotography, Inc. I international headquarters. i ' The Loop Mall k I i Kathy Haw inS 2216 Dundee Road i Good singing to you all.

January!February 1991 gimfnonizer 19 The Lifeline program and how it works by Jack Bagby Contributing Editor

The concept, operation and potential In selling up the LifeLine program, Mar­ rewards of LIfeLine, the new long-distance keting Vice Prcsident Gary Brown said, the

You can give your telephone system sponsored by the Society, Heart of America Foundation was inspired chorus or quartet the mind~boggling. winning edge in aclose are almost by President Bush's "Points of Light" vi­ contes\. Visual impact Consider: When a barbershopperlsub­ sion: that Americans, without government is an impor1ant par1 of Ihe scoring. Why not scriber in most (although not yet all) of the help, can make a difference in their world consider brand new uniforms instead of United States sends in his enrollment form, by finding creative solutions to some of the wimpy, worn-out "hand his long-distance scrvice is switched to the nation's problems. Lifeline was developed me downs"? Star1 inexpensIvely with a carrier offcring Lifeline the best rates in his as an alternative method for non-profit and basic uniform and continually add to it as area. He can then pick up a phone and dial charitable organizations to generate reve­ your budget permits. No need 10 buy more Frank ChI/berti, Jr. someone in any other part of the country, nue from a previously untapped source: Ihan necessary be- Presldenl, ChI/bert & Co. get the quality of service to which he is long-distance phone billings. cause you are assured (/lill decent leid) 01 aconlinual source of supply. You can add new accustomed and automatically generate a Surveys show the average residcntiallong­ lire and luster 10 your present uniforms with the addition of new colorful accessories. Call us with donation to the Society. distance bill in the U.S. is $20.52 a month. your ideas. We will arrange for you to see samples without obligation. Call Chilber1 & Co. Although it has cost him nothing to sub­ "Obviously, the discount to subscribers is when you care enough 10 have your group scribe, he gets a 5-to -15-percent discollnt not a major incentive in signing up," Brown dressed the very besl. from standard AT&T rates, and only one said. "While the amount of the discount CHECK THESE PRICES bill each month (from his local phone depends on the time of day and distance of ON BRAND NEW GOODS!' company) for both local and long-distance the call, five percent of$20 is, after all, only service. a dollar." .* Tuxedo Coat & Pants Best of all, the barbershop society, as a But the returns to the Society, based only ~~a/~~o:S~~~~~...... non-profit organization, will automatically upon this $20-dollar average, would be $115 receive 10 percent of the cost of all his calls $24,000 a year for 1,000 subscribers, * FOrmal Shirts - Laydol'ln & Wing Collar Styles and those of other subscribers. The annual $120,000 from 5,000 or $360,000 from White Only. . 517.50 benefit to the Society could amount to 15,OOO-less than one-half of the member­ * 2 pc. Tie & Cummerbund Sels - Name a c%r. . 511.00 hundreds of thousands of dollars. And the ship. * Suspenders- caller, at the end of each year, will be Nor is the LifeLine program restricted to Name a c%r 53.50 mailed a statcment (for income-tax pur­ Society members or even to residential * Banded Bo\'l Ties· Name a color - As 10\'1 as 53.50 poses) of the exact amount he has contrib­ customers. Family members or friends­ * Bulton-On Ruffled Dickies - uted to barbershopping. anyone who wishes to support the Soci­ White \'lith Colored Edgings 5.25 * Formal Shoes - Black Or Obviously, the conduct of such a project ety-also may subscribe to the service. White - sizes up to 15 523.50 must require a sizeable staff and a tower Business firms, many of which have 1011g­ Tuxedo Pants - * Black or While 535.00 full of computers-right? distance tolls ofhundreds ofdollars a month, * Also Available Wrong. The headquarters staffofAmeri­ may enrolllhrough LifeLine Priorities. Up * Vests * Blazers * Garment Bags Tel Communications, setup by the Heart of to four perccnt of the gross long-distance Lame (Metallic) Ties & Cummerbunds * America Foundation to manage and market billing from commercial accounts will be * Prices above are for orders of 6 or more. For less than 6 units, prices slightly higher. LffeLine, consists of exactly eight persons. donated to the Society. PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. They occupy modest officcs in a one-story "The percentage returned depends pri­ building in Norman, Oklahoma, a few miles marily upon the type of billing the business FREE SAMPLES south of Oklahoma City. A sophisticated requires," Brown said, "but for most it's a FREE CATALOG computer systcm is necessary, of course, to straight four percent." * NO OBLIGATION * keep track of the accounts of thousands of LifeLine application forms may be ob­ CALL US TOLL·FREE FOR A QUOTE subscribers and handle the disbursements tained from the international office in to non-profit groups. This work is con­ Kenosha; they include a box to be checked 1-800-289-2889 tracted to the RAM Group in Oklahoma for information about commercial accollnts. (1·800·BUY·A·TUX) City, one of the nation's largest accounting The Heart of America Foundation was MON, • FR!. 9 TO 5 (EASTERN) and asset-management firms. organized in 1988 in Everett, Washington, (Of interest to computer buffs may be the and moved its headquarters to Oklahoma chilbert & CO: fact that the computer handling the job is City late in 1989. Ameri-Tel was formed in Dept. BH-5, 408 Mill Street the recently released IBM AS 400 Model March 1990. In fewer than seven months it Coraopolis, PA 15108-1608 65 mainframe, which boasts 48 megabytes had signed lip more than 9,000 subscribers Member Airport Area Chamber of internal RAM memory and five gigaby­ from 310 non-profit organizations. The of Commerce, Coraopolis, PA tes [five billion bytes] of main storage.) continued on page 21 ]

20 c!JfaJinonizer January{Fcbruary 1991 barbershop harmony society is OIlC of the largest, with more than 1,000 subscribers, so far. Many of the other groups are HAS SEEN THE LIGHT! churches orchurch-affiliated organizations. You can see it too in their latest recording entitled "Several othercompanies offer charitable "I'm Beginning To See The Light" including such long-distance services," Brown said, "but favorites as "Everything Old Is New Again", and all have nm into obstacles. One ofthe major "I'm All That's Left Of That Old Quartet". Let blocks is the need to obtain certification in shine their way into your life, on C.D. states requiring it-a sometimcs lengthy 1990 4th Plaee Medalists of course!! process. Othcrs arc attempting to operate without certification, and at least one has been shut down in several states. Amcri-Tel Send this order form and your check payable to "TIle )tjll." (Canadian orders please specify ~U.S. Funds~) is the only one known to seek certification Ritz Recordings wherever it operates," he said, "and by this spring it will be certified in at least 44 Box 126, Oakwood, Ohio 45873 The distribution,ule or Idvertising of unofficial recordings ill not a repreacnlation states." International calls, however. will that the contcnls ofluch recordings are appropriale for conteat use. not qualify for discount rates or rebates to ----- the Society. The program also is not yet ------ORDER FORM CD CASSETTE I I 15.00 SIO.OO available to Canadian members. That coun­ I I'm Beginning To See The Light I try requires an entirely different type of I ,. 9.00 I certificntion, but, "We're working on it," TI,e Ritz... On Moonlight Bay Brown said. I S9.00 I Society Executive Director Joe Liles has I The Ritz I urged all members to try the new service. I SHIPPINGI I Name $ 2.00 If, at any time, a subscriber is dissatisfied I HAN DUNG I with the operation, a single phone call will I Address TOTAL $ I switch him back to his fanner service. I City Slale Zip I "It's an everybody-wins situation," Liles said. ~ ._------~

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JanunrylFebruary 1991 8fmfnonizer 21 Chapters in Action

chapter meeting in initiated a mail solicitation with telephone October-"Sing follow-up to more than 4,000 supporters with the champs and set up tables in shopping centers. In night." Quartet pro­ addition to revenue from the ticket sales, motion chairman the Barbershoppers received free publicity Ralph White en­ throughout the community. gaged theSidewind­ '" ** ers, 1964 interna­ Last September, twin-city-area Barber­ tional champion, for shoppers picked up lots of good will and the evening and an­ publicity, not to mention more than 2,000 nounced several names to be added to show-patron lists. weeks in advance Members ofthe Anoka, Bloomington, Hill­ that the chance to top, St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minn., Chap­ sing with lhechamps ters manned abarbershop booth at the Senior "Getting lhere is half the fun" might have been the slogan used would cost $10. Options Expo, held in the St. Paul Civic by the San Antonio Chordsmen for their journey to the recent Twenty-four Center. More than 14,000 senior citizens SWD convention in New Orleans. Thanks to the efforts of singers signed up, in­ and thier families attended. chapter travel organizer Mike Cain, more than 70 chorus cluding Dan Jordan, The booth distributed information pack­ members, wives and friends were treated to a 13-hour trip lead of The New ets on the history of barbershopping, Lo­ aboard a private car, provided by AMTRAK. When the head Tradition, 1985 gopedics and local chapter activities. A conductor heard the barbershop harmony going on in this car, champion. Each drawing was held every fifteen minutes for he hooked up the PA system so that all passengers on the singer received a a free Minneapolis Commodores chorus train could share in the music. photo and a cassette recording. Continuous videos were nm of recording of his performance. The nel pro~ international conventions, featuring cham­ The Riverside, Calif., Cill'us Beltel's, ceeds were donated 10 Logopedics in the pionship performances by quartets and their wives and guests from other chapters name of the latc Joe Daniels, original lead choruses. enjoyed an innovative and entertaining of the Sidewinders. Bloomington's Random Saml>le quar­

>;< *" *" tet wandered the main exhibition floor, The Greater Jacksonville, Fla., Chapter singing at various booths. The quartet also obtained an agreement from the local chap­ performed on the Show Hall stage with ter of the American Lung Association to Tony Randall and Steve Allen and did a market 226 tickets to the River Cil)' Cl1'O­ song package on the Exhibition Hall stage, rus's September show. In return for one­ which faced the 300 booths. ~ third of each ticket sold, the Association

Baritone Bruce Bachofer commutes more than 300 miles by air to attend Green­ fIJ ANNI dale, Wis., chapter meetings. A district OF sales managerfor TWA, Bachofer's travel BARBERSHOP I benefits came in handy when he was Herb Lawson, of the Estero Island, Fla., transferred from Milwaukee to SI. Louis. Beach Tones chorus, posed with some Lansing, Mich., Chapter President Frank Two chapter buddies alternate provid­ "special ladies" from the Allen Park Ele­ Richards congratulated chapter mem­ ing ground transportation and a place for mentary School for Hearing Impaired ber and cyclist Roger Nelson upon the Bachofer to stay on Monday nights; he Students. The chorus raised enough latter's return from a Race Across America catches a Tuesday-morning flight back money from a performance at a Fort qualifying event that took place in upper just in time for work. A two-year Barber­ Myers retirement center to donate an New York in September. Chapter shopper, Bachofer says that if jet-lag Apple computer to the school. Lawson, members pledged a per-mile rate forthe ever gets him down, SI. Charles' Daniel a "snowbird," sings with the Nashua, Inslitute of Logopedics. Nelson pedaled Boone Chorus rehearses just three N.H., Granite Statesmen except during 530 miles in 42 hours, finished 11 th in a miles from his home. the winter months. field of 31 and raised $260 for Logopedics.

22 8imfnonizer January/February 1991 Harmony is the "hook"

excerpts from (II/ address given by Dm'jd Wright at the DECREPITS Breakfast ill Sail Frallcisco, Jllly 5,1990

love for barbershopping led me into Ring Lardner. It told of four players on a a stndy of barbershop history. major-league baseball team who had a A My curiosity was aroused a few quartet. When the tenor, 3n aging pitcher, years ago while sitting in an Arrangement was sent back to the minor lengues, the Category meeting where a vigorous discus­ . team scout, who was also the baritone, sion was transpiring about whether or not recruited a young outfielder. As the story some particular chord or cliche is tradi­ unfolded, readers learned that the SCOlit was tional. 1 was amused by the fact that all the totally unconcerned with this outtlelder's statements bei ng made-proand con-were baseball talent-the young man was re­ based on current perception; never once did cruited only because he was a great tenor! anyone suggest looking back to ascertain The story was filled with humorous refer­ what the past tells liS. ences to the plnyers' obsession to harmony, With help and encouragement from Val making it unmistakably clear that the syn­ Hicks, Dean Snyder, and others, I began my drome which characterizes us as barber­ own investigation and, as a result, for the shoppers had been identified by 1915, and last few years I've taught the Harmony that Ring Lardner understood it well. College barbershop history course. 1 am As one listens to the Columbia Quartet's particularly struck by how one facet of 1908 recording of "Way Down Yonder in barbershopping has remained the same over The Cornfield" and, as they scoop and time. Barbershopping is, and has always swoop in that old-fashioned way, joyously been, something akin to a disense one con­ prolonging the lag until it becomes an en­ tracts and harmony is the virus. tity as long as the song itself, one easily Glenn Hownrd is the only person who has recognizes the symptoms. Their passion attended everyone ofour fifty-two conven­ for harmony was no less thnn ours. tions. But, before the first one, he had been IfI were asked to complete with one word quacteUing in central Illinois for twenty a sentence which begins "Barbershop is..... yenrs. One day, in 1919, he wns invited to I wouldn't hesitate for an instant to say, harmonize a bnss pnrt with three others to "Barbershop is harmony." The annals of the song "Bright Was The Night" and, from history resound with the certainty that har­ tlmt moment on, Glenn Howard's life was mony is barbershop's most defining and changed forever. alluringcomponent. Harmony is the"hook." __ Casselles@S11~ In the late '30 S, a man from Warsaw, You and I love the songs we sing primarily New York, was listening to a radio program because of the harmony. GROIV1NG GIRLS ALL GROWN UP __ CompacIOjscs@S14~ called "Sweet Adeline." A qunrtet was The supremacy of harmony in our style is __ Casselles@S10~ singing songs from Ed Slnalle's book ofbar­ evidenced by the amount of time we spend THE SECOND EDITION t bershop arrangements. The emcee of the singing tags-a barbershop curiosity de­ __ CompacIOiscs@S14"l'i show mentioned O.C. Cash and a newly void of nearly all musical elements except Casseltes@S97,; fanned organization ofhannonizersin TuIsa, hannony. No FOl1n, nosymmetry. no rhythm, SECOND EDtTlON T-SHIRTS Oklahoma. The listener arranged to visit often no melody, indistinguishable meter-­ 57 95 each (Adll:! SizKOno'y) Cash in Tulsa and attended a barbershop -and we don't miss them. We just love to DL OXL DXXL convention in New York City in 1940. For experience the harmony, again and again. Add $2l" Shipp:llQ'1iand'-no this man, Phil Embury, life would never We enjoy learning new tags but, when we TOTAll"'~~PK>~/USIu:ml again be the same; he was thereafter devoted really need a fix, an old fumiliarone will do to the music he loved. just fine. "When it's sleepy time down One day, in Topeka, Kansas, before there south," "When I leave the world behind..... was a SPEBSQSA, another young man, "My dream is o'er 10 live no more; last Huck Sinclair, fell victim when he heard an night was the end of the world..... "Falling () itinerant quartet singing "After Dark" on a in love over again with you, foolish over THE UEST OFTWO WOlILDS P.O. Box 4010' 910 Ibch.1nd I..arW! street corner. He became a lifetime enthu­ )'ou.....-I get chills just thinking about -=- JelfersorrS'e,1Il47IJI-4100 siast and sang baritone in the Four Har­ them. A tag may well be barbershop in its - M Orders Stnl UPS 1:r' :.~ Rush Orders Call (812) 283·0G83 monizers, our 1943 quartet champion. purest form, with all extraneous matter (gam· 5'30 pm EST t.~on· Fril In 1915, McCllIres magazine published a Card# Exp. _ Ttt d$to.f.oJ'\ Sol:.! CJ( loJ,~ CiI I,J"l(r(1oll ro?(CJ(~f9S IS r« r 11>•." corWlS CiI s'X!> r«:O'd"'"9S in ~.prCf.nJ'~II;<' ((

January/February 1991 8fmfnonizer 23 Cill1l when they are achieving a distinct and positive effect. When a linear approach is Nuggets are not linear taken, there is no enjoyment; there is only functionality. by Connie Keil & Larry Ajer The next time you attend a contest or a show, consider the consistency and quality The followillg is a summary ofa disclIs­ song. There is no chancc of producing of the Illusical "nuggets" offered for your SiOll, heldduring CategOl)' School;11 Phila­ artistry in such an environment and a per­ enjoyment by the performers. If you come delphia last August, on the differences be­ fonnance presented on the contest stage away able to list a chronology ofevenIS, Ihe tween a tec/mical/)' L'orrecl pelformollce will lack that "nugget" ofbeauty thai can be performance was most likely poorly done. and olle that is truly artistic. An idea tllat expressed in a single word or phrase. The If you recall exciting moments and strong captured the fancy oft!lose assemhled was judge will make a brief note regarding the fcelings IOward the songs, then the per­ to attach a single word or phrase--a IIl1g­ presentation, but it will not be positive. It formance was probably exceptional. .@ ger"-Io each pCJjormollce. may be something such as "fragmented, tentative, mechanical, timid," or even, "Hook" Every musical performance. from the "uncomfortable," and the judge will list 1110St artistic to that of the raw beginner, specific mood disruptions that caused such continued from page 23 presents some specific ingredient by which an effect. stripped away, allowing us to get right to it can be described. A song should not be At the other end of the spectrum arc the the thing we love most-the harmony. presented, and cannot be evaluated or ap­ truly artistic performances in which the My historical rarnblings don't reaUyexplain preciated, as a linear event. If the per­ audience shares thc object of the song with themysterious attraction that harmony holds former merely sings the words and notes in the performer. When this occurs, a viewcr's for liS, they merely confirm that it was there sequence, the audience will neither appre­ emotional memory is awakened in thecontext from the beginning. The ringing ofa chord ciate the music nor perceive any sense of of Ihe song and it becomcs 10lally real. The can make a permanent impression, even artistry. "nugget" of such a performance might bc change Ihe direclion of a life. Like Glenn By contrast, ifa song is performcd with described as "classy, powerful, enchanting, Howard, Phil Embury, Huck Sinclair, the an objcctive of focllsed fcelings, the craft, moving," or even, "the thrill of pure excite­ Columbia Quartet and countless others, you tcchnique, words and notes will function to ment." There are many terms to describe and] are inevitably drawn to harmony; to crcate artistry, This discussion is designed reaction to a top-quality performance. sing it, to hear it and to propagate and to bring performers to an awareness of the Consider how you, as an audience member, preserve it. -@ need to establish an objective and work performer or ajudge (aren't we all, really?) their craft to produce a believable focus on would give a name to an overall perform­ Ihe result. ance. This is the "nugget" of description As an elenlcnt ofthe barbershop quartet that tells how you felt after the song ended. arl form, our Society has developed the When feelings are described, Ihe effect ofa system ofContest and Judging, wherein we performance is evaluated. FOR STUDENTS. TEACHCRS. COMPOSCRS/ attempt to put a numerical value on an In training contest judges, much time is COMPOSE • PLAYBACK • PRINTOUT artistic event. Thc challenge prescnted in spent in learning the art of evaluating the TRANSPOSE • WRITE lYRICS • All a.rrs this system is both difficult and dangerous: performance "nugget." The contest judge All TEMPOS. KEY AND TIME SIGNATURES El£CmOMC .USOCWt difficult bccause art cannot easily be re­ tries to present specific details to illustrate 'Undoubtedty UM molt lM,>.ptntoiw no\fltion program lor 1M PC. Nitty.' duced to a score and dangerous because why Ihe believability level was so high. JAZZ EDUCATORS JOClfltW.; 'l4ny fuMu lound on p!'odUctl oot~ng singing is such a personal event that reason­ The judge then checks the elements of $200 and up. Yovr btl! buy In muskl no!lllion.' MUSIC TECHNOlOGY; able men can disagree on the effect and presentation producing the result and puts a 'Qett;ng ,round BAS!C COMPOSER II ~ry uly. The IOI./nlng tuNt It thot1.' believability being expressed. grade to it in terms of quality and consis­ IIlSTRUMENT,\UST; '!ncl'dibl, amount ot ~fl\b[lity . MUSIC AIm 00MP\JfER EDUCATOR: To besl refieci the striving for excel­ tency. 'If> OIllsl.lt>ding VtJUf' lence that any contest system suggests, the It is obvious that, if the "nugget" used to QAVlER #1 fanldng for .... 01 1,1...... -.. ~., ~ 'I' . style of music and the audience's and per~ describe a performance is "pure energy," 1<\\1 IWiJ ~E fl former's interests all need to be considered. then the score will be above-average. On FEATURES N::t.lJOE: all 1M bt~ 01 mu5lc no\fltion plus: .vtom.t;e g.MI.tion of chords. Both performers and audiences should have the other hand, if the feeling is described as .lJlom.1ic bu,nlng." ...... 1' of t)'ra. r.ng.,bo.lrd di.gram•• tM.ts'9'r~tlU" the same goal-enjoyment of the song. "uncomfortable" the score will be below­ monilOl'. mutk&l syntu. dIIck.,. compo.. on ont t!llff tl. tim. or the Grind S\fIff, full When ourjudging program is at its best, average. idiling. d.l transpotit:on. ching. "mpo, Nt tnd past" ,.rOl'mlt,. H.:p K.y. tltrlC'lion and transposR;on of Plitt. uSlrq ...., &lit WII.IlouSl. SOrt....l1. City, SOtt l1. Elc.• on the words, notes, chords and meter of a mental. People cnjoy communicating best W.ld.nSQft"·l1., and In Can.dt .doo, .nd U.K.

24 8!mfl1oflizer J,Hluary!Fcbru:uy t991 So, how qualified are the judges, anyway? by Bill Rasilleigh Music Specialist and Sound Judge

How qualified are the judges, anyway? eligible to take the next test in the series. minimum, most candidates complete fouror The entire process for becoming a certified As an example, the Sound Category test five before feeling comfortable with the judge in a scoring category can be found, in consists of four tapes containing the re­ numbers because, after each contest ses­ detail, in the Contest and Judging (C&J) corded performances of eighteen quartets sion, the candidate compares his numbers Handbook but, perhaps, the following ab­ and fifteen choruses, each perfonning two and clinical notes with those of the official breviated version can answer some ques­ songs. Official Judging Fonns are provided panel. (Incidentally, the official scores tions. and a proctor monitors the testing process. undergo computer analysis for discrepan~ The perfonnances are heard and scored, cies; a difference of ten points or more Certification is a long process including appropriate A&R comments. The between judges must be discussed prior to The first step in entering the judging pro­ test takes about four hours to finish, after A&R. A discrepancy report is then for­ gram is to fill out four application fonns which three choruses and three quartets are warded to the CS for further action.) provided by the District Associate Contesl selected for a mock A&R session. The candidate then must make a mock and Judging Chairman (DACJC), listing The tape of the A&Rs and the score A&R tape, consisting ofthree eight-minute five people whom you feel will recommend sheets, along with the performance tapes, A&Rs, with the certified judge(s) acting as you for the program. After the forms are are sent to the ICJ office for grading. The the conlestant(s). The certified judge(s) signed by your chapter president, they are applicant's scores are compared to scores will ask questions of the candidate as if in a forwarded by the DACJC to each of the given by as many as twenty certified judges real A&R situation, then fill out an evalu­ people listed on the application, as well as who have previously scored the perfonn- ation of the A&Rs given by the candidate. to individuals of his own choosing. This will count as 40 percent of his total These people fill out the evaluation por­ grade for the weekend. The evaluation of tion of the forms and return them to the All attributes required the scores for the contest by the candidate DACJC. The recommendation for "pass­ to represent the Soci­ count 40 percent and 20 percent of the ing" is that two of the five evaluations grade is based on the comments and grades should average 80% positive and the re­ ety as a certified judge given by the certified judge and Chairman mainder should average above 60%. Even are evaluated, includ­ of Judges. if the evaluations are positive, the DACJC, ing the individual's Thecandidate must then, within 24 months, the Category Specialist (CS), and the Assis­ attend a four-day category school before he tant International Contest and Judging knowledge, ability, at­ can take a final examination for certifica­ Chainnan (AICJC) must approve them. titude and image. tion. Annual category schools consist of a After all the uecessary officials have minimum of thirty hours of classroom in­ approved the application, the International stl1lction, testing, practice judging and stu­ Coutest and Judgiug (ICJ) Office in Ke­ ance tapes. dent evaluation. nosha will send a letter to the applicant The tapes are then sent to the CS, who During the school, candidates, along with stating that he has been accepted into the listens to the A&R comments and evaluates certified judges, practice-score hundreds of program. the applicant. If the CS gives a passing performances. They practice A&R tech­ A General Knowledge Test, which must grade on the mock A&R tape, and if the niques and discuss category positions and be completed within 60 days of receipt, ac­ scores are within a 70% accuracy range, concepts. Each takes a series of tests for companies the acceptance letter. compared with those ofthe certified judges, scoring accuracy, attends combined meet­ This open- book test, covering the rules of the applicant becomes a judge candidate in ings between the categories and discusses the contest system, is graded by the ICJ the Sound Category. teaching techniques. office. The ICJ office infonns the applicant The CS determines a candidate's passage by letter if he was successful in this step and Candidacy is just the first hurdle or failure at the school. All attributes re­ encloses a series of Category Tesls. Once the applicant becomes a candidate, quired to represent the Society as acertified The Category Tests are specific to the he begins a series of practice scorings. He judge are evaluated, including the individ­ individual categories and deal with rules, must practice-scoreamillimum ofone quartet ual's knowledge, ability, attitude and im­ knowledge of the elements of the category, contest and one chorus contest at adivision, age. Analysis and Recommendations (A&R) district or international preliminary level, lf the candidate passes the school, he is techniques and teaching techniques. Each and one combined chorus and quartet con­ scheduled for a final exam, serving as a category has a slightly different testing test at the district or international prelimi­ panel member at a district or international procedure but all explore the full range of nary level. These sessions must be sepa­ preliminary contest, outside of his home category elements. rated by a minimum of three months but by district, in which both quartets and choruses Completed, tests are graded by the CS. If no more than eighteen months. a passing grade is achieved, the applicant is Although three practice contests are the continued on page 27

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What a bright way to wake up America," commented co-hosts Harry Smith and Paula Zahn of CBS Network's "This Morning" show when Topeka's Rip Chords quartet was featured on the October 17 show. Registered since 1962, the Rip Chords pose in their "Music Man" costumes at the Kansas Museum of History's Two quartets from the Greater Union­ Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe exhibit; (I to r): Herschel Stroud, lead; Bob Fox, town, Pa., Chapter combined to sing at tenor; Tom Knoebber, bass and Bill Hamm, bari. a Barbershop Wedding ceremony re­ cently. Posing during the reception were Dutch Treat and Whatever Four (rear. I to r): Sid Guest, bari; Kevin O'Brien, tenor and Ken Miller, lead, of Dutch Treat; Dan Caldwell, bari and John Trump, bass, of Whatever Four. (Front, I to r): Don Hershberger, tenor; Archie Miller, lead (and father of the bride) of What­ ever Four and Jerry Provance, bass of Dutch Treat.

Chordlally Yours, a quartet from the Lawrence County, Pa., Chapter, was fea­ tured in the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater's world premier of "The Mighty Casey" last October. Vocal music by the foursome was woven throughout the presentation. Four more shows are scheduled for April 1991 at Pittsburgh's Benedum Center for the Performing Arts. Posed in back of "Casey" and "Betsy" are (I to r): Gary Murphy, tenor; Jeff Gehm, lead; Dave Winkle, bass and Dick Jones, bari. Last October, Illinois Governor James 'When Bill Dunnett, music director of three barbershop "chestnuts" which were Thompson invited the Harmony Sound the Northern Kentucky Chapter's Sons of then performed 011 a show for seniors. System quartet, from the Oak Lawn Dixie chorus was asked by Northern Ken­ AIso appearing on Ihe show was Dun­ Chapter, to perform at a private "Octo­ tllcky University to coordinate an Elder­ nelt's quartet, lhe KC)'llotcl's. Last slim­ berfest" held on the grounds of the hostel program 10 instruct a group of senior mer, the Keynoters sallg the national an­ Governors Mansion in Springfield. Pic­ citizens in , he found thai, them before a Cincinnati Reds-New York tured (I to r) are: Bob Tuohy, lead; Ernie of the 16 men, four were fonner Barber­ Mcts game which was carried all NBC Kopp, tenor; GovernorThompson; Gerald shoppers. Dunnett rehenrsed the group on television. The quartet also performs on a Buikema, bari and Harold Pastoor, bass.

26 r!JfaJflJonize/~ January/February 1991 continued from page 25 arc competing. Usually, the panel will in~ elude the CS or a member of the category board of review (BOR). The DACJC evatuates the candidate's performance and prepares a report which is sent to the CS, BOR, and AICJC for evalu­ ation. If the report is satisfactory, the ICJC, acting all behalf of the International Board, certifies the candidate.

Certification is not the end of Ihe Iinc "Wow," you may think, "that's a long process." Well, you're righi, but the certi­ fied judge is not finished with training. He mllst submit a tape of his A&R comments once a year for review. He must also attend category school once every three years for re-certification, The concept of "once a judge, always a judge" is not true in the Society. If a certified judge doesn't submit a tape, if the tape is unacceptable, or if he doesn'! attend and pass category school, he is put on ad­ ministrative leave. While on leave, he cannot judge in any Society-sponsored function. It is sometimes easy to forget that judging a contest performance is just a momentary evaluation of two repertoire songs. The whole purpose behind the judging program is to benefit the contestant. The judges go through a lot to get the training and educa~ tion needed to accurately score and wisely advise a contestant. And that is how it should be. The next time you ask yourself, "So, how qualified are the judges, anyway?" take a The "HAPS" are alive and swell! And if you don't have all of their glance at the C&J Handbook and remember wonderful albums you're missing out on a lot of great barbershop that the system is at work for you, the music from these perennial gold-medal favorites. competitor. .@ And now they have released a stereo video of their incredible "Wizard of Oz" routine which has been enthralling audiences all over the country. When you see it you'll know why!

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January/February 1991 8fmflJonizer 27 Letters to the Editor

Thoughts or renections about our trip to Ihe U.S. The younger generation speaks from the Quiet DOll Qllortet Dear Sir: I finally find lime to write my impres­ not achieving a good imitation ofAmerican sions about our visit 10 the United States for barbershop quartet style, we became recon­ A few issues ago, one of your articles I feel more relaxed and composed and free ciled with our own style. made reference to the fact that rock and from euphoria which is experienced by Those that attended our concerts might roll, while evolving as a musical style, does every visitor from Russia to the United remember a song, "Mame," which we en­ not exactly inspire a young man to burst Slates. joyed singing so very much. We put an into song. If that is true, then why are there The first 1110st powerful shock I got effort to mouth the words in English and we literally thousands of rock bands through­ when we reached New York City was by were proud of doing it. We realized that in out North America comprised of teenagers the reception given to us; it was beyond ollr fast tempo we were able to give better and young adults? These age groups are not expectations. Never before wefe we met by English pronunciation. well represented in the membership of an official properly dressed man with a During our stay we were able to attend SPEBSQSA. revolver at his side. Such honor is given Broadway Iheater, Disneyland. Hollywood There are hundreds of tender rock bal­ only to important individuals 01'10 bigcrimi­ and meet a number of men from the field of lads that can stand theirowJ1 against ballads nals. Though we do not classify ourselves politics. We visited children's hospilals of any other genre. Ifthis were not so, why to the last category. yet we were pleasantly and gave interviews to representatives of would accomplished musicians such as relieved when Paul Santino, a member of newspapers, radio and TV. We enjoyed Arthur Fiedler, Issac Stern and Placido the barbershop quarlet [Sociely1 appeared motor boat rides and eating in good restau­ Domingo perfoml versions of this music? with a smile and greeted us. Our baritone, rants and clubs. We felt we were following FlII'thennore, a large proportion of contem­ Sergei Tarakallov, observed that there is an in the footsteps of "movie stars." porary recordings have a lead vocal sup­ ample supply of good-natured people with We were impressed with the kindness ported by two- and three-part harmony. lots of enthusiasm among the barbershop­ and helpfulness that the men and women I am a fanner member of SPEBSQSA pers. showed us during our visit and because of and have listened, with great envy, to per­ Just a few months ago we were sure that this we made many friends. This made a formances by Sweet Adelines, who mix tra­ we were conforming (0 the barbershop profound impression onus. I cannot forget ditional barbershop style with more con­ quartet's form and style. At the same time that moving event at our last perfonmlllce temporary music. Suggestions within my we were aware of our shortcomings and at the Cow Palace on July 7th; at that time own chapter to include a smattering of con­ imperfections. Our self-confidence and our tenor, Yuri Vasiliev, gave the farewell temporary music in our repertoire fell on sense of self-assurance in May was upset in speech and we sung "Moscow Nights." deaf ears. I am but one of several young the month of June when we realized that Because of the emotional state, l11y voice barbershoppers who joined and then left the there was much more to the art of perform­ failed me and there was a painful feeling of Society because of its fossilized attitude ance of the barbershop quartet than we impendingpm1ing with so manygood friends. about the kind of music that fits the barber­ imagined. Our visit is in the past [but] now we shop slyIe. Our singing in Carnegie Hall did not know that barbershop singing is just begin­ I am not suggesting that Barbershoppcrs satisfy our expectations. We were not sure ning for us. Now we know that barbershop should perform medleys ofille latest heavy­ ofthe reaction ofour all(licnce. At times we is not only a style of singing but it is also a metal hits, but simply incorporate some of thought that our popularity hinged on the style of lives, which unites different people today's finer music into the barbershop visit of President Gorbachov, who was in and which brings out the 1110st wonderful inventory. This is the only way you are the U.S. al Ihat limc. In the middle of our spiritual feelings. And we believe that in going to attract and retain large numbers of sojourn we began to think that we have the near future this singing will conquer the young singers to represent the future of the achieved recognition 011 Ollr own strength. whole world. Sociely. Toward the end ofour trip, though we were OleR Ko\'ttlel1ko, bass CllOlly Boland Rostov-ol1-Dol1, USSR Ottawa, Ontario

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28 r3iarfllonizer Jnnuary!Febrllary 1991 The Way I See It ...

Mcmbcrship opportunitics abound individuals act almost without regard to resolved to begin singing as soon as I was themselves. settled in Morristown. And so, last fall, T At a recent chapter meeting, I had the For example, military units in combat did. opportunity 10 talk with two ex-members. and athletic teams seem to evoke behavior If surgeons could establish a direct link Both of these men contributed greatly dur­ that causes individuals to do things that can from my brain to my word processor, and if ing their years with tis. When I extended an result in serioliS injury to themselves and to I exercised that link for a thousand life­ invitation for them to return, both expressed continuc to perform, even though injured. times, I could not describe the rapture that reservations. One felt that shift work inter­ The common denominator is the sharing of gradually grew inside me as I became once fered and the other lacked the old drive and intense emotional experiences. These again a practicing membcr of an organized enthusiasm. experiences lead to a bond of loyalty that choral group, and as I discovered for the To them, and to any other inactive or motivates people to behave so as not to let first time the joyofsiuging in thebarbershop past-mcmbcr,1 suggcstthcfollowing. Enjoy the group down. style. the hobby 10 the extent you arc able. Par­ Pcrhaps this study explains the bond Nearly all singing is a joyous, wonder­ ticipate to the degree that is acceptable to that kceps us barbershoppers together. What ful feeling. But singing in a chorus is an you. more iIltenseemotionaIexperiencecan there ever-so·slightly bittersweet joy that makes Years ago, I wasn't that nexible or be than locking chords in a good pelfonn­ an interesting contrast to the daily life ofan understanding. I thought that members ance before an involved audience? ambitious man in the world. To do well in who fcll by thc waysidc wcre lost. There­ that world is to excel, to stand out from the fore, I encouraged those working on mem­ Gale Demaree crowd. Success in Inaterial society de­ bership to foclis on new recruits. Joplin, Mo. pends, in large part, on being different. Now, having been there myself, I can Yet, in contrast to the soloist, the chorus assure yOll that there are a zillion reasons All of us arc really only member excels by blending in. He can do why men stop barbershopping. The reasons members of the chorlls well only by recalling his relative insignifi­ range from the ridiculous-not being able cance, by merging his voice into a sound to enter a contest hall without buying a If a human voice can be said to be rusty, amidst which it can never be isolated. The tickct-to the more believable-job pres­ mine was. Certainly it squeaked; it had chorus member must humble himself in a sures, family considerations, other inter­ been nearly 10 years since l sang in any or­ way that the ambitious man does only under ests, etc. ganized chorus, and the decaying vocal duress or at prayer. However, we do see men returning. cords didn't work quite the way they used Furthermore, since one cannot sing in a chorus without imagining oneself a soloist, Priorities change with circumstances and to. it is an experience that forces most of liS to time. This opens up a powelful recruiting It wasn't that I ceased wallling to sing. confront our own limitations. A pathetic tool: our past membership rolls. There are No sane human being desires to abruptly part of me will always yearn to be betler men out there who may be thinking of change from singing five days a week to not than Pavarotti. returning to our hobby. We need to extend singing at all. I was simply a victim of The beauty of music, however, is such invitations to them and prOl'ide barber­ circumstances. that one can enjoy it anyway. When I feel shopping activities that march their panici­ Upon graduating from college, I plunged my body stretching automatically, making pationlimits. It takes planning, but I'll bet rather quickly into graduate school and, all­ me briefly an inch taller as a high note rings we could find more than a few good men in too-simultaneously, fathered three wonder~ outjusl right, I savorsomething much greater the process. ful children. Suddenly, therc was simply no than my aural achievement. I expcrience a room in my life for singing, except at the brief visceral awareness of something that Roger Sn)'der children's bedtime. Later, as graduateschool is always true but often obscured: the fact Dundalk, Md. and diapers gave way to preschool and H that I, a living creature, am a small but career, organized singing just didn't auto­ meaningful part of a great and glorious GrouJ! 10)'all)' studicd matically reclaim a role in my life. Who larger world. had time anymore? We are all of us members of the chorus, Several years ago, I read a report of a Thcnlast spring, after months ofcareer­ citizens of the living world that sustains us, study on the elements of kinship. I've long orienlcd deliberation and preparation, I but we often and easily forget. A smaller since forgotten the namcs of the research­ uprooted Illy family, abandoning the grecn part of a great whole is, in the end, what crs, but I'll ncvcr forgct the results. hills of Pittsburgh for the reputcdly toxic each of LIS tl1lly is, and we are ultimately The bonds aud loyalty within a group plains of New Jersey. Onc night, feeling happiest when we can embrace this reality. are related to sharing common experiences. decidedly middle-aged as I awaited the Within some groups, individual belmvior is movers, I realized that if I didn't start sing­ Nathaniel Borenstein Montclair, N.J. mostly self-serving, while in other groups, ing again soon, T probably ncver would. I

January/February 1991 8fmfnonizer 29 Barbershop Around the World

Two years in planning, the trip to Ger­ many and Sweden last August by the Sun Harbor Chorus from San Diego was a huge success. More than 90 chorus mem­ bers made the trip, accompanied by friends and family members who swelled the tour group's size to 157 persons. After a stop in Munich, and an illl­ prOI11tll performance at the famous Hofbdiuhaus, the Americans moved all to Kaiserslautcn, near Ramstein AFB, for a formal concert sponsored by the usa. Two German quartets, Take Four, from Kiel, The Sun Harbor Chorus appeared on a USa-sponsored show in Kaiserslauten, and Bars and Stripes. four servicemen Germany. from Hahn AFB, were featured on the show. Two days later, the highlight of the man singers have decided to hold a national Stockhotm's Sun Light Chorus and the German portion of the trip took place at a convention within the next year. Ronningc Chorus-both from Harmony specially planned party/afterglow event in In Sweden, the San Diegans were hosted International, as well as the SNOBS silver­ the sl11all town of Spei, near Koblenz, on by the Vocat Vikings chorus in Stockholm, medalist quartet, Old Spice, and Growing the Rhine River. More than 100 German in return for their having hosted this Swed­ Girls, current Queens of Harmony. barbershoppers, including men's and ish chorus during its 1988 California tour. At a show two nights later in Nykoping, women's choruses from Cologne, converged Joining the Sun Harbor Chorus all a show in the San Diego chorus filled out the program on the site to share barbershop harmony. the Konserthaus, where the Nobel Peace with performances by seven chapter quar­ The event was so successful that the Ger- Prizes are awarded, were the Vocal Vikings, ~s. •

IRELAND - HOME OF "MY WILD IRISH ROSE"

hSSOC~ ~e,.~ f'i')"'o The Irish Why not stay longer and sing The Flat Top Mountain Chorus from " lJJ-·0 :I'~ Association of your way around Ireland in Capetown, SOUtil Africa, now number­ . -. ~ Barbershop "Dublin's Fair City" by the "Lakes ing 16 men, mostly from the southern ~ ¢l. (/; Singers invite all of Killarney" and "Watch the sun suburbs, will be limited to 20 to preserve @~ ~~ Barbershoppers go down on Galway Bay". ~RSH~~ from across the the quality of singing, according to direc­ ~f

30 8imfnonizer January/February 1991 Jallllary!FebrllUl)' 1991 r:ff!mfllonizer 31 Jim Bob Kirkendoll sez: lIIEY'RE Swipes 'n Swaps Swipes '1/ Swaps listings arc non-commercial ads only, For sale: approximately 45 yellow and black tuxe­ published as a service to readers. Rate: SID per column dos, Uniform consists of yellow coal with black inch or portion thereof. All ads subject 10 approval by trim, black pants, white ruffled shirt, black bow tie mLL the publisher. and blackcummerbund. Special pricing of $325 for the lot F.G.B, Monroe, Mich. Contact Gene Finley, CHORUS DIRECTORS WANTED 212 Cranbrook, Monroe, MI48161 (313) 241-7129. HERE! Atlanta, Georgia's Peachtree Chorus, chartered Forsale: 75AflerSix two-tone tan tuxedos; $2,500 "I meon, ore we reody for th~? Irs been over 0 in 1954, is looking for an energetic and knowledge­ takes all. Package includes coat vest, pants, yeor now ond the DeDler's ChDlce is still together. able director. With an active membership of 35 and shoes and ruffled shirts, in all sizes. Contact No fisl figh~. No ~\'l\Ui~. Just three hoppy iooMdook enthusiastic membership and music teams, as well George Kocher, R.D. 2, Box 106, Perkasie, PA 0Il~ as two experienced assistant directors, the Atlanta 18944. 000 one old soreheod, piJttin' out 0 souoo thot 0 Chapter is on the rise and needs adynamic individ­ (OIllpllct dis< (On done. ual to help bring it all together for performance and AmI spooking of (Os, their new nde, Like The competition. As the economic and cultural hub of ~ the soulheast, Atlanta offers almost unlimited First Time, stronger thon 0 Sillre plltch of UNIFORMS FOR RENT ~Iopenos. Imeon, dyou like your 'Shop s~ced, you've employment and social opportunities. Come join a growing chapter in a growing city. Contact Ken gothl try th~. Irs like 0 hee Tex~~ex buffet. Somethin' Worley, 4803 Elam Rd .• Slone Min .• GA 30083 or FOR RENT- World War I replica uniforms (60) for evefYborly, know whot imeon, rnd son? (404) 298-8957 evenings. complete with helmet, belt and wrap leggings. Will Try th~ menu: Mr. PiDnD MDn, RDse CDlored rent smaller quantities. Super successful show GIDsses, Vou'li Never Know, ~IJS Gory Polker's The 81. Catharines' Singing Saints Barbershop theme or contest package. Ideal for quarteVcho­ monumentol BeDch Boys "'~ Chorus, chartered in 1951, isseeking an energetic rus. Contac!: Tom Russell, Riverbend Drive, Box Medley. If thors \\\\'.\ ~\\ and knowledgeable director who would welcome 254A. Mystic. CT 06355. (203) 572-9121 24 hrs. \~".~. the challenge of making a good chorus better-in not enough, add ..,,,..," performance and in compelllion, The chorus has FOR RENT: 65 World War" khaki unilorms. Silver sequin trim on hats and side seam of pants. Also, off·th&OOckboord ,. \.... an active membership of 45 singers, a dedicaled ~om dunks like.' ';. silver tie for that extra sparkle on stage. Complete administrative team and an experienced music Oovi 5703. (HOI(III C"JYI.1IIo]//o.,. CUll LAST SISSION CUSTOM BARBERSHOP HARMONY LEARNING TAPES (oftedo(s Item \lith Greg lyre LIKE TNE fiRST TIMI III CD Are now ovoiloble .. .recorded from your orrongements in VT-VP-VO 10rmol...Any song your thorus wonts, or 8e

32 c!JfaJilJonizer January{February 1991 An International Championship is a great achieve­ ment, but what makes a champion great cannot be achieved. An elusive quality... It's a feeling. The elec­ tricity of agreat sound in performance. An excitement that only a few can generate. For over 15 years, the Bluegrass has shown a style, command, and aUention to their craft that has put them at the of Ihis uniquely American al'l form. It is in that tradilion that they once again offer what will become a "must" (or your collection. On "Here to Stay," the Bluegrass sing "Slap that Bass," "Swanee," "Porgy and Bess Overture," and "Love is Here to Stay," along with other great songs by George Gershwin.

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Fifty-five different course offerings cover everything Harmony College expenses, including transportation, you've ever wanted to know about barbershopping. are legitimate chapter expenses. Be sllreYOllr chapter New courses include classes on the artistry of inter­ sends at least one representative. Harmony College pretation, advanced vocal techniques, script writing, is offered only to members of SPEBSQSA and affili­ coaching apprenticeship and the importance of enter­ ates. Payment in U.S. funds only. tainment in shows. Study the contest scoring catego­ ries and practice what you learn in a mock judging Payment is due upon registration after January 1: session. $310.00 Refunds for cancellations: Enrollment open to 700 students, including 25 quar­ Before June 1,1991 - total refund tets. Fees include room, board, tuition and most After June I, 1991 - $100 charge materials.

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