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VOL 30, NO. 2 HOSTS OF 2007 DENVER INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION March/April 2007 Glenn Simpson, Montrose, Colorado, Passes! SPRING Written by Bill Sutton, Montrose editor CONVENTION Glenn Simpson is gone. But his force field remains with us. Glenn, after battling health problems for a month or so, joined the celestial chorus to sing barbershop har- OGDEN mony for eternity. Not a bad thing to look forward to. His many community efforts will long be remembered as his name will live forever in the many organizations he bene- APRIL 28-29 fited. He was active in all phases of Magic Circle Theater as an officer and by perform- ing in several plays. He was a connoisseur of orchids and poodles and wine. He was a Mark your calendar and plan to at- Naval fighter pilot. Glenn was a source of strength to the Black Canyon Barbershop tend, as the top quartets in the RMD Chorus. He started with us as a bass but quickly took advantage of his vocal range by square off and seek to qualify for switching to tenor, the part he loved. He inspired us by designing and producing sev- the International contest here in our eral of our annual shows, and more. When he first joined our singing group, he imme- home District. Cheer them on and diately was identified as a mover, thus resulting in his being elected as our President enjoy our “hometown heroes.” Re- within a year. From that point, Glenn was our Program Vice President, music librarian, member that a new member can Barbershopper of the Year, and sang at one time or another as a tenor in various quartets with just about all our members. He appeared recently with Duane Morris, obtain one free registration to a Dis- Larry Wilkinson, and Chuck Frush in a picture of one of our quartets for a Valentine’s trict Convention (Spring or Fall) Day singing advertisement. We will miss Glenn every day. He was our partner and our ONLY within his first 365 days of inspiration. He was our martinet. Peace, my friend. It won’t be the same without you. Society membership. The form to use is on the District website. “We shall meet but we will miss him, there will be one vacant chair!” INSIDE THIS ISSUE How many of our RMD chapters are mentioned in this issue? You have to read closely to figure it out, you may be surprised! Glenn Simpson, Montrose, passes 1 Meet Ryan Wilson 13 AIC line-up/Great Honk wins 29 RMD Information 2 Society Midwinter Held in Albuquerque 14 Saturday Evening Post’s New Tenor 29 President/Music “Man of Note” Awards 3 Convention Registration Form 15 Billings Ramblings/Pocatello Pokings 30 Free service offered to our directors 4 Meet the RMD Lady Directors 16-17 Loveland Laments/Albuquerque Audios 31 Mission Statement 4 Durango News 17 RMD Chapter Directory 32-33 Maureen McGovern Show 5 Albuquerque Singing Valentines 18 Burley Browsing 34 Spring Convention Hotel Information 6 RMHC Delivers/Int’l Call for Volunteers 19 Silverton Festival Growing in Scope 35 A Colorful Spring Prelims 7 Saltaires Tidbits 20 D. MountainAires Mounds/Vocal Mischief 36 RMD BETY Better Than Ever 8 Rapid City Nuggets 21 D. Mile High Musings 37 When It’s SING TIME in the Rockies! 8 Utah Valley Scoop/SLC VLQ 22 Ogallala Oracles 38 Events VP Len Siler 9 Idaho Youth Music Festival/YIH VP Report 23 Boulder Chippings 39 Meet Boulder Director Chad Boltz 9 NW New Mexico Festival 23 Pikes Peak Singing Valentines 40 Meet MOJO — new Quartet Champs 10 Int’l Update/Meet Paul Didier 24 Longmont Echoes/Pikes Peak Rumblings 41 Join the Founder’s Club 11 Membership and Recruiting 25 Buffalo Bills Era Contest Score sheet 42 Buena Vista Barbershopping? 11 Pueblo Rays 26 RMD Master Calendar 43 Who Wants to be a Chapter Counselor? 12 Summit Christmas CD 27 RMD Barbershoppers of the Year 44 Meet Paige Faubion 12 Int’l Seniors Contest 27 Pat & Pete’s Excellent Adventure 13 Grand County Gazette 28 PDF created with pdfFactory trial version www.pdffactory.com The Vocal Expressions magazine is published bi-monthly in Jan/Feb (printed), March/April (online), May/June (online), July/Aug (printed), Sept/Oct (on-line), and Nov/Dec (online). 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District Vision Statement Enriching lives in the Rocky Mountain District through singing in harmony Editoorr Webmaster Steven Jackson Woody Woods 215 Cheyenne St. Lot 18 3875 Dolphin Circle Golden, CO 80403 Colo, Springs, CO 80918 303 384-9269 719 528-8702 [email protected] www.RMDsing.org [email protected] Board of Directors Executive Operations Team President Contest & Judging Financial Services Mike Deputy John Coffin Member Services 9621 Glacier Park Lane 1850 S. Yuma Street Dr. Tony Pranaitis Sandy, UT 84092 Denver, CO 80223 12713 W. 8th Avenue Hm 801 733-0562 303 922-3804 Golden, CO 80403 Wk 800 873-0221 [email protected] 303 233-6234 Cell 801 550-6748 [email protected] [email protected] Imm. Past President Chapter Support & Music & Performance Rod Sgrignoli Leadership Training Dan Clark 10882 W. 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Vernon Drive Full page 7.25 x 9.75 $125.00 Murray, UT 84107 1/2 page 4.75 x 7.25 $ 70.00 1/4 pg Vert. 3.50 x 4.75 $ 40.00 801 262-3154 1/3 pg Vert. 7.25 x 3.50 $ 50.00 1/4pg Horiz. 2.50 x 7.25 $ 40.00 [email protected] 1/3 pg Horiz. 3.50 x 7.25 $ 50.00 Card Yearly (6) 1.75 x 3.25 $ 30.00 COTS Coordinator CARA Coordinator Conventions Chairman Bill Lahti Gordon Springer Ryan Wilson 708 S. Depew St. 2045 Burnside Circle 197 E. Sanford Drive Lakewood, CO 80226 Salt Lake City, UT 84109 Centennial, CO 80015 303 742-4890 801 274-2575 720 936-5962 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] PDF created with pdfFactory trial version www.pdffactory.com RMD Vocal Expressions — Page 3 — March/April 2007 RMD President Mike Deputy “MUSIC MAN OF NOTE” AWARDS: IINTERNATIONAL CONVENTION TIX Success in the West Bring in five new members in a year, and forget about paying your dues (the “100% Club”). This is the year of Your fellow RMD barbershoppers from New Mexico hosted the Music Man and it is the year of the Music Man of a terrific BHS Midwinter Convention in Albuquerque in Janu- Note! A random drawing among the highest Man of ary. Attendance was strong. The shows and contests were top Note achievers was held selecting the first of 12 drawer and talk about great southwest hospitality, there were monthly recipients of the “Music Man of Note” Conven- smiles throughout. Thanks to those who worked to produce this tion Registration Rewards. The award achievers have event. Your efforts paid off in good will and good feelings from won two (2) seat registrations for either the 2008 San all who were there. Antonio Mid Winter Convention or the 2008 Nashville Convention. Rocky Mountain Harmony College (RMHC), our district’s annual harmony education program, was in February at Estes The January winner is Robert L. McClellan of Palco, Park, Colorado. The7,522 ft elevation contributed to nippy tem- Kansas, a 32 year member of the Hays Kansas High peratures at times, but hearts and harmony were warm. Thanks Plains Chorus. If you’d like to see Barbershop flourish, to Dan Clark and his team for another excellent school in the and if you’d like to forget about paying your dues, and RMD tradition. It’s not too early to start your plans to attend the if you’d like a chance at FREE registration to Interna- 2008 RMHC. Headlining the event will be International Cham- tional or MidWinter…recruit new members! Pass this pions Vocal Spectrum. on to EVERYONE in your chapter. It’s just a few weeks until the RMD Spring Convention and From the RMD Weekly, Tony Pranaitis, editor preliminary quartet competition in Ogden, Utah, April 27-28, 2007.