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Volume 33, Issue 2 March, 2016 The SCORE Meetings on Mondays at 7:00 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 300 W Wayne St, Fort Wayne, Indiana Awards Banquet by Bob Benner beginning with SCC. Dan spoke about the ups and downs of the chorus and The annual Summit City Chorus the championship successes as well. awards banquet was held January The ups and downs experienced 4, 2016 at the Hilton Downtown Hotel in the Garden Room. The chorus gathered at 6:00 P.M. and we started through the buffet line at 6:40 p.m. The menu was hot wings, Calendar hamburgers (and Administrative Board will meet the second necessary toppings), Monday of each month at 5:30pm potato salad, potato chips, cheese tray, Mar 07 (m) Chapter Meeting 7:00 P.M. and veggies with dip. Dan, Al, and Pat: President, VP, and Director. Three Musketeers. Mar 14 (m) Board Meeting 5:30 P.M. Drinks were available Mar 18-19-20 Dist. Contest @ South and were served by the Bend, In. hotel staff. by SCC are also some of the same Mar 21 (m) Chapter Meeting 7:00 P.M. experiences of other Cardinal District Mar 28 (m) Chapter Meeting 7:00 P.M. Dan Johnson, chorus president and choruses. Apr 4 (m) Chapter Meeting 7:00 P.M. master of ceremonies, began the evening by promoting the chorus Dan brought us to 2016 and spoke Apr 11(m) Board Meeting 5:30 P.M. DVD about our fall show “The Book of of the new chapter plans for the year Apr 11 (m) Chapter Meeting 7:00 P.M. Love”. He also mentioned a few DVD’s and future. He spoke of a new song for Apr 18 (m) Chapter Meeting 7:00 P.M. from the show “Mars vs. Venus”. That contest just issued that evening. The Apr 25 (m) Chapter Meeting 7:00 P.M. show was a joint show with the ladies, goal was to be off the charts by Feb. 8,. May 1 ( s) Cerutti’s Show w/ Towns of the Towns of Harmony chorus. A show Harmony that was popular with the public and Continued, Page 5, “Banquet” Dinner 12:30 P.M. Show 1:45 P.M. the singers as well. In This Issue: May 2 (m) Chapter Meeting 7:00 P.M. Dan Johnson spoke about the Awards Banquet - Cover May 9 (m) Board Meeting 5:30 P.M. chorus in the early years of Summit Prez Corner - Page 2 May 9 (m) Chapter Meeting 7:00 P.M. City Chorus. He spoke of many Birthdays - Page 2 May 16 (m) Chapter Meeting 7:00 P.M. past members who are no longer BOTY - Page 3 May 23 (m) Chapter Meeting 7:00 P.M. with us because of their passing. Quartet Corner - Page 3 May 30 (m) Chapter Meeting 7:00 P.M. Many I remembered since my 1993 Pat/Mark Says... - Back

The Mission of the Summit City Barbershop Chorus is to offer male singers the opportunity to entertain using vocal music performances that adhere to the highest standards of sound production and presentation. Page 2 The SCORE March, 2016 Summit City Chorus Hotline: 260-625-2299 Chapter Leadership President Dan Johnson Secretary Paul DeWitt Treasurer Max Bell Chapter Development VP Dale Schulze Mkting & PR VP President’s Corner Performace VP Al Schumm I love the new approach to vocal Youth in Harmony Brian Waite production and chord balancing! Board Member Jim Boatright Our music leadership team met Board Member Chuck Unger in February and includes four experienced choral directors who Board Member Bruce Wittgren each love a cappella singing and Past Preident Roger Ford barbershop harmonies. Chorus Manager Al Schumm I love thinking about what we might Bulletin Editor Bob Benner accomplish at future contests! Have you ever thought about going Musical Director Pat Garmire Hard to know exactly what to say at to an international contest - as a Music Team Mark Leimer this moment in time – except it’s fun competitor chorus? Dave Bjork to be this excited and see so many Dan Johnson great possibilities in front of SCC. So, Here’s the key to moving the chorus here’s my list! forward! Recruit, recruit, recruit! You’ve heard The SCORE I love the new music! it all before, “putting 40 guys on We’re moving up the generational the risers instead of 25 will make us EDITOR: timeline of songs and picking tunes stronger in many ways.” Bob Benner so many of us new from our youth. POB 272, Grabill, Indiana, 46741 However, the classics remain in our Now’s the time! Make your move! Home: 260-627-3063 repertoire so our performances will Take a risk! Ask a friend to visit a Email: [email protected] be reaching a whole range of folks. rehearsal. FEATURE EDITOR: Chorus Members and Editor

PHOTO JOURNALIST: Nancy Bell

PRODUCTION & LAYOUT: Bob Benner

March The SCORE is the publication of the Fort Wayne, Indiana, Chapter of the Cardinal District Dick Hamilton - Mar 6 Jeremey Johnson - Mar 9 of the Barbershop Harmony Society:

Unless carrying a by-line, articles have been April written by the Editor. Kirk Carrington - Apr 9 Roger Ford - Apr 17 We encourage contributions from our members. Such contributions reflect the individual opinions Jeff Albert - Apr 13 Dave Bjork - Apr 19 of their author and not necessarily the opinions of Matt Huffman - Apr 14 Lou Fisher - Apr 27 the members or officers of this chapter. March, 2016 The SCORE Page 3 And the Winner of the BOTY is... by Al Schumm Pat is also a dedicated family man • He has been dedicated long time with strong Christian values. The 2015 Summit City Chorus barbershopper (25 years). He Barbershopper Of The Year (BOTY) has had experiences with many He is most deserving of this honor, was announced at the Chapter’s choruses and quartets over these and we thank him for his involvement Annual Dinner on Monday, Jan 4th, past years. with the Summit City Chorus. 2016, held at the Fort Wayne Hilton in • He is lover of making downtown Fort Wayne. good music. • He is a man of great The 2015 BOTY Committee was made patience and respect up of the most recent BOTY’s: Max for others, and is a Bell, Brian Eager, and Al Schumm. great motivator and encourager for us to do It was my distinct pleasure to present our best. that award to Pat Garmire. • He has provided great leadership as our Chorus The reasons for him to be honored Director in 2015. with this award include the following:

Quartet Corner- Those Guys sang one song that night, but the On December 10, food was great! by Brian Eager we performed two shows at the Coventry Meadows Soon we’ll need to start getting ready What are those guys doing? A simple Retirement Center in southwest Fort for the May 1 show, so I guess I’d question, but there is no simple Wayne, and then the very next night better get to work! answer. Instead, I will tell you a bit of we performed for a Christmas dinner what Those Guys have been doing. in Hamilton, Indiana for the American Legion post there. That gig came to Those Guys are the longest formed us as a by-product of a performance quartet currently active in the Fort we did at Fort Wayne International Wayne chapter of the Barbershop Airport in October for one of the Congrats to Bruce Wittgren! Harmony Society. We originated in Honor Flights that take veterans to 1997, with founding members Randy Washington D.C. and return them Fusselman, Al Schumm, Dale Buser, back here. and Dwight Nash. We had a break for a bit, then January Dale became ill and was replaced by came along with more events to do: Max Bell, then in 1999, Randy had a job change, moved to Tennessee, On the 9th, we did a surprise birthday and was replaced by Brian Eager. party at a private home on the north Since July of 1999, the members have side of Fort Wayne, then on the 13th, remained the same. did a lunch meeting for the volunteers at the Towne House retirement center. The calendar for quartet events varies On February 5, we had a special event from time to time, but we got quite just for us...taking our ladies out for a busy just before Christmas last year: great meal at Takaoka of Japan. Only Page 4 The SCORE March, 2016 The Songs that We Sing 3/10/2016 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia My Eyes Adored You From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"My Eyes Adored You" (original working title, "Blue Eyes in Georgia") is a popular song written by Bob "My Eyes Adored You" Crewe and .[1] It was originally recorded Single by by The Four Seasons in early 1974. After the from the album Closeup label balked at the idea of releasing it, the recording was sold to lead singer Frankie Valli for $4000. After B-side "Watch Where You Walk" rejections by Capitol, Atlantic, and other labels, Valli Released November 1974 succeeded in getting the recording released on Private Format 7" single Stock Records, but the owner/founder of the label wanted only Valli's name on the label. The single was Genre Pop rock released in the U.S. in November 1974 and topped the Label Private Stock [1] in March 1975. "My Eyes Adored Writer(s) You" also went to #2 on the Easy Listening chart.[2] Kenny Nolan [3] Billboard ranked it as the No. 5 song for 1975. Certification Gold (RIAA)

The single was Valli's second #1 hit as a solo artist, and remained there for one week, being knocked out of the top spot by another Crewe/Nolan-penned song, "". Although it was released as a Valli solo effort, the song is sometimes included on Four Seasons compilation albums. It is from the album Closeup.

The success of "My Eyes Adored You" triggered a revival of interest in recordings by Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. The group was subsequently signed to Warner Bros. Records as Valli's follow-up single, "Swearin' to God" was climbing to #6 on the Hot 100. Three months later, The Four Seasons visited the Top Ten for the first time since 1967 with "".

Andy Williams released a version in 1975 on his album, The Other Side of Me.

The song was recorded in 1976 by Fred Astaire with the Pete Moore Orchestra (United Artists Records UA-LA580-G) and in 2008 by Australian singer Alfio for his album Classic Rewinds which pays tribute to Frankie Valli and 14 other popular Italian-American singers.

John Barrowman covered the song in 2010 on his third studio album, self-titled as John Barrowman. Personnel P.S. Our version is arranged in Frankie Valli - Vocals barbershop harmony by Jeremey - Bass guitar, vocals Demetri Callas - Lead guitar, vocals Johnson... - Drums, vocals Lee Shapiro - Keyboards References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Eyes_Adored_You 1/2 March, 2016 The SCORE Page 5 the time it took to be a SCC member. He made sure the chorus members Pat also talked about some points, for were listening to their techniques and Banquet each chorus member that would help sound placement. Pat then showed a with growth and improvement: youth quartet lip syncing to the Oak Continued from Page 1 Ridge Boys “Christmas Carol”. They He also mentioned that Gary Texeira 1. If it is to be, it’s up to me. really got into the voice part of each will continue to be our chorus coach. 2. Recruiting from high schools, quartet member. (The boy singing Gary has brought to SCC much of his colleges, church choirs, and the bass part was just hilarious.) knowledge and experience. Gary has friends. Were they having fun? They sure made great strides with chorus sound 3. Performance improvement: give were, and their faces and actions did and confidence. Our listening to each them something to talk about. show the fun they were having. The other has been greatly enhanced. The 4. Make our performances a musical videos played were for more than just sound of the chorus on Jan. 11 did journey. entertainment for the evening. They not seem to be affected after a three were examples of what having fun week break. Pat’s talk to the chorus members was singing and getting into the music

a very inspiring and very moving to can look like to be entertaining to the The evening was turned over the point chorus members wanted to audience and their remembering your to our director, Pat Garmire. Pat start working right away. Thanks Pat, singing organization and wanting complimented the leadership teams for your inspiring words! Pat talked to come and be a part of your next and how well they worked together. about the district contest coming show. The evening was turned over He brought out the strengths of in March 18, 19 & 20 in South Bend to our chorus manager, Al Schuum. working together. The new song was and the May 1st show at Cerutti’s. Al will be presenting his own evening a suggestion from Gary, our coach. Pat played a DVD of Storm Front report as another article for this Score Pat also thanked the wives for their quartet performing one of their many publication. support of their singing husbands and entertaining and hilarious routines.

Pat Garmire

2015 Pat Says... Mark Says... Get the bass and baritone to lock While singing at rehearsals, shows up. Add the tenors and fit the lead and contest, resonance triumphs sound within that sound will create volume. Make sure each singer is the buzz and overtones needed to using the proper vowel production create that big, full sound. Keep and proper tone placement. This listening for the bass and baritone will support resonance to make sound for continuity with every sure you are hearing the persons song and every performance and around you so you are not a hot Present easier singing. voice.

Bob Benner POB 272 Grabill, Indiana, 46741 (H) 260-627-3063 (E) [email protected] 1993 Buckeye Invitational Thursday August 22, 2013 8:00 PM Champion District Chorus Champs 1985, 1988, 1993, Foellinger Theater 2003, & 2011 Plateau AAAA Champions 2011 & 2012 Most improved Chorus 2011, 2012, & 2015 Fort Wayne Admission Free