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Remember the Magic! Recap of the 2009 International Convention INSIDE: Get ready for Tampa and Philly • Comfort in hard times through Voices • Singing for Life 2010 September/October 2009 Remember the Magic! Recap of the 2009 international convention Crossroads 2009 International Quartet Champion INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION RECORDINGS ORDER YOUR 2009 CONVENTION CDS AND DVDS! 2009 International Chorus Competitors: DVD: $40 CD: $15 2009 International Quartet Competitors: DVD: $40 CD: $15 Buy any 2 items, SAVE $5 Buy any 4 items, SAVE $10 Order online at: Phone orders toll free: Fax orders to: www.harmonymarketplace.com 1-800-876-7464 615-313-7615 LM “I Was There!” Making history. Crossroads bass Jim Henry was presented the international quartet trophy on the same night he, as director of the Ambassadors of Harmony, accepted the newly won chorus WURSK\³DQKLVWRULFÀUVW7KHZLQQLQJVHWDOVRUHFHLYHGWKHKLJKHVW DYHUDJHVFRUHLQFKRUXVFRQWHVWKLVWRU\ -LPDQGDVVLVWDQW GLUHFWRU'DYLG:ULJKWVSHQWWKHEXONRIWKHLUPLFURSKRQHWLPHDW the trophy presentation honoring The Vocal Majority, who earned VLOYHUZLWKWKHVHFRQGKLJKHVWVFRUHLQKLVWRU\ DIWHUKDY- LQJGRPLQDWHGWKHFKRUXVVWDJHIRUPRUHWKDQ\HDUV Don’t cry for the VM.7KH\·YHQHYHUEHHQEHWWHU$V-LP DQG'DYLGUHPLQGHGXVWKH90UHPDLQVWKH\DUGVWLFNRIH[FHOOHQFH E\ZKLFKDOORWKHU6RFLHW\FKDSWHUVDQGFKRUXVHVDUHPHDVXUHG By Lorin May Editor, The Harmonizer Ambassadors of Harmony 2009 International Chorus Champion MP Photos by: Miller Photography (MP) & Lorin May (LM) Competitor portraits: Miller Photography Background photos & page desig: Lorin May LM “I WAS THERE!” 7KHAmbassadors of HarmonyUHSHDWHGWKLVSKUDVHDJDLQDQGDJDLQDV´6HYHQW\6L[7URPERQHVµFOLPD[EXLOWRQFOLPD[XQWLOÀQDOO\WKHODVW FKRUGUDQJRXW/LYLQJURRPVÀOOHGZLWK:HEFDVWSDUWLHUVVKDUHGWKLVPRPHQWRQELJVFUHHQVDQGWKH\·OOUHSOD\WKH'9'LQ\HDUVWRFRPH %XWQRERG\ZKROHDSHGXSIURPKLVVRIDH[SHULHQFHGDVOLYHURIWKHSDQGHPRQLXPWKDWHUXSWHGLQWKH+RQGD&HQWHUIROORZLQJWKHEHVW EDUEHUVKRSFKRUXVSHUIRUPDQFHLQKLVWRU\³MXELODWLRQWKDWFRQWLQXHGORQJLQWRWKHQLJKW,NQRZEHFDXVH, wasWKHUH 7KLUW\PLQXWHVDIWHUWKH$PEDVVDGRUVOHDUQHGWKH\KDGZRQ,VWLOOFRXOGQ·WSXVKWKURXJKWKHMXELODQWWKURQJWRVKDNH-LP+HQU\·VKDQG6WLOORQ DQDOO)ULGD\EX]]VOHHSZRXOGEHLPSRVVLEOHIRUKRXUV6R,IRXQGVRPHEUDQGQHZEDUEHUVKRSIULHQGV H[WUHPHO\HDV\WRÀQGDWDQLQWHUQDWLRQDO FRQYHQWLRQ WRWUDFNGRZQP\ÀUVW,Q12XWEXUJHU$WDP,KDGWRIRUFHP\VHOIWRVWRSWDJJLQJDQGOHDYHWKHVWLOOFURZGHGKRWHOOREE\ 1RXVHSUHWHQGLQJWKHUHDUHZRUGVIRUDQ\RIZKDWZHH[SHULHQFHGLQ$QDKHLP7KH+DUPRQ\)RXQGDWLRQ6KRZÀQDOHFRXOGQ·WKHOSEXW PDNH\RXZHDNLQWKHNQHHV³ZRUGVDQGSLFWXUHVQHYHUFRXOG1RERG\EHOLHYHVWKDWWKH:HEFDVWRUDFRQYHQWLRQ'9'LVDFORVHIDFVLPLOHWRD IXOOZHHN·VLPPHUVLRQLQRXUDUWIRUP·VEHVWPXVLFDQGRXU6RFLHW\·VEHVWIUDWHUQLW\EXWLW·VEHWWHU MP WKDQQRWKLQJ6RDUHWKHIROORZLQJSDJHV,I\RXGLGQ·WPDNHLWWR$QDKHLPHQMR\DWDVWH)RU DOOZKRGLGPDNHWR$QDKHLP³OXFN\\RX+RSHWKLVEULQJVEDFNVRPHJUHDWPHPRULHV MP The Vagrants 2009 International Collegiate Champion Crossroads 2009 International Quartet Champion Big party day kicking off the big party week Before you arrived. 7KH ORFDO FRPPLWWHH ERDUG PHP- bers, judges, committee members and staff showed up far in DGYDQFHWRGRWKHYLWDOZRUNRIUXQQLQJWKHFRQYHQWLRQDQGWKH 6RFLHW\LWVHOI2XUJUDWLWXGHLVIDUJUHDWHUWKDQWKHVSDFHDOORWWHG DQGHYHQWKH\·GUDWKHUUHDGWKHIXQVWXII6RRQZLWKWKHVKRZ He snags two It’s Disney every year of The Four Hundreds of barbershoppers showed up for Barbershop Day Pitchhikers DW'LVQH\ODQGEXWZLWKDOOGXHUHVSHFWWRWKH0DJLF.LQJGRP GRADY KERR WKHIRONVKDQJLQJRXWDWWKHKHDGTXDUWHUVKRWHOPD\KDYHEHHQ KDYLQJDVPXFKIXQ7XHVGD\VDUHSDUWIDPLO\UHXQLRQ³H[FHSW MP MP ZLWK´FRQYHQWLRQIULHQGVµDQGZLWKRXWWKHDZNZDUGIDPLO\EDJ- JDJH³DQGSDUWEDFNVWDJHSDVVZLWKWKHURFNVWDUV <RX·OOEHUHJLVWHULQJRUVKRSSLQJDQGUHDOL]HWKDW\RX·YHVSHQW WKHODVWPLQXWHWDONLQJWRWKHJX\ZKRDUUDQJHGWKDWLQFUHGLEOH EDOODGWKDWZRQ\RXUTXDUWHWDGLVWULFWPHGDOLQ¶$IWHU\RX TKO, Larry Ajer Show sing a tag, you start noticing the name tags of some of the people DURXQG\RX³WKHURFNVWDUVRIWKLVDUWIRUPHYHU\ZKHUH\RXWXUQ,I \RXSD\UHDOO\FORVHDWWHQWLRQOLNHMatthew Trusner DERYHULJKW MP D\HDUPHPEHUIURPWKHBloomington, IllFKDSWHU \RXFROOHFW DXWRJUDSKVDVZHOO+HDGGHGIURPWKHFKDPSVWKLV\HDU QRZMXVWVK\RIWKHOLYLQJ$,&PHPEHUV 2QHRIWKHELJKLJKOLJKWVHYHU\\HDULVWKHLarry Ajer Show, a zero8, Larry Ajer Show A Tuesday class FKDULW\EHQHÀWVSRQVRUHGE\WKHSalem Senateaires since some MP WLPHOLNHWKH&RROLGJHDGPLQLVWUDWLRQ,W·VDFDVXDOVKRZZKHUH MP PDQ\RIWKHELJFKRUXVHVDQGTXDUWHWVVKRZRIIWKHLUEHVW PRVWO\ QRQFRQWHVWVWXIIWRGUXPXSQHZIDQVIRUODWHULQWKHZHHN(OVH- where, we big-name barbershoppers who are also great instru- PHQWDOLVWVIRUPLQJDJUHDW'L[LHODQGEDQG <RXIDLOWRVDYHXSVOHHSIRUIROORZLQJQLJKWVEXWFDQ·WEHUDWH \RXUVHOIWRRPXFKEHFDXVH\RXIHOODVOHHSVPLOLQJ Dixieland Band Who is honoring who? 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