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Vol. 41, Issue 4 Barbershopper Of The Year - Rich Phillips April 2017
“Give My Regards To Broadway!” The Colorado Chord Company and the Denver MountainAires Rocked the House!
With the help of Tony Pranaitis (article) and Al Klinger (photos), we put together 5.5 pages worth of show coverage in a special 2017 Show Addendum. This is the regular version of the April Mountain Talk bulletin. Please check your emails for the Addendum.
Be glad I didn’t send you the original pdf of 11.3, ha, ha.
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President Articles expected from board members, and Editor Bob Kaes Steve Jackson 303 238 3271 committee chairs, and members are encouraged 720 389 8739 [email protected] to contribute items for each issue, please. [email protected]
Imm. Past Pres Reporter Jon Dreger Tony Pranaitis 303 744 7744 303 233 6234 [email protected] Section Leaders [email protected]
Treasurer Tech/Photos Alex Lunsford Tenors: Chris Kanapackis 815 614 8345 Al Klinger 303 986 1055 Kano05 [email protected] 303 935 1503 [email protected] Leads: Vince Sortman 303 953 0422 [email protected] Secretary [email protected] Ken Miller 303 989 7670 Bari: Robbie Robertson 303 307 3452 [email protected] [email protected]
Basses: Jerry Hooper 303 278 1762 Admin Support Membership VP Doug Kulesa [email protected] Webmaster 303 985 8604 Vinny Sortman [email protected] 303 953 0422
Marketing & PR VP [email protected]
Al Klinger Uniform Chairman 303 935 1503 Ken Miller [email protected] 303 989 7670
Music VP [email protected]
Youth In Harmony VP Harm. Showcase Chair Tony Pranaitis Tony Pranaitis 303 233 6234 303 233 6234 [email protected] [email protected]
Program VP Chapter Historian Jeff Maen VACANT 303 718 3236 Print off two copies of this bulletin to share, [email protected] one with your family and one with someone Member At Large you are bringing to a chapter meeting. Joe Gibson 303 794 4271 Let them know they belong here! [email protected]
Chorus Director Chelsea Asmus Member's Resource Center
303 917 6824 Chapter Website: www.mountainaires.org [email protected] BHS Website: www.barbershop.org
Assistant Director Rocky Mountain District website: www.rmdsing.org Chris Kanapackis BHS Phone Number: 1 800 876 SING (6474) toll free 815 614 8345 Renew your membership: www.barbershop.org/ebiz Kano05 [email protected] Quartet registration: www.barbershop.org/ebiz Find a member, chapter or quartet: www.barbershop.org/ebiz Associate Director Enter a Contest: www.barbershop.org/ebiz (Contest Entry Tab) Jerry Hooper Contest Rules: www.barbershop.org (Document Center Tab) 303 278 1762 [email protected] Chorus email: [email protected]
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PR & Marketing VP During the next few weeks, I’ll be posting some video clips of our show on the MountainAires Facebook page Al Klinger so, for those on FB, be sure to “ Like ” our page to get a notification as soon as a new video clip is available to watch. Share the post with your friends with an invitation to visit us on a Tuesday night. For those who don’t want to OurOur bestbest shotshot forfor open a Facebook page, I’ll email out the YouTube links so you can share the link, via your email, with your friends or growinggrowing thethe craftcraft family members you would like to see show up at our door on a Tuesday night. We’ve just wrapped up another great show weekend It’s great to shine as a barbershopper .and ‘Shine’ we with record attendance and positive feedback from our did. Now is the time to make the best from the good will audience. What an opportunity to spread the word about generated by this performance! the craft of barbershopping and a chance to shine as an entertaining chorus with enthusiasm to spare! It’s always a lot of work to put on a good show but, the exposure it gives us is our best shot for growing this craft we call bar bershop harmony. This is the “face” we present to the pub lic and the audience isn’t even aware of the fellowship, comradeship and brotherhood we experience as members of this organization.
Let’s redouble our efforts to take advantage of the ‘good will’ generated by our shows as we move forward in
sharing with friends and family who might be encouraged Here is the link for the flier: to join this close fraternity. Think about who you sold your www.harmonyplatoon.org/wp content/uploads/2017/03/2017 tickets to and how you might follow up with an invitation to Las Vegas Harmony Platoon Registration.pdf visit us on a Tuesday night while the experience is still fresh in their mind. Many of our members first exposure to Here’s the link for the film clip “What is Harmony Platoon” barbershop was attending a show like ours and, without www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5kG7OC7rJM experiencing it firsthand, may have never even darkened Don Salz Uniform Chairman the door of their local chapter. Las Vegas International Harmony Platoon Chairman 916 813 2959 www.harmonyplatoon.org
MemorialMemorial GiftsGifts KeepKeep AA MelodyMelody RingingRinging
It is tragic to lose a friend or loved one. Many of us are left wondering how to pay tribute to those who have meant so much.
For fellow barbershoppers who dedicated a significant portion of their lives to singing, Harmony Foundation offers the Keep A Melody Ringing program. When one of our cherished friends passes, memorial gifts not only recognize a life enriched by singing, but they create a lasting impact by sup porting the programs of the Barbershop Harmony Society. Once memorial gifts for an individual total $1,000, the individual earns a place in Harmony Hall among the honored.
One spouse noted the profound impact of the program on the family after having her husband memorialized in this way. He was a barbershopper for almost 60 years, and they volunteered and attended many conventions together where they formed lifelong memories and lifetime friendships. The gifts from their friends showed their acknowledgement of all his accomplishments.
Make a gift in someone’s memory online at harmonyfoundation.org , by calling us at 1 (866) 706 8021, or mailing your gift to HFI at 110 Seventh Ave. N., Suite 200; Nashville, TN 37203. Be sure to let us know it is a memorial gift and the name of the beloved. If you would like your friends and rela tives to pay tribute to you in this way, leave instructions for your family to include the following word ing in your memorial announcement:
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to Harmony Foundation International,110 Seventh Ave. N., Suite 200, Nashville, TN 37203 1 (866) 706-8021
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President Chorus Director
Bob Kaes Chelsea Asmus
2017 activities will Are We Trapped keep our chorus busy In A Concert?!
The time is flying by and the hurrieder I go, the behin As new music is passed out, we look at a wide variety of der I get. Tomorrow the 30th is my last infusion and then successes and shortcomings from each previous show. The we are back to wait and see. There may be a need to do handicap parking needs to be more obvious, the audience loved the series of four again in six months but the Lord gave us the guest performers, the auditorium was this or that. There are the strength and perseverance to get through them this a lot of detail components that we pick apart, but was it a con cert or was it a show? time and we have faith that He will give us what we need if there is a next time. Audiences are getting much harder to please and young audiences are harder to attract if you don’t use pyrotechnics and After viewing the video (a great big shout out to Chris lasers. Please note that I am not encouraging the use of pyro Williams and Al Klinger ) last Tuesday, I thought our show technics unless you have the properly licensed people to run went well. I can see we still have room for improvement. I them and correct permissions from your venue, in which case I know that I need to be more prepared with the words and am excited to see your show! Different styles of presentation will music. Like our director Chelsea Asmus says, we need to attract different audiences. Many choruses talk about their an have the music and words down cold. Personally, I was nual shows which are a string of repertoire tied to a line that not there. We have several songs we have done before for introduces the next song. Others have costume changes, acts, our June showcase; we need to take a diligent look at the and intricate characters and the dress rehearsals take days. spots and words to refresh our memories. I think we need Neither of these styles is wrong or to be avoided just considered carefully when planning your chorus’ event(s). also to be aware of the dynamics. Most of the songs sounded like they were the same volume. Let’s talk about the first style. This is the more traditional chapter show. There is usually an MC who warms the audience Vinny Sortman has offered to take the lead on the and acts as an ambassador, ferrying people to and from the website, with Chris Kanapackis as a back up. Thanks fourth wall so they can go on some sort of journey with the cho Vinny and Chris! Our training has been tentatively set for rus. The MC also acts as a grounding component, bringing the the morning of April 8th. We should have the website op audience back to reality for applause and intermissions. The erational again for the June show as well as the rest of the blurbs they have in between songs should help the storyline events coming up this year. Please give a good hard look flow. This could be a historical time line where we travel through at participating with the chorus as we journey to Mt. Rush decades of music. This could be a fairytale where we work our way through Hansel and Gretel. Perhaps the MC reads poetry more at the end of August. Don’t overlook our December for the audience to ponder during the next song suggesting Christmas show either. I am tentatively planning on at emotions. These all give the responsibility of the “show” to the tending our Mt. Rushmore appearance, depending on my MC while the chorus/quartets are more of a Greek Chorus— circumstances. I’m looking forward to going. emphasizing important parts of the message being conveyed.
The Boulder Timberliners have expressed interest in getting together again. I will talk to Alan Barker in Boulder and try to arrange a joint meeting at our place this year. Thanks again to Jeff Maen for running the February board meeting.
Barbershop Gospel Patriotic Inspirational GRACE NOTES BARBERSHOP QUARTET
Joyful Noise Quartet 303-278-1762
Let us lift your spirits Del Miller, Tenor
Joe Gibson, Lead Carol Shouldice Bob Dickman, Baritone Nancy Pranaitis Tony Pranaitis Contact Phone: 303 233-6234 Jerry Hooper, Bass Al Klinger E-mail: [email protected]
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The second style is more traditional musical theater. There is New and not-so-new Members a cast with significant spoken content, more complex lighting, entrances and exits, costumes and costume changes, sometimes John Manion & Sam Edward acts, and not a huge demand for an MC. The responsibility of conveying the story—problems, relationships, resolutions—falls Even though he’s not a new member, it’s good to see my on the characters and the chorus in a much more equal manner. old friend John Manion (formerly of the Colo. Chord Com- The chorus and characters are interacting and have a fluid rela pany and Denver Mile High ) back singing again. I had the tionship with one another. Songs occur in this show because it chance to meet our new member Sam Edward at our Installa- enhances the characters’ development and/or is necessary to tion Banquet. Chatting with him there, he said he was going to move the plot forward. join us — welcome aboard, Sam. Now, if I can just get a photo The third style mentioned is the traditional concert. An MC is of Dick Gearke . Ahem….Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? not necessary but may be useful for preparing the audience— cellphones off, intermission time, etc. The chorus in this case simply goes song to song with room for applause. The order is in the program so the listeners can follow along. The more I think about this type of presentation, the more posh it feels. A patriotic or more choral repertoire could fit here.
So what do you prefer? A younger audience might want to see a musical phenomenon, where an older audience might en joy the concert style. There is no right or wrong answer. If your chapter decides to choose something different than what you typically do, there will be some that hate it and some that love it. What kind of audience are you looking to gain? How can you reach a wider community? How can we keep our current mem bers excited and excite potential members musically? These are things we must ask constantly and a show influences greatly. I hope you have more questions than answers and keep the whole world singing! John Manion Sam Edward LEAD BASS
Chris Dave
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“Oh nothing much, I just missed the bulletin deadline again!” Tony Damian
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Steve Scott joins BHS staff By Brian Lynch teve Scott has been named Music Educa tion Specialist for the Barbershop Harmony Society, joining the staff in July. In this ca pacity, he will oversee the development and implementation of new interactive and online learning for Harmony University. Steve will also assist in the operation of music based curriculum at BHS education events and assist in the Healthy Chapter Initiatives.
Steve is an experienced educator, having taught voice and Vinny Sortman and friend visiting Vail a few choir in higher education in Ohio, Georgia, and Kansas. He com weeks ago to do some outdoor activities. pleted course work for a Ph.D. in Vocal Pedagogy from the Uni versity of Kansas and earned an MA in Vocal Pedagogy and an MM in Choral Conducting from The Ohio State University, where he also received a Singing Health Specialization; he also has a Vinny Sortman will serve BME in Choral Music Education from Utah State University. chapter as new webmaster Additionally, Steve has been active a researcher, presenting Written by Jon Dreger at national and international music conferences. His research interests include the biophysiology of the barbershop singing Imm. Past President voice, barbershop acoustics, barbershop history, and Brazilian art song. As of April 1st, I have given Vinny Sortman, a s the new webmaster for Moun- Steve joined the Barbershop Harmony Society at age 11 in tainAires.org , the password to our host, do- the chorus his dad directed and in which his brothers sang. He is main registrar, ICANN & WHOIS compli- a certified Singing judge and is a frequent faculty member for Harmony University where he teaches voice techniques and vo ance vehicles and blast email services provider, and what infor- cal pedagogy. Steve has been active as a clinician, coach, and mation and history I could provide. Unfortunately, I gave him a chorus director, and has sung in various quartets and choruses, mess. Since I don't claim to know much about websites, my including the 2016 silver medalist chorus, Central Standard of only purpose in taking over as the administer in December was Metro Kansas City. Steve recently served on the CS music team to assure that we did not lose our website (the "domain") due to as Vocal Coach. Steve’s pride and joy is his family: spouse, our previous webmaster’s sudden departure. The rest, well, not Jaylene and daughter, Lydia. They are excited to make their new so good. An example: we lost our file service provider, Me- home in Nashville. diafire, and our Eventbrite ticket sales capabilities. Al Klinger got us back up with the latter. Thanks, Al!
So, given the website that Vinny has in-
herited, please give him time and space to figure out what we have, what needs updat- ing, how and when, without jumping in to "help" him, unless asked. We have plenty of time before any known, required payments are due (May 20th), so just relax for a few weeks. Vinny has some good ideas for the site, but first needs to perform some transi- tion and safeguarding functions, define his duties, set up schedules and get fully up to speed. I will help him any way I can, but that'll still take a little time. Then you can deluge him with offers of help and info or service requests!
Thanks, everyone! If Vinny is not able to respond with what you'd like or get to it as quickly as you'd like, e.g. updating our site, blame me, not him! Please be sure to thank Vinny for stepping up to provide this necessary function for our chap- ter ! I for one am GREATLY relieved to now have our website back up and functioning as it should.
Many thanks to Al Klinger for setting up a new Eventbrite account for us, as well!
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Quartets: Apply for an HU scholarship!
Check out the HU website to get the scoop on all of the scholarships available! www.barbershop.org/harmony university/scholarships/
Our Harmony University team is now accepting appli cations for HU's Larry Ajer Scholarship . This annual scholarship is awarded to a quartet that:
• is a Barbershop Harmony Society registered quartet, and Mt. Rushmore Festival • has been together for two or more years. Preference is given to quartets that are "on the bubble" of mak Will Be Fun For All! ing it to International. All expenses paid, except the transportation to Belmont. By Tony Pranaitis, Music VP
An anonymous member has offered to establish an "angel fund" to assist individuals who may have declined to participate in the Mt. Rushmore Festival due to finances. If some financial as God Bless America sistance would change your mind, please contact Joe Gibson This Is My Country (# 7601) [email protected] (Board Member At Large) to discuss your America The Beautiful economic situation and how much help you would need. We are (# 7340...this arrangement is new for us) now up to TEN wives/significant others who are attending Let There Be Peace On Earth (new) the Mount Rushmore Festival with us! We have 15 singers . Armed Forces Medley (new) The repertoire we are learning for June includes almost all of Our chorus will also prepare four songs to sing during the the songs we'll sing at Mt. Rushmore. The only additional song Festival; one or two from the stage, the others at the Afterglow. will be " Bring Him Home " and we will include this song in our Two of those songs (probably for the afterglow) are Darkness On rehearsals after the June 24 show. We are also singing a differ The Delta and Play A Simple Melody . The other two are yet to be ent arrangement of the Star Spangled Banner at Mount Rush decided. more (by Bobby Gray ) and we will do some quick preparation on this right before the Festival (we will keep the Val Hicks arrange Current focus for everyone: learn the songs for June 24th, ment in our standard repertoire, so we will only look briefly at the and you will know all but two of the Festival songs for Mt. Rush Bobby Gray arrangement). The other songs for the Festival more. The other two we'll deal with after June 24. Denver Moun- which we are learning for June 24th are: tainAires chorus songs for Mt. Rushmore will be standard reper toire.
“One Of The Guys” & the “Double Negative” Jacksonville, FLA “ BIG O” chapter — John Alexander, BE Cartoonist Duane King is a barbershopper!
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Youth In Harmony VP Holly J. Kellar named Chief Marketing Officer Tony Pranaitis of the Barbershop Harmony Society
We are thrilled to welcome Holly Kel- lar to Harmony Hall and as the leader of our Marketing Team. In this role, she will RegistrationRegistration nownow openopen oversee a broad portfolio of marketing, forfor SummerSummer HarmonyHarmony CampCamp branding and communications for the So- ciety. In addition to a lifelong love of music and singing, Kellar Registration is now open for the Summer Harmony Camp at the brings broad experience in marketing and customer strategy, Estes Park YMCA July 14 16. Clinicians for the boys will be The arts marketing, consulting, non-profit management, fundraising, Pine , the Rocky Mountain District quartet champions and 2017 and audience development activities. International qualifiers. The clinicians for the girls will be Ruby Blue , Region 8 Sweet Adeline quartet champions and 17th place She earned an MBA from the Carlson School of Manage- at International — we have the two best quartets in the entire ment at the University of Minnesota, and a Bachelor of Arts in Rocky Mountain region! Music from Grinnell College, in Iowa. Active in volunteerism The tuition is only $90 per student. If your chapter would like to with Big Brothers/Big Sisters, she has also served on multiple sponsor students (maybe a quartet?) contact the Camp Adminis boards in community arts, social service, and church settings. trator, Tony Pranaitis, to arrange for a coupon code to be en
Kellar will be based at the Nashville offices of the Barber- tered when the student registers online at 303 233 6234 or email Tony at < [email protected] >. shop Harmony Society. The Chief Marketing Officer is a newly created position reporting to CEO Marty Monson and is part of One member of each of the clinician quartets is an alumnus of the Executive Team. Founded in 1938, the Society now ex- Summer Harmony Camp, and these are just two of the many pends nearly $1.3 million annually in support of community examples of how this camp has touched the lives of youth who and school programs that bring the fellowship, fulfillment and have gone on to become leaders in the BHS and SAI world of harmony (along with other Harmony Explosion Camps all across excitement of vocal music to a new generation of singers. the country). The Summer Harmony Camp is no longer the bene ficiary of Harmony Foundation funds and is now in need of local support. If you would like to contribute to this successful outreach to youth (this is our 17th year), the Denver MountainAires have established a scholarship fund. 100% of every penny donated goes directly to Summer Harmony Camp and the High School Quartet Contest (where every participant earns a scholarship to Summer Harmony Camp).
[email protected] or 303 233 6234 The Youth Barbershop Quartet Contest Two performances, both FREE: Saturday night at 7:30 pm at is a singing contest unlike any other the Estes Park YMCA, then Sunday afternoon at 3:00 pm at Ar vada High School. Of course, the show will be headlined by our Everyone who enters the first round will have an opportunity two champion clinician quartets. Come enjoy and support these to sing onstage at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas! The Youth young men and women as they rock the house performing OUR Barbershop Quartet Contest is open to men’s quartets under the art form! age of 25. Videos of all possible quartets that want to sing in the championship round on July 4, 2017 at Planet Hollywood’s Axis Theater were posted by March 31st. We will help you get there with free music, free coaching, a free registration, and financial assistance. You don’t have to win to have fun, and entering is as easy as posting a video to YouTube!
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* FUN * FRIENDS * FOOD * A CAPPELLA SINGING * TALENT NIGHT * DANCE PARTY * LEARN TO HARMONIZE * TWO PERFORMANCES Limit: 75 girls and 75 guys
Boy’s Chorus/Girl’s Chorus/Combined Chorus
Rod Sgrignoli Johnny Bugarin Girls Chorus Director Boys Chorus Director Colo. Chord Company Colo. Chord Company Co-Director 52eighty Youth Chorus Sound of The Rockies Musical Director Visual Director Sound of The Rockies Cert. Music Judge BHS Bari. Section Leader Int’l Chorus Medalist Int’l Chorus Medalist
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SOR Spring Show March 25, 2017
It was so much fun sharing our show "A Wrinkle In Time" with our fans yester day. We heard lots of compliments from patrons in the foyer after the perform ances; everyone told us they had a great time. Photos were taken by Steve Zimmermann at the June Swaner Gates Concert Hall located on the DU campus.
Steve Zimmermann Facebook, March 25th www.stevezphoto.us/sorspring2017
A Wrinkle In Time There was an intriguing plot and multi SOR’s next show is Saturday, June 24 Sound of the Rockies ple sub plots with superb acting by some at 7:30 pm and it is a combination “Go for the Gold” presentation of the Sound of Tony Pranaitis chapter members and some non members which kept the audience enter the Rockies’ contest set (as we repre Bass — Sound of the Rockies sent the RMD in Las Vegas the first week tained and engaged. The chorus and Presenting songs from every decade chapter quartets presented a wide array of July) and an “Acapellooza” harmony (except the 1990’s a “cultural waste of music styles and the audience loved contest where prize money is awarded to land”) from Glenn Miller’s “ In The Mood ” the variety. the highest scoring competing ensem bles. Various excellent a cappella con all the way up to Justin Timberlake’s The SOR sponsored youth chorus “Can’t Stop The Feeling ” the Sound of testants present a wide variety of skills 52eighty strutted their stuff with excel- and styles complementing the barbershop the Rockies presented a clever and en lence , and Four Voices (Collegiate tertaining show complete with a “time brilliance of the Sound of the Rockies champions and International champions) and our International qualified quartet, machine” transporting a mad scientist’s are on a reunion tour and we were lucky wife (and the audience) through the ages The Pine . The show will doubtless sell enough to lure them to Denver as our out (again) so obtain your ticket before it’s to explore the development of popular headliners. music in America. too late.
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National Barbershop Quartet Day commemorates the birth of the organized barbershop movement on April 11, 1938, when 26 men gathered together by Rupert Hall and O.C. Cash for a songfest. Subsequent gath erings snowballed, leading to the founding of the So ciety for the Preservation and Encouragement of Bar ber Shop Quartet Singing in America, now known as the Barbershop Harmony Society. Women's singing societies Harmony, Inc. and Sweet Adelines Interna AprilApril tional sprang up soon after, and in the following dec HHHAPPY B IRTHDAY ades, a worldwide network of harmony spanned gen erations and tens of thousands of singers. Chris Williams 16 Howard Hebert 16 Dick Gearke 21 Del Miller 23 How are YOU celebrating on April 11th? HHHAPPY A NNIVERSARY How are YOU celebrating on April 11th?
Rex and Anne Abelein 12 If you’re already part of an organized quartet Joe and Tessa Hildebrand 27 (or larger group), take your show on the road!
If your birthday or anniversary • Stage a community concert was overover----looked,looked, • Plan a pop up show or flash mob • Gather with local chapters for a night of sing I DON’T HAVE IT! ing Please tell me so I can keep • Have a tag party my files current, thanks! • Invite a quartet to sing at your workplace or school
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Barbershop Quartet Day is the perfect time to share your favorite quartet performances from It’s the Same Old Song our YouTube channel. Post photos of your first quartet, your current quartet, or your favorite (as sung by the Four Tops) quartet picture on Facebook, Twitter, or Insta Arr: Steve Tramack gram!
Sheet Music - 210605 Make sure to tag all of your posts with Learning Tracks - 210722 #barbershopquartetday and give some Likes Difficulty - 4 and Shares to others. Let’s fill up social media feeds with some Barbershop Quartet Day A signature Motown tune made popu- awesomeness! lar by the legendary Four Tops , this new Sharpen up your Barbershop Quartet Day look with handsome new tees from Harmony arrangement from Steve Tramack is Marketplace. If you’ll be out performing, pick up some Barbershop Quartet Day stick primarily a Lead feature with all the ers to share with the crowd, too. charm and class that Motown came to be known embody. An audience favorite for sure.
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Society Code of Ethics Champs win more fans Champs win more fans The Society aspires to preserve for its members and for all for barbershop among choral directors future generations of members the sacred right of men to seek haven from the burden of their daily cares through indulgence in old fashioned vocal quartet harmony, and to that end we do “R O L L AROUND HEAVEN ALL DAY,” boomed Jim hereby solemnly pledge ourselves to abide by the precepts of the Henry , and the crowd of 2000 leapt to its feet applauding Code of Ethics. Crossroads . Ringmasters’ soaring tag of “bells bells bells of Notre Dame!” lifted the crowd to its feet again, one of six ova • We shall do everything in our power to perpetuate the tions for the two quartets that night. Pretty standard convention Society. fare, right? Except this convention was not a gathering of bar • We shall deport ourselves and conduct the Society’s bershop fans and friends, but rather the American Choral Direc functions in such manner as to reflect credit upon the Society and tors Association’s 2017 National Conference — an audience its membership. which only recently has come to recognize the artistry and qual • We shall conform in all aspects to the bylaws of the Society ity vocal approaches that we share with the rest of the choral and the rules from time to time promulgated by its Society Board world. of Directors. • We shall accept for membership only congenial men of good character who love harmony in music or have a desire to harmonize. • We shall exhibit a spirit of good fellowship toward all members. • We shall refrain from forcing our songs upon unsympathetic ears. We shall not use our membership for personal gain. • We shall not use our membership in the Society for personal gain. • We shall not permit the introduction of political, religious or other similar controversial issues into the affairs of the Society. • We shall by our stimulus to good music and vocal harmony, endeavor to spread the spirit of harmony throughout the world. • We shall render all possible altruistic service through the The concert appearances were the most visible expression medium of barbershop harmony. of the ever growing interest barbershop has earned through high profile presentations at choral conventions. Led by Out reach Advocacy and Partnerships Manager Sherry Lewis , the BHS presence this year expanded to include a standing room only music reading session with the two champ quartets reading through a stack of new publications. Testimonial from men from ages 23 to 81 years old highlighted The Great Northern Union Chorus’ superb seminar on “Building an Intergenerational Male Chorus,” concluding with a breathtaking rendition of “A Tribute to World Peace” featuring Crossroads and Ringmasters.
Brisk booth traffic gave hundreds of educators armloads of music and ideas on bringing more male singers into choral pro grams — and there were tags to be sung with directors and students alike.
The entire team working the booth was struck by the eager ness of guests approaching; usually the tone was “ Oh, great, the Barbershop Society is here !” Educators are coming to rec ognize the value of our “no strings attached” attitude and quality materials. The Advocacy and Partnerships activities of our Out reach program succeed when more educators take the leap from curiosity to active participation and promotion of the style with their singers. 2017 at ACDA was another landmark step forward.
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ChapterChapter CalendarCalendar
April 19-21 Rocky Mountain Harmony College Estes Park, Colorado June 24 Barbershop & Brass Stars & Stripes Forever Rocky Mountain Brassworks, 2:00 pm
Wheat Ridge High June 24 "Acapellooza 2017” Sound of the Rockies
Go for the Gold Show, 7:30 pm JERRY BOB JOE DEL DAMIAN TONY CHRIS DAVE July 2-8 International Convention
Grace Notes UltraSoniX Las Vegas, Nevada Jerry Hooper 303 278 1762 Damian Berger 720 962 6527 July 14-16 [email protected] damian@e oasis.com Summer Harmony Camp Del Miller, Joe Gibson Dave Myers, Chris Kanapackis YMCA of the Rockies Bob Dickman, Jerry Hooper Tony Pranaitis, Damian Berger Estes Park, Colo. July 16 Summer Harmony Camp Closing Show Arvada High,3:00 pm Ruby Blue and The Pine July-Aug (TBD)
Chautauqua Show/Picnic Aug. 25-26 Mount Rushmore Festival
Rapid City, South Dakota Oct. 6-7 RMD Fall Convention DOUG VINNY JEFF ROBBIE AL CAROL NANCY TONY Midway, Utah The New Notes Joyful Noise Dec. 16 Jeff Maen 303 718 3236 Tony Pranaitis 303 233 6234 “Holiday Harmony” [email protected] [email protected] Colo. Chord Company Doug Kulesa, Vinny Sortman Carol Shouldice, Nancy Pranaitis Harmony Works, Praise Ringers Jeff Maen, Robbie Robertson Tony Pranaitis, Al Klinger Tues., Dec. 19 Children's Hospital, 7:00 pm
GRAY GIAN PAUL DOYLE
Fastlane (w/Mile High) Paul Dover 303 471 2225 [email protected] Doyle Cline, Paul Dover Gray Jackson, Gian Porro
20172017 ChapterChapter LeadershipLeadership TeamTeam
President Imm. P. President Secretary Treasurer Music VP Chorus Director Bob Kaes Jon Dreger Ken Miller Alex Lunsford Tony Pranaitis Chelsea Asmus
Program VP Membership VP PR & Marketing VP Youth In Harmony VP Member at Large Editor Jeff Maen Dog Kulesa Al Klinger Tony Pranaitis Joe Gibson Steve Jackson
Current member email addresses – 39 40 members as of March 20, 2017 Director Chelsea Asmus: [email protected]
Rex Abelein Joe Hildebrand Ken Miller [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Damian Berger Jerry Hooper John Murphy [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Paul Bonnstetter Steven Jackson Pete Peterson [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Keith Bovee Bob Kaes Richard Phillips [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Dick Cable Christopher Kanapackis Tony Pranaitis [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Eric DeGraff Al Klinger Robbie Robertson [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Robert Dickman Douglas Kulesa Glen Schmidt [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Paul Dover Alexander Lunsford Jerry Scott [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Jonathan Dreger Jeffrey Maen Pat Smith [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Sam Edward John Manion Vinny Sortman [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Dick Gearke Glen McLaughlin Lee Van Deren [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Joe Gibson Zach Mentzer Robert Warren [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Howie Hebert Del Miller Al White [email protected] NO EMAIL [email protected] Chris Williams [email protected]