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2014 International Convention Coverage • Storytellers Underway • Barbershop Thrives in New Zealand INSIDE: 2014 International Convention Coverage • Storytellers underway • Barbershop thrives in New Zealand September/October 2014 INSIDE: 2014 International Convention Coverage • Storytellers underway • Barbershop thrives in New Zealand September/October 2014 September/ October 2014 VOLUME LXXIV NUMBER 5 Features The pool and casinos and the Here come the Storytellers MGM Grand hotel didn’t get 9 A collaboration between PROBE, district much of a workout on the week officers and communicators and Society of July 4. That’s because 80% headquarters aims to spread the word on what’s of the sprawling 5,000 room going on in the BHS hotel complex was packed with VARIOUS Barbershoppers and barbershop fans having the kind of fun that Viva Las Vegas! definitely isn’t staying in Vegas. 14 The greatest chorus contest of all time, two incredible quartet contests, and a whole bunch of fake hashtags put the exclamation point on Vegas LORIN MAY, EDITOR, THE HARMONIZER 51 Barbershop thrives on the other side of the Pacific Hundreds of Barbershoppers gathered for the Pan-Pacific Convention in New Zealand, and celebrated the strength of barbershop on the other side of a great ocean. STEPHEN HEATH On theegas C over(s)Champs get covers Three V Departments DESIGNED BY EDDIE HOLT PORTRAITS BY MILLER PHOTOGRAPHY BACKGROUND PHOTOS BY MILLER PHOTOGRAPHY, SHAWN YORK, LORIN MAY 2 8 THE PRESIDENT’S PAGE HARMONY HOW-TO Here’s one CD that keeps earning high yields How to come back year after year 3 52 STRAIGHT TALK StaY TUNED Outreach is the missing puzzle piece; embrace it! At 92, new recruit has finally done it all 4 Trend: online profiles of each chorus member LETTERS 54 More fun at chapter meetings, more impact MEMBER SERVICE DIRECtorY 5 Where to find answers TEMPO 56 Revitalized grants program aims at greater reach THE Tag Jim and Anne Mallet issue $75,000 Challenge Match “Roses Bring Dreams of You” September/October 2014 • The HARMONIZER 1 the President’s PAGE Shannon Elswick, Society President • [email protected] Here’s one CD that keeps earning high yields esponse to my column in the last issue was the best convention in Orlando. Some hard work and solid I have received so far. I always appreciate hearing recruiting efforts helped them make the cut score, from our members, but it is really fun when the and they did themselves proud on the big stage in feedback is positive. Apparently, a good number Orlando. Rof you agree we should be having more fun. Some And then there was Tiana Sandh. This is a asked about conventions, and I agreed we should talented young woman who grew up in a church be working to create more fun activities in our youth group with a couple of notorious barberbrats. conventions as well. As a matter of fact, that is She went to college, got a music degree and came exactly what Marty and many of our district lead- home to teach in the middle school. Somewhere ers are doing already. In honor of the excellent along the way, one of her barberbrat buddies gave reaction to the topic of fun, I will close the rest of her a Vocal Spectrum CD and the hook was set. my columns (all both of them) with “Keep Smiling Tiana joined Sisters, started coaching quartets, be- and ’Shop ’til you drop!” came the assistant director and eventually joined a And speaking of fun, we had a wonderful time at very fine quartet,In A Chord, as the lead singer. the annual Sunshine District Labor Day Jamboree. She directed at the area contest this past spring, For those who have never attended, it is and Sisters again qualified for HI International. a great family weekend of singing in the pool, singing in the lobby, singing in the The importance of great mentors to youth hallways ... well, you get the idea. The As cool as all this is, the overall effect of having shows were terrific and fun was had by a talented music teacher in the chorus was even all. If you want some of this great fun, greater than the musical skills she brought. You just put Saturday and Sunday of the 2015 see, soon parents starting bringing their daughters Labor Day weekend on your calendar and to Sisters’ rehearsals to get more “Tiana time.” As we’ll leave the light on for you. younger singers joined the ensemble, an interesting The overall effect energy began to sneak into rehearsals. The “kids” of having a talent- Music sets the hook learned music quickly, began to bring their friends, So, I promised in the last issue to and that created a more playful atmosphere. Now ed music teacher tell you more about the growth there are multiple teenage quartets forming and we in the chorus was of our hometown Harmony Inc. just can’t seem to get enough taggin’. Chapter, Sisters of Sound. This But I have to be quick to say this scenario would even greater than is a relatively young chapter, both likely not be successful if the more seasoned mem- the musical skills in organizational age (chartered in bers of the chorus had not stepped up to mentor 2009) and average age of its mem- and nurture the younger singers. As I looked at she brought. bers. The chorus is one of three the chorus last night, I realized we had a really choruses from Area 6 competing good mix of younger talent sprinkled throughout in Louisville in November. It will be their second the ensemble, working shoulder-to-shoulder with appearance on the HI “big stage” and half of this more experienced women, singing and having fun competing chorus will be singers under the age of together. 18. How, you may ask, did they do that? Let’s review: Having more singers is fun. Singing First, credit has to go to the founding members better is fun. Playful and lighthearted rehearsals who created and promoted a culture that would are fun. Watching new Barbershoppers get excited nourish singers who want to learn our art form. In about chorus and quartetting is fun. the beginning, I think there were only two women So … where is that talented music teacher in who had any experience with barbershop, and they your community, and who’s going to give him or were likely also the only singers with experience her a CD? singing a cappella. That core of dedicated women Keep Smiling and ‘Shop ‘til you drop! set the organizational and social structure which would sustain the chapter through the usual devel- opmental challenges. Next came focus in the form of a goal (a “Big, Hairy Audacious Goal,” as Jim Collins would say): qualify for the 2012 Harmony International [email protected] 2 The HARMONIZER • September/October 2014 STRAIGHT TALK Marty Monson, CEO/Executive director • [email protected] Outreach is the missing puzzle piece; embrace it! This issue’s column comes from Joe Cerutti, who directs chapters can approach community engagement: the Society’s Outreach and Director Development efforts. Listening more. Just as listening to those around us f the definition of insanity is doing the same thing on the risers is key to chorus success, listening to the over and over again while expecting different results, community around us is key to chapter success. This let’s add some sanity to the discussion of chapter listening takes time, a shift in intent, and the patience Ioutreach. Many chapters are worried about their to press through awkward stages. membership numbers, and they aren’t sure they have Increasing innovation. Every chapter should have the time or resources to reach out in their communi- exploratory partnership experiments underway. No ties right now. I ask you to instead look at any of our exceptions for size or history! With innovation and ex- thriving and growing chapters. You’ll find that most perimentation come new solutions. Think outside the are out and about doing good, where the community box and let’s start learning from everyone’s creativity. can find them. Outreach isn’t a luxury you look at Investing in education. Educators are already the after you’ve solved the membership puzzle—outreach pivot point for much community engagement. Many is one of the biggest puzzle pieces! chapters invest in the development of their admin- There’s nothing wrong with asking how istrative and musical leadership, many of whom are we can bring more people to our chapter dedicated amateurs. Involving trained professionals meetings or get more people to our shows. like musical educators in our cause will only increase But those are inward-focused questions. our impact. The solutions to our own needs may be found in focusing less exclusively on those Internalize what we learn from experiments needs by looking outward and trying to The next frontier is adapting the way we think, have a greater impact on our communities. function, and plan in order to internalize what we We’ve spent a Research shows that singing improves learning from our experi- lives mentally, physically, and socially, and ments in community engage- What’s in Marty’s Daytimer? lot of time and remains a valued communal activity in ment. It may well be that the • Sept 25, visit Victoria, BC energy trying to many nations. In North America, howev- future of a healthier Barber- chapter er, we are suffering a severe singing short- shop Harmony Society is not • Sept 25-27, EVG get the outside age, as fewer and fewer schools devote going to be found inside—in Fall Convention, community in- resources to choral music programs, which our headquarters office, in Surrey, BC are the seed corn of most adult singing a concert hall, or from a • Oct 9, visit Dubuque, IA volved in our groups.
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