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Popular Music A.L.Cashman, Emce. eaturinq MID-STATES FOUR - PRESENT INT'L CHAMPIONS also CLEF DWELLERS . HY-POWEH SERENADERS CARDINALS - RISS RYTHMAIRES THE KEYMASTERS - GAMBOLIERS RUDY FICK ROYALAIRES - SKELODIANS 100 Voice Male Chorus directeJ blj Donald S. Stephens MUSIC HALL O{meriea's most beautiful c(;lzeater SAT. NilE 8:15P. M. SUNDAY MATINEE 2:15 P. M. APRil 15·16+h All Seats Reserved-2.50-2.25-1.75-1.25 Tax Included Tickets"":"Carl Neve-Box 436, Kansas City, Mo. Act Now: For our shows are always a sellout Hotel Reservations-Bea Kennedy-Hotel Phillips Moening-Glow Bteakfast-Sunday, April 16th, 9 :30 A.M., Hotel Phillips KANSAS CITY INVITES YOU to help celebrate its 100th birthday-See our beautiful city in the "Heart of America." Enjoy our western hospitality. Visit our Municipal Auditorium and line hotels, second to none in America. THIS IN ANTICIPA· TION OF BEING YOUR INTERNATIONAL THE CHAMPS DOING "BY THE SEA" CONVENTION HOSTS IN 1952. THE SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF BARBER SHOP QUARTET SINGING I~ AMERICA. 'He. VOLUME IX NO.3 MARCH. 1950 Many Decisions Made As Int'l B'd O-M-A-~-A Meets InWashington The annual Mid-Winter gathering of Arrangements for the Society's 12th ity of the PA s;-stems in the Omaha the members of the Int'l Board has Annual Convention and Contest in and Ak-Sar-Ben Auditoriums. The become virtually a four day affair, Omaha, June 7th to 11th, are well Omaha Civic Auditorium where the and for some with special assign­ along. Under the leadership of Gen­ Semi-Finals, Finals and Jamboree will ments, the 1950 series of meetings eral Chairman Tnt'! V. P. Clare E. be held has been the scene of three and conferences stretched from a1'· Wilson and Associate Chairman R H. successive Pal'ades staged by the rival vVednesday evening to a Mon~ Mallory, all Committees are function­ Omaha Chapter. The larger Ak-Sar­ day afternoon departure for home. ing smoothly. Excellent cooperation Ben Coliseum has been used for manv Twenty-two Board members, plus on the part of the local Convention shows and \"'as checked for our pur­ Exec. Committee and C. & J. Com­ Bureau, city officials, merchants, poses by Int'} Sec'y Carroll P. Adams mittee member Frank Thorne, Com­ civic and social organizations assures last Fall during the Eddie Cantor mittee Chairmen Maury Reagan, Stub a perfect weekend for the several show. For that purpose, the Kernels Taylor, Dean Snyder and Ed. Place, thousand members expected. were guests on the program. Int'] Sec'y Adams, Associate Sec'y Hafer, Historian (also part time As­ In late January, just under 1800 all­ As usual, reservations for hotel space sociate Jnt'l Sec'y) Otto, and C. & J. events ticket books had b~en pur­ will be at a premium. (No hotel rooms Committee member Ed Smith, faced chased, quite a bit more than at the can be had without a reservation a staggering agenda of matters to same period last year. ticket from the all-events ticket book). be covered, but, by working with a This year marks a depm·ture in that minimum of sleep, came up with these Acoustics Tested there will be two headquarters hotels_ major decisions. Those who were at Buffalo may value lnt'l B'd Members, Judges and Int'! reassurance regarding the qual- Champions, will be housed in the Fon­ The Harmonizer Committee is to pub­ tenelle; competing quartets, in the lish in the September issue each year Paxton. In all, twelve hotels, all good, a condensed financial report of the FRONT COVER EXPLANATION all concentrated in an area of a few Society. In the past it has been sent blocks, will furnish accommodations. Unfortunately there are no oversized hotels in Omaha and ,\ve are limited 2 to 200 rooms in each headquarters TOKYO CALLING! 1 3 hotel. Major General Herren caused a considerable stir when he ap­ Exec. Committee Kicks Off The Tnt'l Executive Comniittee will peared before the lnt'l B'd on r--­ ~ --=--­ hold its first meeting Tuesday eve­ Saturday morning to talk about lung, followed by Wednesday fore­ the progress of the barbershop 5 noon and afternoon sessions. First 4 6 quartet movement in the Army. gathering of the full Int'l Board will (Major Generals don't grow on be on Wednesday evening with a full morning - afternoon - evening set - to trees, even in Washington.) scheduled for Thursday. Among major Things came to a boil, however, questions to be resolved will be the when he formally requested the location of the June 1952 Convention 8 Society to send one of its top 7 9 and Contest. 1951 has already been awarded to Toledo. ranking quartets on an air tour of Army posts in the Far East Forty Quartets to Compete . Tokyo, Okinawa, Guam, All quartets pictured have won the Michigan Forty quartets, chosen in the fourteen etc., etc., purpose being educa.­ District Championship. For identification, che..-k Int'l Regional Preliminary Contests tional and inspirational, every­ the numbers against the picture'S. Date indicates will be judged Friday morning and years they held title. thing to be taken care of by the (1) Barons of Hannony, Saginsw, 1946-47, afternoon in the Semi Finals in Omaha Around the clock starting at midnight-Albro. Civic Auditorium. Best fifteen of these Al'my. (Line forms directly be­ lend: Oursler. bari: Heath. bass; Ssrle, tenor. (2) Acoustical Pen<ecutin' Four, Jackson, 1945· forty will sing again in the Finals hind). 46. L. to R.-Hodgeboom, tenor; Breitmayer, Friday evening. Best five of these lesd; Comstock. bari; Foster. bass. fifteen, based on cumulative scores (3) The Harmony Halls, Grand Rapids. 1943­ 44. (Won Int'l Championship in 1944). L. to in Semi Finals and Finals, will sing out in bulletin form to Cha.pter and R.-Hazenberg, lead; Ray Hall, bad; Gaikema, for the gold, silver and bronze medals District Officers. tenor; Gordon Hall, bass. Saturday 11ight in the Ak-Sar-Ben (4) Saw Dust Four. Muskegon. 193940, 1940· 4l. L. to" R,-George Hansen, Bill Griffith, Coliseum. l'he twenty-five quartets The rule covering expense allowance R8ymond Johnsoo. Len Horton. eliminated on Friday will sing in the to judges in District and Regional (5) Clef Dwellers, Qoklooct County, 1948-49. Around the clock from midnight-Bsuer, bass: Saturday afternoon Jamboree. This Preliminary Contests was clarified, Johnston. bad; Hsnnah. lead: Wisehesrt, tenor. event is the high spot of the weekend Traveling expense will be computed (6) Interludes. Midland, 1949-50. L. to R.­ for many. Tension over, the fours let at first-class round-trip rail rate, plus Bliss, tenor; Payne, bass; Mdntire, lead; Hand, btlri. their hair down. Pullman, with .. 15.00 per day_ (away (7) Antlers. Flint, 1947-48. L. to R.-Schiod· from home·base) for hotel, meals and ler, bad; Morton, tenor; Augsbu!')', bass; Saturday should be twice as long as extras. Brooks, lead. the usual twenty-four hours. School (8) Gardenaires, Rosedsle Gardens, 1944.45. L. to R.-Danic. bad; Hamilton. tenor; Rubert, for Judging Candidates, Forum for The Plan for Uniform District Organ­ lead:-top----Tubbs, bsss. Song Leaders and M-Cees, Seminar ization, after two years 'of study and (9) Unhesrd of Four, Muskegon, 1942-43. L. for Chorus Directors, Round Table a series of revisions, \vas adopted, to 10 R.-Horlon, tenor, Klooster, lead; Griffilh, bari; Buiteodorp. bass. (CO!lt;mJi1J all page 51 (Col1ti1JJIi>d ()1J png' 4) SEE VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ON PAGE 4 4 The HnnmJJlizer BOARD STUDIES INTERNATIONAL ARMY WANTS 3 QUARTETS AND DISTRICT NEEDS TO GO TO EUROPE and ASIA Finds Both Must Have More Income Please wire immediately to SPEBSQSA, Members of the Int'I Bd. forsook 20619 Fenkell Ave., Detroit 23, Michigan home and business for the second (1) IF your quartet is of Int"! Semi­ consecutive month to assemble at Chi­ Finalist rank, or the equivalent. cago (at their own expense) to de­ or higher. termine how to lneet illcl'easing finan­ (2) IF your quartet is willing to go to cial needs of the International and European Theatre or Asiatic District organizations. At a special Theatre to visit and sing at Army meeting, Feb. 18, the Society's con­ Posts in those areas. stitution was amended. Effective July 1, 1950, start of the new fiscal year, (3) IF' willing. your men will be able to the per capita tax will be increased get to New York or San Francisco, by $1.00 a year, making a total of on or about March 15th, and be $4.00, including the usual Harmonizer away approximately four weeks. fee of $1.00. Fifty cents of the 1.00 All expenses will be taken care of by the increase will be rebated to the Dis­ Army after you leave the country. Ex­ HAL STAAB tricts to assist District financing. pense of getting from your home to the Past lnt'l Pres. Hal Staab, North­ These members, representing chapters points of embarkation, New York or San ampton, Mass., died at the age of throughout the country, have had far Francisco, will be the concern of the 58 in the Genesee Hospital, Roches. more to consider than their local Quartets. No provision can be made for tel', N. Y. 011 November 19th, 1949. problems. They have been faced by the loss of income or other expenses that From 1940 until his death Hal cease­ ever hlcreasing demands for use of the may be incurred. lessly worked for SPEBSQSA. all-important Int'l office, coupled with The Army would also like one instructor Just how great a P81·t he played in the increased cost of operating that to accompany each of the two quartets the growth of SPEBSQSA can best hq.
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