34 th International Convention July 3-a.1972 (see page 2) Cover Art Courtesy Delta Airlines Have you ever given astanding ovation to arecord album? We think you'll feel like doing just that especially after you've heard Leonard Bernstein's masterpiece r Bli;SEVERAL ANDSAVE!ANVTWO -, "West Side Story". It has to be regarded as the I ALBUMS - $9, THREE· $12, FOUR· $15 I most fantastic "tour de force" ever accomplished by Please send me the following record albums and tapes (post I any vocal group. Barbershop or otherwise. And, as if I paid) (Canadian orders please add $1.00) that wasn't enough, just look at the rest of the 0 Somewhere $5 0 Watch What Happens $5 I A Touch Of Gold $5 Afterglow $5 selections. Everyone is a pure gem polished to I o 0 shimmering perfection by the sheer artistry I Somewhere 0 8 Track Cartridge 0 Casselle $7 I of the Suntones. Watch What Happens 0 8 Track 0 Casselle $7 I o Please tell me about your Chapter Fund Raising Program. "Bye, Bye, Blues", "They Didn't Believe Me", I "Tennessee Waltz", "No, No, Nora", "My Buddy", I I "I'm Going Back To Carolina", "A Little Street Where I Name Address I Old Friends Meet", "Just A Bundle 01 Old Love Letters", "West Side Story" - ("America" - "There's I City Slale Zip I A Place For Us" - "Somethings Coming" - "Tonight" IL..,;,:Mall to: Sunrise Records, 12033 Acme Rd., W. Palm Beach 33406:...JI - '" Feei Pretty" - "Maria") The dislribulion, sale 01 advertising of unofficial mOldings is not a representation Ihallhe (onlents 01 slIch retordings are appropriate lor conlut use. International Board of Directors Jlltenlcltiol1alOfficers President, Richard H. deMontmollin, 4664 Oak­ wood Rd., Columbia, South Carolina 29206 Immediate Past President, Ralph Ribble, North­ Park National Bank, P.O. Box 12206, Dallas. Texas 75225 Vico President, Leon Avakian, 788 Wayside Road, P.O. Box 254, Asbury Park, N.J. 07712 Vice President, F. Richard Ellenberger, 2476 Poersch Court, Schenectady, New York 12309 THE HARMONIZF.R is tht llF/i,id publlntlon of Iht Socitry for ,ht PrtSUYJClon .nd Vice President-Treasurer, Charles E. Abernethy, En{t,)ur~,(;ernrnl of ft"bt, Shop QUllle[ Sin,(;ing in Amtrin. Inc !l il publishtd in [hr 300 E. Grand Ave" Ponca City, Oklahoma monlhs of hnuHy. M~"h. 1'>hy. July. Stptrmber md Novtmb<"r ~l (" 1 ~ . 'ld A\'tnut. 74601 Krnosh). Wil(Omin. ~'141. It(ond-r1~l~ f'Osuge p~id )[ Kenosha. \X'il(t)nlln. Edllorial Executive Director, Barrie Best, 6315 Third Ind Ad"trlillO/i: offlttl 1ft I[ InlernHi01ul Ht~dquillell. NOllCt 01 chlnu of ~ddf(ll Avenue, Kenosha, Wisconsin 53141 lhould be luhmlllcd [0 ,he eJitori~1 uff'ltl uf THE HARMONIZER. 6'1) TIIIRD I\VF... KENOSHA. WISCONSIN. ~'1-11. ~l kill th,rty d~yl befUlt the nt~l pubhntiun dl[t. Board Menlbers Sub'n,pi[iun plic(' is j2.UU \'urly Ind S )U ~n inut. Cardinal, Charles Nasser, 107 Melody Lane. T.C., Michigan City, Indiana 46360 Central States. Merrill E. Aitchison. 1625-47th St., N.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402 FEATURES Dixie, Warren T. Bowen, 261 Greengate Lane, Spartanburg, South Carolina 29302 Atlmlta - SOli them Hospitality's HOllletown ..•... , •. '., ••.. 2 Evergreen. Ken Fletcher. 102-128th N.E .• Belle­ Backstage fllitil tile 1971 Gil",lipS •.... .•.•.••... 3 vue. Washington 98005 Far Western, Lynn Brittan. 231 Ridge Estates S(lII Diego Mid-Willter Attracts 600 ... ..,•, .... , •... , 8 Rd.• Nevada City, California 95959 Illinois. Frank Vechlola. 4340 N. Wolcott Ave" Mirl-Willter COllventioll (Pictures) "" ...•.•....•.• , 10 Chicago. Illinios 60613 Johnny Appleseed. Lou Benedict, 1022 Sholl/d You Attend HamloilY College? ...•••..•.•.•.... , ,11 Krlstufek Ave., Ambridge, Pennsylvania For BlIrt k/ustillJ Life Begins at 87 . ..' •.• ' .. ' 12 15003 Land O'Lakes. Julian Domack, 1401 Delaware Chapter Challges [mage, Reaps Rewards. , .....•••.•..•.•.•... ,16 Blvd .• Madison, Wisconsin 53704 Mid-Atlantic. Ernest A. Matson, Jr.• Kramer "Music Mall fJ Still Great PR.- Vehicle, ................•.• , ..• , .18 Lane, Georgetown, Connecticut 06829 Northeastern. Richard Meinsen, 425 Main St•• PROBE-lv/ell Are Like Baritolles ,.,•,..•... .19 Hamden, Connecticut 06514 Barberpole Cat Program to COllti/llle 1111"OlIgh '72 ,, .. ,,....•. .21 Ontario, John Parkinson. 420 Huntingwood Dr., Agincourt, Ontario, Canada Barbershop Hanllol/Y IVeek - April 9-15 ...............•.•. .24 Pioneer, Tom Damrn. 18148 Lovell Rd., Spring Lake. Michigan 49456 Seneca Land, Plummer Collins. 215 Conewango COMMENT Ave .• Warren, Pennsylvania 16365 Southwestern, John M. Anderson. 3406·53rd. Remilliscillg ..•.. , .• , •.•....• , •. ,, ...•.•....•.•. , ..14 Lubbock, Taxas79413 Sunshino, Or. Henry Vomacka. 1881 Rosa Street, Sarasota. Florida 33579 DEPARTMENTS Alid Past IIltematiOlUlI Presidellts The HistorialJ 's Chair . •..... ..20 Wes1y R. Meier. 2266 Grand Ave., Apt, 23. San News About Quartets. , ..... ..22 Diego, California 92109 Robart D. Gall, 12106 Mar-Bec Trail. Mail Call Fram HanllollY Hall ..28 Independence, Missouri 64052 Wilbur D. Sparks, 6724 N. 26th St., Arlington, Virginia 22213 MISCELLANEOUS HOl/orary LIfe Member Logopedics COIl tribu tiOIlS •..•.•......•.• , .. , •.• ',., •.•. '" 9 Rupert 1. Hall, 1611 Riverside Dr .• Apt. 2, Gel/fury Gill" , ........•.•... , •....13 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119 Bargaill13asel1lellt , .. ,," , •.•.•..•.•.•.... 13 Execu t itJe Direc tor 1972111tematiOl/(l1 Prelil1lilwry Schedule. .....•.• , .. '., •....19 BARRIE BEST 25 Music Edueatioll ,md Senlices A1lIIlIai Filltlllcial Statemellts. .,.•..... .•.•.•..•.•.... ROBERT D. JOHNSON, Director Coni iug Bllell t....• .. ,,, .•.......•.••.•.•.•..•.•.• , •• , •.••...26 Music Services AssisJallts Our Nell) Chapters ...•....• ' •.•....•.• , ...•.•.•..•.•....27 MALCOLM L. HUFF DAVID M. STEVENS Commllllicatiolls CONTR IBUTORS: HUGH A. INGRAHAM, Director Carroll Adams. ,. Warrell Bowell Guy Christmas, ., Hal Copelmlcl Field Represelltatives .,. Bob lolli/soli . ., De(m SHyder Marshall Wells CHET N. FOX LLOYD B. STEINKAMP CommlOlic(ltiOllS Assistallt D. WILLIAM FITZGERALD Editor LEO w. FOBAAT FUTURE CONVENTIONS Fi,lallce alld Admillistratioll INTERNATIONAL DALLAS A. LEMMEN. Director 1971 New Orleans, louisiana June 21-26 AJallager, Membership Records 1972 Atlanta, Georgia July 3-8 1973 Houston, Toxas Jan, 26-27 A08ERTJ.MEYEA ]IItematiollalOffice 1973 Portland,Orogon July 9·14 1974 Phoenix, Arizona Jan. 25·26 6315 THIRD AVENUE 1974 Kansas City, Missouri July 1·6 KENOSHA, WISCONSIN 53141 414·664·9111 PAINTED IN U.S.... THE HARMONTZER - Marcil-April, 1972 1 You'd better believe it, Southern hospitality such as you've When you go from the lobby into the main part of the never experienced. That's what convention chairman BUl auditorium, you have just passed through the Oldy set of doors Schreiner and his committees are working on, and all indications which can be closed. There are no other doors from the hallway are that the Society's 34th annual convention in Atlanta, July around the auditorium into the -seating area - just open 3-8, is going to be the greatest ever. doorways reached by ramps in the upper levels. Those of you What a lineup of things to do. On Monday there'll be tours to who have been to conventions before know what this means. In Stone Mountain where you see the magnificent carvings of civil order to keep the noise level down we are going to have to keep war generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson along with people in the outer lobby between quartet performances, If you happen to be in the balcony it's going to take a long, long time Confederate President Jefferson Davisj ride to the top of the mountain for a breathtaking viewi and see an authentic southern for you to get from behind the closed doors in the lobby, up the ramp and to your seat. And it's all open area and noisy. plantation. Tuesday is the Fourth of July - not a good time to "CLOSE THE DOORS, PLEASE" be travelling around the city. But you can watch one of the So - we're going to have to limit people going in and out great parades in the south from your hotel room, and then that between quartet performances unless there's an emergency. evening take in the President's Ball. Wednesday is a family day Otherwise the contest sessions are going to take all day. As it is, and a visit to Six Flags Over Georgia is planned. Best way to the Thursday afternoon and Saturday afternoon sessions will sum this up: uIf you liked Disneyland, you'll love Six Flags." start at OIle o'clock this year instead of 1:30. Even so, we're It's just great. going to limit movement in and out of the auditorium. Doors By then it's contest time, time to hear the finest quartets and from the lobby into the auditorium will be opened only after choruses in the country. Sessions will be held in the Municipal every third quartet! This means that if you're late arriving, for Auditorium, about a 15·minute walk from the headquarters instance, that you won't get in until after the third quartet has Regency Hyatt House. But don't worry, we'll have bus service sung. If we find that getting to scats is not the problem that we from all major hotels 'cause Atlanta can get a mite hot in July. think it's going to be, we can possibly relax these rules a bit as Now once you get to the auditorium, we do have a bit of a the convention progresses, but as ot now, that's the rule - in problem. And we do Heed your lielp. and out after every third quartet. Now back to the good news, There's lots to see and do in Atlanta after the contest sessions. Atlanta's "Underground" is a INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION miniature Bourbon Street. Located in the heart of the city (you REGISTRATION ORDER BLANK can easily walk there from the auditorium), it was once an area Oate _ of warehouses and stores that stood virtually dormant for years. Now you'll find lots of late night activity plus a multitude of International Office, S.P.E .B.S.a.S.A.• Inc.
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