Published quarterly by the Rocky Mountain District Association of Chapters Colorado Idaho Kansas Montana Nebraska New Mexico South Dakota Utah Wyoming Vol. 38, No. 3 3rd Quarter 2017 Welcome to the 2017 Rocky Mountain District Fall Conven- tion. We are excited to have you back to the beautiful Zermatt Resort and Spa in Midway, Utah. We are going to have a blast. All vents of the convention will be housed under one roof. And plenty of spaces can be found to sing a tag and ring a chord or two or three. Your ALL- ACCESS PASS to these events comes with your convention registration. lease check the schedule to find a listing of all the events, times and locations. Single Event Tickets (for non- House of Delegates Meeting RMD Fall Convention competitors) are on sale at registrar’s Harmony Education Classes table or at the door in Midway. October 6-8, 2017 Quartet Semifinals Competition $15.00 – Quartet Semifinals Chorus Finals Competition Midway, Utah Friday – 7:30 pm Quartet Finals Competition $15.00 – Chorus Finals, Show of Champions Concert RMDsing.org Saturday – 10:30 am The Everglow Afterglow $25.00 – Quartet Finals and Show of Early Registration (Sept. 2 – Sept. 30): Champions, Don’t forget ALL competitors must pur- Saturday – 6:30 pm chase a full registration! $90.00 – Adult RMD Competitor $30.00 – All Students (25 and under) $50.00 – All Shows Combo – Access Dallin Hill, VP Events RMD Competitor or Not to all shows for one discounted price PRICING $45.00 – Significant Other and Family At The Door: Very Early Bird (by Friday, Sept. 2): Family Pack $100.00 – Adult RMD Competitor $75.00 – Adult RMD Competitor Buy two (2) adult, and two (2) student $ 30.00 – All Students (25 and under) $30.00 – All Students (25 and under) registrations, and all other children liv- RMD Competitor or Not RMD Competitor or Not ing in your home can attend for FREE! $ 50.00 – Significant Other and Family $40.00 – Significant Other and Family 2016 RMD Proud members of PROBE Classic Collection, 1982 Barbershopper of the Year www.RMDsing.org International Quartet Champions John Elving, Rapid City, SD Barbershop Harmony Society Storm Front, 2010 RMD VOCAL EXPRESSIONS PAGE 2 3rd Quarter 2017 RMD Vision Statement — Enriching lives in the Rocky Mountain District through singing in BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Exec. Vice President Secretary Treasurer Immediate Past President Bob Fox Pasco Scarpella Tony Pranaitis David Fischer John Elving [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] OPERATIONS TEAM (VP’S) Chorus Director Development Contest and Judging Chapter Support & Events Marketing & PR Johnny Bugarin John Coffin Leadership Training Dallin Hill Al Klinger [email protected] [email protected] Brett Foster [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Music Youth In Harmony Webmaster Financial Development Membership Stevie Dugdale Tony Sparks George Davidson Neil Ridenour Lee Taylor [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] RMD VOCAL EXPRESSIONS PAGE 3 3rd Quarter 2017 Chautauqua Update RMD Vocal Expressions is published for the members of the RMD Boulder Timberliners All four quarterly issues will be posted online This time of year we have been typically engaged in finalizing plans for another Chautauqua Barbershop Harmony Festival. Un- RMDsing.org fortunately circumstances have become excessively challenging for this long and hallowed tradition. It’s been a good run, but I suppose Send all articles, photos, all good things must come to an end. business cards, news, etc. in jpgs, text only, pdf, The combination of negative developments have included incre- or Word documents. mental large increases in costs in recent years resulting in severe financial mismatch with declining audiences, the decision of Sound VE DEADLINES of the Rockies (our largest draw) to not participate this year, and a pending new parking fee program which will be implemented for Winter: Dec 28 Chautauqua and the local neighborhood for this summer. The one Spring: March 25 day rental cost for the facility at Chautauqua is now $3500. It is no Summer: 1 wk. past Int’l longer economically feasible for our small chorus to continue host- Fall: 1 wk. past conv. ing this event in this setting. It was an excellent 68 year long tradition with lots of memorable Editor: Steven Jackson (720) 389-8739 times: sweltering Saturday afternoons enjoying a bag lunch in the 215 Cheyenne Street Lot 18, Golden, CO 80403 picnic pavilion, splitting off into quartets for the pick-up quartet con- test, attending a massed chorus rehearsal, having a bratwurst and potato salad dinner, and then doing massive performances in the historic auditorium. I have thoroughly enjoyed staging you folks all these years, and now we will explore new ways of having fun. Please stay tuned as we re-calibrate and explore other venues and/ or other types of programming in the future. Please forward this on to anyone who has ever performed at Chautauqua or has been part of the audiences for the shows. Allan Barker, Music Director - Boulder Timberliners Posted on Facebook May 24th with thanks to Dave Johnston Bill Sutton, Montrose, Colo Black Canyon Barbershop Chorus singing for Larry Wil- kinson’s 95th birthday party at his house. Facebook, June 30 RMD VOCAL EXPRESSIONS PAGE 4 3rd Quarter 2017 Las Vegas, NV Int’l Quartet Top Five 1. 8354 Main Street 92.8% 2. 8329 Signature 92.5% 3. 8199 After Hours 91.1% 4. 8149 Throwback 90.5% 5. 8057 Quorum 89.5% RMD Quartets 37. 2352 Maelstrom 78.4% 54. 2260 The Pine 75.3 Jim Clark Int’l Chorus Top Five What a pleasure to meet and chat 1. 2893 Masters of Harmony FWD 96.4% with Mike Rowe for about 10 min 2. 2885 Vocal Majority this week. If you're looking for an SWD 96.2% amazing story on the impact a mu- 3. 2828 Central Standard sic educator (and barbershopper) CSD 94.3% RMD barbershoppers Rod & Paige Sgrignoli 4. 2820 Northern Lights had on one person's life, check ONT 94.0% out Mike Rowe's story about Fred 5. 2761 Parkside Harmony King. Mike posted it to FB again. MAD 92.0% Thanks for being a good guy and RMD Choruses such a good sport, Mr Rowe! 6. 2739 Sound of the Rockies — with Darin Drown, Syd Libsack, 91.3% Mike Rowe and Jeff Selano. 11. 2590 The Saltaires 86.3% There was no Youth Chorus repre- senting the RMD this year. Sound of the Rockies Our newest chapter quartet Mael- Cynthia K Hansen Ellis strom (Kevin Meyer, Tenor So proud of my husband, David. He’s on the Seth Fetzer, lead, Wes Short, International stage in a quartet for the 12th bari, Tyler Wigginton, bass) time. His quartets include Quincy Ave, Thun- qualified last night to compete in derbox, Pinnacle, Storm Front, Boiling Point, and now the Hemidemisemiquaver 4 Vegas! YAY! They join THE (representing the Pioneer District)! PINE in representing the Sound July 6th, Facebook of the Rockies and Rocky Moun- tain District in July! Editor’s Note: Eleven RMD show-quality quartets with many of them being RMD Quartet champs — I wonder if this is a record? RMD VOCAL EXPRESSIONS PAGE 5 3rd Quarter 2017 The Narrow Gauge Chorus - Barbershop Joe Macaluso This weekend, June 8th, come on down to Bayfield High School on Friday and/or Durango High School on Saturday for the hottest show on planet earth. The Durango Barbershoppers pre- sents: Dreamin' and Schemin'! RMD VOCAL EXPRESSIONS PAGE 6 3rd Quarter 2017 Jim Halen Barbershopper Extraordinaire By Dave Waddell James F. Halen Longmont bulletin (Gil Norris, BE) 1932 ‐ 2017 Jim Halen passed away peacefully on February 18, Cedar City obituary 2017 in Cedar City, Utah. He was an avid barbershopper sent by Dave Waddell who enjoyed and practiced the hobby to the fullest. The loss of Jim is devastating to me, because he and wife Chris have spent a lot of time together with Maryann and me attending many conventions, shows and other special James (Jim) Francis Halen a.k.a. PaPa, passed away on Feb‐ events. One of those events was the 1993 International ruary 18, 2017 from complicaons of pneumonia with his loving Convention in Calgary, Canada when James Curts and family at his side. Jim was born on February 2, 1932 to Russell his wife Susan also attended with us making it very spe- and Gladys Halen in Southern California. cial. We had a wonderful time together! Being an enterprising young man, Jim had a paper route, Susan passed away that September after her struggle cleaned horse stalls and trained horses to support his own with cancer. Jim started his barbershop experience in Cal- horse, Ginger. Jim's love of flying began as a young Marine fly‐ ifornia where he introduced several men to the hobby, ing jets in Korea during the war. This love of flying turned into a 36‐year career with United Airlines. Jim's other passion was one of whom is our own Mike Hemphill. Jim was the four‐part harmony which led him to join the Barbershop Har‐ Longs Peak Chorus’ director in Longmont from 1979 to mony Society as a young teenager. Throughout the years, he 1989 and was instrumental in getting Longmont started directed many barbershop choruses and sang in numerous on the slow climb to singing much better than in previous quartets. years. Jim had a great sense of humor. He was blessed with many Jim was a Captain for United Airlines flying a DC-8 family and friends who loved him and he will always be remem‐ and finally the 747.