Rocky Mountain District * Proud member of PROBE Guests are always welcome! ♪♫ mountainaires.org ♫♪ Voice of the Denver MountainAires Chapter, Denver, Colo. First place bulletin in BHS, 2012 & 2015 We sing barbershop harmony Tuesdays, 7:30 — 10:00 pm Edgewater Community Church, 2497 Fenton St., Edgewater, Colo. 80214 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. Mountain Talk Page 2 April 2017 Mountain Talk published monthly by the Denver MountainAires 11 time RMD Bulletin Editor of the Year 2017 IBC:IBC: 3rd3rd place,place, 19851985 && 20012001 1st1st place,place, 20122012 && 20152015 Rich Phillips Proud members: RMD, PROBE, & BHS Board of Directors Bulletin deadline: 25th of each month Bulletin Staff Bulletin deadline: 25th of each month 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 [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 [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] Mountain Talk Page 3 April 2017 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 Mountain Talk Page 4 April 2017 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.