Volume 28, Issue II Keep the Whole World Singing 2005 Not to rest on our laurels, your district team is already “Pride of the working to create your next great district event! Check out Kevin’s article to find out what’s in store for this year’s West” Show of Champions at the Fall Convention, featuring It’s been a great year our 2004 Gold Medalist Quartet, Gotcha! and thanks to for the Rocky Mountain some superb artwork by VP, Music & Performance, Shawn District! A lot of exciting Mondragon, we’ll be unveiling a new RMD district quartet events for our quartets champion medal which will be awarded to all of our district and choruses, and lots champions past and present! There are even rumors that of growth and success an Association of Past District Champions from the Rocky stories! Mountain District may be in the works – wow! I’ve also been Finally, we will be offering a new and improved pleased with our district Chapter Operations Training School (to be held this events and presence so year in the Salt Lake City area – see Kevin’s article) as far this year and wanted to say thank you again for well as an outstanding Rocky Mountain Harmony all of the great support we’ve had. College 2006 featuring not one but two (count ‘em – two) Rocky Mountain Harmony College was held headliner quartets to help with quartet coaching and in Estes Park, CO again this year and was a huge making this the best ever event in Estes! success! Well attended, well taught and a nice boost financially. For those that were able to What’s Inside attend, we had great instructors and lots of fine “Pride of the West”..................................................... 1 coaching for our up-and-coming quartets in the Marketing and Public Relations ................................. 2 district. A great job by Kevin Pape and members Chapter Eternal.......................................................... 5 YOUNG MEN IN HARMONY..................................... 6 of the Longmont Chapter (some of our all-time Harmony Foundation ................................................. 6 great members like Emil Milner, James Curts and VP Chapter Support and Leadership Training ........... 7 Dave Waddell) as well as SOR’s Gerry O’Halloran Membership ............................................................... 8 handled the administrative details to make it an Events VP .................................................................. 8 enjoyable weekend for all! Calendar 2005 - 2007 ................................................ 9 Spring Convention was our second big event Fall Convention Checklist ........................................ 13 of the year and saw some incredible performances 2004 International Bulletin Contest Placement ........ 14 by our district quartets as well as the highlight of Storm Front.............................................................. 17 the weekend with Gashouse Gang’s final Immediate Past President........................................ 18 Chapter Digest......................................................... 19 performance to add all 50 states to their list of Bulletin Editors and Webmasters............................. 19 states in which they had performed! We qualified a 2004 District Directory.............................................. 20 record number of quartets for the international Chapter Counselor Assignments ............................. 22 contest with Storm Front, Reprise, NeXus and Ignition! All qualified for a shot on the big stage! RMD can also boast at least 6 chorus directors that I’m excited by what appears to be solid music were able to attend Director’s College this year as well as programs in our district and continuing 3 new candidates for the Judging Program (Bob Fox and improvement among our fine quartets and Woody Woods, candidates for the Contest Administrator choruses! Hope this trend continues! Category and Chris Richards, for the Singing Category)! Salt Lake City International Convention! Congratulations to all for their fine work! And way to go to NeXus qualified as a wild card for the contest and our VP, Contest & Judging, John Coffin, for guiding these th then went on to finish 26 ! Storm Front made the men to candidate status! top 10!!!! And stellar performances from both th Wasatch Front (who finished 13 overall) and Some continuing great programs from our VP, Young th Sound of the Rockies (who finished 7 overall). Men in Harmony, Phil Ricks and nice to see a number of Lots of great things happening in our district and our choruses taking advantage of programs like the even greater promise for our future! Way to go! Page 1 of 23 Page 2 of 23 January 2005 Standing Ovation Program. The Society’s Ucansing2 program includes advertising Please welcome a couple of new members to in national media along with local chapters hosting the district team – your new VP, Marketing and potential new members at their regular rehearsals during Public Relations, Bob Young and new September. The Salt Lake City chapters have enjoyed a Credentials officer, Michael Nogrady (thanks to surge in guest visitors due to favorable publicity from the our outgoing officer, Don Lodvedt, for many fine recent Salt Lake City International Convention. years of service!). Your chapter can obtain, free of charge, radio and print Our VP, Chorus Director Development, Len advertisements, already produced and ready for delivery to Metallo, has retired due to work demands so this your local radio station or newspaper. Here’s an example; position is newly open. I am always looking for this story is being sent to national media in the USA and members that are interested in serving in a district Canada. capacity and this particular position is ideal for Happy Harmony, someone who is either currently serving as a MIKE director or is passionate about the value in DEPUTY growing our directors. Typically, this position serves as a resource for questions from the directors as well as helping to award the annual scholarships to Director’s College and coordinate other district director’s training events (e.g., CDWI’s and COTS training activities). If you are interested in this or other district board positions, please feel free to contact me directly or to contact Tony Pranaitis who currently heads up the Nominating Committee for positions on the district Board of Directors. Also, thanks to our IPP, Tony Pranaitis, for his ongoing great service to the district (he’s been a huge help to me with keeping our district communications active), as well as our Secretary, Gordon Springer and Treasurer, George Brown, for their great work. Not to leave anyone out – Mike Deputy is in the queue to take over as District President in 2007 (and will make a great DP) and Lee Taylor, has been continuing his fine work in providing Chapter Counselors to assist in chapter growth! Finally, check out your membership progress to date in Robin Harris’ article (our VP, Membership) and get ready for our National Guest Night program to be held the week of September 12-16, 2005! Not only do all of our chapters have the opportunity to win prizes for the highest number or highest percentage of new members added during the campaign but the Rocky Mountain District Ogallala, Nebraska Guest-A-Week program offers you the chance to e-mail [email protected] win back some of your new members’ dues as an URL http://www.harmonize.com/ccc added incentive to make this a banner year for Editor: Roy Godbolt [email protected] new members. Keep up the great work and look forward to Lion’s Club Singout June 3rd 2005 From Susan seeing you at our future district events! This was one of our best singouts. We sounded so good: good blend and balance, good expression, good intonation. What an excellent audience! The International Marketing and Public Relations Director's wife will never forget being serenaded by Mary NOW IS THE TIME TO INVITE YOUR Lou. Yes, there were a couple of "flubs" but those were FRIENDS TO SING BARBERSHOP noticeable only to us. (Some day we will get the words to Great fun and fellowship awaits new members Aura Lee in the right order! Maybe some-one has a of the Barbershop Harmony Society. You like to memory trick here to help us?) Thank you to Dale for sing. Share your love of music and harmony with getting us this singout and to Mike, Steve, Roger and Ron others; invite them to join you as a member of your for hauling the risers back and forth from South Platte. It is local chapter and chorus. a hassle, but it is well worth it -- so much better to sing on January 2005 Page 3 of 23 them than on that stage. A quartet made up of CCC’s Tenor Steve Lion’s Club State convention Memorial service Schwartzkopf, Lead Dennis Watkins, Bass Mark Wendell at Keith County Fair Grounds June 4th 2005 and Bari Toby Hansen will entertain the congregation. Quartet made up of Tenor Steve Billing, Montana Schwartzkopf, Lead Dennis Watkins, Bass Dale Russ Born, Editor, [email protected] Wee and Bari Toby Hansen. On Monday, May 2nd, the Big Sky Chorus impressed a Adam’s Bank “Club 50” Picnic in the Park June whole new audience when 19 dedicated chorus members 5th showed up in the middle of their busy work day to sing their hearts out. The feedback for the Rotarians could not Sunday afternoon & evening a quartet made up have been more positive, and we will generate more of Tenor Steve Schwartzkopf, Lead Dennis opportunities to sing throughout the Billings area as a Watkins, Bass Mark Wendell and Bari Toby result of this very important performance! Hansen moved around the picnic area at Legion Park in Ogallala singing some CCC favorites. It is the opinion of your humble editor that there are many highly successful choruses who will be jealous to The Director’s corner from Susan Kelton read that nearly 70% of our performing chorus showed up I think we would all agree that the coaching to participate in our Rotary performance.