MAY, 1948 VOL. VII No.4 DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF BARBER SHOP QUARTET HARMONY ILLUSTRATION. COURTESY WURLJTZER Published By "KI..~""H~ .Otb C::ITY fJ'E'e SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT ~ l'Il'! IJ AlI.. JIJl'II: •••• 2 OF BARBER SHOP QUARTET SINGING IN AMERICA, INC, c:: .. l'I " I: l'I T I ..l'I DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHAPTER in the singing capital of a Jinging nation is a GUILD OF QUARTET SINGERS CAPITOLIANS MIX MASTERS CHORDINATORS PENTAGON FOUR COLUMBIANS POTOMAC CLIPPERS DIPLOMATS SINGING SQUIRES FORE 'N AFT FOUR SONGSMITHS FOUR BARS STATrON WAGON FOUR HARMONY HILL FOUR THREE BEEVES AND A BONE LIONS CLUB QUARTET TREBLE SHOOTERS METROPOLITAN POLICE QUARTET VOCAL YOKELS - and the- SINGING CAPITAL CHORUS Program meeting on the fourth Monday of each month. Quartet school on all other Mondays at 8:00 P. M, PIERCE HALL, FIFTEENTH AND HARVARD, N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C HARVEST OF HARMONY OF 1948 • CONSTITUTION HALL • OCTOBER 22, 1948 COPYRIGHT. ~I.-\ Y, 1948 The Society ior lhe Pr(,sl'rvation and Encouragement or Barner Shop Quartet :;in~\ng in America. Inc., Detroit, Michigan THE SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF BARBER SHOP QUARTET SINGING IN AMERICA, INC. CONVENTION NUMBER ~~-~~ VOLU ME VII NO. 4 OE\OTED TO T><E INle:RE~TS OF MAY, 1948 SARBER S><l"' WARlET Hj\R...oNY EFER IFER SAYS, Okla. City Ready For S.P.E.B.'s CONVENTION TO BE 10th and Greatest Convention "WHOOP-DE DOO" Advance sale of Convention Registration and Ticket Books and advance hotel reservations at Oklahoma City prove beyond any by W. Welsh Pierce doubt that this year's Int'!. Convention and Quartet Contest will be Dear Carroll: the largest attended in the ten year history of the Society. Int'1. Old Efer Ifer thought he had bet­ Secretary Adams will open the official Convention Headquarters ter get himself down Oklahoma-way at the Oklahoma Biltmore Hotel, Monday, May 31st. He will be to see how things are shaping up joined by Associate Secretary Bill Otto on Wednesday, June 9th. for the corn-vention. When you put (The Detroit Office will remain open throughout the Convention the kibosh on our plans for that Union Station stop-over stampede, period under the direction of office manager Aleta Sutherland.) there warn't nothin' else to do but The 40 quartets named in the 11 Regional Preliminary Contests on to go along with the Okies and here I be, habitating with the Herefords May 1st and 2nd to make the trek to Oklahoma City are ready to and tryin' my durndest to git along board trains, planes and motor cars, and all committees of the with the dogies. Convention City Chapter are laboring feverishly to make sure nothing that will add to the comfort, pleasure and convenience of the On my way down, just before reach­ more than 2500 visitors will be overlooked. Here is a complete ing Tulsa where O. C. Cash lives in schedule of the 5 day program, as announced by Int'1. President a P. O. Box, accordin' to the only address he ever give anyone, I was Charles M. Merrill and Co-General Chairmen Hank Wright and startled to see a sign on the road Granville Scanland of the Oklahoma City Committee_ which says "Catoosa-3 miles." I Official Program remember back in the old days when they take bids from cities that want 'Ved. forenoon-June 9th -Executive and other Int'!. Committees meet. the Convention and e\"ery time the bids Wed. afternoon -Executive and other fnt'l. Committees meet. were opened there would be a vote (C01Itinu,d on pag~ 4) (by Ray Granger - deceased) for Catoosa. Well I guess you was like WHERE THE QUARTETS WILL BATTLE IT OUT me and thought that was just a gag and that no town ever existed by that name. But, sure enough, after I had gone three more miles, there she was. Good Old Catoosa. How Hank Stan­ ley would hnve thrilled to see it. He was always a loyal voter for Catoosa. And after seeing the place we could have done ourselfs all right by ac· cepting their bid. The corrals looked mighty clean and there would be enough room for everybody. Plenty of singin' space too-all air condi­ tioned. 'VeIl about this city deal. (Down here nobody says Oklahoma City. It's just plain "City". If they ever get two cities there's gonna be trouble.) (On the other hand if they still have one after we get through with them the;y will be lucky.) The brothers down here sure are workin' hard and I (Comit/ued on pal'; 4) Oillahomi Clty Munlclpil Auditorium TABLE OF CONTENTS Barbershop Arrangements (list of) __ _..Page 30, 45 Keep America Singing-George W. Campbell Page 42 Barbershop Recordings (list of) _. __ _. __ .__ 32 Keep Posted .__ . __ _ __ . 31 Barbershop Bafflers by Charles M. Merrill _ __ .. 26 Map of District Boundaries . _.._ . ~~~~~~~~~_~~~~~~~~~~~ 49 Answers to Bafflers _ _. 27 New Chapters Chartered ._ . 12 Cartoon by Beaudin .. .._._ __ ._.... 15 Over the Editor's Shoulder . 43 Coast to Coast (by Districts) _ _. __ 24-25 Pioneer Recording Quartets-HCurlY" Crosset 47 Coming Events _ 13 6 Do You Remember'l..........J. George O'Brien 38 President's Column-Charles M. Merrill _ Directory of All Chapters _ _ __ . 54, 55 Public Domain Songs . 17 Editorial Pages (Directory of Intll. Board) . ._ 14-15 Quartets Competing in '48 Contests 16-17 Founder's Column "._........... 8 Song Arrangement in this Issue . _ 28-29 Index of Advertisers , __ _._ 49 Spark Plugs-for Meetings-Frank H. Thorne 27 Information You Want (about Songs)__ _ 39 Swipes-from the Chapters.. ------------.-- _34, 35, r See by the Papers ... .... 22-23 37, 40, 41, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53 It Helps to Know About a Song.._ . 39 The Old Songsters-Sigmund Spaeth _ . 21 Judges-'48 Contests ._. ._ _..... 5 The Way I See It-Deac Martin _ 36 4 The Harmonizer NEEDHAM TO JOIN EFER IFER IN OKIE LAND INT'L. OFFICE CAPTAIN CAMPBELL'S CLASS (ComitlNtd from png' 3) The Int'l. Executive Committee an­ FOR SONG LEADERS can vouch for the fact that it will be nounces the appointment of Thomas F. one !>well whoop-de-doo. It's no place Needham as Associate Int'}. Secretary Can you use some high-powered, to be effective July 1, 1948. Carroll of mine to tip off the surprises and Adams, Int"!. Secretary will now have concentrated, inspiring training all that will be thrun at us, but I two associates in Bill Otto. and Need­ in the art of leading commun­ know no true barbershopper will want ham. ity singing, packed into a three to miss the 10th Anniversary Con­ hour session at Oklahoma City eedham was born in \VlImington, vention. 'Vould most certainly !>uggest Del., then moved to Milwaukee. He on Saturday, June 12th, under that room reservations be booked at.tended Wayland Academy, the Wis­ the master hand of George W. early. Late comers might find them­ consin College of Music and Marquette Campbell, one of the top men selves out in the Alamo Courts or the University where he specialized in in that field. If so, you will have business administration. He comes Fence Rail, which would be about the from a musical family and has been a that opportunity ag-aill-for the same walking distance as from Gary, choral director since age sixteen. He third successive year. "Ask the I nd. to Chicago. has been directing three choruses, in­ man" who attended this ('.b.ss cluding the Milwaukee Chapter at Milwaukee last Jflne----or at Ernie Dick, Hank Wright, Ben Van Chorus, which he organized when the Dyke, Grad~r Musgrave and all the chapter was chartered in January, Cleveland in 1946. It will help in planning a suitable room at old timers down here in The City sure I do know how to make a damyankee the Oklahoma Biltmore Hotel, feel at home, They ride herd on you if those members who intend to hard and any of you Brothers that sit in on this conference will is allergic to spurs or saddle sores drop a line (a postal will do) better get some serious training. They to Int'1. Hq" 18270 Grand River pitch 'em high and sing 'em loud and Avenue, Detroit 23 by June 8th. they don't leave nobody drop out to But you will be welcome, put a tonsil back into place. That's one reason 1 advise everyone to bring whether or not you notify in their own cough medicine. advance. Sing-cerely, Yore Ole Podner, Efer Her. OKLA. CITY READY (COllfound from pag' 3) Wed. evening ~lnt'l. Board of Directors-Business session No. 1. Thur. fOi'enoon-June 10th -Int'1. Board of Directors-Business session No.2. Thur. afternoon -Int'1. Board of Directors-Business session No.3. 1'hur. evening -1948-1949 Int'1. Board of Direetors-Busine!-\s 1945. He is well known as an inter­ Session. preter of choral music, is a lyric baritone soloist and sang lead in two Fri. fOI'enoon--June 11th -Semi-Finals No. I-Civic Auditorium-Past quartets. Int'l. President Hal Ste'lab, M.C, He organized in '46 the first Land Fri. aflN'noon -Semi·Finals No.2-Civic Auditorium-Past O'Lakes District choral contest, in 1nt'1.