Issue12_February 7th2005

What sad, happy and terrific happenings since our last issue! Here are some that we can catch up on.

Our condolences to Doug and Elizabeth Iles, on the passing of Doug's father.

Our condolences to Bob and Anne-Marie Shami, on the passing of Bob's mother.

Brenda and Sean McMurray had a son, Caelin John Christian, on November 22. (9 lb, 14oz)

Eddie Cloutier had an interesting 75th birthday weekend, (it was today, actually), although
the story that went with it was surely interesting.

Kevin Collar went off to school in Southern Ontario, and is reportedly doing well at broadcasting school.

We gained a bunch of new members! They include Dave Corbett, Don Holley,
Ted Luck, Carl Meyer, Vic Mizzi, Don Myers, Jim Schmidt and Jim Townsend.
We also received a pleasant returnee, Dan Rae. Welcome, guys.
My apologies if I missed anyone, and please inform me you were missed.

Jim Lake became our BARBERSHOPPER OF THE YEAR for 2004!

There were so many reasons why you, the membership, nominated Jim, and some special ideas were given
as well. A person who doesn't hate to ask people to help, said that Jim was special, because when he was
asked to do something, you knew it would get done, quickly and beyond the realms of hard work and
attention to detail. Thanks, Jim.   (another mentioned his cool bike)

Dates to Remember:

February 14 - Singing Valentines. If you have any orders, please give to Art Fink 759-4814
                     (one quartet available before 8:00 a.m., at noon and then after 4:00)(possible second quartet)
February 26 - coaching in Gaylord 12:30 - 5:30, hopefully back by 7:30 or 8:00
February 27 - Al Fisk comes to coach us. Venue to be announced later.
February 28 - night off, in lieu of Sunday.
March 2 - Executive meeting 7:00 at Northern Breweries
April 4- 9 - Show Week     Monday at the Citadel, Tuesday to Thursday at White Pines
                - Thursday April 7 - dress rehearsal          Friday off
April 9 - Barbershop show - call for chorus at 6:30 curtain up at 8:00
April 11 - off
June 13 - Novice Quartet Contest

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more pictures later

Some Sites You Might Want To Take A Look At

http: //www.spebsqsa.com

http://www.harmonymarketplace.com/

http://av.spebsqsa.org/jukebox/

2005 chorus contest goes wild!

The international chorus contest is reaching a new level of excitement: a wild card playoff
in Salt Lake City to pick six additional choruses for the championship finals!

The 2005 international chorus contest will be feature competitors qualified in three ways:

<> The sixteen (16) District Chorus Representatives selected through the standing procedure at
Fall District Contests.

· Choruses from affiliate organizations invited under standing rules. Usually, no more than two or three participate.

· A chorus wild card playoff consisting of up to twelve (12) choruses from the Barbershop Harmony Society. The top six (6) scoring choruses progress to the international chorus contest finals.

· In total, as many as 30 and as few as 22 choruses could compete in the finals; a total of 22-25 choruses seems likely, based on previous affiliate participation.

Sacred Gold Concert features Gold Medal Chorus
The most awesome assemblage of gold medal singers ever, combined with the 360 voices
of the internationally renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
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· When I Fall in Love

· If I Give My Heart to You

· In The Still of the Night

· The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi

· No Arms Can Ever Hold You (Like These Arms of Mine)

· For Once in My Life

· My Funny Valentine

· Antonio Carlos Jobim Medley (Meditation / Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)

· How Deep Is the Ocean

· Moonlight Serenade

· Jimmy Webb Medley (Didn't We / MacArthur Park)

· How Do You Keep the Music Playing?

· I'll Be Seeing You

Love Songs By Request http://www.harmonymarketplace.com/
002589$15.00
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Barbershop Trivia Questions

1. In what year was Geoffrey O’ Hara’s, “A Little Close Harmony” published?

2. What year did Phil Embury become International President?

3. What quartet did Frank H. Thorne sing in?

4. What year was the Interpretation category instituted?

5. Who was responsible for developing the Interpretation category?

6. Who replaced Bill Spangenberg as bass of the Buffalo Bills?

7. Where did the Schmitt Brothers start singing?

8. Who was President of the Society in 1953-54?

9. Who was the first chorus to hold the title of international champion?

10. Who directed the Singing Capital Chorus?

11. In what year was the concept of barbershop taught as a craft?

12. What was Dr. Harold W. Arberg’s nickname ?

13. Who invented the term “barbershop craft”?

14. What was the Society’s first folio of songs in barbershop style called?

15. Who was the author of the regular column on Old Songs, “Do You remember?” in The Harmonizer?

You can find the answers at http://www.spebsqsa.org/web/groups/public/documents/pages/pub_id_051950.hcsp

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12,000 songs are now one click away

Here’s on-demand inspiration from the golden age of popular music

Updated: 8/26/04 2:00 PM

Check Audiofile on the Members Only section of the Society Web site. It’s an index to a private collection of more
than 12,000 recorded songs—most from the early 1920s to the late ’40s (the golden age of popular song) and many
of them unobtainable from any other source.

Most performances are available to Barbershoppers on cassette or CD, with the exception of some protected by copyright.

more information at http://www.spebsqsa.org/web/groups/public/documents/pages/pub_id_059998.hcsp

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20 More Reasons To Sing In A quartet
http://www.spebsqsa.org/web/groups/public/documents/pages/pub_id_062121.hcsp
Grant Carson sings in several quartets. He has a short list of the virtues.

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Staying Healthy Is Important!
http://www.spebsqsa.org/web/groups/public/documents/pages/pub_id_064287.hcsp
Tips to help your singing voice stay healthy.