The Northland Barbershop Chorus
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Local Quartets: Good Intentions
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I met a Barbershopper in Ontonagon, Michigan, last
weekend, and got to talking about shirts, etc. He said that their chorus
had originally gone with a medium blue golf shirt, but had to replace them
within eighteen months, for a couple of reasons:
a) Stains seemed to migrate to the lighter coloured shirt, and the cotton mix seemed to hold oily stains, such as spaghetti sauce and strawberry stains. They went to a darker red one the second time, and it seems to have worked, for the last 6 years that they've had it. b) The guys who had a tendency to gain and lose weight found that the lighter colour and lighter material seemed to show all the little bumps and wrinkles that showed, especially in their older members. Again, the darker red didn't show it, especially in a little heavier material. c) Their newer ones also were "Mercerized", which seemed to shed the dirt better than other types they tried. This seems to be some sort of teflon coating that is incorporated into the material. d) On the later version of the shirts, they went to a sew-on crest, so that they could get it in different sizes, since the design still had to be digitized before the computer embroidered it onto the shirt.
HARMONY ROUND-UP 2005
This will be held May 20-22, 2005 at Michigan State University. It's a great chance to improve your singing ability, and add another dimension to our musical experience. It will include good solid teaching, plus fellowship, tag singing and woodshedding. It's similar to our Harmony school earlier in the year, but much bigger, with a chance to meet a lot of fellow barbershoppers. The guest faculty quartet is HAPPINESS EMPORIUM, our 1975 Gold Medal Champions. I will have a few brochures at the Saturday practice and on Monday as well.
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Practices:
Saturday, April 2 - all day at Central United Church Monday, April 4 - Salvation Army Citadel Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - White Pines. Call time will be discussed Saturday. |