The GUBOQS Gazette
An occasional publication of the GUBOQS Group
(Get Us Back Our QUARTET Society, formerly GUBOS)
Volume 17, Issue 2 December 2005
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Dedicated to the interchange of ideas on restoring quartetting to spebsQsa

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Articles in this issue
SUNTONES FEATURED AT PIONEERS BQPA MEETING IN JANUARY
MARIN CA CHAPTER'S PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE QUARTETTING
NEW JAMES RIVER CHAPTER STARTS RIGHT WITH QUARTETTING
STORY OF FOUR FOR THE PRICE CARDINAL NOVICE CHAMPS
YEAR LONG QUARTET ENCOURAGEMENT AT CINCINNATI
CANADIAN CHAPTER HAS QUARTET SEGMENT AT CHAPTER MEETINGS
QUARTET ACTIVITY IS THE HEART AND SOUL OF ROSWELL
WHY LEARN TO WOODSHED?
MANY QUARTETTING IDEAS FROM SO. CALIFORNIA
INDEPENDENCE CHAPTER KEEPS QUARTET FOCUS
MUSIC AVAILABLE FOR A SONG
NEW -Harmony Song Index -8,560 Song Titles with, Composer & Year,
My Harmony Archive has 6,000 arrangements and 10,000 harmony type piano-vocals.
The Gazette has available arrangement songbooks and Harmony Guides for sale.
Did you know that pre-1923 songs are Public Domain, hence have no
royalties or fees?
Sheet Music prior to 1923 often included four part arrangements. I have 200.
From the Society Code of Ethics:
The Society aspires to preserve for its members and for all future
generations of prospective members the sacred right of men to seek
haven from the burden of their daily cares through indulgence in old
fashioned vocal quartet harmony, and to that end we do hereby pledge
ourselves to abide by the precepts of this Code of Ethics
Email an article to Casey Parker at <caseypar@...>
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The GUBOQS Gazette
Editor: Casey Parker
305 Vineyard Town Ctr #113 .
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
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Founders: Jack Baird, Charlie Johnson, Mark Lubart
John Mill, Max Minor (deceased), Dave Mohr, Tom Neal
Joe Shekleton, Fred Storck, Dick Stuart

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