The time to start planning the break-up is when the quartet is coming together. Serious discussions of goals, hopes, dreams, work styles, etc. need to be done...
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John
jg62bbshop
Jan 25, 2008 9:07 pm
I couldn't agree more. One of the very FIRST things I talk about in a brand new quartet is how we're going to break up. It's going to happen, whether it's in a...
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Val V
val_vv
Jan 25, 2008 9:38 pm
I can see the logic - but it sounds too much like "planning to fail." IF four accomplished singers get together for an organizational meeting and debate...
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Lee Tayon
leetayon
Jan 25, 2008 9:55 pm
I've been in lurk mode with this group for a while. I am currently in a quartet that I enjoy very much but when we began this venture we did discuss how to...
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John
jg62bbshop
Jan 25, 2008 11:01 pm
I guess I just look at it as "reality". Quartets don't last forever. You're going to break up at some point just like you're going to die. So... you prepare...
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Rebecca Gilbert
fluteandsaxs...
Jan 25, 2008 11:34 pm
I'm in a new baby quartet that hasn't got off the ground yet. We were 3 and looking for a lead. Driving to music school, I had a lead in my car and mentioned...
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Val V
val_vv
Jan 26, 2008 3:44 am
I guess that like with many things, my relationship with the other three members of my quartet is "different" than others might have. Our quartet is "casual" -...
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John
jg62bbshop
Jan 28, 2008 2:22 pm
WANTING TO FORM NEW QUARTET Posted by: "ewheadley" ewheadley@... ewheadley Sun Jan 27, 2008 12:32 pm (PST) 52 year old Bass from Portland Maine...
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Pope, Lynette
phoenix_blue...
Jan 28, 2008 2:24 pm
Hi Dale, Been there, done that.....lived to tell about it. In barbershop life, It was the MOST DIFFICULT thing I've ever had to do. Yes, it was because of...
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Pope, Lynette
phoenix_blue...
Jan 28, 2008 2:24 pm
Well said Susan! I agree! so.....if you are about to quartet with people that have 'rose colored glasses' and 'stars in their eyes' (for example.....we don't...
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Val V
val_vv
Jan 28, 2008 2:24 pm
Hi Dale, I don't have any references, articles, a PhD in Psychology - and I didn't even stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. (Though I did hold a meeting...
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John
jg62bbshop
Jan 28, 2008 2:25 pm
For whatever reason, those last 3 messages got caught in our spam filter. I apologize for their delay. John...
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John
jg62bbshop
Jan 28, 2008 4:24 pm
Hello everyone, I'd like to introduce myself. I'm the FILES section of the BarbershopQuartet Yahoo group. From the Home page, I can be found as a link on the...
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bbshop
bbshop_11569
Jan 28, 2008 7:01 pm
I have (somewhere) a copy of the "Quartet Partnership Agreement" it's a questionaire that gives you an outline to find out if your goals / mission statement is...
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John
jg62bbshop
Jan 28, 2008 7:29 pm
I believe that Quartet Partnership agreement that you refer to is the same thing as the Information Manual for Quartets already in the Files section. If not,...
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JON WAGNER
theoriginalp...
Jan 28, 2008 7:55 pm
"I had a velcro ripping quartet break-up once and never want to go back there again... " How realistically descriptive that statement is.... Many of us have...
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Jake Jacobson
nc.bari
Jan 29, 2008 12:17 am
I'm excited about finding this group. About 9 months ago my wife and I moved to Fayetteville, NC. Since then I've been looking to form or join a quartet. I...
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Stancil, Chris
Chris2258
Jan 30, 2008 6:50 pm
I have never discussed how to break up a quartet and have been in a handful. I can see the logic but none ever discussed how to break up. We did have goals...
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Brett Auttonberry
ancientmusic...
Jan 30, 2008 6:50 pm
Hey, Jake! I used to live there at the back gate of Ft. Bragg in Southern Pines. I sang with the Golf Capitol Chorus while there. I tell you, it'd be worth...
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Charlene
bbshop_11569
Jan 31, 2008 12:27 am
I uploaded the Quartet Partnership Agreement to the files section of the Yahoo Group.... enjoy!...
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Casey Parker
acwosha
Feb 4, 2008 6:26 pm
2/4/08 Call For Papers - March 2008 GUBOQS Gazette To: Harmonetters,SPEBnet Bcc: Distr LS; AHSOW - BQPA This is the call for papers for the March 2008 issue of...
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Lester Q. Lee
lesterbass
Feb 5, 2008 1:00 am
Greetings all. I recently joined your forum. Would love to find 3 other voices who live in Washington County, Oregon (west of Portland). I would prefer to...
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Jennifer Gordon
ferfer72
Feb 5, 2008 3:23 pm
Jake- Does your wife sing? JennyGLike to play trivia games? Try http://www.funtrivia.com/?ref=ferfer72What would Jesus do for a Klondike Bar? To:...
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DEB STOLL
dstollnc
Feb 7, 2008 5:03 pm
Experienced Bass, Bari and Tenor looking for experienced Lead for Harmony, Inc. Area 2 contest on April 25. Contest registration deadline is February 25, so if...
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Brett Auttonberry
ancientmusic...
Feb 15, 2008 3:33 pm
Hey, Barbershoppers! Now that Valentines Day is over and those of us who were running around yesterday singing to sweethearts are recoperating, let's reville...
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Brett Auttonberry
ancientmusic...
Feb 15, 2008 3:46 pm
Well, I guess I COULD share one to get it started... Oh, so heeee-larious... This lady called to get one. She told our booker that her husband hadn't gotten...
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Lee Tayon
leetayon
Feb 15, 2008 3:54 pm
Our day started bright and early at 8:30 and ended around 6:15 p.m! We did a total of 19 deliveries across 3 counties in Texas. Of course we threw in a...
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Phil Beaver
phil4lead
Feb 15, 2008 4:06 pm
We sang for a worker in the cafeteria of an elementary school and had the pleasure of walking a long hall filled with children and their teachers and teacher's...
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Diane M. Clark
dianemclark2000
Feb 15, 2008 4:12 pm
Great story! I love it! My quartet Cashmere had a great day, too, despite the foot of snow that fell on us all day long! One of my favorites was our visit to...
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Bonnie Morton
montagebari
Feb 15, 2008 4:12 pm
We delivered one to our tenor (yes that's right - she had to work so we had a substitute tenor for our day valentines) at her school - Imagine her surprise! ...
