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	      R A M A P O   V A L L E Y  S POTLIGHT C H O R U S


			      directed by
                              Renee Craig


	                        Presents


		             *   *   *   *


	          "S w i n g   I t   A C a p p e l la"


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               ------------> You'll Also Hear <-----------


                           * Kindred Spirits *
           (Mixed quartet - Holly & Brian Beck, Gwen & John Smith)



                          * Good Times Quartet *
                (SPEBSQSA Mid-Atlantic District Medalists)



                        * Material Girls Quartet *


                        * Special Appearance by *
                           Westchester Chordsmen
                       (SPEBSQSA Mid-Adlantic District)
                          Directed by Renee Craig



                            Jack Pinto, Emcee

                                 * * *

                      Showcasing  The Ramapo Valley
	      International Performance of "The Lion King" Music


                                * * *

              Sunday,  April 1, 2001 3:00 pm ONE SHOW ONLY

                        Bergen Tech Auditorium
                          200 Hackensack Ave
                            Hackensack, NJ



			         * * *


For tickets, contact
(516) 744-8121 or
(866) 377-RVRV

Call or email if you need more info:
Roberta Smith, President
Ramapo Valley Chorus
(908) 709-3392 (O)
(908) 755-9654 (H)


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Hey everyone.

I just got my copy of Riptide's "Wonderful World".  By the way, it got here
about a week sooner than they said it would...awesome guys!

Let me sum it up in one word....Smooth!

Wonderful sound.  Wonderful blend.  And so on.  Just all the things we have
come to expect from those guys.

One of these days if someone could teach EK to sing tenor, I would really
appreciate it....

Great job guys!  And to think...I didn't miss out on this one!


Jeremy Conover
Bass--Quorum
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, Indiana
2000 Cardinal District International Collegiate Reps.

Bass--Banks of the Wabash Chorus
Terre Haute, Indiana


**I'm a Riptide Fan, Man!**
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Dear Barbershop Showgoers,

Several folks had inquired when we would be returning to the great state of
Nebraska...

Well...how's this weekend?  We are filling in for Bank Street who had an
unfortunate date conflict.

We're joining the fabulous Beatrice, NE "Homestead Harmonizers" Chapter on:

Saturday & Sunday February 3rd & 4th

Sat Show time: 8:00PM
Sun Matinee Time: 2:00PM
Place: Beatrice High School Theater

Tickets & Directions:  Rob Shardt, (402) 365-4492 or robs@...

Hope to see you there!

Mike Lawton
Revival






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At 11:37 AM 2/1/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Hey everyone.
>
>I just got my copy of Riptide's "Wonderful World".  By the way, it got here
>about a week sooner than they said it would...awesome guys!

here's what we wrote in our review:

"Rip" is the operative word here! This men's quartet could give "lock and
ring" lessons - "Put Me To Sleep" does anything but, there's a golden
overtone shining at the close of "Apple Blossom Time," and the
"Chordbusters March" should be led by these guys! Then they jazz up "Misty"
with women's quartet Crystal Clear - wow!! So get yours and let it rip!

Available online now at:

http://mac3.a-cappella.com/prodinfo.asp?number=5539C


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don@...             P.O. Box 159/19 Clark Point Rd. #3
800-827-2936                   Southwest Harbor, ME  04679
207-244-7603 (overseas calls)  207-244-7613 (fax)
   WEB STORE:   http://mac3.a-cappella.com
    Now with more than 10,000 sound files!

2/1/01

Hi Walt

You can find any member at  ...
http://www.spebsqsa.org/members

Just enter password and click on 'find a member'.

You can check this URL to find subscribers to Harmonette ...
http://www.yahoogroups.com/bbshop

Good luck at Buckeye, (is San Jose invited?)

Casey Parker, K.I.B.I.Q.

PS - I alerted Terry Clarke of Boston Common for you.
(AHSOW is very pround to have Terry on our Board of Directors.)

----miller------

Message: 16
    Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 16:23:11 -0500
    From: "Walt Miller" <millerwd@...>
Subject: Bank Street Contact

Would someone respond privately with an email or phone contact for Ferris
Collins or another member of Bank Street?

Walt Miller
General Chairman
Buckeye Invitational 2001
----------

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~From~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CASEY PARKER: SpebsQsa member since 1947; Founder SF Bay Cities
Quartet Chapter (1996), Keep It Barbershop in Quartets (2000).
Publish GUBOQS Gazette, Harmony Song Guide, and Harmony Record
Guide; AHSOW member since 1986, DEC FWD since 1999;  Lead of the
Century Notes quartet since 1989; Member San Jose Chapter since
1987; Mail: 305 Vineyard TC #113, Morgan Hill, CA 95037-5674;
Email: caseypar@...; (Voice/Page) 408.814.5247 (11/21/00).
Double click this:
http://www.sfbayquartets.org/

2/1/01

Dear Brother Quartetters on the Harmonette (others ignore)

This is the periodic call for email replies with stories of successful
integration of quartetting in the chapter meeting.  Would it be impolite
of me to say that the pressure of chorus rehearsing squeezes out the
opportunity for members, especially newbies, to enjoy singing with
just three other guys, at meetings?  Let me tell you a true story.

ONCE UPON A TIME there was a Chapter known far and wide to be a hotbed
of quartetting.  You could come to any meeting and you would be
immediately put in a quartet with three experienced quartetters.
You would be given help singing your part, and honored by being
encouraged to perform for the rest of the chapter, often on your very
first visit.  Annual shows were called Parade of Quartets, where nearly
every quartet was from the home chapter, like 12 (hmm 12 x 4 = 48).

Then some administrators (ex-glee clubbers) and competition-advocates
(ex-jocks) joined.  The adminstrators said your Parade of Quartets is
boring, what you need is a BIG DANCING CHORUS to bring in big bucks.
The ex-jocks said you are losing contests -
"Winning isn't the only thing, it's everything!".
What you need is THREE HOURS OF RISER DANCING DRILL every week to win
contests.  Besides that, you're having entirely too much fun in quartets.
In time, nearly every long-time experienced quartetter quit ...
except one noisy one.

Oh yes, they tried to ignore him, but that's another story.  Gradually
the ex-jocks fell out of power and the adminstrators went on to other
challenges.  The nagging voice of this lone quartetting advocate
finally struck a chord with a new Music VP.  He started a program of
randomly creating a quartet, by drawing names from hats at every
meeting, to sing two songs three weeks hence.  Now every week they have
a quartet sing for the chapter, and ultimately every member gets a
chance to sing in a quartet.

And they went on quartetting HAPPILY EVER AFTER ...
End of story.

Now, YOU send in YOUR success story on how YOUR chapter Preserves and
Encourages Quarteting in YOUR chapter meeting.  Our publishing
deadline for the March GUBOQS Gazette is February 20, 2001.  Be famous.

Thank you for your email reply (in the body of the message) addressed
to <caseypar@...>.  Please no attachments or flames.

Brother Casey Parker, quartet advocate
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~From~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CASEY PARKER: SpebsQsa member since 1947; Founder SF Bay Cities
Quartet Chapter (1996), Keep It Barbershop in Quartets (2000).
Publish GUBOQS Gazette, Harmony Song Guide, and Harmony Record
Guide; AHSOW member since 1986, DEC FWD since 1999;  Lead of the
Century Notes quartet since 1989; Member San Jose Chapter since
1987; Mail: 305 Vineyard TC #113, Morgan Hill, CA 95037-5674;
Email: caseypar@...; (Voice/Page) 408.814.5247 (11/21/00).
Double click this:
http://www.sfbayquartets.org/

The Brandywine Chorus of Sweet Adelines International Region 19 is searching for
a new director. Prospective candidates should have strong musical and vocal
production skills with an interest in performance and competition.

Brandywine Chorus is the First Place Small Chorus in Region 19 for the year
2000. In 2001, we plan to compete in April at the Region 19 convention and in
July at the SAI Harmony Classic in San Antonio, TX. We are an active community
chorus and have performed at dozens of community and private events since we
chartered in 1995.

We strive to achieve a high level of excellence in both vocal and visual
performance while still maintaining a light hearted approach to this wonderful
hobby.

If you would like to be considered for this position or know of someone who
would be interested, please contact either of the following two members.

Cheryl Kelly cheersbass@...

Or

Kathy McDonald mcdonald@...



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Hello to all. I sent blind copy emails to all interested parties. if you
asked and didn`t get an answer from me please let me know and I will get
it to you. I`d rather hear an Aflat.
Chord-ially, Charlie Bradham, Okeechobee, Fl.

Editor's note:  A while back, several Harmonetters requested that we
forward good HarmonetLite posts back to the main Harmonet, if they did
were sent directly to HarmonetLite.  (That way, people could read only
the main Harmonet and not miss anything.)

Here is a slightly different case, though -- this one was forwarded to
HarmonetLite from a different list, SPEBSQSA_YMIH.  My question is,
would those people want me to forward (to the main Harmonet) posts like
this, that appeared on HarmonetLite but originated on a third list?

(Currently, HarmonetLite gets selected posts from five different
barbershop mailing lists: bbshop, bbshopwebguild, bbshopmembership,
BarbershopPR, and SPEBSQSA_YMIH.)

Let me know if you would like or not like this, and I will proceed
accordingly in the future.

Thanks,
   - Tom A.  (HarmonetLite FAQ:  http://arneberg.com/harmonet/lite)
-------------------------------------------+--------------------------
;-) I'd rather be ____  Thomas R. Arneberg | http://arneberg.com/chips
:-) singing in a |____| toma@...  | Baritone, "CHIPS" quartet
:-) Barbershop  _|   _| SGI (formerly Cray)| Former chapters: St. Paul,
:-) Quartet!   (_)  (_) Chippewa Falls, WI | Denver, Portland, Hilltop
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-------------- Forwarded message:

To: HarmonetLite@yahoogroups.com
X-eGroups-From: Mark Freedkin <Mark.Freedkin@...>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 12:12:22 -0600 (CST)
Subject: [HL] RE: [SPEBSQSA_YMIH] Masters of Harmony YMIH program

> From: Jason Portell [mailto:jportell@...]
>
> I just looked at the Master of Harmony Web site and saw their latest
> YMIH effort.
>
> It's worth a peek... http://www.mastersofharmony.org
>
> (Great job out there Mark!)
>
> Anyhow, I would like to hear from you guys in regards to establishing
> a state wide relationship with Music Educators. Has anyone done any
> work in this regard? If so, what was the process you used? Any
> successes? Any non-successes?

Thanks for the kind words, Jason.  This festival has created quite
a stir among choral music educators in this area.  It's going to
be a lot of fun for everyone.

In California, we have had some very active involvement with
state-wide relationships.  In March of 1999, Bill Rashleigh gave
a 90-minute presentation of the Barbershop Style to about 60 choral
music educators attending the California Music Educators Association
Convention.  A few months ago, a representative called me to see if
we would offer that presentation again.  It turns out that Bill R.
will be in Southern California for our Youth Harmony Festival on
March 3, and he'll stay on to give the presentation at this year's
CMEA Convention later that week.  The Far Western District will
also have a booth in the exhibit area of the convention, staffed
by members of our district YMIH committee.  The Kenosha Music Staff
will provide about 100 of the new "Music Educators Kits" for us to
distribute at that booth to convention attendees who wish to learn
more about the barbershop style.

More significantly, we just received a request from choral director
who serves on the Executive Board of the California ACDA chapter to
give a similar presentation at their summer convention in early
August (immediately after Harmony College).  As everyone knows, it's
been a real challenge to break into ACDA.  Hopefully, we will begin
to build some awareness from this activity that will spread throughout
the national ACDA organization.

I believe that all of these positive results come from the past six
years of providing financial support (refer to my post a few months
ago about our "Cash Grant" program) and performance opportunites that
local chapters have provided for young people (including the fabulous
performance by 65 high school guys at the Anaheim Convention.  It's
a painfully slow process to build and nurture these relationships
and programs, but it's certainly worth the effort in the long-run.

Please let us hear about other success stories.  I'm particularly
interested in hearing about what's happening outside the United
States.  Thanks for everyone's wonderful work with this important
program.

Mark Freedkin
VP/YMIH -- Masters of Harmony


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We have a least one chorus member who will need a riser chair for competition
this spring.  Can anyone suggest a source?

Joan Emmert Carrassi
Carolina Style Chorus, SAI Region 14, Hickory NC

The Wilmington, DE Chorus of the Brandywine announces its annual show
featuring none other than the Acoustix, known worldwide for their pursuit of
musical excellence.

Also appearing on the show will be Wilmington's own Runaway Sound, current
Mid-Atlantic District Quartet Champs and the Chorus of the Brandywine.

Ticket chairman Dick Funk will be happy to set you up with great seats while
they last.  Details are as follows:

> Saturday, March 17, 2001 Matinee 2:30 P.M.
> Reserved: $18
> General Admission: $15
> Student: $12 (seating in General Admission area)
> Senior: $12 (Seating in General Admission area)
>
> (Senior tickets only available for Matinee)
>
> Satruday, March 17, 2001 Evening 7:30 P.M.
>
> Reserved: $18
> General Admission: $15
> Student: $12 (Seating in General Admission area)
> No Senior tickets for Evening Performance.
>
> A discount of 10% will be given for orders of 12 or more seats in any
> one category.
>
> Afterglow tickets: $13
>
> You can mail your check ( payable to Chorus of the Brandywine) to me:
>
> Richard L. Funk
> 37 Boyd Drive
> Colora, MD  21917-1523
> 410-658-5645
>
>
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Dick Gray
Bass, Runaway Sound 2001 M-AD Quartet Champs


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I'm looking for Dave LaBar's email address.  If anyone has it could you email it
to me.

Brad Hine


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Anyone know the *Bears* handle (Edress) I used it a lot but now it comes back

Ed Hinkley

Our chapter started using eGroups a few months ago after I heard about it
from the Harmonet. Well now just as I am starting to want to us some of it's
features other than email (the files, the database, the chat), my members
will be required to sign up with Yahoo to access it. Well, I'm a Yahoo user
so doesn't bother me. But some other members don't want to provide Yahoo all
the info they require such as birthdate and zip code. So now, eGroups (sorry
Yahoo Groups) is useless as a tool since some of my chapter members will not
be able to access it.

Unless someone knows of a way to get a Yahoo ID without providing all their
"required" information. Has anyone else received complaints from chapter
members about the recent conversion and being forced to get a Yahoo ID?

Steve Sammonds (sammonds@...)
Music Director, Peninsula Chapter (FWD, SPEBSQSA)
Lead, ShockWave

I have a problem with this as well, though none of our members have
complained (yet) because most of them just use email and don't need
to access the website at all.  I had to register just to perform
list admin functions, of course the email to all list moderators
came out AFTER the change took effect which was useless.

In any case, if anyone has qualms about providing their birthday or
occupation, they could just make one up.  It's not as if anyone has
to provide any actual information about themselves if they don't want
to, they can be whoever they want to be.  Personally I would recommend
this, wish I had thought of it before I registered!

Steve Nester
Music VP and Chapter eGroup Admin
Sounds of Concord, Concord, MA
nester@...

>Our chapter started using eGroups a few months ago after I heard about
>it
> from the Harmonet. Well now just as I am starting to want to us some
>of it's
> features other than email (the files, the database, the chat), my
>members
> will be required to sign up with Yahoo to access it. Well, I'm a
>Yahoo user
> so doesn't bother me. But some other members don't want to provide
>Yahoo all
> the info they require such as birthdate and zip code. So now, eGroups
>(sorry
> Yahoo Groups) is useless as a tool since some of my chapter members
>will not
> be able to access it.
>
> Unless someone knows of a way to get a Yahoo ID without providing all
>their
> "required" information. Has anyone else received complaints from
>chapter
> members about the recent conversion and being forced to get a Yahoo ID?

2/2/01

To: David Boyd
Cc: Harmonette/yahoogroups1-01

I see you are Program VP.  Good.  Try these ideas:

Casey Parker, K.I.B.I.Q.
----------------------------
1/25/01

To: FarWest

Gentlemen;

Thank you for your many comments supportive of restoring quartetting
to it's proper priority via Long Range Planning.  I have forwarded
these great comments to our District President for action.

Let me re-cap some of the programs we have initiated for local
chapter implementation:

Lucky Draw Quartet Program: Every week a quartet sings which has been
selected at random from the membership (one from each voice part),
three weeks prior.  A coach is selected also to help prepare them
to sing the two songs of their choosing in a proper manner.  Simple
costumes and a quartet name are chosen.

Fifth-Meeting Quartet Program: In those months having a five meeting
nights, there will be a quartet night program.  Four times a year, on
these firm dates (confirmed by the Board), a series of quartet activities
are activated to involve all members in quartet singing.  This can be
tailored to emphasize show songs or contest songs as appropriate.  Tag-in
quartets, line-up quartets, old-new octets, and coaching are options.

Thank you for your attention.  Work with your Quartet Promoter and
your Program VP to implement these programs.  Let me know the results.

Casey Parker, quartet advocate

FAQ's (Tuesday as an example)
1. Q: Why have a Fifth Tuesday Quartet Program? (FTQP)
    A: We are Quartet Society, and having 4 quartet programs a year to
support quartetting is a minimum.  In that month we have alreaday had
four 3-hour chorus rehearsals.  It is fully supported by the 2001 Board.
Sorry, it is not a waste of time, it's our Society objective
2. Q: Why not drop FTQP and just have a little quartetting every week?
    A: We have a weekly quartet activity, the Lucky Draw Quartet Program.
It is extra work for the Program VP to line up additional quartet activities
and still satisfy the Chorus leadership.  Four separate FTQP's allows us
to focus on quartetting to give a positive quartet esperience, allowing
members to graduate from the risers to singing with just three other guys.
3.  Q: Doesn't quartetting bore the listeners say, when four are singing and
50 are listening?
     A: Hello, we all love barberhop harmony, right?  Maybe we ought to
learn "Constructive Listening".  How about giving the singers constructive
suggestions - Here's an idea - have the members of a section write down
comments of their section-mate who is singing.  Also, we have had 14 hours
of chorus singing this month, maybe a break to refresh is appropriate.
4.  Q: Can't we postpone the FTQP 'til after the show, contest, etc. etc.
     A: No.  The Gregorian calendar we use predicted the Fifth Tuesdays in
year 2001 several centuries ago, so they are hardly a surprise.  The Board
was reminded of them months ago and approved the four FTQP's and placed them
on the Chapter Calendar.  This was presented to the chapter on 1/23/01.
Postponment is not an option.  There will always be reasons, but our
Society priority is quartet preservation - read your membership card.
----------
----boyd------
At 10:53 PM 2/1/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Hey Casey,
>    Unfortunately I have no success story, but would entertain suggestions
>that might lead to one. Will you post to the Harmonet, or can you ad me to
>the list to get the responses to this call?
>
>Thanx,
>
>Dave Boyd aka Pharmasaurus Rx
>Greenville,SC
>Treasurer, House of Boyd Society, Inc. A Scottish Clan Society
>Listmanager, PAWASHIN-L Genealogy mailing list
>Lead, VP-Program, Palmetto Statesmen Barbershop Chorus
>Lead, Upstate Four, Barbershop quartet
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Casey Parker" <caseypar@...>
>To: "Harmonette1-01" <bbshop@yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 12:03 PM
>Subject: [bbshop] Call for Papers on Quartetting
>
>> 2/1/01
>>
>> Dear Brother Quartetters on the Harmonette (others ignore)
>>
>> This is the periodic call for email replies with stories of successful
>> integration of quartetting in the chapter meeting.
---snip----

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~From~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CASEY PARKER: SpebsQsa member since 1947; Founder SF Bay Cities
Quartet Chapter (1996), Keep It Barbershop in Quartets (2000).
Publish GUBOQS Gazette, Harmony Song Guide, and Harmony Record
Guide; AHSOW member since 1986, DEC FWD since 1999;  Lead of the
Century Notes quartet since 1989; Member San Jose Chapter since
1987; Mail: 305 Vineyard TC #113, Morgan Hill, CA 95037-5674;
Email: caseypar@...; (Voice/Page) 408.814.5247 (11/21/00).
Double click this:
http://www.sfbayquartets.org/

I got the answers below when asking Steve Nester's question
on a list for e-mail group managers:
--jim--
jimstyer@...
-------------------
>If they want to use the website, yes, they do have to get a
>Yahoo ID. I've had one for over 4 years and have never had any
>problems. I'd have to know why they don't want to give Yahoo
>their birth date and zipcode. If they are worried that other
>members can see their personal information - they can't. Each ID
>has 1 or more public profiles in which you decide what you will
>let anyone else see. Nothing is required in your public profile
>other than any nickname you make up.
>
>Yahoo has never misused my private information. What are they
>afraid Yahoo is going to do with their personal information?
>
>Geneva
--------------------
>Yahoo, as well as other sites, asks for a birthdate
>and a zip code.  One is not under oath about these
>things.  I usually offer my senior cat's month/day,
>and knock several years off my age when determining
>the year.  Zip code?  I'm fond of Bronxville, NY
>(I live in Houston).
>
>Fabrication can be fun.
>
>Virginia (who has moments of whimsicality)
--------------------

Good Morning A Cappella fans,

I'm proud to announce that JazzKatz has been chosen to be among the
eight competitors in the Denver regional Harmony Sweepstakes.  We
will be very proud to repersent the Mixed Harmony Barbershop
Quartet Association (MHBQA)  I'm curious if there are any of our
brethren or sisteren who have been chosen.  Let us all know so we can
wish you well.

Rob Baltensberger
Bass, JazzKatz

2/2/01

To: Harmonette/yahoogroups1-01

Recently someone inquired about a Mel Torme hit "THAT'S ALL".
I located it  ('52, Brandt & Haymes).  This is a "chord spelling"
song.  I look at the chord sequence to judge the
"barbershopability".  "I can only give you love that lasts forever ..."
C, C7, C, G7, Em7, A7, Dmn7, G7, Am7, D9, Dm7, F#dim, Em7, A7,D7-5, G7
Whattayathink?

It's a nice love song of the 'I can't give you anything but love'
genre, but I don't think it's a good contest vehicle, IMHO.

Casey Parker, K.I.B.I.Q.

(They 'moderate" my signature, so I'll just skip it.)

Hello everyone!

Well, I have good news, and bad news.  The good news is that the starting the
week of the 12th, my show will have a more "permanent" home until early June
(such is the beast that is small college radio).  The bad news - I will not be
on the air next week while that schedule is worked out and some transmitter
repair takes place.  Again, many thanks to all who have donated their CDs to the
show;  this week I had new CDs from Boyz Nite Out (Rho Sham Bo), and Bara Vox
(We're Going up).  Also, _extreme_ thanks go out to Eugene Rocha of BNO, who
recorded a custom Legal ID for the show.  Sounds, great, Eugene!  Once I get
back on the air, I expect to have many new CDs.  "On deck" currently are The
Magnets, and the Iowa St. Shaggy Boys, and I've been promised some Interstate
Rivals, Marquis, and Keepsake.

      * = New Music    % = Special Feature.

So, here's the playlist for Tuesday night, 1/30/01, from 7:15pm to 9:15pm....

Acoustix - Star Spangled Banner - Stars & Stripes
Acoustix - Stars & Stripes Forever - Stars & Stripes
Boyz Nite Out - Soundcheck - Director's Cut
Vox One - Gone By - Out There
M-Pact - Got a Friend? - It's All About Harmony
M-Pact - 29 Ways - It's All About Harmony
Vox One - Respect - Urban Harmony Movement Collection
Five O'Clock Shadow - If You Could Only See - So There
U Penn Off the Beat - Don't Stand So Close to Me - BOCA '99
Brown Jabberwocks - 7 - BOCA 1
Amherst Zumbuyes - Rock With You - BOCA 2
  & Extended ICCA Promo over Bela Fleck "Left of Cool" &
  * Boyz Nite Out - Crazy - Rho Sham Bo *
  * Boyz Nite Out - Baby Doll - Rho Sham Bo *
  * Boyz Nite Out - I Wanna Be Your Baby Tonite - Rho Sham Bo *
Tiffin Up In the Air - Step Off - Volume-One
DaVinci's Notebook - Ally McBeal - The Life & Times of Mike Fanning
DaVinci's Notebook - Sgt. Peppers - Bendy's Law
DaVinci's Notebook - Kingdom in the Sky - The Life & Times of Mike Fanning
DaVinci's Notebook - Liposuction - Bendy's Law
Hampton Avenue - Foodblooz - Everybody Sing!
+4db - Naughty Number Nine - +4db
Real Group - I Found the Key - All For One
  * Bara Vox - Autumn Leaves - We're Going Up *
  * Bara Vox - Drive My Car - We're Going Up *
  * Bara Vox - Millenium - We're Going Up *
Rockapella - Falling Over You - Primer
Excalibur - Atlanta's Jumpin' - Unforgettable
City Lights - I Love to Hear that Old Barbershop Style - Sophisticated Swing
Gas House Gang - Strike Up The Band Medley - CARAs '97
Signature Sound - Orange Colored Sky - Caught in the Act

House Jacks - Gone - Naked Noise
Five O'Clock Shadow - Tribute - So There
Acoustix - God Bless America - Stars & Stripes
House Jacks - Star Spangled Banner - Funkwich

That's it!  Just a couple of hours, but I tried my best to cover all the bases. 
Maybe a bit too little barbershop, but more on that over the next few months.

I really like to promote concerts - If you have a show in the Northeast/Mid
Atlantic US you'd like to promote, send me the details at CASAJersey@....

I also like playing new CD's. Send them along!!!  Here's the address:

  Rich Pearson
  275 Morningside Terrace, Apt. F
  Teaneck, NJ 07666

I'll play three cuts off any disc the first opportunity I have!

And finally, I am considering a larger Radio project in the New York area. 
However, I _really_ need a barbershopper to do it.  So, any barbershopper
interested in starting a show which will be a fusion of "Applause" (WDVR) and
"All A Cappella" (WERS), and lives in the NYC Tri-State area, write me - I think
that something can be done so that Boston and the Lehigh Valley don't have all
the fun!

In Harmony,
:-) Rich Pearson


  --------------------------------------------
  Rich Pearson
  CASA North Jersey Ambassador
  and host of...
  "The Vocal Maximum Show", WRPR 90.3, Mahwah, NJ
  New Time And Date Starting week of 2/12!
  www.wrpr.org  CASAJersey@...
  --------------------------------------------

REGION #14 REGIONAL COMPETITIONS
MARCH 29-APRIL 1, 2001
GREENSBORO, NC

OFFICIAL CHORUS ORDER OF APPEARANCE

Cont Chorus                 Location               Director
  #
====================================================================
  1   Mountain Empire**     Johnson City, TN        Jane McKamey
  2   Shenandoah Valley     Winchester, VA          Becky Lilly
  3   Skyline Harmony       Charlottesville, VA     Joan Henderson
  4   Southern Harmony      Charleston, SC          Tom Nawrocki
  5   Arundelair            Annapolis, MD           Joe Biddle
  6   Wilderness Road       Christiansburg, VA      Charlotte Smith
  7   Foothills Harmony     Anderson, SC            Nancy Shattuck
  8   Patuxent Pearls       Lusby, MD               Ellen Bertelsen
  9   Roanoke Valley Star   Roanoke, VA             Dawn Lorince
10   Azalea Coast          Wilmington, NC          Joan Obernesse
11   Carolina Style        Hickory, NC             Jean Danaher
12   Queen Charlotte**     Charlotte, NC           Cynthia Shook
13   Carolina Harmony      Raleigh, NC             Susie Pecorella
14   Song O'Sky            Asheville, NC           Betty Parham
15   Potomac Harmony       Arlington, VA           Ozzi Mask
16   Highlands Harmony     Bristol, VA             Dondra Warden
17   Virginia Coast        Virginia Beach, VA      Cheri Danner
18   Publick Times         Newport News, VA        Patricia Leveille
19   Greater Richmond      Richmond, VA            Dixie Dahlke
20   Vienna-Falls          Fairfax, VA             Claire Gardiner

** = evaluation only

OFFICIAL QUARTET ORDER OF APPEARANCE

Cont Quartet                 Chapter(s)
  #
====================================================================
  1   Notorious!              Greater Richmond, CAL
  2   AirWaves                Queen Charlotte
  3   New Revue               Golden Triad, Queen Charlotte
  4   Generations             Carolina Harmony, CAL
  5   Station Break           Golden Triad
  6   Caught in the Act       Potomac Harmony
  7   Bay Magic               Virginia Coast
  8   River City Rascals      Greater Richmond
  9   Front Page News         Potomac Harmony
10   Sound Advice            Vienna-Falls
11   Close Company           Greater Richmond
12   MoodSwing               Potomac Harmony
13   Society Swing           Carolina Style, Golden Triad, CAL
14   Jazzmania               Carolina Harmony
15   Uptown Rhythm           Potomac Harmony
16   Entertainment Company   Highlands Harmony
17   Moonstruck              Carolina Style, Queen Charlotte
18   Backstage Pass          Chapter-at-Large
19   Sound Celebration       Potomac Harmony, CAL
20   Class 'n' Sass          Southern Harmony
21   Carolina Connection     Queen Charlotte
22   Royal Blend             Queen Charlotte
23   East Coast Edition      Publick Times
24   Midnight Special        Potomac Harmony


This information was taken from the Sweet Adelines International web page:

http://www.sweetadelineintl.org/attention-regions.cfm

Please send any additions or corrections to me privately.

LovejoyMar @ att.net   <=== remove spaces

Marti Lovejoy, Life Member of Sweet Adelines (28 years so far)
SA Score Central for SING & the Harmonet - 7th Year!
Houston Horizon Chorus, Reg 10, TX, USA
LovejoyMar@...

REGION #20 REGIONAL COMPETITIONS
MARCH 29-APRIL 1, 2001
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA

OFFICIAL CHORUS ORDER OF APPEARANCE

Cont Chorus                 Location               Director
  #
====================================================================
  1   Spirit of Harmony      Spirit Lake, IA       Judy Weipert
  2   Sioux Falls            Sioux Falls, SD       Karen Christian
  3   Cedar Harmony          Cedar Falls, IA       Jo Capoccioni
  4   Port City Pearl        Muscatine, IA         Dan Warschauer
  5   Music City             Mason City, IA        Gary Moore
  6   Heart of Iowa          Marshalltown, IA      Jolene Kubli
  7   Harmony Central        Des Moines, IA        Jerilee Inghram
  8   Lincolnaire            Lincoln, NE           Karen Koch
  9   Omaha                  Omaha, NE             Nancy Goldberg

OFFICIAL QUARTET ORDER OF APPEARANCE

Cont Quartet                 Chapter(s)
  #
====================================================================
  1   42nd Street             Cedar Rhapsody
  2   Première                Harmony Central
  3   Pizzazz Incorporated    Lincolnaire
  4   Vocal Illusion          Harmony Central
  5   Blaze!                  Lincolnaire, Iowa City, CAL
  6   Starfire                Harmony Central, CAL
  7   Novachords              Iowa City
  8   Stateline Jubilee       Spirit of Harmony
  9   Star City Sound         Lincolnaire
10   Horizon                 Lincolnaire
11   Special Arrangement     Harmony Central
12   Sound Enterprise        Iowa City, CAL
13   Northern Lights         Spirit of Harmony
14   Take Note               Spirit of Harmony
15   Rhapsody Express        Iowa City
16   Quest                   Harmony Central
17   Our Choice              Omaha
18   Travelin Music Co.      Omaha
19   Riversong               Port City Pearl, CAL
20   Plezant Company         Cedar Harmony

This information was taken from the Sweet Adelines International web page:

http://www.sweetadelineintl.org/attention-regions.cfm

Please send any additions or corrections to me privately.

LovejoyMar @ att.net   <=== remove spaces

Marti Lovejoy, Life Member of Sweet Adelines (28 years so far)
SA Score Central for SING & the Harmonet - 7th Year!
Houston Horizon Chorus, Reg 10, TX, USA
LovejoyMar@...

REGION #21 REGIONAL COMPETITIONS
MARCH 29-APRIL 1, 2001
PHOENIX, ARIZONA

OFFICIAL CHORUS ORDER OF APPEARANCE

Cont Chorus                 Location               Director
  #
====================================================================
  1   Phoenix Showcase       Phoenix, AZ            Denise Douthat
  2   Vista Hills            Vista, CA              not listed
  3   Fiesta                 Chandler, AZ           Barbara Link
  4   Mission Viejo          Mission Viejo, CA      not listed
  5   Inland Empire          Riverside, CA          Bonnie TerKeurst
  6   Sounds of Harmony      Chino, CA              Gerry Papageorge
  7   Cactus Country         Glendale, AZ           Patti Steinkamp
  8   Harborlites            Huntington Beach, CA   Pamela Pieson
  9   Tucson Goodtime        Tucson, AZ             Dayle Cook
10   Enchanted Mesa Show    Albuquerque, NM        Denise King
11   Scottsdale             Scottsdale, AZ         Lori Lyford

** = evaluation onlyOFFICIAL QUARTET ORDER OF APPEARANCE

Cont Quartet                 Chapter(s)
  #
====================================================================
  1   ConTempo**              Scottsdale, Tucson Goodtime, San Diego
  2   S.W. Edition            Enchanted Mesa Show
  3   Insight                 Harborlites
  4   Soundabouts             San Diego
  5   Four of Hearts          Tucson Goodtime
  6   Season Ticket           Scottsdale, CAL
  7   a.k.a. Kizmet           Harborlites
  8   Sequel Quartet          Scottsdale, CAL
  9   Portfolio               Harborlites, Southwest Sounds Show,
                                Enchanted Mesa Show
10   Momentum                Fiesta
11   Hi Fidelity             Harborlites, Inland Empire, CAL
12   Blond Ambition          San Diego
13   Pacific Breeze          CAL, San Diego
14   Options                 Tucson Goodtime
15   Crosstown Transfer      Tucson Goodtime, CAL
16   Heart 'n Soul           Verdugo Hills, San Diego
17   This End Up!            Scottsdale
18   Midnight Fire           San Diego
19   Quatro!                 Scottsdale, Enchanted Mesa Show
20   Party Mixx              Scottsdale, CAL
21   Desert Magic            Scottsdale
22   NightSong               San Diego
23   Short Circuit           Enchanted Mesa Show

This information was taken from the Sweet Adelines International web page:

http://www.sweetadelineintl.org/attention-regions.cfm

Please send any additions or corrections to me privately.

LovejoyMar @ att.net   <=== remove spaces

Marti Lovejoy, Life Member of Sweet Adelines (28 years so far)
SA Score Central for SING & the Harmonet - 7th Year!
Houston Horizon Chorus, Reg 10, TX, USA
LovejoyMar@...

Here's more from that e-mail group managers' list:

>Tell them to put in fake info.  Yes I know the Yahoo TOS says you're
>supposed to give truthful info but it's not like Yahoo's going to send
>out private detectives to verify everything you enter.
>
>On just about any website I sign up at, I give fake info.  If I have to
>give a location, I put something in my time zone but a different state.
>For birthdate, I list something close to mine but the day and month are
>wrong and the year is off by a couple.  For occupation, Yahoo has an
>"other" option, I always choose that.
>
>This is what computer security people recommend, NEVER enter your real
>info, unless you have to, like for bank account or credit card online
>access or when you're shopping online.  For any other websites, they
>always say give fake info.
>
>And tell your users how to make all their ID info private, uncheck the
>box for the Member Directory, don't check the "Interests" boxes, on
>additional profiles, they can leave everything blank and even check No
>Answer for gender.
>
>hth,
>texas critter

--------------

>Something I have noticed that has not been mentioned is the simple fact
>that eGroups required age and zip code *long* before Yahoo bought them
>out. This requiremnent to access the web portion of eGroups has existed
>for well over a year. People who have had *old* accounts with
>ONElist/eGroups, and have never updated them have not had to give this
>inforamtion, but it has been required for quite a long time for new
>accounts and has been required whenever an older account is updated.
>
>Further, zip code and age alone are not going to identify anyone.. let's
>get real here.
>
>Regards,
>        Dad-Bear
--------------------

--jim--
jimstyer@...
Age 107. Zip 99999-4444-72

Three friends and I (all of whom are friends of Dorothy) are putting
together a comedy quartet.  Are there any particular published/unpublished
recommendations?  Has anyone ever formed this particular configuration
before?

Please respond privately.

Thanks,
Jeff
_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

> I'm proud to announce that JazzKatz has been chosen to be among the
> eight competitors in the Denver regional Harmony Sweepstakes.  I'm curious
> if there are any of our brethren or sisteren... Let us all know so we can
> wish you well.
>
> Rob Baltensberger
> Bass, JazzKatz

The Southeast Harmony Sweeps is tomorrow Feb. 3, 2001,  and will have 2
groups of Sisters and Brethren!   diva...Region 23 2000 Champs of SAI from
Song of Atlanta, and InDecision...form Big Chicken Chorus were both chosen to
go to "The Sweeps"!  It should be a lot of fun,  we've had a kick modifying
our presentation to work with mics - and I'm sure InDecision has drummed up
something special.  If your in the Southeast, come on over to Speakers
Auditorium at Georgia State (8pm) and Cheer On!  Have a great time Rob!!

-Mary Selano
Tenor - diva







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I have a cassette tape of the original "ChordHuskers" quartet
from Fort Dodge, IA circa 1952. I believe it was taken from a
78 rpm record transcribed from a contest in Sioux City, IA.
We had been organized only a short time, but we finished in
the top 20 at the contest and were awarded small medals
for out efforts.

The members of the quartet were:

Dick Johnson: Lead
Louis Bohn: Tenor
Max Hooley: Bari
Louis Gargano: Bass

I am sure that any surviving members would like a copy
of the cassette -- and I am very willing to make those
copies and mail them to those interested. I need to know
how many of those guys are still around.

The last contact I had with Max (Hooley) was many years
ago in the Colorado Springs area. Louis Gargano was
suffering from Parkinsons' in the late 80's and may be
unable to respond. I have no idea if Louis Bohn (Manson,
Iowa) is still around.

If any of you is able to give me more definite information
I would be eternally grateful.

I thank you all for any help you can give me/us.

Dick Johnson
Great Falls, MT

ATTENTION ALL NEWYORKERS PAST AND PRESENT

THE POUGHKEEPSIE CHAPTER IS CELEBRATING ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY ON SEPTEMBER
8TH, 2001 AT THE

DUTCHESS COUNTRY CLUB, POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK

WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL THE OLD NEWYORKERS WHO HAVE LEFT THE POUGHKEEPSIE AREA.

IF YOU CAN BE IN THE POUGHKEEPSIE AREA SEPT 8TH PLEASE CONTACT

DICK SCHAFFER-- elyndell@...  OR  BY PHONE AT:  845-562-1381

OR

SCOTT SALLADIN---LeadKahuna@... OR PHONE AT 845-471-5845 OR 845-473-8272.

LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE.

HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL IN SEPT.

Scott Salladin
Poughkeepsie Chapter IPP
LeadKahuna@...

Any chance you're related to Bob Giallombardo? Butchering Tom Lehrer songs
are secondary to my real passion, collecting baseball cards and memoribilia.
I found a couple of his baseball cards and thought I'd send 'em to you if he
turned out to be Ol' Uncle Bob!
Sincerely,
RIchard Stanford

Can anyone tell me how I might get the email address for Mo Rector?