There was a note earlier about the fact that there was "nothing inherently
non-barbershop about lyrics".  I'm not advocating a particular position on this,
please, but you might get a discussion about that.  In standard definitions the
Society has used in the past in contest, barbershop songs were characterized as
having ingenuous (innocent or simple) lyrics, in contrast with more
sophisticated poetry of other song styles.  The current competitive definitions
would seem to have abandoned that constraint, but the fact that it may not be
penalized in contest doesn't mean that a formal characterization of "barbershop"
wouldn't have mention of the simplicity of the poetry of its songs.

Again, I'm neither agreeing nor disagreeing with that position, but the original
comment couldn't be universally agreed to -- lyrical content has indeed been
cited in definitions of the style.

Bob Sutton   bsutton@...
Alexandria Harmonizers   www.harmonizers.org
(Earned a bronze medal singing "Lazy Bones", so has a real sense of "ingenuous
lyrics")


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http://www.louisvilletimes.org/harmonet

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-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander Boltenko [mailto:aboltenko@...]
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 4:13 PM
To: Harmonet
Subject: [bbshop] Searching Archives of Harmonet


Please, remind me how to search Harmonet archives for the previous year?

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shipped.

Contact irishmike26@...

here is the latest from MidWinter

Board decided Harmony College will be in Columbus, OH at the University.

Narrowed our headquarters move down to four cities:  Atlanta, Austin,
Dallas/Ft. Worth area, or Nashville.


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Hi Everyone:

Please keep my address on file should someone with 2 early bird tickets to Salt
Lake City be unable to attend.  I'm in need of 2 tickets and hope someone will
contact me before putting their need to sell out on the net.

Thanks,
Linda Clements
Spirit of Detroit Chorus SAI
New Orleans Bound 2005

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Actually, the decision regarding Harmony College was NOT made at the
Board meeting.  Rather, Don Harris reported that it is likely to be
Ohio State, but that he needed a bit more time to cement the decision.
  At least, that is what was discussed at the meeting I attended.

Eric




--- In bbshop@yahoogroups.com, jlandryjr@a... wrote:
> here is the latest from MidWinter
>
> Board decided Harmony College will be in Columbus, OH at the University.
>
> Narrowed our headquarters move down to four cities:  Atlanta, Austin,
> Dallas/Ft. Worth area, or Nashville.
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Max Q to live on? I'm celebrating and praying for another CD soon!!

Debbie Shapiro
Boca Raton, FL

Hello fellow bbshoppers!

State Line Grocery is proud to announce that we are releasing our
debut album, "Paper Or Plastic?" on March 11, 2005.

We are now taking pre-orders, so please visit
www.statelinegrocery.com and pick one up.

Thanks!

Heath Wheeler
Baritone - SLG

Hello fellow bbshoppers!

State Line Grocery is proud to announce that we are releasing our
debut album, "Paper Or Plastic?" on March 11, 2005.

We are now taking pre-orders, so please visit
www.statelinegrocery.com and pick one up.

Thanks!

Heath Wheeler
Baritone - SLG

Gentlemen of the Board-
    Word came out today on the Harmonet that you have narrowed down
the search for a new HQ to four cities: Atlanta, Austin, Dallas/Ft
Worth, and Nashville. As a resident of the Chicago suburbs, I am
greatly distressed to think that my ability to make quick trips to
Kenosha to pillage the Harmony Marketplace in person is in jeopardy.
You have recently indicated a willingness to re-evaluate decisions
in the face of overwhelming logic and reason. Therefore, I humbly
submit these iron-clad arguments against the cities mentioned:
    Atlanta has the worst traffic jams in America. Rush hour lasts
two days, and the traffic jams snarl all the way from Chattanooga to
Savannah.
    The avergage daily temperature in Austin is 147 degrees. That
can't be good for tape and cd storage.
    If the last 25 years have demonstrated anything, it is that there
is NO interest in barbershop in the Dallas/Ft Worth area.
    Why would anyone involved in any kind of music think Nashville is
a happening city?
    Clearly, these four cities - which may have their own certain
charms - are not good choices for the Barbershop Harmony Society HQ.
    I would also like to kindly suggest an alternative, a city which
reflects the midwestern roots of barbershop, a location that would
not necessitate a long and expensive move, and one that also sits
astride the beautiful Fox River: ELGIN, ILLINOIS.
Sincerely,
Shane Scott
Elgin, IL
PS: If you move to Elgin I would work for you for free!

Shane,
    Your reprehensible remarks about Atlanta's traffic jams were enormously
overstated. And since I've been in my car for twelve hours just trying to exit
my garage and get out of my driveway,  I can't imagine why you would overstate
this problem.
"Handsome" Dave Philo
Affable, talented, illustrious, voluptuous and unmitigatingly humble


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So I guess the VM is just there for the hell of it?

-----Original Message-----
From: "fullvoicetenor" <shane97@...>
Date: 02/01/05 03:06 PM
To: bbshop@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [bbshop] Open Letter to Board re: HQ move



Gentlemen of the Board-
    Word came out today on the Harmonet that you have narrowed down
the search for a new HQ to four cities: Atlanta, Austin, Dallas/Ft
Worth, and Nashville. As a resident of the Chicago suburbs, I am
greatly distressed to think that my ability to make quick trips to
Kenosha to pillage the Harmony Marketplace in person is in jeopardy.
You have recently indicated a willingness to re-evaluate decisions
in the face of overwhelming logic and reason. Therefore, I humbly
submit these iron-clad arguments against the cities mentioned:
    Atlanta has the worst traffic jams in America. Rush hour lasts
two days, and the traffic jams snarl all the way from Chattanooga to
Savannah.
    The avergage daily temperature in Austin is 147 degrees. That
can't be good for tape and cd storage.
    If the last 25 years have demonstrated anything, it is that there
is NO interest in barbershop in the Dallas/Ft Worth area.
    Why would anyone involved in any kind of music think Nashville is
a happening city?
    Clearly, these four cities - which may have their own certain
charms - are not good choices for the Barbershop Harmony Society HQ.
    I would also like to kindly suggest an alternative, a city which
reflects the midwestern roots of barbershop, a location that would
not necessitate a long and expensive move, and one that also sits
astride the beautiful Fox River: ELGIN, ILLINOIS.
Sincerely,
Shane Scott
Elgin, IL
PS: If you move to Elgin I would work for you for free!






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Phil Fitzpatrick
Fremont Pathfinders Barbershop Chapter
Fremont, NE
Phone: (402) 758-9064
Web: www.pathfinderchorus.org

-----Original Message-----
From: S [mailto:tocsmai@...]
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 3:05 PM
To: fullvoicetenor; bbshop@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [bbshop] Open Letter to Board re: HQ move


So I guess the VM is just there for the hell of it?

-----Original Message-----
From: "fullvoicetenor" <shane97@...>
Date: 02/01/05 03:06 PM
To: bbshop@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [bbshop] Open Letter to Board re: HQ move



Gentlemen of the Board-
    Word came out today on the Harmonet that you have narrowed down
the search for a new HQ to four cities: Atlanta, Austin, Dallas/Ft
Worth, and Nashville. As a resident of the Chicago suburbs, I am
greatly distressed to think that my ability to make quick trips to
Kenosha to pillage the Harmony Marketplace in person is in jeopardy.
You have recently indicated a willingness to re-evaluate decisions
in the face of overwhelming logic and reason. Therefore, I humbly
submit these iron-clad arguments against the cities mentioned:
    Atlanta has the worst traffic jams in America. Rush hour lasts
two days, and the traffic jams snarl all the way from Chattanooga to
Savannah.
    The avergage daily temperature in Austin is 147 degrees. That
can't be good for tape and cd storage.
    If the last 25 years have demonstrated anything, it is that there
is NO interest in barbershop in the Dallas/Ft Worth area.
    Why would anyone involved in any kind of music think Nashville is
a happening city?
    Clearly, these four cities - which may have their own certain
charms - are not good choices for the Barbershop Harmony Society HQ.
    I would also like to kindly suggest an alternative, a city which
reflects the midwestern roots of barbershop, a location that would
not necessitate a long and expensive move, and one that also sits
astride the beautiful Fox River: ELGIN, ILLINOIS.
Sincerely,
Shane Scott
Elgin, IL
PS: If you move to Elgin I would work for you for free!






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Put the damn car in gear Dave. ;-)
joe

At 2/1/2005  04:00 PM, harmonizeme@... wrote:


>Shane,
>    Your reprehensible remarks about Atlanta's traffic jams were enormously
>overstated. And since I've been in my car for twelve hours just trying to
>exit
>my garage and get out of my driveway,  I can't imagine why you would
>overstate
>this problem.
>"Handsome" Dave Philo
>Affable, talented, illustrious, voluptuous and unmitigatingly humble
>
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(V)onderful (M)usik....;-)

dat's mine shtory und I'm shtickin' to it.

Zhwoglow Josef


At 2/1/2005  04:09 PM, Phillip Fitzpatrick wrote:


>Who is the VM?
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>Phil Fitzpatrick

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From a member the original Savoir Four, to the current Savoir Four
CONGRATS ON SECOND PLACE!
Original Savoir Four;
Part Name
Tenor Roger Payne
Lead Andrew Borts
Bari Richard White
Bass John Jones

-Andrew Borts
Lead - HotShots!
www.4hotshots.com

I am reminded of Rain Man...who said... "Handsome Dave" is definitely an
excellent driver in the driveway.


At
4:00 PM 2/1/2005, you wrote:

>Shane,
>    Your reprehensible remarks about Atlanta's traffic jams were enormously
>overstated. And since I've been in my car for twelve hours just trying to
>exit
>my garage and get out of my driveway,  I can't imagine why you would
>overstate
>this problem.
>"Handsome" Dave Philo
>Affable, talented, illustrious, voluptuous and unmitigatingly humble
>
>
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You guys are having a lot of fun with this. Great stuff. But, say,
isn't the new non-bbs CEO from Texas? If so, can't blame a fella for
wanting to work close to home.

For years, I've dreamed of a device that would provide real-time
visual feedback on a singer's intonation. Meters developed for
tuning instruments tend to swing wildly when you sing into them, so
they aren't very helpful. Recently, I discovered software you can
download to your PDA that will give you a visual indication of the
pitch you are singing.  It's based on a novel display concept that
provides useful real time feedback.  Best of all, if you have a
compatible PDA, it's CHEAP - $18.

The software is called PhonTuner.  As long as you haven't drifted
into another key entirely, it will tell you if you are above or
below the intended pitch.  Response time is a measurable fraction of
a second, so it's not usable on quick passages, but even in an
uptune you'll have one or two held notes in every phrase, so it can
be used to provide real time feedback on your intonation.

This software is particularly useful for leads, who are primarily
responsible for maintaining key center.  It can also be useful for
basses, who tend to sing notes (roots, fourths, & fifths) that don't
have to be "bent" to fit the chord.  Baritones and tenors need to
tune their notes into the chord framed by the leads and basses, so
feedback on absolute pitch will be less useful (but it may be
entertaining nonetheless...).

Phontuner runs on select Pocket PC and Palm OS PDAs and on some Sony
Ericsson Smartphone mobile phones.

For more information or to purchase the software, go to
http://www.phonature.com/home/products_PhonTuner.htm and click on
your platform of choice.  Also check out
http://www.phonature.com/home/usefulinformation_articles_PhonTunerInU
naccompaniedSinging.htm.

Yeah, My question exactly. Is this some new, upstart chapter?

Lynn Trapp
Director, Siouxland Barbershop Chorus
Sioux City, IA

Phillip Fitzpatrick <pfitzpat@...> wrote:

Who is the VM?

Phil Fitzpatrick
Fremont Pathfinders Barbershop Chapter
Fremont, NE
Phone: (402) 758-9064
Web: www.pathfinderchorus.org

-----Original Message-----
From: S [mailto:tocsmai@...]
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 3:05 PM
To: fullvoicetenor; bbshop@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [bbshop] Open Letter to Board re: HQ move


So I guess the VM is just there for the hell of it?

-----Original Message-----
From: "fullvoicetenor"
Date: 02/01/05 03:06 PM
To: bbshop@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [bbshop] Open Letter to Board re: HQ move



Gentlemen of the Board-
Word came out today on the Harmonet that you have narrowed down
the search for a new HQ to four cities: Atlanta, Austin, Dallas/Ft
Worth, and Nashville. As a resident of the Chicago suburbs, I am
greatly distressed to think that my ability to make quick trips to
Kenosha to pillage the Harmony Marketplace in person is in jeopardy.
You have recently indicated a willingness to re-evaluate decisions
in the face of overwhelming logic and reason. Therefore, I humbly
submit these iron-clad arguments against the cities mentioned:
Atlanta has the worst traffic jams in America. Rush hour lasts
two days, and the traffic jams snarl all the way from Chattanooga to
Savannah.
The avergage daily temperature in Austin is 147 degrees. That
can't be good for tape and cd storage.
If the last 25 years have demonstrated anything, it is that there
is NO interest in barbershop in the Dallas/Ft Worth area.
Why would anyone involved in any kind of music think Nashville is
a happening city?
Clearly, these four cities - which may have their own certain
charms - are not good choices for the Barbershop Harmony Society HQ.
I would also like to kindly suggest an alternative, a city which
reflects the midwestern roots of barbershop, a location that would
not necessitate a long and expensive move, and one that also sits
astride the beautiful Fox River: ELGIN, ILLINOIS.
Sincerely,
Shane Scott
Elgin, IL
PS: If you move to Elgin I would work for you for free!






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Ah, und I thought maybe it was (V)erboten (M)echanics. ;-)

Lynn Trapp
Director, Siouxland Barbershop chorus
Sioux City, IA

Joe De Felice <showglowjoe@...> wrote:

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>Phil Fitzpatrick

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This is the kind of idle speculation that only fans the fires of negativism,
Mike.  As a member of the Site Selection Committee, I assure you that
proximity to the present home of the CEO is not, repeat NOT a criterion.

Bill Biffle
Paired District Board Member RMD/SWD
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
M: 505-401-4963
H: 505-246-9090
O: 505-344-4334
F: 505-246-2862
bbiffle@...

  -----Original Message-----
From: ffcbari [mailto:irishmike26@...]
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 2:53 PM
To: bbshop@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [bbshop] Re Open Letter to Board re HQ move



You guys are having a lot of fun with this. Great stuff. But, say,
isn't the new non-bbs CEO from Texas? If so, can't blame a fella for
wanting to work close to home.







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I have a small program from Audio Phonics (AP Instrument Tuner), which I
think was free.  It has a needle and you tell it the note you want to sing,
and then as you move up or down, the needle varies to left or right.  I
don't think that it "swing wildly" (unless the voice itself is swinging
wildly!).  It's work a look.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph" <ralphbrooks@...>
To: <bbshop@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 4:54 PM
Subject: [bbshop] PhonTuner Pitch Sensing Software


>
>
> For years, I've dreamed of a device that would provide real-time
> visual feedback on a singer's intonation. Meters developed for
> tuning instruments tend to swing wildly when you sing into them, so
> they aren't very helpful. Recently, I discovered software you can
> download to your PDA that will give you a visual indication of the
> pitch you are singing.  It's based on a novel display concept that
> provides useful real time feedback.  Best of all, if you have a
> compatible PDA, it's CHEAP - $18.
>
> The software is called PhonTuner.  As long as you haven't drifted
> into another key entirely, it will tell you if you are above or
> below the intended pitch.  Response time is a measurable fraction of
> a second, so it's not usable on quick passages, but even in an
> uptune you'll have one or two held notes in every phrase, so it can
> be used to provide real time feedback on your intonation.
>
> This software is particularly useful for leads, who are primarily
> responsible for maintaining key center.  It can also be useful for
> basses, who tend to sing notes (roots, fourths, & fifths) that don't
> have to be "bent" to fit the chord.  Baritones and tenors need to
> tune their notes into the chord framed by the leads and basses, so
> feedback on absolute pitch will be less useful (but it may be
> entertaining nonetheless...).
>
> Phontuner runs on select Pocket PC and Palm OS PDAs and on some Sony
> Ericsson Smartphone mobile phones.
>
> For more information or to purchase the software, go to
> http://www.phonature.com/home/products_PhonTuner.htm and click on
> your platform of choice.  Also check out
> http://www.phonature.com/home/usefulinformation_articles_PhonTunerInU
> naccompaniedSinging.htm.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

> In standard definitions the Society has used in the past
> in contest, barbershop songs were characterized as having
> ingenuous (innocent or simple) lyrics, in contrast with more
> sophisticated poetry of other song styles.  The current
> competitive definitions would seem to have abandoned that
> constraint, but the fact that it may not be penalized in
> contest doesn't mean that a formal characterization of
> "barbershop" wouldn't have mention of the simplicity of
> the poetry of its songs.

In the current BHS Contest & Judging Handbook (contest rules), lyrics are
referenced in several key places.  The handbook is available on the society web
site at:

http://www.spebsqsa.org/web/groups/public/documents/graphics/pub_contestjudgingh\
andbookrev2.pdf

In the definition of the barbershop style (in several places in the C&J
Handbook), you will find:

"Barbershop music features songs with understandable lyrics and easily singable
melodies, ..."

In the Music category description, you will find the following:

"3. The Music judge notes the musical value of the lyrics.  Effective song
lyrics possess artistic and poetic qualities not found in ordinary prose.
Amateurish lyrics often lack such qualities, being unpoetic or inelegant.  The
Music judge expects to hear rhyming lyrics in all sections of a song.  The
absence of rhyme, when it is distracting, lowers the score.

"4. In good music, the marriage of lyrics with other musical elements is natural
and elegant.  Lyrics that are unsupported by the melody, or poorly tailored to
the rhythm and/or meter, will result in a lower score.

"6. Alteration of the composer's lyrics might be distracting, especially when
the pyrics are well known.  Alterations are acceptable, for example, when the
original lyrics would not be clearly understood by today's audiences."

In the Presentation category description you will find the following:

"c. Presentations where the meaning is unclear, by virtue of obscure lyrics or
abstruse visual or interpretive planning, are less effective."

Finally, there is an entire position paper on "Obscure Lyrics" (Page 42 of the
C&J Handbook) that deals with this question in considerable detail.  The essence
of its conclusion is that a performer must be able to communicate effectively
with an audience through the lyrics of a song.  If the lyrics are sufficiently
obscure as to hinder that communication, then they are not recommended.  I won't
reproduce the entire position paper here, but I encourage anyone who is
interested in this subject to read it.

--Jim
___________________________________________________
Jim Emery
Singing Judge
Hilltop, MN
Great Northern Union chorus
After Midnight quartet

oh believe me, ive been wanting Max Q to come out with a second CD ever
since I heard them live and bought their CD and after I got to sing the
"Sleepy Time down South" tag.  I can't wait to get to hear them live some
time in the future.

    Jimmy Quentin Trapp
Lead - Siouxlanders Barbershop Chorus
Lead - Heart of Heemstra
Barbershop Harmony Society
S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A

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JOE JOHNSON
House of Joseph Music
http://www.bbsmusic.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phillip Fitzpatrick" <pfitzpat@...>
To: "S" <tocsmai@...>; <bbshop@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 3:09 PM
Subject: RE: [bbshop] Open Letter to Board re: HQ move


>
> Who is the VM?
>
> Phil Fitzpatrick
> Fremont Pathfinders Barbershop Chapter
> Fremont, NE
> Phone: (402) 758-9064
> Web: www.pathfinderchorus.org
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: S [mailto:tocsmai@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 3:05 PM
> To: fullvoicetenor; bbshop@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [bbshop] Open Letter to Board re: HQ move
>
>
> So I guess the VM is just there for the hell of it?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "fullvoicetenor" <shane97@...>
> Date: 02/01/05 03:06 PM
> To: bbshop@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [bbshop] Open Letter to Board re: HQ move
>
>
>
> Gentlemen of the Board-
>   Word came out today on the Harmonet that you have narrowed down
> the search for a new HQ to four cities: Atlanta, Austin, Dallas/Ft
> Worth, and Nashville. As a resident of the Chicago suburbs, I am
> greatly distressed to think that my ability to make quick trips to
> Kenosha to pillage the Harmony Marketplace in person is in jeopardy.
> You have recently indicated a willingness to re-evaluate decisions
> in the face of overwhelming logic and reason. Therefore, I humbly
> submit these iron-clad arguments against the cities mentioned:
>   Atlanta has the worst traffic jams in America. Rush hour lasts
> two days, and the traffic jams snarl all the way from Chattanooga to
> Savannah.
>   The avergage daily temperature in Austin is 147 degrees. That
> can't be good for tape and cd storage.
>   If the last 25 years have demonstrated anything, it is that there
> is NO interest in barbershop in the Dallas/Ft Worth area.
>   Why would anyone involved in any kind of music think Nashville is
> a happening city?
>   Clearly, these four cities - which may have their own certain
> charms - are not good choices for the Barbershop Harmony Society HQ.
>   I would also like to kindly suggest an alternative, a city which
> reflects the midwestern roots of barbershop, a location that would
> not necessitate a long and expensive move, and one that also sits
> astride the beautiful Fox River: ELGIN, ILLINOIS.
> Sincerely,
> Shane Scott
> Elgin, IL
> PS: If you move to Elgin I would work for you for free!
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>

There is a little villare outside of Frederick, Maryland within about a 75
minute drive of the White House by the name of Harmony. It seems an
infinitely more appropriate place to move HQ to than any of the choices
suggested. It is also within about an hours drive of the Lester S Levy sheet
music collection at Johns Hopkins - 100,000 pieces of sheet music.

It is also within an hour's drive (roughly) of the Chesapeake Bay - home of
the Blue Crab. KIBbers would be right at home.

Of course, my $.02 is not worth a lot on the subject.

>Gentlemen of the Board-
>  Word came out today on the Harmonet that you have narrowed down the
>search for a new HQ to four cities: Atlanta, Austin, Dallas/Ft Worth, and
>Nashville. As a resident of the Chicago suburbs, I am greatly distressed to
>think that my ability to make quick trips to Kenosha to pillage the Harmony
>Marketplace in person is in jeopardy. You have recently indicated a
>willingness to re-evaluate decisions
i>n the face of overwhelming logic and reason. Therefore, I humbly
>submit these iron-clad arguments against the cities mentioned:
>   Atlanta has the worst traffic jams in America. Rush hour lasts two days,
>and the traffic jams snarl all the way from Chattanooga to Savannah.

Obviously the author has never attempted the Springfield interchange on I-95
in Virginia.

>   The avergage daily temperature in Austin is 147 degrees. That can't be
>good for tape and cd storage.
>   If the last 25 years have demonstrated anything, it is that there is NO
>interest in barbershop in the Dallas/Ft Worth area.
>   Why would anyone involved in any kind of music think Nashville is a
>happening city?
>   Clearly, these four cities - which may have their own certain charms -
>are not good choices for the Barbershop Harmony Society HQ.
>   I would also like to kindly suggest an alternative, a city which
>reflects the midwestern roots of barbershop, a location that would not
>necessitate a long and expensive move, and one that also sits astride the
>beautiful Fox River: ELGIN, ILLINOIS.
>Sincerely, Shane Scott
>Elgin, IL
>PS: If you move to Elgin I would work for you for free!



Sincerely,
John W. Hosie III
(301) 509 1089

My dear barbershop friends:  My 18-year old cousin,
Brittany Hollingsworth, was in a serious car accident
in North Carolina last week and is presently in a coma
at UNC Hospital @ Chapel Hill.

Your thoughts and prayers are needed:  We need
Brittany to know how many people are routing for her
to open those pretty eyes of hers and we know this CAN
HAPPEN with your help!  Help us show Brittany and her
family the colossal power of the GREATEST musical
organizations in the world!

PLEASE help in one or more of the following ways:
1.  Visit this website and sign the guestbook for
Brittany and her family:
http://www3.caringbridge.org/nc/brittanyhollings

2.  Pray for Brittany and expand the Prayer Circle to
your friends and family.

3.  Send an email wish to her at
dlilley@...(Emails are being collected in a
book for Brittany.)

4.  Contribute towards the family's mounting expenses:
SouthTrust Bank
c/o Brittany Hollingsworth Fund
212 E. Main Street
Brevard, North Carolina  28712

When sending your message, please identify yourself as
a barbershop singer.  Please forward this email to
your chorus distribution lists and/or to anyone else
who might help.  Thank you all SO much.  I would, and
will, return the favor for you should you ever be in
need.  XOXO


Sue Melvin
Director, Rochester Chorus Sweet Adelines Intl. (SAI)
Education Co-Coordinator, Lake Ontario Region 16 SAI
Vice President, Chase Manhattan Bank








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On 2005-01-31 Alexander Boltenko wrote:
> Please, remind me how to search Harmonet archives
> for the previous year?

The easiest way is to use the Harmonet Archive Database at
http://louisvilletimes.org/harmonet/
Just type the year you want to search from in the "From" field, and
search for a subject or sender.

--Dan