Rich, I noticed that recently (since last Spring contest) judges are not giving their score sheets to the chorus. Was there a change in policy and where do ...
The mere fact that the judges had to huddle indicates a real grey area. When contestants skate near that area they take a risk. Of course, if their performance...
Hi Gang, Well, trying to juggle the hats of Radio Show Host and Musical Director for a barbershop chapter is bound to collide every once in a while, and this...
I am glad Rich brought this up. My quartet ran into this new MUS category scoring of individual infractions at our district contest this fall. We sang a song...
11/1/07 Call For Papers - December 2007 GUBOQS Gazette To: Harmonetters,SPEBnet Bcc: Distr LS; AHSOW - BQPA This is the call for papers for the December 2007...
I read somewhere that "The Old Songs" when introduced were about 40 years old... by that measure, today's "Old Songs" would be the ones from 1977 - not really...
I didn't realize my request to get feedback from the music judging community would prompt so much traffic, but I think it's great that it did, because it gives...
Sort of amazing isn't it that the MUS category is now deducting points for stylistic deviations. We haven't seen anything like that since-----well-----the...
Now that's a healthy perspective. Rich Deductor of points for style infractions for seven years. I just never had to explain every point that was subtracted...
Steve, You got it exactly right. It ain't the age of the song, it's the musical content. "That Old Quartet of Mine" is a relatively new song, but it is...
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If you are a Music Time Deluxe aficionado, I have a very serious glitch on my Notes menu HELP!! Ed H ************************************** See what's new at...
Does anybody out there in Harmonette land have a contestable arrangement for my quartet of "Throw Momma From The Train A Knish, A Knish. Don't Leave Her Hungry...
Handsome Dave, I just happen to have a BBS arrangement of this song, but I would rather not share it at this time. It's got plenty of 7th and I have been told...
I'm Looking for learning Tracks for gentry's Arrangement and the name of a Quartet that Might have recorded it. The Same Goes for walk alone. Thanks Greg...
Hi Steve, I was one that commented on your original post regarding the music judges responding to your request. I would like to make comment again, in maybe...
Hey, guys. I'm sorry to bother you again, but I was wondering if you'd all be willing to share in your newsletters the latest email I sent about donating to...
Barbershop music is a great american artform. But like any artform, it evolves or it dies. Orchestral music progressed from renassiance to romantic to 20th...
Bravo!!! Thanks, Adam, for expressing so eloquently what so many of us feel. i_sing_barbershop_music <adamhaggart@...> wrote: Barbershop music is a great...
Hi, all. Yet again we move into a discussion about preservation and evolution. I appreciate everyone's desire to enjoy barbershop the way he or she likes it....
Wrong. Barbershop music is a style of music . In much the same way as renaissance madrigals are a style of music. In the last decade groups specializing...
Well, this approach and attitude is sure to have new members showing up in droves! Who could resist? Cue what I said in my last post about no need to draw...
Barbershop harmony has distinguished itself as an element of American folk music from an era when melodies were simpler. Maybe because they followed the rules...
If we were to limit ourselves to songs that everyone could sing, we would have to eliminate "The Star Spangled Banner" and hundreds of thousands of other...
John, I was not advocating an approach to membership or retention. I was questioning a hypothesis ("evolve or die") that many seem to view as axiomatic. That...
Time for my 2 cents. I look at this from a slightly different viewpoint. What was OC Cash and Rupert Hall really trying to preserve. Was it really the form...
