That's not quite right . . . The Society regulation required that at least 50% of members of a new chapter be new or have been out of the Society for more than...
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Stephen Rafe
stephenrafe
Mar 4, 2011 5:37 pm
A decade ago, the Mid-Atlantic District had its own rules. If I recall correctly the District then required 24 members to charter at that time and half had to...
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Stephen Rafe
stephenrafe
Mar 4, 2011 5:38 pm
Thanks, Ev -- My confusion, a decade later, might be that the Mid-Atlantic District required 24 members to charter at that time and half had to be new. I still...
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Bill Kane
BillKaneVIP@...
Mar 4, 2011 6:27 pm
As this experience of Stephen Rafe shows, starting a new chapter isn't easy. . .but keeping it going after a "honeymoon period " is even harder. With the...
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Bill Kane
BillKaneVIP@...
Mar 4, 2011 7:06 pm
Sorry Ed, I didn't mean it to be a downer. I just think we need to be realistic and know that it takes a lot of work to start and keep a chapter going. But it...
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Bill Kane
BillKaneVIP@...
Mar 4, 2011 7:19 pm
Sorry for the long reply on this subject I sent without deleting all the earlier messages and taking up so much bandwidth. Bill Kane [Non-text portions of this...
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Ed Hinkley
ehink557
Mar 5, 2011 1:59 am
For all the many years that I have been beneath the sun I have been blessed with all the love of folks like you, We've spent some happy moments and I hope...
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Burt Szabo
burt.szabo@...
Mar 5, 2011 2:00 am
Hello Harmonet Harmonizers - I'm a little late with this month's announcement of my $2 Original Song/Arrangement #17 - "What Would This Old World Be Like?" ...
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Stephen Peacock
peacock_moh
Mar 5, 2011 3:36 am
Wow! That brings back memories of "That Old Quartet of Mine" lyrics. ________________________________ From: Ed Hinkley <ehink557@...> To: Ed Hinkley...
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Ev Nau
enau2004
Mar 5, 2011 4:15 am
No district has its own rules regarding chartering. Chartering is a Society function that allows the districts to sign off on the application, but they cannot...
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tsnobleiv
Mar 5, 2011 1:19 pm
Looking for a fairly simple arrangement of a spoofy drinking song or parody. AA folks rag on each other at times - even more, on themselves - and "black...
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Walter D. Dods
walter4121
Mar 5, 2011 1:41 pm
Hi guys I wonder if anyone can be of assistance. I am trying to obtain a preview copy of Jimbob Kahlke's arrangement of 'When she loved me'. I...
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Leaderman
jcelving
Mar 5, 2011 4:15 pm
The March issue of The Voice of Rushmore is now online and ready for your perusal. It can be accessed at: www.shrineofdemocracychorus.org/newsletter.html Hope...
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Bill Byrd
croon_musics...
Mar 5, 2011 4:50 pm
I heard an arrangement of Away, Away, with Rum by gum many years ago... "We never eat fruitcake because it has rum, and one little bite turns a man to a...
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Charlie Davenport
bassonlycrd
Mar 5, 2011 5:37 pm
PURELY for Historical accuracy, the Mid Atlantic District did indeed have by laws that required a minimum of 20 members with no more than 50% being current...
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Bob Patterson
tfbari
Mar 5, 2011 5:53 pm
My introduction for "Bye Bye Blues" is always, "This is the AA theme song, "Bye Bye Booze." Bob Patterson On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 5:19 AM, tsnobleiv wrote: ...
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Lloyd Erickson
lloyderickson
Mar 5, 2011 6:11 pm
I know a growing number of chapters are very successful in delivering singing valentines. Has anyone documented a management plan for that activity? We are...
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John Witmer
witmer@...
Mar 5, 2011 6:16 pm
Does anyone know of a source for "free" arrangements of songs for mixed voices? These might be similar to SPEBSQSA's Free and Easy arrangements. John Witmer ...
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Marty Israel
firmbari@...
Mar 5, 2011 6:17 pm
Hi Netters! Didn't the Suntones sing the Andrews sisters' "Rum And Coca-Cola"? Howzabout changing appropriate lyrics to "Why Do They Always Say No When There's...
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Shelley Herman
namrehyellehs
Mar 5, 2011 6:51 pm
... It's on Theo Bikel's Folk Singers Choice album, also Chad Mitchell Trio recorded it. A few BSQ's have done it. The Cavity Four, (who sang sans dentures)...
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Stephen Rafe
stephenrafe
Mar 5, 2011 8:18 pm
Thank you for the clarification, Charlie. I was almost 100% positive the District's rule was a minimum of 20 men to form a chapter: I had forgotten over the...
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Stephen Rafe
stephenrafe
Mar 5, 2011 8:18 pm
Hi Lloyd -- Have you checked the Society's website? Searching the keywords, " singing valentines," produces a total of 7 documents including this one: ...
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Ev Nau
enau2004
Mar 5, 2011 8:20 pm
Regardless of what the Mad may have had on their books, it is a fact that their rules could not supersede the Society rules. If challenged, the Mad would have...
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Stephen Rafe
stephenrafe
Mar 5, 2011 8:43 pm
As for me, this is now a dead issue. Thanks to Charlie Davenport's post, we now what rules for membership numbers I tried to form a chapter under. Whether the...
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Steve Salamin
singsalamin
Mar 5, 2011 9:48 pm
Hear! Hear! SING! SING! ~ Steve Salamin __________________________________________________________ District VP - Membership Development - www.NEDistrict.org ...
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Russell Bell
r_k_bell
Mar 5, 2011 10:57 pm
Ed can rest a little here. Since he is moving to the Dixie District. We have no rules contrary to the Society rules on formation of a chapter. Dixie District...
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Marti Lovejoy
lovejoymar
Mar 6, 2011 3:07 am
All I really want to know is... can you record a show while simutaneously watching a different show? We're still using one of the last VCR's in the world which...
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Bill Byrd
croon_musics...
Mar 6, 2011 3:26 am
Marti, I don't know specifically about Comcast, but I have had Direct TV and Tivo units for years, I can record on one and watch another. I can also record ...
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David Wallace
david.wallace
Mar 6, 2011 3:45 am
My barbershop friends: After "thinking about it" for years, I finally have taken the time to publish websites: the first is probably not of any importance to...
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themcalexanders
Mar 6, 2011 6:43 am
I almost forgot to mention our chorus dinner on Thursday evening, which is where we headed after our brief post-contest in-room decompression. Ever since we...
