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EVERGREEN DISTRICT - Barbershop Harmony Society
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Official MONTHLY Publication of Evergreen District
The Orange Squash Chorus
October, 2013
“With One Voice”
Volume 65 Number 9
Autumn Is In The Air. Where Do You Want To Be?
BOISE. IDAHO - October 18-19, 2013
See Pages 5 & 7 For Final Details
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
65 Years of Evergreen History
Fall District Convention/Contest NEWS
CALL FOR DELEGATES
The bi-annual meeting of the Evergreen District House of
Delegate (HOD) will be held on October 19 (Saturday) in
the Grove Hotel (Aspen Room-2nd Floor) in Boise, ID from
4:00-5:30 PM.
The cost of sending a delegate to HOD is a legitimate chapter expense. All chapters are expected to have a representative at this important and vital governance meeting.
Cover, 5&7
President’s Message / Notes of the Editor
Membership Resources/Society News
2014 HCNW and Long-range Planning
District, Chapter, Quartet and Member Activities
Charitable Giving
Director and Committee Chairmen Reports
Evergreen District Governance
More Society News & 2014 Chapter Planning
Quarterly Division News Digesters Reports
Barbershop Craft & More Events News
Master Calendar
Advertising Rates, Chorus Eternal & A Parting Shot
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DISTRICT PRESIDENT’S
MESSAGE…
Good day Evergreen District Members.
Many choruses and quartets are getting ready
for the Evergreen District Contest in Boise,
Fall Shows, guest nights and Holiday Chorus
shows. Make sure you advertise your event to
both BHS and SAI but also the music programs
in your area. Also, for your show, do not forBy Ken Galloway Jr. get to get your ASCAP, BMI and/or SOCAN
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Steckler. Your show is not legal nor covered
by BHS insurance if you do not have District approval from
Ray, the District Secretary.
Now as you prepare a plan for your fall and holiday shows,
plan to have material to distribute on your meeting nights and
encourage men to attend. You may also want to plan a joint
meeting with another chapter to strike up new fellowship and
friendships. Any great thing that your chapter does or you
would like to promote, get a picture and a short article and
send to Mike Lanctot for the Timbre.
As we prepare for the Fall District in Boise, the Boise Chapter has been working hard to make this a great convention and
contest. If you are not competing, I would encourage you to
still try and attend. It should be a great weekend. We will
have a House of Delegates Meeting on Saturday. I hope to see
you there.
In closing, do not forget your chapter MUST hold its Annual
Meeting with the election of officers before the end of October. AFTER the election of Chapter Officers the Chapter Secretary must to go on Ebiz and update the chapter officers for
your chapter for 2014. This is very important as many members travel and look to drop in. Make sure you meeting location and times are correct. Have a great Fall and see you in
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This issue of TIMBRE completes our first year
with the new, and we hope improved, communication publication for Evergreen District. The
vision we had for the TIMBRE played out closely
to the original description given to the District
Board and Operations Team in April, 2012. In
many ways, it has been better than we had
planned. Articles received overflow the space
provided. We‟ve expanded our news gathering
and advertising. We thank you for your continued support.
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EVERGREEN DISTRICT
MISSION & VISION STATEMENTS
VISION: “The Evergreen District provides excellence through singing,
leadership, fellowship and service.”
MISSION: “The Evergreen District will support the goals of the chapter, by
providing opportunity for enriching vocal music participation, training
leaders for today and tomorrow, creating memorable experiences at all
gatherings, and taking the initiative to actively participate in the
community.”
2013-2014 Production Schedule
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The BHS Judging
Corps of the future,
that is…
From the BHS Society...
Can‟t attend the 2013 Evergreen District Convention and Contest in Boise? You can be part of the virtual audience as the quartets and choruses perform.
Matthew Cherry, Evergreen Director of Communications, recently announced that once again Lion‟s Mane Productions will
host a Live Webcast of each contest session and Show of Champions at our district fall contest. You can watch 29 Quartets and 15
choruses sing their hearts out over the two day of competition.
Our webcast is only $25.
The field of competitors will include all of our representatives
from this year's international convention in Toronto (Via Voice,
Momma's Boys, 4.0, and The Salem Senate -Aires ) and webcast
registration will also include both our Saturday evening show of
champions and 1 week of delayed viewing.
The webcast will have a live chat room, but no on air hosts.
You'll see and hear exactly what those in attendance do.
To register for this great online event, please visit
www.evgwebcast.com for more information.
Do you have what it takes to
be a BHS judge? Do you believe
that it‟s a time in your life when
you want to give back to our Society and its membership? Are
you talented musically or administratively?
Uncle Sam
Well, now is the time to
step forward and join the
BHS judging fraternity of
our Society
Every three years a window opens up for Joe
Barbershopper to apply to join the training to
be a certified judge. The window open on July 1
through December 31. After that date it will not
open until July 1, 2016.
If accepted by the Society Contest and Judging Committee (SCJC) you‟ll be trained by the
best to be one of the best. It won't be easy, but
something worth anything is never easy.
Positions in the judging corps are opening in
music, presentation, singing and contest administration
The first steps is to contact the Evergreen
DRCJ, Mike Lanctot. and ask for an application
Captain Canuck
form. Complete the application and submit it
before December 31, 2013. Not everyone applying will be accepted, but those accepted should get ready for superb training,
experiences and support from certified judges and Evergreen District.
So, what are you waiting for? Contact the Evergreen
DRCJ, Mike Lanctot, today at [email protected] or
425-349-1749. Do It TODAY!
IT REALLY IS SO -- JOE!
Joe Cerutti to lead Youth in Harmony
activities
Joe Cerutti of Alexandria, Virginia, has joined the music education team of the Barbershop Harmony Society overseeing
Youth in Harmony and chorus director development activities.
"Joe makes things happen," said Society CEO Marty Monson.
"He's a shining example of the way that immersion in the barbershop world at a young age can transform a man's life. His background as a college-age barbershop singer has launched a music career filled with bringing this joy to thousands of men and
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SOCIETY NEWS, VIEWS AND REPORTS
Cerutti Hired to Lead YIH Program…
Do it. Now. Harmony University, July 27-August 3, 2014.
See you next summer in Nashville.
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women of all ages. As part of our music education team, we will count on him to innovate
ways to involve singers, educators and communities in making the music that is making a
difference."
Cerutti will oversee a crucial portfolio of
Society activities, including:
· Collegiate Barbershop Quartet Contest
· International Youth Chorus Festival
· Youth Harmony Camps and Harmony
Explosion Camps
· Music educator outreach
Joe Cerutti
Chorus director development
"These activities are dead square in the center of Joe's experience," said Monson, "Especially in the ways they involve music
professionals outside the barbershop world. Joe will make a great
ambassador and professional bridge to educators trying to sustain and expand vocal music for young singers. He has the professional depth, the track record, and the contagious enthusiasm
that draws people to become part of some great musical experiences."
Cerutti's most visible roles have been as Musical Director of
the international medalist Alexandria Harmonizers men's barbershop chorus and the Pride of Baltimore women's chorus of
Sweet Adelines International. He is primary clinician and president of the No Borders Musical Consort concert series at Carnegie Hall, which gathers young singers from around the world to
sing with barbershop idols in the renowned New York City concert hall.
He has served in numerous national education and leadership
positions in the Barbershop Harmony Society, including being the
youngest man ever elected to the Society Board of Directors and
the youngest man ever to achieve the Master Director certification. He was a primary author and editor of the Society's 2013
book Visions of Excellence, which gathers together thoughts and
insights from 25 of the Society's most accomplished directors.
Cerutti holds a bachelor's degree in Music Education from
Five Towns College and a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from Boston University, where he studied under Ann
Howard Jones, Jamison Marvin, and Joseph Flummerfelt. While in
Boston, Joe taught high school music at South Boston's Monument
High School, while conducting the concert chorus and women's
chorale at Boston University. His professional memberships and
accreditations include ACDA, NAME, and ChorusAmerica. He
will primarily reside and work in Alexandria, VA and will continue in all his other roles.
BHS LiveWire
SAVE THE DATE!
BHS LiveWire
Society Status Report: Five Things you
MUST know
Usually in the Fall, we feel as if we're beginning to wrap up a
year, but nine months into 2013, it feels as if we're just getting
started! More and more, we're seeing chapters and districts
"looking out the window" and making an impact on their communities and young singers. In our 75th Anniversary year, we are
more powerfully leveraged than ever before to change lives. We
have the strength of 23, 000 members and an expanding global
network of affiliates. We have the tools, the will and the passion to
tell our stories -- as individual Barbershoppers and as a Society -to a world aching for the joy we bring in song. Together, we are
making the music that's making a difference.
Here are Five Things You MUST Know
1. Harmony University headed to Nashville
HU 2013 featured a week of instruction and tag-singing with
Ringmasters, creating an unforgettable week of fun for the Next
Generation Chorus and everyone they met. Two choruses attended as groups for personalized instruction and coaching. Next
summer, the school expands radically in its new home at Belmont
University in the heart of Nashville.
2. International Youth Chorus Festival for 2014
We've never seen this level of early excitement -- 14 choruses
signed up already! (see full HOD bulletin for complete list, highlight your own district's rep.) Midwinter convention in Long Beach
will unbelievable with these young singers bringing a hot, fresh
sound to barbershop.
3. Harmony Foundation smashes through challenge grant
A $75, 000 challenge grant brought $93,000 in responses of
new Presidents Council and Ambassadors of Song donors. This in
turn inspired a group of donors to create a new 75th anniversary
challenge of an additional $75,000 in matching funds. Speak with
your district Harmony Foundation representative to become part
of our biggest year ever.
4. Judging updates
The board approved the score variance review process
recommended by the C&J committee. The board approved
a score of 73 for Collegiate Prelim qualifiers for the 2014
International Collegiate Quartet Contest, to be held in Las
Vegas.
5. Saturday Spectacular lights up Toronto convention
Our Events and Marketing teams have worked hard to
evolve the week-long international convention beyond
solely contests and shows.
BHS LiveWire
Harmony University comes to Nashville VOLUNTEER LIKE A CHAMP!
Want to win a free VIP registration for Las Vein 2014
By now you've already heard that the premier music education gas or free Masterworks CD
event is coming to Music City in 2014. But did you actually put it on
your calendar?
Do it. Now. Harmony University, July 27-August 3, 2014.
You've probably already watched the video, and thought,
"Wow, Mike O'Neill and his team have some pretty cool stuff
lined up already." But did you actually put it on your calendar?
Do it. Now.
Harmony University, July 27-August 3, 2014.
. You've probably thought to yourself, "You know, it would be
pretty cool if my entire chorus could get this kind of world-class
education. If only there were some way..." But did you actually
put it on your chapter's planning calendar?
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It's as easy as calling your neighbor. Join the elite 23K project
calling strike team, complete at least 25 calls, and you can choose
a free AIC Masterworks CD from a list of 17 different quartet
champions. Keep calling until you complete 120 calls, and you
will be eligible for two drawings for a free VIP registration to the
Las Vegas International Convention. If you've always wanted a
seat way up front, this is the easy way to win one. Send a message
to [email protected] including a good time to call you and a
preferred phone number.
Special thanks to the AIC for its wonderful support of the 23K
project.
BHS LiveWire
EVERGREEN DISTRICT FALL CONVENTION NEWS
Sing in Boise 2013
Society Polecat Pin Qualification Room:
October 17-19, 2013
Schedule of Events
We want to provide lots of informal
singing opportunities at the
2013 Evergreen District Convention
Thursday October 17th, 2013
7:00 pm Harmony Platoon convenes –
Clear Water Room (3rd Floor) Grove
Hotel
Friday October 18th, 2013
8:30 am – 2:00 pm District Board Meeting – Cattails Room (3rd Floor) Grove
Hotel
9:00 – 11:30 am Harmony Platoon Clear Water (3rd Floor) Grove Hotel
Noon – 6:00 pm Registration & Harmony Marketplace River Fork Room (3rd
floor) Grove Hotel
Noon – 4:00 pm Polecat Qualification
Room (408), AHSOW Room (422) and
Tag Alley (418) Grove
1:00 - 2:00 pm Harmony Platoon - Final
HP Quartet Contest – Aspen (2nd Floor)
Grove Hotel
3:00 pm Grove check-in opens
3:00 pm Singing on the Grove Terrace
(4th Floor) Grove Hotel
4:30 pm Shuttle service to Morrison
Center from Grove, Hampton & Hotel 42
5:00 pm Registration continues in the
Morrison Center Lobby
5:00 pm Quartet Semi-Finals Session
Mic tester Quartet – Harmony Platoon
Quartet Champion
Saturday October 19th, 2013
10:00 – 4:00 pm Harmony Marketplace
room 408 Grove Hotel
10:00 am Chorus Finals Session
Mic Tester Chorus – Father, Brother,
Son, Grandson chorus - Morrison Center
Harmony Platoon Chorus sings while
Judges finish their scores Sold Out !
of Champions
2:00 - 4:00 pm ChorusShow
Evals
/ Lunch by
the River
4:00 – 5:00 pm Flash Mob sings at the
BSU v Nevada Tailgate Party
Shuttles will transport from the Morrison
Center to the Flash Mob
4:00 – 5:30 pm House of Delegates
Meeting - Aspen room (2nd Floor) Grove
Hotel
7:00 pm Combined Quartet Finals Session & Show of Champs
Momentum 2012 Quartet Champ sings
while Judges finish their scores
8:45 pm Show of Champs
10:30 pm QCED Afterglow Ballroom
(2nd Floor) Grove Hotel
By Chris Wethered
Convention General
Chairman
As you‟ll need your Polecats for the above
singing, we invite you to demonstrate your skill
and qualify for your Society Polecat Pin (during
registration hours). The Polecat room will be in
one of our 4th floor Hospitality Suites. You earn
your Polecat pin by singing your part on all 12
of the Society Polecats. Adventurous types may
accept the challenge to qualify on all 4 voice
parts. You‟ll be awarded your pin when you
qualify, so you can wear it proudly. Your certificate will be presented on the Contest Stage,
following the Quartet Semi-Final Session.
Tag Alley
CONTACT RESOURCES
To sing in the Father, Brother, Son,
Grandson chorus:
contact: Dave Durfee
[email protected]
To sing in the Flash Mob:
contact: Dennis Berg
[email protected]
To book Boise hotels for the 2013
District Convention / Contest
http://[email protected]
1-800-584-8888 1 (208) 387-1000
ext. 2215
10:30 pm Hospitality Suites (4th Floor)
Grove Hotel
Shuttle busses will run between the
Grove Hotel and the Morrison Center
during all Morrison Center events at 10minute intervals.
FEATURED ACTIVITIES
Celebrate 75 years
* To mark the occasion, using sponsorship
funds, the first 700-registrants will receive a
FREE commemorative 75th Anniversary pin, tshirt and bag.
* Our Mic Tester Chorus will be composed of
Evergreen District Fathers, Sons and Grandsons.
* In humble commemoration of the first barbershop meeting (on a rooftop garden), you‟re
invited to sing Polecats on the open-air, 4th
floor, roof-top Terrace of the Grove Hotel.
* We have Government permission to hold a
Flash Mob in the Rotunda of the Idaho State
Capital building. Be one of the 200 – 300 barbershoppers ringing the Rotunda with polecats.
Polecats
Polecats are the common repertoire, which
allow harmony between barbershoppers from
different chapter. In this 75th year of the BHS,
The Evergreen District Convention is laying rededication to the Polecats as our corner-stone.
We will be singing the Polecats in Boise!
They‟ll be featured across the 2013 Evergreen District Convention. Attendees will sing
them in the Father, Son, Grandson Mic Testing
Chorus, in the Flash Mob, during „Lunch by the
River‟ and for the „All Sings‟, which welcome
attendees back to the Auditorium following
breaks. In addition to these organized singing
opportunities, the Polecats will come in handy
for any informal quartetting you may initiate in
the Grove Lobby Bar or on the 4th floor Rooftop
Garden.
During registration hours, you‟ll learn new
tags and sing the old chestnuts. Chances are
good that AHSOW will also offer attendees an
opportunity to experience the thrill of woodshedding, in yet another Hospitality Suite.
We‟re currently looking for tag masters to lead
tags at the end of our Contest intermissions.
Lunch by the River
There will be a BBQ lunch following the
chorus contest. This will provide an inexpensive meal, near the Chorus Coaching Evaluations. Half of the Choruses will eat, while the
other half receive their evals. The Polecats will
be sung as you wait in line. The Lunch consists
of a Pulled Pork / Pulled chicken meal (baked
beans, chips, cookie and water bottle). You can
purchase your meal ticket when you register at
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wasn‟t any audience or media. We‟re now
planning on „Flash Mobbing‟ the tailgaters at
the BSU vs. Nevada football game. There will
be more people for us to surprise and there is a
high probability of television coverage in time
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LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT YEAR
Bring the whole chorus to Harmony
College?? Really?! You bet. Check it out!
N Hundreds of barbershoppers in the Northwest know the fun and excitement of going to Harmony College Northwest, for classes and coaching. Many come as individual
singers. Quartets come, and scoop up the pearls in coaching sessions. But a chorus?
Sure! Why not? HCNW has coaches, and coaches can work with choruses pretty much
like they work with quartets.
In 2012, the Nanaimo Tidesmen made a concerted effort to attend HCNW as a chorus. Thirty-five men attended, about 60% of their active chorus. The benefits of attending were very soon clear. Those who weren‟t able to attend saw a dramatically different
chorus at the first chapter meeting after HCNW. The excitement spread. The chorus
became the a cappella group in their area. New members joined. In their Division
Convention in April 2013, they made a dramatic leap in their scores.
bFour other choruses took notice of the Nanaimo experience, and decided to come to
HCNW in 2013. How did it come about for these four choruses? How can it happen for
your chorus, in 2014?
A longer article at http://www.harmonycollege.org/more-chorus-coaching.html tells what
these choruses experienced as they were deciding to go for coaching, what they experienced at Harmony College, and what kind of lasting impacts were discovered after
their weekend of coaching at HCNW. The comments and real life experience of these
four choruses can show you the journey, and help you see the possibilities for your own
chorus.
A couple of quotes from the Kitsap Chordsmen will give you a taste of what awaits
you in the longer article.
“Our Harmony College experience came along at just the right time for our chorus,
and has done much to propel us along the positive trajectory we have been traveling for
the last few years.”
Mike Menefee, Kitsap Director: “It‟s hard to say if there is a causal link, but... [in
the time since we were at Harmony College for coaching] the chorus is singing better. The chapter is growing. We recently put on the best show in memory. More and
more guys are jumping in to take active roles in chapter management and development. I think that the HCNW experience was intertwined in this fabric of cultural
change in very positive ways.”
Go to the longer article and find out how much fun these choruses had. Let their experiences get your imagination running. Play with the possibilities for your chorus.
There‟s no reason to hold back. Start the talking and the planning right now in your
chapter. Make Harmony College NW in 2014 a key event in the growth of your chorus.
Contact Judy Galloway, at [email protected] for details.
Long-range Planning…
2014 Evergreen District
Spring and Fall Contest
Schedule Finalized
Bob Cox, Director of Events, announced
the spring division and fall district contest
dates, location and host chapters. They are
as follows.
Division I/Int’l Quartet Prelims
April 4-5, 2014 in Abbotsford, BC and
hosted by the Langley Chapter.
Division II
May 2-3, 2014 in Federal Way, WA and
hosted by the Federal Way Chapter
Division III
TIMBRE - October, 2013 - Page 6
May 30-31, 2014 in Calgary, AB and
hosted by the Calgary Foothills Chapter.
Division IV
April 25-26, 2014 in Salem, OR and
hosted by the Salem Chapter.
Division V
June 6-7, 2014 held in Coeur d‟Alene,
ID and hosted by the Coeur d‟Alene
Chapter.
Fall District
September 26-27, 2914 in Surrey, BC
and hosted by the Greater Vancouver
Chapter.
Details about these contests will be published in the TIMBRE closer to the contest
dates when information is available. Quartets
The Second Best
Barbershop Craft
Experience You’ll
Ever Have!
June 20-22, 2014
University of Puget Sound
More info and registration at:
www.harmony college.org
and choruses Are encouraged to support
their division contests and host chapters by
attending ad, better yet, compete.
GREENLINE Publication
To Be retired in 2014
Mike Lanctot, Director of Newsletters
announced that beginning in 2014 the
GREENLINE will cease to exist and will be
replaced by the TIMBRE which will be published monthly. According to Lanctot, “It has
been our goal to return to the traditional
monthly format of the past and focus our energies on a single district publication.”
GFREENLINE was developed a few years ago
to full the information gap when TIMBRE became a quarterly publication.
More Convention News…
Continued from Page 5
Consider this your invitation to Sing in Boise this October.
This is the largest Evergreen District gathering in 2013. This
Convention marks the 75th Anniversary of the Barbershop Harmony Society and the 65th anniversary of the Evergreen District. For our Celebratory Convention we want as many Evergreen Barbershoppers in attendance and for all of them to opportunities to sing.
This won‟t be the typical „sit and listen‟ convention. This
will be a Convention, which happens to include the District
Contest. While you need to qualify to sing in the Contest, you
don‟t need to „qualify‟ to sing at the Convention. To enhance
your „Convention Experience‟, we have included the following
Convention features and non-contest singing opportunities:
Harmony Platoon
We‟re assembling a Harmony Platoon for Thursday evening
and Friday morning (October 17th & 18th, 2013). The formal
Platoon activities will conclude before the District Contest Begins. Informally the platoons members will keep singing their
4 songs, using their color-coded HP badges to identify each
other. Like the recent and successful Harmony Brigades
across the country, the Harmony Platoon provides contestants
and non-contestants with an opportunity to learn 4-Society
tunes, sing in the Harmony Platoon Chorus and random assignment HP quartets.
The organized Harmony Platoon activities will conclude
before the District Contest starts.
The winning HP quartet will be our Friday night Mic Tester.
The HP Chorus will sing while the Judges complete the Chorus
Contest scoring. This will allow non-contesting barbershopper, the opportunity to sing on the Morrison Center stage.
STILL ROOM FOR TWO MORE CHORUSES
Harmony University adds
Chorus College for 2014
The complete barbershop education
experience will be completed next summer, when a new Chorus College curriculum
is offered for the first time.
For years, we've made it possible for
individuals and quartets to get the finest
vocal instruction and performance coaching. At last, we're making it
possible for a chorus of any size to get a full, immersive week of education as an ensemble, with the world's top coaches and clinicians.
"The focus is on the Complete Chorus Experience," says Mike
O'Neill, Harmony University Director. "This stretches beyond a
coaching retreat weekend, to include repertoire development, performance packaging, chapter leadership and director development."
Choruses enrolled in Chorus College will receive
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Daily chorus coaching and vocal instruction from a pod of
coaches
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Group discount - $50/man off the regular tuition rate
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Recorded coaching sessions to take home at the end
of the week
Marketing materials created during the week for the
chapter to take home (like this great video! http://
www.harmonymarketplace.com/987654.) Walk away
with a real plan for the future growth of your chorus!
Four choruses will be accepted for Chorus College 2014; two
have already made commitments. Discuss with your chapter board
and begin the exploration now!
For further details, contact [email protected].
Shuttle Bus
We‟ll have 2-shuttle busses operating between the three
downtown hotels and the Morrison Center. Every 10-15
minutes, during all Contests and the Show of Champs, the shuttles will serve Hotel 42, the Grove Hotel and the Hampton
Courts and Inn.
Register for 2013 District Convention / Contest & purchase
your Lunch by the River ticket (Saturday following the
Chorus Contest 10/19/13) www.boisechordsmen.com
Send your check along with your print & mail form to: Neil
Halker, P.O.BOX 88716, Boise, Id, 83707
Make checks payable to Boise Chordsmen
When you register, remember to order your Saturday „Lunch
by the River‟ and answer the 4-questions:
Voice Part, Chorus, Quartet & Size (for your FREE 75th Anniversary commemorative T-shirt).
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That means no shuttle buses, no weather nor construction to
fight. It means an easy ramble from your lodging to your seat.
Best of all, you can lock in an unbelievable price -- a Grand
Queen starts at just $129 per night! These same rooms would cost
much more over the weekend, but our convention rate will save
you hundreds of dollars. Book online now -- http://bit.ly/
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All attendees that book within our block of rooms at MGM
receive:
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No extra person fees! Up to 4 in a room at no extra charge
Daily newspaper
$15 food & beverage credit at any MGM bar or restaurant
Complimentary fitness center admission
2 for 1 entrees at MGM fine dining restaurants (1 per person)
Grand Buffet Specials
2 for 1 Barbershop Harmony Society signature drinks all week
long!
10% off salon/spa treatments
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DISTRICT, CHAPTER, QUARTET & MEMBER ACTIVITIES
Regional Leadership Academy
(RLA) January 18, 2014, Spokane
By Rob Macdonald (Board Member at Large)
In our chapters, we are blessed with talented folks who handle the thousands of background details that allow us all to
SING. Without their growth in leadership, we would not be up
to date with our finances, our Society plans, technology and
governance regulations.
So, how are you investing in your chapter's leadership for
growth? The next opportunity is Evergreen's Regional Leadership Academy (RLA) in Spokane January 18, 2014. It will be a
one day workshop featuring:
Secretaries Track - hosted by our District Past President Ken
Galloway
Treasurer's Track - hosted by our District Financial guru Don
Thorn
Membership Track - hosted by District Membership and CSLT
Director Bob Thomas
President's/Leadership Track - hosted by District Board
Member at Large Rob Macdonald
Get up to date, help your chapter reach their growth goals in
Performance, Membership and Community Outreach! Get approval from your chapter's board, book your time, come and
learn and glean some expertise that you can take back to your
chapter. Details will follow in the November 1 TIMBRE.
COMING ATTRACTIONS
Editor’s Note: This space in each issue is reserved for cleared (by the
District Secretary) shows to encourage members and barbershop patrons
to support these charters. Separate publicity articles from the chapters
are always welcome at no charge, but are limited to space availability.
It has been reported that the Nanaimo, BC Chapter and Tidesmen Chorus chapter show is scheduled for November 2 at the Port Theatre in downtown Nanaimo, BC and will feature Madison Park. Details as to ticket prices
are on the Master Calendar (page 18)
Gord Harris of the Langley, BC Chapter reports that the chapter will host
a “We Will Remember” benefit concert on November 9 with two performances at 2:00 and 7:00 PM at the Parish of St. Nark - Ocean Park, 1295320th Ave in South Surrey, BC. Tickets are $20 (Regular) and $15 (Seniors/
Students). For more information contact
[email protected].
Mark Gross of the Salem, OR Chapter reports there will be an
“ANTicipating Christmas” show, by Rick and Patti LaRosa with two performances at 2:00 and 7:00 PM at the Chemeketa Community College Auditorium in Salem, OR. Ticket prices for the matinee show are $10 (General)
and $15 (Limited Seating) and for the evening show $15 (General) and $20
(Limited Seating)., For further information contact Mark Gross at
[email protected].
Gord Harris of the Langley, BC Chapter reports that the chapter will host
a benefit concert on December 15 for the Annual Langley Christmas Bureau
with two performances at 2:00 and 7:00 PM at the Willoughby Christian Reformed Church, 20525-72nd Ave, Langley, BC. Tickets are $20 (Regular)
and $15 (Seniors/Students). For more information contact [email protected] Men's Choru7sd.
NaVon Rickertson of the Bellevue Northwest Sound Men's Chorus reports that their chapter will have an annual Christmas Show “Christmas
Spirit and All That Jazz” with two performances on December 14 at 2:30 and
7:00 PM at Bellevue High School PAC, 10416 SE Wolverine Way in Bellevue.
Ticket prices are $20 (Adults) and $15 (Seniors/Children). More information
can be found at the Northwest Sound website http://northwestsound.org. For
ticket will call or at the door contact NaVon Rickertson at
[email protected] or 253-202-7841.
Larry Ross of the Tacoma, WA Chapter reports that the chapter will have
their Annual Christmas Show, “Need A Little Christmas?” on December 15,
2013 at the Tacoma Elks #174, 2013 South Cedar St., Tacoma, WA beginning
at 2:00 PM. For more information contact Walt Paulsen at
[email protected] or Larry Ross at 253-265-3839
Evergreen District - 65 Years of Harmony in the Pacific Northwest, Western Canada & Alaska
TIMBRE - October, 2013 - Page 8
CHARITABLE GIVING PROJECTS
Sing Canada Harmony Scholarships
By Gerry Borden
Sing Canada Harmony Trustee
Sing Canada Harmony has just completed its third quarter awards for
2013. Ten awards totaling over $13,000 were approved and distributed
to students studying music education/choral conducting, chapters offering music workshops and youth n community choirs.
Awards were given to chapters of the Barbershop Harmony Society, Sweet Adelines International and Harmony,
Inc.; while university students received support for their
studies in music degree programs across the country.
Also, Sing Canada Harmony was pleased to assist students
enrolled in the Young Singers of Canada program in On-
tario.
Sing Canada Harmony believes in building a future of choral music in
our schools and communities and provides funding to support and assist
individuals and organizations to further that cause. Approximately 80% to
90% of tax deductible funds received from donors is awarded in the following year. Scholarship applications can be received throughout the year, with
awards being offered quarterly (March, June, September, December).
If you would like to help Sing Canada Harmony keep the music in our communities,
please visit http://singcanadaharmony.ca/. You can play a vital role in making the
music happen in our schools and communities and supporting those "who will sing
tomorrow".
BLMF Thanks You For Your Donations
Many thanks to those of
you who‟ve contributed
funds and ideas to our mission of GROWING BARBERSHOP in Evergreen District. Your efforts are very
much appreciated. But, it‟s
not enough! I checked our
By Ray
district membership the
Steckler
second week of June and it
BLMF Trustee
was at 1,650 and today it‟s at
Chairman
1,646 – so we‟re still loosing
members at a faster rate than we‟re recruiting them. We can continue to do nothing and allow the numbers to fall where
they will OR we can more actively promote
this great hobby of ours in our communities. There are countless ways to accomplish this and the Bud Leabo Memorial
Fund is here to help you to this! Simply go
to budleabo.org and fill out the Grant Application Form and leave the rest to us.
We‟re not judging the ideas because we
have no idea which ideas will be successful. We will fund all ideas for NEW programs/initiatives within reason. To date we
have not refused a single grant request.
Further to that, you can support this effort by contributing $100 (gives you membership to the Gold Circle – see last
month‟s Greenline for benefits) or more,
which will help fund more initiatives.
We need to do more folks, we can‟t just
sit back and let someone else take up the
reins – membership is every member‟s
responsibility. As we increase membership, our division contests will have more
attendees, district contests will again require seating of over 1,000 and dues increases will be a thing of the past. But,
most importantly, we will be preserving
BARBERSHOP for future generations. You
want to be a part of that, don‟t you? Let us
hear from you. We’re here to help!
SUPPORT
HARMONY EXPLOSION
SCHOLARSHIPS
Your financial support of the Harmony
Explosion Experience for youth singers (Harmony Explosion Camp and the
Big Sky Harmony Rendezvous) WILL:
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Provide financial assistance, through
scholarships, to our summer camps.
Expose youth to the barbershop
harmony-style of music.
Give music educators the opportunity
to experience the Harmony Explosion Experience.
Nurture young singers. They’ll
NEVER forget you and our Society.
Send your scholarship contributions to:
Mollie Peterson
1308 7th Street
Snohomish, WA 98290
Hx Show Performance
Posted
We are happy to announce that you
can now see the finale song from last
July's Harmony Explosion Northwest
Celebration Show. Just go to
www.harmonyexplosion.com (Hot Link)
and click on the play button.
Special thanks to Jay Giallombardo
for permission to post.
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OPS TEAM / CHAIRMEN REPORTS AND UPDATES
Let‟s all remember why we joined. What
was your prevailing reason? The camaraderie? The ringing of the chords when you
sang your first tag? The chance to be an
entertainer of audiences, while still in the
safety of a group? The chance to be an average singer and yet part of something
great? The chance to sing outside of church
with new and fun songs?
The Society for the
Why did you renew your membership
Preservation and Enafter your first, and second, and third year?
couragement of BarWhat kept you interested, excited, looking
bershop Quartet Sing- forward to each rehearsal, willing to pracing in America; The
tice at home to make the group sound betname and acroter, and willing to take on jobs within the
nym have been rechapter to make it successful?
placed with BHS, but
When it comes to membership, some
not forgotten.
chapters rely on the Membership VP and
It‟s been an interest- on one or possibly two “guest” nights each
ing ride, from its inyear. Should it be that way? Really? Guest
By Bob Thomas
ception in 1938 to
nights are important, but if these guest
Director of Membership
peaking at 38,000
nights don‟t reflect the personality of the
and Chapter Support
members worldwide
chapter; if they aren‟t even close to a reguaround 1986 to down to 23,000 members in lar rehearsal night, will guests come back
2013, despite chapters in Sweden, Great
and eventually join?
Britain, New Zealand, Australia, and …..
Membership needs to be an every week
The average chapter size is shrinking.
concern, and can be an every day happenDespite the youthful exuberance of young
ing. When you have a conversation with
chapters like Westminster and NVP, the
someone new and you talk hobbies, do you
average age of members remains high.
talk golf, hunting, and fishing? Do you
Despite over a decade of Harmony Explomention singing? Have you heard a resosion camps, membership is shrinking.
nant voice in the check out line or someThere are lots of opinions, possible reawhere, and ventured to ask or say, “You
sons, and excuses.
must be a singer? or “Where do you sing,
MEMBERSHIP
& CHAPTER
SUPPORT
COMMUNICATIONS
Website
By Matthew
Cherry
Director of Communications
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Daily Goal Setting
Perhaps it‟s as simple as writing 1:1/
week on a post it note or on a 3 x 5 card
and putting it on your mirror or the corner
of your computer screen. When you write
down your goals, you are more likely to
achieve them. This represents your goal of
making a personal contact each week and
mentioning “singing” or your hobby of
singing or activities of your chorus. That
may start a conversation. 1:1/week Let‟s
start there! Write it, post it, do it!
Approximately 200 users are viewing the newsletter more
than once each month. This could indicate they are reading it in its electronic form
Facebook
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Initiated use of Google analytics to
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243 likes and an average weekly reach of 287 unique
track web traffic
viewers.
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Average page views per month 1848
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Unique viewers has dropped since last report, but this is
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Average number of unique page visicommon during the summer months
tors each month 745
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Average reach of each post made is 167 unique viewers
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Top 3 countries of origin for page
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Most popular posts concern events (i.e. BHS International)
visitors. U.S.A, Canada, Germany
and the webcast announcement
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Most popular pages (Other than land
Content is still 99% generated by myself
ing page)
Calendar
Scores Archive
2013 District Convention Webcasting
Events
QCED
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Lions Mane Productions was selected as our webcast proPublications
vider
Content Updates
o Scores archive current to 1989 (some data is incomplete, and was on the old website as well)
o SAI events that are registered with the district
are on the calendar
o Email contact list was purged of all inactive
members and duplicates created during import
o 2013 webcast is advertised prominently on the
landing page
Newsletters
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with a great voice like that?”
What‟s missing in your chapter or at
your rehearsals? What are you, personally,
willing to do to make things better? This is
a team “sport”, if you will. I hope you and
your chapter aren‟t relying on the Membership VP to do it all. It‟s everyone‟s responsibility.
Whether gold, oil, or members, a whole
lot of continuous prospecting needs to take
place to get what you‟re looking for. Remind yourself weekly that your chapter
needs new singers and new leaders. What
can I do this week to make a difference for
my chapter? What can I do to help preserve barbershop? What can I do to help
encourage barbershop? What can I do to
get more guys exposed to, and enjoying
this hobby that I love?
Approximately 500 unique views/downloads of the newsletter each month
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Registration Page for the webcast is
www.evgwebcast.com
Lions Mane will be setting up Google analytics to track
page hits vs. registrations
Webcast is being promoted via Facebook, website, email
and multiple BHS resources
Minimal registrations are expected until the week of the
district convention
Evergreen District Website
www.evgsings.org
Representative of Contest and Judging (DRCJ) Together they will
be going through training leading up to his take-over of the DRCJ
responsibilities around the first of the year. The members and leadWe are preparing for the last contest of the
ership should see a smooth transition with very little change from
2013 Evergreen District contest cycle. The contest the way contest and judging is handled currently in Evergreen.
entry went smoothly with fifteen choruses and
There will be no rules changes proposed this fall. That is not to
twenty-nine quartets submitting contest entries
say that there won‟t be rules proposals presented by the new DRCJ.
(CJ20) for their respective contests The last few
It is anticipated that 2014 Competitor‟s Handbook will be distributweeks saw one Out of District (FWD) enter the
ed to all contacts for choruses and known registered quartet by
Seniors Prelims and a district seniors quartet also January 1. It will also be placed for download on the District website www.evgsings.com.
enter the same contest. That takes us to twentynine quartets in the fall district and seniors preAll judges attending the re-certification Category School
lims quartet contests. The draw for Order of Appassed. We now have two Contest Administrators, five Music JudgBy Mike
pearance was held on July 15 and advertised in
es, two Presentation Judges and one Singing Judge. We are receivLanctot
the August 1 issue of the TIMBRE. Between the
ing and processing applications for applicant judges. The deadline
Director of
draw and the upcoming contest, so far two quarfor submission of the completed applications is December 31,
Newsletters
tets, Blue Yonder and The Jaybirds and one cho- 2013.
rus, Coeur D‟Alene Lake City Harmonizers were forced to withIt has been a pleasure working on the Operation Team and with
draw. Currently, the quartet contest stands on twenty-nine quartet the District Board of Directors since taking over the DRCJ position
competitors and the chorus contest at fifteen choruses.
for Barry Knott, shortly before his death.
District President-elect, Bob Robson, announced the appointment of Jim Kahlke (Music Judge) to replace me as the District
CONTEST & JUDGING
CHORUS DIRECTOR
DEVELOPMEYT
I have to confess to not have been as focused as I should have on my CDD duties
since HCNW.
I have had some correspondence with
Bob Thomas and the Bellevue chapter
about hosting a CDWI. Donny Rose told
me at HCNW that he thought the chapter
would be happy to host, but so far things
have not come together.
By John
Likewise both Portland Metro and TualaRettenmayer tin Valley, initially interested in hosting a
Director od Chorus
CDWI, eventually decided against doing
Director
Development
so. Since Portland and Seattle clearly are
the geographic centers of the district, I will
continue to look for possible host chapters in either or both
areas.
The Spokane chapter had at one time (when Neil Newlun briefly stepped down as director) expressed an interest
in hosting a CDWI. Subsequent to Neil's agreeing to stay on
as director they decided they were too busy.
Bob Thomas had inquired about holding a CDWI in conjunction with a Leadership Academy in Spokane, but that
likely will not work because a chorus is required for the afternoon session of a CDWI. However, I would like to try to
hold a session of two for directors at that LA.
I asked Raymond Schwartzkopf in May to do a master
class for Evergreen directors. He was willing, but asked
that I first poll our directors about what they would like to
learn. My inquiry to the director list brought only
3 responses, and they were so general as to not be helpful.
Raymond is coaching the Bozeman chorus on September 28
and I will talk further with him then.
I would like to see the district provide financial support
for relatively new directors to attend Directors College.
Also, in preparing this report it occurred to me that Mac's
distance education program for music improvement must
necessarily have some impact on the directors of those
chapters. I will check with him about that.
In 2014, we will drop the title GREENLINE and instead having
TIMBRE published monthly. We will limit its size to 12-14 pages
for every month except on the quarter (January, April, July and
October) issues when we will increase the size to 16-18 pages. If
The first nine months of 2013 have been sen- we continue two grow as far as articles received we may adjust
sational. The TIMBRE (Quarterly) and GREENthe general sizes to better meet the needs of our members and
LINE (Monthly) publications have been pubpatrons. We are impressed with the void of communications filled
lished relatively on time with only one issue
by our publications. Literally, “if you build it they will come” has
missed (February) due to emergency eye surbeen our mantra and driving force as we come to our first annigery recovery for the editor. I am happy to reversary of the new TIMBRE.
port that we have experienced only a few very
Our patron and subscriber list is growing. I say this because
minor problems with the overall vision for these the sharing of our publications with others outside of our district is
newsletters since we started in October, 2012.. It important and vital. .The list includes leadership from other BHS
is my opinion that all the parts of the publicaBy Mike
districts, regional leadership of SAI and non-barbershoppers intions process of our newsletters is going smooth- terested in our organization and activities is an important aspect
Lanctot
Director of
ly. I am thankful for the promptness of our district of the communications needed to give our members the “full meal
Newsletters
officers and others in getting their articles in on
deal” in each of our issues. Sharing also provides interesting tidtime and with very little editing needed. We
bits of information from other areas of our Society and hobby. The
have an abundance of articles to draw from for each issue and
mailing list is separate from the email list of our communications
they are balanced as to the various interest levels of the wide
officer and Groupanizer and, therefore, we can add
group of barbershoppers in our district.
NEWSLETTERS
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or delete email addresses from the list easily.
I would like to thank Matthew Cherry for developing and executing the publication distribution plan and Bobby Huber for
keeping me grounded between my ideas and the execution of
those ideas. I also want to thank the district officers and OPS Team
for successfully meeting the article submission deadlines I‟ve
imposed. The proofing and fact-checking team of Ray Steckler,
Bobby Huber, Ken Galloway Jr., Carl Van Hoff, Matthew Cherry, and Sue Lanctot has diligently given the publications the
grammar and spelling once-over before we distribute the newsletters to the membership and our non-member patrons. .
I‟m being contacted by chapters and quartets who desire more
information about advertising in the TIMBRE with one quartet
business card-sized ad and a full-page advertisement for a chapter show being the results for our efforts thus far and numerous
free advertisements for district-sponsored activities or as a promotion/reward for purchase of a full- page advertisement. We
hope to pick-up a few more full-page advertisements by the end
of 2013. The hope is a continuation and growth of full-page and
quartet business card-sized advertisements in 2014 . Once the
chapters and non-district-sponsored activities and events see the
quality and accessibility to our members and non-member patrons they will spend the few dollars to share information about
their shows and events as an advertising tool for their events. I
believe the chapters have to feel comfortable that the regular
publishing of these publications are not a “flash in the pan.” Once
they see the publications can be counted on to be published, as
promised, then they will hand over the nominal cost of advertising
willingly to our district treasurer. Who else can promise to have
their advertisements seen by each and every district member or
non-member patron?
To date we have sold $240 in advertisements and the expense
side of the ledger is $0.00. This was a primary goal when the project was sold to the District Board of Directors more than a year
ago. I am heartened about the receipt of unsolicited articles by
members, which are always welcome and show that the members
are beginning to embrace the value of the publications as a vehicle to share ideas and suggestions or improvement our hobby at
the district level within our ranks, before trying to sell it to the
public. COMMUNICATION is the all-important mortar that holds
us together for the sharing of information and the singing and fellowship values we hold dear.
My only continuing concerns are the follow-through by the
chapter secretaries or Groupanizer contacts in each chapter in
MUSIC IMPROVEMENT
The chapter involved is the Moscow Pullman
Chapter and the coach from the district Bobby
Huber. The chapter has shown a definite improvement in their singing and plans to compete!!
The program consists of videoing the chorus
singing and then posted on a private channel on
YouTube. The video is then audited by the
coach and myself and suggestions are given to
the director and music team to work on at the
next rehearsal. A good number of them attended Harmony College North West. It took a little
By Mac Dallman while for the chapter to make videoing a regular
Director of Music
part of their rehearsal, but it happened. Now
Improvement
there are weekly videos for Bobby (and myself)
to audit. By judiciously using the budget that the
board granted the Music Improvement Program, Bobby has been
able to spend two all day coaching sessions with them. They also
expanded the program by inviting Jay Krumholtz to be at these
sessions.
The intended outcomes have been reached. We have a happy
chapter that is growing musically. We also have a chapter that has
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fulfilling the promise to produce copies of the publications to
chapter members who do not have email capabilities and whether
the members are actually going online, as instructed, to view the
publications. In the coming months we‟ll evaluate how successful
we are in those two areas of concern.
We are trying to involve others in the news gathering in a proactive way. To this end, we have developed division news digesters to share the “good news” about activities and events of their
division chapters. Divisions II (Ray Heller (Olympia)) and Phil
Cheasebro (Anchorage)), Division III (Jim Cochrane
(Edmonton)) and Division IV (Rich Watkins (Eugene)) have answered the call. We still need news digesters for the remaining
divisions. We are also drumming up interest in all our chapters to
produce a regular bulletin for their chapter membership. Steven
Jackson (RMD) and President of the Society PROBE organization
has graciously agreed to assist me in this endeavor. We are offering a class at this HCNW. So far, we have had one member indicate he would participate and attend. We are seeking six to eight
members for the class to be a viable course. We will see how successful we are in promotion of the class at HCNW.
As always, I welcome your constructive suggestions and ideas
to make our district publications one of the best in the Society and
a wonderful communication tool from our leaders and to/between
our membership. I‟m also in the process of finding an assistant
that may carry on this new tradition of newsletters when it is time
for me to step aside and pass it along to the next generation of
district leaders.
A class was taught at HCNW for students interested in learning
more about bulletin editing. It was marginally successful on participation, but a great success in developing the beginnings of our
training tools for the district. We plan to do a better job of publicizing the availability of the class and recruiting members to attend. One of the students at the class offered was a first time attendee to HCNW. This it indicates that maybe the addition of
training classes can be another stream of activities that can draw
new students to HCNW.
Plans for 2014 include: sponsoring a Evergreen District Bulletin
Editors Contest, increased emphasis in developing chapter bulletins to fill in the gaps in chapter-level communication tools and
offer training, again, at HCNW or through the COTS/LA Model for
training of chapter bulletin editors.
The Evergreen District Board of Directors was presented goals
by Editor Mike Lanctot at the summer meeting at Harmony College Northwest.
attracted some new singers to their fold.
There was an unintended outcome. Ross Brickelmeyer, the director, finished his university work and relocated away from the
community. Another member stepped up and filled the gap. I
fully believe that without this program, the chapter would have
been in great danger of folding.
This program works. The key to the program is that the chapter
has to agree up front to the participating conditions.
Here are the conditions as set out in the program:
Criteria for a chapter's involvement.
 Chapter must have a Director
 Chapter must have either a music team or a support team for
the director
 The Executive, The Music Support Team and the Director must
agree unanimously to participate in the program.
 Chapter must agree to:
 Be involved in the program for a year
 Agree to host a day long coaching session during the year,
with costs shared with the district.
 Agree to participate regularly in the internet coaching program.
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Agree to compete in their next Division Contest
Agree to send their director or a member of the music support team to HCNW or Harmony University.
Encourage as many chapter members to attend HCNW as
possible
Report on the success/shortcomings of the program to the
BoD
Responsibilities of the coach
 Agree to a be a coach/mentor to a chapter
 Agree to participate in the Internet Coaching program with
the chapter.
 Agree to a one day hands-on coaching session with the chapter.
 Agree to a one year involvement in the program.
 Agree to making a short report to the BoD on the program‟s
success/shortcomings
Responsibilities of the Director on Music Improvement
 Quarterback the program
 Co-ordinate with the BoD and the OT the sourcing of the two
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chapters.
Negotiate the terms as outlined with the chapter.
Find a coach for each chapter.
Regularly communicate with the chapter and the coach.
Monitor the financial situation to make sure the program stays
on budget.
Report on the success/shortcomings to the BoD
My request to each and every member of the board and of the
Operations team is:
When you are doing chapter visitations or communications, if
you think that the chapter would benefit from the program, discuss
it with them. If they show more than cursory interest, contact me
and I will take it from there.
I am currently speaking with two chapters and may, by the time
of the board meeting, may be able to update the board on developments.
The two chapters that are showing lots of interest are The Puget
Sounders/Centralia through Bob Hart and the Victoria Chapter
through Allan Jacques I have spoken to and been in email contact
with a few others. While some interest has been shown, the criteria of taking responsibility and making it happen, has not happened.
If you have a nominee for the District Hall of Fame award,
the process is the same - BUT - this is a much more significant award and entails a much larger and longer body of
I chair four active committees Ethics,
work to qualify for the award. This year‟s recipient will be
Standing Ovation Program (SOP), Barberrecognized at the Boise Convention. So, work up a thorough
shopper of the Year (BOTY) and Hall of Fame resume for next year‟s candidate and submit it to me after
(HOF). Your input is very important.
January.
Thank you in advance for being an active Barbershopper
Standing Ovation Program
Should your chapter request a "Standing
in Evergreen and choosing the best candidates for these
Ovation Review", all you have to do when you awards.
request your show date with the District Sec- Ethics
By Bob Huber retary is to check the "YES" box on the botI‟m happy to report we have very few, if any, ethics violaS.O.P, Ethics,
tom of the form. We will work out the detail of tions each year. However, sometimes they do occur. If you
HoF and BOTY
scheduling your review from there. The only believe there has been an ethics violation I am the contact
Chairman
cost to you is 2 tickets to the show for your
person who will investigate the complaint and help all those
Reviewer.
involved work through the problem and take corrective
action. A letter outlining the perceived ethics violations and
District Recognition Awards
If you want to nominate someone for the District for the Bar- those involved is the first step and I will begin the process
bershopper of the Year award, just send me a Resume (not leading to a satisfactory resolution. All complaints are held
a beer coaster or cocktail napkin with a name on it) and the in strictest confidence for all involved.
Committee will evaluate your choice along with others we
All communications to me should be sent to
receive.
[email protected].
OTHER COMMITTEES
Tag Singers Will Love This!
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EVERGREEN DISTRICT GOVERNANCE
Evergreen House of Delegates Agenda
Evergreen House of Delegates is the legislative body for the di8strict
and meets t5wi9ce a y6ear4; at HCNW and the fall district convention. The
body is composed of one delegate from each chapter, the elected District
Board o9f Directors and all past district presidents li8uving in Evergreen
District and a dues paid member the Society and district. Non-delegate
members are always cordially invited to attend the HOD.
Saturday, October 19 - 4:00-5:30 PM
Aspen Room - 2nd Floor (Grove Hotel, Boise
PROPOSED AGENDA
1600
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Review 2014 Approved Budget
Finance Document #2
Don Thorn, Director of
1640Report of District Board of Directors Meeting
Bob Robson, Executive Vice President
1645
Society Board of Directors Report
Gerry Borden
1655
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New Business MOTION Needed
District Bylaws update (motion)
Carl Van Hoff,
Board Member-at-Large
o Bylaw change only
Document #3A
o Complete Document
Document #3B
Call to order
Ken Galloway, District President
Appointment of Keeper of the Keys
Bob Robson,
Executive Vice President
Memorial of past members
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Appointment of Sergeant at Arms
Carl Van Hoff, 1710
Board Member-at-Large
1725
Complete Revised Operations Manual
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Approve Agenda
(No Comments needed) Document #8
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Sing
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Introduction of Guests
Bob Robson
1730
Adjourn
1615BHS & Evergreen Vision and Mission Statement
1616
Kendall Williams, Past President
Documents will be available. However, if you received this Agen1620
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Secretarial Matters
Ray Steckler, District Secretary
Quorum
Approve Minutes of HOD Meeting of 6-21-13
Document #1
District Election Ballots
Ray Steckler, Gerry Borden
Financial Report Frank Bell, District Treasurer
Budget update-2013
Licensing Your
Chapter Show
IS Vitally
Important
1.
2.
da as a designated delegate for your chapter it is expected that you
w3ill come to the meeting with those documents in hand.
For some members meetings and representative governance
can be a personal challenge. For HOD to be truly our legislative
body we must attend and participate in the process if you are
designated delegate. If you are a stand-in as a delegate a letter to
that fact from your chapter president would be helpful and appropriate.
Your show will not be listed in any calendars, websites or publications used
by the district to advertise your show.
There will be no Society liability insurance for your show in the case of accidents experienced by your show patrons; your chapter and board will be
on their own for any suits arising from
accidents or food borne illnesses at the
Afterglow.
Chapters with unlicensed shows are
subject to steep fines and penalties from
the various licensing agencies and may
shut your show down.
Attention Show Chairs,
secretaries, chapter presidents and anyone else conBy Ray
nected with chapter shows
Steckler
and their scheduling:
3.
District
We have a process for
Secretary
requesting clearance of
show dates and it has been written in these
very pages MANY times but somehow it just
doesn‟t reach those who need to know! So,
This is a word to the wise. Submit your
ONE MORE TIME! The ONLY way to clear a clearances well ahead of the show date.
show date is to go to evgsings.org, click
EVENTS, click on SUBMIT YOUR EVENT – fill
CALL FOR DELEGATES
out the form and hit SUBMIT. I‟ll take it from
The bi-annual meeting of the Everthere.
green District House of Delegate (HOD)
I will no longer respond to emails noting
will be held on October 19 (Saturday) in
„I forgot‟ or „clear this date‟ or any other
the Grove Hotel (Aspen Room-2nd
excuse – it‟s YOUR responsibility to know
Floor) in Boise, ID from 4:00-5:30 PM.
the rules and comply with them. It‟s MY
The cost of sending a delegate to
responsibility to keep track of cleared
HOD is a legitimate chapter expense. All
shows/dates and not using the above methchapters are expected to have a repreod is making it impossible for me to do my
sentative at this important and vital govjob.
Here are some consequences about
ernance meeting
clearing your show properly.
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Thank you.
Ray Steckler, District Secretary
LEADERSHIP QUOTE OF THE
MONTH
“A positive attitude causes a chain reaction
of positive thoughts, events and outcomes.
It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary
results."
Wade Boggs, baseball player
Reminder…
October Is The Month To
Elect Chapter Officers
Traditionally, you should be electing
your chapter officers this month. The
chapter nomination committee should
read the list of nominees at three meetings and the third/final meeting of the
month the election is held.
The chapter secretary SHALL formally
invite all your members to attend the
election meeting. This can be done by
phone, email, a mailed announcement or
through your bulletin, if you have one.
Once the results of the election have
been determined, the chapter secretary
must immediately update the leadership
roster through the BHS ebiz page on the
BHS website. Refer to the 2013 Chapter
Secretary Manual for details.
MORE SOCIETY NEWS & 2014 CHAPTER PLANNING
Society Board
Quarterly Report
Since the International Convention in Toronto, your Society Board has been busy with
a number of administrative issues to help improve the experience of our membership.
We continue to monitor our financial situation and find ways to meet the ever growing
demand on the bank account. Kudos to
By Gerry Borden
Society Board Member
Heather Verble, Financial Officer for the Society, in providing a clear picture of the
changes that occur to our finances.
One issue that arose dealt with the insurance billing to chapters. The Society is able to obtain a group discount on insurance
coverage, which is reflected in the amounts billed to chapters.
Generally, an equal amount of insurance purchased individually
by a chapter would be significantly more than the charges from
the Society.
Board Member, Joe Cerutti, has joined the headquarters staff
and will be looking after youth initiatives and chorus director development. Congratulations to Joe in this new position. We look
forward to some excellent work in his area of responsibility.
With Joe's appointment, this leaves a vacancy on the Society
Board. The Society Nominating Committee will be contacting candidates in the near future.
The 2014 Society Aims were presented and will be part of a
package of information for presentation at House of Delegates
meetings throughout the Society. Primarily, these aims are: an
integrated annual plan to monitor and measure progress; continued support of the Chapter Visitation Program; increased and
improved educational materials and training opportunities, and;
slowing or reversing the decline of membership in the Society.
Your Society is interested in YOU. If you have something you want
to say, an idea that will help the Society meet its goals and mandate, please contact your Society Board Member and let you voice
be heard. Let's Keep The Whole World Singing!
to make them feel welcome, and, most
importantly plan a program that will involve them and make them want to come
back for more visits. I can‟t imagine any
chapter that would say no to new members, but it takes initiative and effort from
within the chapter to make this work.
Maybe your special event can be something that will improve your chorus‟ level
Our year of 2014 is
of singing and performing. Plan for a
almost upon us and it is
By Bob Robson
coaching session – Evergreen has many
Executive Vice
not too early to begin
well qualified coaches. Spending a day
President
your special event plan- with your fellow chorus members to imning. A chapter that can prove your „performance product‟ will also
decide on a special event and can focus
result in bringing chorus members into a
their energies and attention to see it to
more close-knit unit. Perhaps your coachfruition is a chapter that will be united in
ing session can be tied into contest prepatheir efforts to grow and move forward.
ration. The improvement in your contest
One of the most obvious events to plan set and in your personal skill level should
is a membership recruitment drive.
also bring a general improvement to all of
Whether it is a single night guest night or a your repertoire songs and performance
multiple night membership campaign,
opportunities.
make all your efforts worthwhile by doing
How about planning a show? When was
some detail planning for such a special
the last time your chapter put on a show
event – set up a membership team, contact for the public? We all love to strut our
media, contact past members, invite lots of stuff in front of family and friends and at
guests (consider picking them up to bring the same time add some funds to the chapthem to the guest night), greet the guests
ter coffers. Maybe the show can be a char-
IS YOUR
CHAPTER
PLANNING
SOMETHING
SPECIAL
FOR 2014?
ity fund raiser and you can reap the benefit of some exposure that highlights your
community outreach.
One more type of event that chapters
could plan for is to help their chapter officers get trained and understand their jobs
so they can better serve the chapter. It
takes some planning (travel, finances, etc.)
to get your chapter officers to a Regional
Leadership Academy but having officers
who know their jobs will help the chapter
run smoothly and make it easier to accomplish your goals and expectations.
As you can see there are lots of choices
for events that can be planned for your
chapter and community. The important
thing is to decide to “do something” and
then move forward to make it happen.
Our Evergreen District Leadership Team
has expertise in all of the above mentioned areas. If you need a nudge to get
started or want some ideas, contact someone on the Evergreen Board or Operations
Team.
Happy planning for 2014! Let us know
all about your successful event.
THE YEAR 2014
The year the Board, Chapters and members connect
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QUARTERLY DIVISION NEWS DIGESTER REPORTS
Division II (Alaska)
By Phil Cheasebro, Anchorage Chapter
Fairbanks gets a lesson
from a legend
Joe Connelly was in Fairbanks at the end
of June, working with the Fairbanks Frontier
chorus (Sweet Adelines) and the Great Land
Sounds, along with several quartets. There
was a bit of singing (hard to imagine); proof
that Joe is indeed "awesome"!
In other news
Fairbanks had their annual Summer show
Friday August 23 at 7:30pm and Saturday
August 24 at 4:00pm. The show was a nod to
the 75th anniversary of the Society entitled
"Celebrate Harmony". Just after that, they
will meet with the Sweet Adelines to begin
preparations for their joint Christmas Show,
to be held December 6 and 7.
Anchorage gets on the good
side of the Law
The chorus sang for the National Troopers
Coalition Fall Conference held in Anchorage
this year. Representatives from 45 state
Troopers agencies were in attendance. The
real question: will this help our odds the
next time we get pulled over? Time will
tell….
Division II (Washington)
By Ray Heller, Olympia, WA
Bellevue
Rehearsals were not scheduled for us in
July. instead, we had voluntary quartetoriented activities. About 35 guys showed
up each week for this educational activity,
where we learned about tuning to the other
parts, improving our listening skills and four
-part balancing. Many of us tried switching
parts, or "switch-hitting" parts, as Donny
Rose calls it.
Donny, Bob Strand and the entire music
team did an excellent job of scheduling and
ensuring that activities moved along in a
constructive way. It was the most fruitful
vacation some of us have ever had.
Now, we're deep into rehearsing for the
district contest. See you all in Boise!
Centralia
The Centralia Two-Town Tuners and
Olympia Puget Sounders have been busy in
August, appearing together in the Twin Cities at the SW Washington Fair and twice at
the Garlic Festival. This was followed by
singing at Harbor Days in Olympia and, fi-
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nally, a standing-O performance at the
Washington Land Yacht Harbor. Time flies
when you're having fun!
Our annual Dollar Show was set to be
held September 27, then we're off to Onalaska and the Apple Harvest Festival. Come
see us when you can.
Early each Thursday evening this past
summer, the SeaChordsmen chorus and our
quartets entertained commuters, tourists
and downtown residents at Westlake Park,
providing barbershop music. This was the
fourth year that we have served the community at this event, in conjunction with the
Seattle Parks & Recreation Dept. Our quarJuan de Fuca
tets: the SeaSharps, Zippity Do & Tyler Too,
Counterbalance and 4.0 performed, and
The Olympic Peninsula Men's Chorus
recently did a gig at the Clallam County Fair each of our assistant directors: Elizabeth
Davies, Bob Mahony, Jim Smith and Ed
and received "rave reviews." Our quartet,
No Batteries Required, entered a talent con- Dierdorff, had the chance to direct a selectest at the fair and won first place, receiving tion of songs on various evenings.
On September 10, we launched our fall
a blue ribbon and a check for $200.
"Capture Your Voice and Sing" program in
The chorus and quartet will perform as
which we offer six nights of no-cost voice
part of the Grand Olympics Chorus at a
lessons to interested men in the community.
Sweet Adelines' concert, entitled "Weather
Girl," on Sept. 28 at Sequim High School Au- Sixteen men responded and Ted Chamberlain led them in improving their singing
ditorium. Tickets are $10 for either the 2
voices. Another group of six men are exp.m. matinee or the 7 p.m. evening show.
pected to show up the following week, to be
Olympia
taught by Nikki Blackmer, director of A
The Puget Sounders chorus, with help
Cappella Joy SAI chorus.
from the Centralia Two-Town Tuners choSpecial thanks to Gary Ackerman for
rus, has been busy singing for area summer heading up this, our fourth "Capture" profestivals. The Harbor Days event in Olympia gram, and to David Baum, Bill Bush, Bob
consisted of two hours of singing, so our
Woodruff, Ted Chamberlain and the other
throats were tired.
chorus members who supported this effort.
A five-day stint of serving coffee at
the Maytown I-5 rest stop brought in $934 to Tacoma
bolster the chapter treasury. The coffee and
Totemaires held a picnic on August 4 in
cookies that were left over supplied treats
Gig Harbor. We had about 25 turn out, infor break time at chapter meetings for the
cluding some from Kitsap County and Fedrest of the summer.
eral Way.
An open house held in July brought
The chapter has moved again; we are
in nine guests. Four of them have been atnow meeting at the new Elks Lodge in Tacotending chorus practices regularly and one ma. We moved in on Labor Day, with all of
has joined the Society. Personal contact and our "stuff," including risers. We receive free
a notice in the "What's Happening" column
practice time in exchange for a few perforin the daily newspaper brought in most of
mances. If you visit our chapter meeting at 7
the guests, although posters were also put
p.m. on Tuesdays, be sure to be inside the
up around town.
gate by 7:30, as the gate is locked after that
time. We like the new place but there is no
Seattle
carpeting, so the sound is very loud and
We had a highly successful early-summer vibrant.
The Totemaires were to have a booth in
show, entitled, "Groovy," on June 29 at the
the Education Building at the Puyallup Fair
Shorecrest Performing Arts Center. Wearon September 15. It is one of the best vening tuxedos and tie-dyed tee shirts, we
ues to meet and greet the public to find proplayed to a nearly sold-out house. Songs
included "Feelin' Groovy," and acts included spective members and advertise our shows.
Saturday, August 31, the chorus sang the
a clown and a dancer. We sang with Seattle
National Anthem and the Armed Forces
Shores SAI chorus, Kamiak High School's a
Medley at a Rainiers baseball game. The
cappella men's group, and a group from
chorus is currently practicing four new
Ballard High School. Four chapter quartets
Christmas songs.
plus Ted Chamberlain's 4.0 quartet filled
out the bill .
A few days later, 4.0 flew to Toronto to
compete on Barbershop Harmony Society's
International stage.
BARBERSHOP CRAFT & MORE EVENTS NEWS
Mel’s Musical
Musings
Most quartets and choruses have been using
the wonderful learning tracks of published BHS
music recorded by Tim Waurick. But what happens when you want to learn music that is not
published by the Society and there are no learnBy Mel Knight
ing tracks? I‟ll bet many of you didn‟t know that
there is a list of musicians on the BHS website
who make custom learning tracks just for you! To make it easy for
you to contact one of these barbershoppers, following is the list.
No guarantee as to the quality, but most all those on the list will
provide a sample for your approval. Many are booked up for
months in advance, so check them out in plenty of time.
Steve DeCrow email [email protected]
Tony DeRosa http://www.advocals.com
Ryan Griffith http://www.vocalcuts.com
Kyle Kitzmiller http://www.harmonize.com/kitztracks
D.J. Hiner email [email protected]
Gary Lewis [email protected]
Sean Milligan http://www.learning-tapes.com/
Rhett Roberts http://rhettrobertslearningtracks.com
Simon Rylander http://www.sunshinetracks.com
Randy Rogers http://www.tunesfor4.com/
Tim Waurick http://timtracks.com/
Shawn Thomas http://sgtproductions.com
Drew Wheaton http://www.akwrecording.com/
Steve Wolf
http://wolfstudios.net/
Dan Wright http://www.wrighttracks.com/
Chris MacMartin http://www.chrismacmartin.com/
Chris Arnold http://www.qsvp.com
Matt Curtis http://choraltrends.com
Harmony Foundation, the Young Singers
Foundation, AIC, and chapters of the Bar2013 Big Sky Youth
bershop Harmony Society and Sweet AdeHarmony Rendezvous lines International, which allows us to keep
the cost low for our youth participants.
A Rip-Roaring
Our 12th annual Big Sky Youth Harmony
Rendezvous is scheduled for June 18 to 22,
Success… Again!
2014. Youth from Montana and surroundBy Dr. Frank Johnson, Bozeman Chapter
ing states and provinces who enjoy singing
The 11th annual Big Sky Youth Harmony are welcome to participate. Our website,
Rendezvous was held at Luccock Park Unit- www.harmonyrendezvous.org, has additional
information about our program.
ed Methodist Camp south of Livingston,
Montana, from June 19 to 23, 2013. 60
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youth from Montana and Colorado plus
adult staff and chaperones learned to sing The Vocal Majority
songs in four part barbershop harmony
Chorus Releases Jeff
under the expert direction of Jim DeBusman from Nashville, Tennessee, and Beth Oxley as Musical
Bruce, from Salt Lake City, Utah.
Director
After 5 memorable days at the camp,
the Rendezvous traveled to Belgrade, Mon- DALLAS, TX Sep. 18, 2013 - The Vocal
tana, on Sunday afternoon where the youth Majority Chorus has released Jeff Oxley as
performed in concert for their families and Musical Director.
the public. The young women‟s chorus
“This decision was an extremely difficult
sang songs from the Young Women in Har- one to make,” commented Brian Armmony series: Lean on Me, In My Life, Blue
strong, Vocal Majority Board President.
Skies, and We Go Together. The young
“Jeff is an amazing talent and we honor all
men‟s chorus sang Jay Giallombardo’s
that Jeff has accomplished for the VM and
arrangement of Duelin’ Banjos, David
the Barbershop Harmony Society. Due to
Wright’s arrangement of Music of the
creative differences, the VM chorus leaderNight, and David Harrington‟s arrangement ship has decided to pursue a different diof You’ve Got a Friend in Me. The comrection. We wish Jeff nothing but the very
bined chorus sang an 8 part arrangement
best.”
of A Whole New World.
Executive Director Jim Clancy and
This was our 10th year in a row to hold
Creative Director Greg Clancy will split
our vocal music program for high school
director responsibilities as the Vocal Mayouth at Luccock Park Camp – and we look jority prepares its return to BHS chorus
forward to many more years of enjoying
competition.
the beautiful setting, excellent food, cheerFACTOID - Did you know Ray Heller
ful staff, and rustic accommodations of the
(Olympia) is a member of the PROBE
camp for future Rendezvous.
As in previous years, the campers had a Hall of Fame, a former editor of the
grand time, and are eager to return in
TIMBRE, past quartet champion of
2014. literally sing the praises of Luccock
Evergreen and a Society staffer?
Park United Methodist Camp, and we are
SO grateful for the opportunity to assemble
there annually for our music camp. We are
very appreciative of the sponsorship of
Youth In Harmony
Here’s an idea…
The Vancouver
Thunderbirds take their
sweet sounds outside
The Summer of 2013 will be remembered in
Vancouver, BC for its above average temperatures and extended lack of rain. Taking full advantage of the sunshine was the Thunderbird
Chorus, which conducted its regular Wednesday
rehearsal outdoors for the month of July. Rather
than the usual hall (Oakridge Mall Auditorium),
the members met along the walkway at Sunset
Beach near English Bay in downtown Vancouver,
BC.
While many parks in Metro Vancouver may
have been suitable for a non-amplified practice
session for a group of 20+ singers, the Thunderbirds agreed that a place with many pedestrians
would give us the biggest chance to draw a crowd
and possibly attract or meet new prospective
members. The added advantages of lots of natural
light, proximity to parking and transit, and a casual atmosphere were bonuses.
While there may have been some initial apprehension about singing unpolished music in public
or anxiety about repeated starts and stops of
songs being un-entertaining, the Thunderbirds
were able to draw small crowds and enthusiastic
applause each week. Member attendance was
consistent throughout the period of outdoor rehearsals and did not dip significantly as a result of
the usual summer vacations; in fact, with the inclusion of new guests each week, our numbers remained surprisingly stable.
The planning committee forecasted the need
for plenty of breaks during the two and a half hour
rehearsals (or until the sun set) which allowed
singers to rehydrate, engage the viewing public
and make referrals to our website. At the very
least, these outdoor rehearsals and impromptu
performances gave us a convenient conversation
starter. We were sure to have a sandwich board
and some business cards on hand but did not
overtly pressure our listeners to hang around or
see us again. With some additional planning and
forethought, however, we may make more of a
marketing effort next year.
For the time being, the majority of the Thunderbirds were pleased with this experiment in
creating exposure for our group, enhancing the
fun we have regularly and bolstering an otherwise slower period in the Third calendar. In summary, the singers were inspired by a change in
scenery and the general public was given access
to a musical organization in their community that
they might not have known about.
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EVERGREEN DISTRICT MASTER CALENDAR
Compiled by Ray Steckler, District Secretary - As of October 7, 2013
Shows, events and activities cleared by submission of proper licensing forms and paperwork with the District Secretary
OCTOBER, 2013
Evergreen District Fall Convention Month
October 12
(Grants Pass, OR) “Zombie Jamboree”
7:00 PM
Medford Chapter Show
Grants Pass HS PAC, 830 NE 9th St., Grants Pass, OR
Tickets $15 (Adults) & $5 (18 and Under) Call: 541-450-9352
October 12
(Newport, OR) Coastalaires Benefit Show 7:00 PM
October 17-18
October 18
(Boise, ID) Pre-convention Harmony Platoon
(Boise, ID) EVG Board of Directors Meeting
Grove Hotel - 8:30 AM-2:00 PM
(Boise, ID) EVG District Fall Convention
(Boise, ID) EVG District HoD Meeting
Grove Hotel, Aspen Rom-2nd Floor - 4:00-5:30 PM
(Medford, OR) “Zombie Jamboree” 2:00 &7:00 PM
Pacific Shores RV Clubhouse, 6225 Pacific Coast Highway
Tickets: $12 plus food donation Contact: Bob White at [email protected]
October 18-19
October 19
October 26
Medford Chapter Show
Central Medford HS “Old South” Auditorium,
815 S. Oakdale Ave., Medford, OR
Tickets $15 (Adults) & $5 (18 and Under) Call: 541-450-9352
NOIVEMBER, 2013
November 2
(Nanaimo, BC) Chapter Show
2:00 PM
November 16
(Vancouver, WA) 6th Annual All-Niorthwest Tag Party
For more information contact: [email protected]
For details and calendar information go to www.evgsings.org
2013-2014 LRANGE PLANNING
November 16
(Vancouver, WA) 6th Annual; All-Northwest Tag Party
January 18, 2014
(Spokane, WA) Regional Learning Academy (RLA)
January 28-February 2, 2014 (Long Beach, CA) International Mid-winter
Convention
April 4-5, 2014
(Abbotsford, BC) Division I Convention & Quartet
Prelims and Qualifying Contest
April 25-26
(Salem, OR) Division IV Convention and Qualifyin Contest
May 2-3, 2014
(Federal Way, WA) Division II Convention &
Qualifying Contest
May 30-31, 2014
(Calgary, AB) Division III Convention &
Quaifying Contest
June 6-7, 2014
(Coeur d‟Alene, ID) Division V Convention &
Qualifying Contest
Junr 18-22, 2014
(Livingston, MT) Big Sky Youth Harmony Rendezvous
June 20-22, 2014
(Tacoma, WA - UPS) Harmony College Niorthwest
June 28-July 6, 2014
(Las Vegas, N V) BHS Interrnational Convention
July 10-12. 2014
(Tacoma, W Harmony Explosion Camp
September 25-28, 2014
(Surrey, BC) District Fall Convention
LAST CHANCE - Register NOW!
2013 Evergreen District Fall Convention
Boise, ID
Shows, Events and Activities beyond the date ranges displayed will be shown in upcoming issues of TIMBRE
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