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LiveWire Covers the Latest Activities of the Barbershop Harmony Society
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Portland International Convention Webcast:
Sign Up Now!
Not going to Portland? You can experience the excitement anyway! Sign up HERE to watch the webcast of the 2012 International Convention in the comfort of your own home, or streamed via your mobile device, iPad, iPhone or Android!
- Gold Package - includes Superband Video LIVE and DELAYED VIEWING (July 11-18) - Only $99
- Superband Video DELAYED VIEWING Gold Package - only $60
- The AIC Show must be purchased separately, and can be LIVE or DELAYED VIEWING - only $30
- Individual contest LIVE VIEWING - $45
- Individual contest DELAYED VIEWING - $30
- Audio packages, LIVE only - $20
If you can't come to Portland, enjoy the next best thing! Sign up today! |
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Latest Convention News!
Best Seat in the House!
Ever wonder what it sounds like in the pit at International? Here's your chance to find out, all while benefiting the youth programs funded by Harmony Foundation!
For a few hours, you can sit at the same tables as the judges, score on the same score sheets, hear each group from the unamplified side of the loudspeakers, and sit close enough to count each bead of sweat on the bari's brow. Of course, your scores won't count, but you'll get a scoring analysis in the mail to see how close you were to the five judges in your chosen category. Or, if you wish, just enjoy a great seat and hang out with the judges during the breaks and talk to them during those brief moments between competitors. You'll also receive a badge to commemorate your experience. A separate seat will be auctioned off to the highest bidder in all seven contest sessions (collegiate contest, two quartet quarterfinal sessions, quartet semifinals, two chorus sessions, quartet finals). See more information HERE.
Please stop by the Harmony Foundation Booth in Portland to place your bid! Bidding closes one hour before each session.
Follow the News on Twitter, Facebook & Text!
Whether you're there or at home, stay up to the minute with updates on Facebook and Twitter, or on your cell phone. To follow or post on Twitter, use #BHSPO. Connect via the internet, or you can even receive updates on your cell phone. Click HERE to learn how. To follow on Facebook, click HERE. To get convention updates by text on your cell phone, Text: bhscon to: 99000 (standard text messaging rates apply).
Harmony Bears
This year, Harmony Bears will be donated to Doernbecher Children's Hospital in Portland. Bears and more information will be available at the Harmony Foundation Booth if you wish to donate a bear to a sick child.
Sign up for Sing With The Champs
There are still a few slots left! Register HERE. Quartets participating are: Old School, Storm Front, Crossroads, OC Times, MaxQ and Vocal Spectrum. You will also receive a photo and a recording of you and the champs - all for a $50 donation to the AIC Foundation's ongoing Youth Outreach Efforts.
Tours
See the great tours that have been arranged by Travel Portland HERE. See the schedule of events, an interactive map, and more on the Society's Facebook Page - just click the Portland logo.
Ladies Breakfast
On Thursday, July 5, 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., enjoy a performance from Old School, and learn about the significant contributions of women to the growth and prosperity of the state of Oregon as artists, entrepreneurs, teachers, doctors and council and religious leaders as well as mothers, grandmothers, and sisters. Presented by the Willamette Heritage Center Mission Mill Museum. Click HERE to order.
There's still time to register at PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL. For single day passes click HERE.
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Supercharging Your Chapter!
Primer Classes to be Offered in Portland
Sing at a higher level and add new members; that's how you Supercharge Your Chapter!
Here is your chance to learn how to grow your chapter like never before and how to sing at a higher level. Join the creator of Supercharging Your Chapter!, Paul Ellinger, as he shares the two outreaches of Supercharging Your Chapter! during the International Convention. Experience the seven simple "What To Think" steps of "Wavebox Singing" and learn why Ellinger's "TurgoGrowth" program will revolutionize a chapter's approach to membership growth and retention.
Chapters that have not added a member in years have seen as much as 30% growth in just 90 days after employing the concepts set forth in TurboGrowth. The great thing is, it is simple, easy, and effective -- and best of all, every chapter can do it! Additionally, after only one three hour Wavebox Singing session, chapters that have had no other outside coaching, no change in director and no new members have seen their contest scores increase by 10 points per song, per judge, per category! Wavebox Singing benefits individuals, quartets, choruses, and International competitors alike while they improve their singing scores and increase their singing fun.
Don't get left behind. Attend Paul Ellinger's sessions and learn how to grow your chapter or how to sing at a higher level or both. You won't want to miss Supercharging Your Chapter! It is just another reason to make Portland your Independence -Week destination.
Like to learn more, click Supercharging Your Chapter! and listen to the introduction.
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American Harmony Now On
iTunes and Netflix
American Harmony has now been released on Netflix Instant Watch streaming! See how it works HERE.
You can now also find the movie on the iTunes Store by simply searching for American Harmony. It's available for both purchase or rental, in either HD (720p) or SD. Purchase for HD/SD is $19.99/$14.99, rental is $4.99/$3.99.
If you haven't seen this movie yet, you should! It's all about the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat in barbershop competition. You will be moved!
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Register HERE and enjoy this week of world-class education from July 29 to August 5, 2012 - you'll never be the same! Choose from Harmony College, Directors College, Quartet College, Coaching College and Private Vocal Instruction, all taught by masters of barbershop. See Old School perform, and enjoy the keynote address by the future new Society CEO.
Check out the 2011 video and listen to testimonials HERE.
Read THIS - a first-hand description from a music educator.
Click HERE to apply for Honors Chorus!
Participants under age 25 qualify for lower tuition, and will sing in the Next Generation Chorus. Men and women are welcome, and special discounts are available to choruses. Please click HERE to request information on group discounts.
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CHAPTER OFFICERS:
Here's How to Enroll
Your Chapter in
Operation Harold Hill
Good news! Operation Harold Hill has already brought in hundreds of new members into the Society! This program is right on track, and chapters who have signed up are seeing results.
So, how about your chapter? Are you seeing growth, or just standing still? Worse yet, is your chapter shrinking? Well, get signed up for Operation Harold Hill and make a difference now!
Just enroll online - it's fast and easy!
CHAPTER OFFICERS: Here's how to enroll:
- Click HERE to open the website and read more
- Click on the link that reads "Chapter Enrollment Login"
- Enter your member number and click "enroll"
On the website are lots of recruiting ideas and videos, and once you have enrolled, a volunteer "Harold" will contact you to get you started, and then follow up monthly throughout the year.
As if chapter growth and improvement weren't enough, there are prizes to be won! YOU could win the drawing for the GRAND PRIZE: A 6-day trip to the 2013 75th Anniversary International Convention in Toronto, including two VIP tickets to the entire contest, two free plane tickets, and 6 days room and board at the Society Headquarters Hotel. Check the website above for more awards!
 Order an "I SING" button for every member of your chapter from Harmony Marketplace, only $.99. (No other discounts apply during this promotion). Click HERE to order.
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