Marty Monson, our newly appointed Society CEO/Executive Director, will be delivering the keynote address to the student body of Harmony University 2012 this Sunday night - and you can watch it LIVE on the Society webcast FREE. In fact, the whole July 29th General Session will be webcast FREE. Just click HERE or go to the Society website on Sunday night, July 29th at 8:00 p.m. CST, and follow the link instructions. Or, link directly to Clear Sky Webcasting HERE. Marty will begin speaking sometime around 8:45 p.m. CST. 

Don't miss this opportunity to see the Harmony University General Session featuring our new chief giving his first public speech to the Society.

In case you missed the news, read the full release on his appointment HERE. 

Season's Greetings, Harmony Lovers!! 

This year we are proud to announce a holiday Premiere Series! The 2012-B issue includes six pieces of sheet music and a mixed track CD demonstrating for each song. As with previous years, four-part learning tracks are available on each song voiced once again by Vocal Spectrum's Tim Waurick. We hope you'll enjoy this fresh mix of holiday classics, all singable by the majority of barbershoppers.

Do You Hear What I Hear?   # 206243 

A Joe Liles arrangement of a haunting melody, this song carries the story from the night wind, to the shepherd boy, to the mighty king, "to the people everywhere."

Little Saint Nick      # 206245 

Harmonizing to a Beach Boys classic, this piece is sure to be a crowd favorite. This setting by Jon Nicholas is a great change of pace from traditional holiday music.

Mary Had a Baby        # 206241 

This melody arranged by David Wright has a simple, elegant beauty -sure to awe the audience. 

Toyland        # 206242 

From the operetta Babes in Toyland comes this classic Ed Waesche arrangement about the innocence and wonder of childhood and the sadness of its fleeting nature.

The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy    # 206240 

A Christmas carol from Trinidad arranged by Tom Gentry, this piece is a great change of pace and a fun novelty number.                                                                                                      

We Need a Little Christmas    # 206244 

A great show opener perfect for the holidays, this song arranged by Dave Briner has a lively tempo from start to finish.

Entire Premiere Series 2012B Packet only $14.95 - # 206253

Listen to a clip of each song!

 Click HERE to view all past Music Premiere titles.

Silver -  Great Northern Union (LOL)

Bronze:

3rd Place - Kentucky Vocal Union

4th Place - zero8 (SNOBS)

5th Place - Senataires (EVG)

COLLEGIATE:

Gold - Lemon Squeezy (SNOBS)

Silver - Instant Classic (CAR)

Bronze:

3rd Place - The Con Men (JAD)

4th Place - Dominant Prep (CSD)

5th Place - Bonus Track (SWD)

To pre-order your convention CDs/DVDs or shop for CDs of these great quartets and choruses, please see Harmony Marketplace.

• Thursday (1/10): Convention Kickoff Show featuring medalist quartets at 8:00pm
• Friday (1/11): Youth Chorus Festival Day
• Saturday (1/12): Int'l Seniors Quartet Championship (afternoon) & Show of Champions (8:00pm)

Despite our current judging system having been in place for almost 20 years, many of you still have questions about aspects of the judging system. Rumors and myths still abound. If you know a judge or feel bold, you may have contacted a judge in the past but many of you might never ask your question.

In an effort to help further educate, C&J (Contest and Judging) is hosting an interactive BLOG. The process will be simple. Just email a question to C&J Chairman Kevin Keller and the selected questions will be placed on the blog, followed by an answer from a judge. After that, anyone is free to comment on the post with further questions or insights. Other judges will also join in the conversation. Hopefully all of us will learn something by discussing the issues.

We'll run it at least through the end of the year. If it remains popular, we'll continue beyond that. Hope to see you contribute!

                              

CHAPTER OFFICERS:

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Operation Harold Hill

• 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" 

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.