LiveWire 8-16-12: Rooms Now Available for Orlando Midwinter ... Calling Youth for Carnegie Christmas Show ... Webcast of Harmony University Show! ... and more!

2012 International Chorus Silver Medalist: Great Northern Union

August 16, 2012

LiveWire Covers the Latest Activities

of the Barbershop Harmony Society

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In This Issue

Reserve Your Room Now for Orlando!

Calling all Youth: Christmas Show at Carnegie Hall!

Still Time for Webcast of Fabulous Harmony University Show!

Have You Moved?

75th Anniversary Show Script: Join the Celebration

Music Premiere 2012B - Season's Greetings!

Operation Harold Hill Report: 1,600 New Members!

75th Anniversary Celebration in Toronto

Room Reservations Now Open for

Orlando Midwinter

Enjoy our next Midwinter Convention January 8-13, 2013 at this delightful spot, the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort! You'll love it! Florida sunshine, beautiful grounds and golf, on top of the fun and fabulous Seniors Quartet Contest and the Harmony Foundation Youth Festival. All rooms and events are under one roof!

Check out the new schedule:

Thursday Jan. 10: Convention Kickoff Show featuring medalist quartets at 8:00 p.m.
Friday Jan. 11: Youth Chorus Festival Day
Saturday Jan. 12: Int'l Seniors Quartet Championship (afternoon) & Show of Champions - 8:00 p.m.

Click HERE to register and make your room reservation now!

2012 No Borders Music Consort:

Your Opportunity to Sing at Carnegie Hall!

Calling all men age 30 and under... DON'T MISS OUT! There's just over 1 month left to audition/register to sing at Carnegie Hall on December 26, 2012 with OC Times, Vocal Spectrum and 149 of your soon-to-be-closest friends from around the world!

This year's concert includes these great songs:

The Muppet Show Theme (arr. Kirk Young)

You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch (arr. Greg Volk)

Lullabye (arr. Kirk Young)

Nearer To Thee (arr. James Stevens, with a solo by Tim Waurick)

Higher and Higher (arr. David Wright)

Click HERE for details on requirements and registration. You will have the time of your life! Register by September 9.

Harmony University:

Fabulous Saturday Show

Webcast!

If you missed it, there's still time to sign up for this special webcast treat! The Saturday night show from Harmony University featured not just the usual cadre of great choruses (Honors Chorus, Directors Chorus and Next Generation Chorus), but also the tremendous Sound of the Rockies Chorus from Denver CO, doing a 4-5 song set ... in addition to the outgoing International Quartet Champs Old School, Frank the Dog and the great comedy quartet Lunch Break.

All for the unbelievably affordable price of $10 for the entire webcast. Don't miss it!

Click HERE for more information, or click HERE to sign up!

Address Changes??

Have you moved in the last few months? If you haven't already done so, please be sure to change your address in EBiz so your next issue of The Harmonizer makes it to the right address. This will help us stretch your dues further. How? When we don't have your correct address, the post office sends your issue back to us. Then we have to mail it out again at a higher rate. So, be sure your information is up-to-date! Click HERE. Thanks!

75th Anniversary Show Package "Celebrate Harmony"

Listen to A Sample

Thanks to the 75th Anniversary Committee for coming up with a great new show package, "Celebrate Harmony," designed to entertain and educate the public with our rich heritage and the music we share. There's a good sprinkling of history throughout the show, with the main focus on the entertainment value of the barbershop style, and it has a perfect balance of song styles and tempos.

It's a terrific way to share our birthday with the world! Read more about it, listen to a sample, and order HERE.

If you have any questions, or need help and support, please email our Society Historian extraordinaire, Grady Kerr.

Music Premiere Series 2012B

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.

OPERATION HAROLD HILL

BRINGS 1,600 NEW MEMBERS!

Good news! Operation Harold Hill reached the half-way point on our goal of 3,200 new members! Chapters who have signed up are seeing results. How about yours?

Just enroll online - it's fast and easy!

CHAPTER OFFICERS:

Here's How to Enroll Your Chapter

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.

Come Join the Great

75th Anniversary Celebration

In Toronto!