zero8 2012
2012 International 4th Place Bronze Medalist Chorus: zero8, Stockholm, Sweden
November 8, 2012

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In This Issue
Special Patriotic Edition of Music Premiere Series
Barbershop Picks on xfinity
NBC's New Singing Contest Show "The Winner Is..."
Ringmasters North American Tour
2012 Convention Now on iTunes
Orlando Midwinter Seniors Order of Appearance
Toronto: A Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience
More Than 2300 Members Added This Year!
Patriotic Music Premiere

   Special Edition: 
Patriotic Premiere Series
 
Greetings Harmony Lovers and Patriots!

This year we are proud to announce, in honor of Veteran's Day November 11, a special edition of the Music Premiere Series, the Patriotic Premiere Series! This issue includes six pieces of sheet music and a mixed track CD demonstrating each song. As with previous series, four-part learning tracks are available for each song, voiced by Vocal Spectrum's Tim Waurick and Max Q's Tony DeRosa. We hope you'll enjoy this essential mix of patriotic songs, all singable by the majority of barbershoppers, including: "The Star Spangled Banner," "America, the Beautiful," "Armed Forces Medley," " Battle Hymn of the Republic," "God Bless America" and "God Bless the U.S.A."

Listen to samples and order HERE.

Comcast Barbershop OnDemand   
Comcast Barbershop
Picks for November/December
 
 
XFINITY customers - check out the newest lineup of barbershop videos, 
available today through January 7, 2013.

 

Four Voices - "After You've Gone"
Metropolis - "They Go Wild, Simply Wild Over Me"
Vocal Spectrum - "Wonderful One"
Masters of Harmony - "Yona, from Arizona"
Redline - "Hello My Baby"
Michigan Jake - "Somebody Knows"
Great Northern Union - "Put Your Arms Around Me Honey"
Northern Lights - "Alexander's Rag Time Band"
Tag Time

To view, go to the Comcast menu > On Demand Music > Music Picks > Barbershop Harmony.

Be sure to tell all your friends and fans to watch too. Thanks to Xfinity for posting Barbershop!

Sing for a Million Dollars!

NBC's The Winner Is...

The deadline is November 25. For more information or to apply, click HERE.

Be Part of Ringmasters' 
North American Tour
Ringmasters Portland LW
Yes, they're from Sweden, and no, you don't need to shoulder the cost of flying Ringmasters to your chapter show ... or at least not much of it. The 2012 champs will be performing throughout North America from May through August of 2013, and they'd love to be on your show, and to perform and/or be clinicians at your local schools. Having the world's top barbershop quartet coming to your town from Sweden could be the easiest media and show ticket sales pitch you'll ever make. if interested, contact George Davidson

2012 International Convention 
Audio Now Available for 
Download From iTunes

Fresh from the Portland International Convention, the quartet and chorus audio recordings are now available through the iTunes Store, thanks to Naked Voice Records! This 19-volume set features 224 tracks from all 51 quartets (including all six Ringmasters songs) and all 29 choruses, and you can purchase and download either albums or individual songs. They can be played on your Mac, PC, iPod, iPhoneTM or AppleTV. Individual songs are just $0.99 each.
 
To see a complete list of artists and tracks and to purchase, please click NAKED VOICE RECORDS.
 
Naked Voice Records has the world's largest digital catalog of a cappella music - over six thousand songs from over 400 artists - including Vocal Spectrum, Westminster Chorus, ACOUSTIX, The Vocal Majority, The Alley Cats, Ambiance, The Buffalo Bills, Sweet Adelines International, and the Suntones.

Seniors Quartet Competition
Order of Appearance Announced
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Florida sunshine ... show sets from Ringmasters, Ambassadors of HarmonyRusty Pipes, Musical Island Boys, A Mighty Wind, Masterpiece, Main Street, and Lemon Squeezy, exciting Youth Chorus Festival ... Golf tournament ... Disney ... Universal ...  Kennedy Space Center ... the beach ... there are so many reasons to come to Orlando January 8 - 13! All rooms and events are under one roof at the luxurious Rosen Shingle Creek Resort!  

 

Twenty-eight seniors quartets will be competing during the International Seniors Quartet Competition. The order of appearance is as follows:

DOUBLETAKETrade SecretCompletely YouthlessFaces 4 RadioBoomersHarmony RoadYouth Reclamation ProjectBenchmarkOLD GUYS RULETMIJust in TimeJUKEBOX "LIVE"Three Shades of GrayH.A.I.R.Social InsecurityAll inYou Kids Get Off My Lawn!Pot LuckAproposBorder PatrolLegacyWhat?Take NoteHighpoint, Village GreenFinal CountdownSt. Croix CrossingStacked Deck.

Youth Choruses: 

Sign up now for the 6th Annual Harmony Foundation International Youth Barbershop Chorus Festival, January 11, 2013, in Orlando, FL. In addition to the FREE three nights stay at the fabulous Rosen Shingle Creek Resort, you'll receive free admission to the Seniors Quartet Contest and two professional-quality shows, a professional recording of your performance, and so much more! Check out all the benefits and register HEREAlready SEVENTEEN choruses have signed up, and this Youth Chorus Festival should break the record set in Las Vegas.
Click HERE to register and make your room reservation now!

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  Make Toronto a Memorable
Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience!


        Niagara Falls  
 

Never been to Niagara Falls? Well, this is your chance to visit this spectacular wonder AND experience the excitement of the Society's 75th Anniversary with all your barbershop friends all in one trip, at the 75th Annual International 
Convention in Toronto, June 30 through
July 7, 2013. With Niagara Falls only and hour or so away, it's the perfect combination for a couples retreat, or a family vacation!


Edgewalk Toronto While you're in Toronto, take in all the sights! For all you non-acrophobics, you can literally "hang out" at the CN Tower, recently nominated one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World, featuring glass floor observation decks and a revolving restaurant. It is rumored that one of our quartets will sing from Edgewalk (pictured) - if they can catch their breath - and you do not want to miss seeing the video afterward. 

This special 75th Convention will feature huge displays of past costumes and other historical artifacts both from the Society and from Districts. Oh, yes and of course you'll enjoy terrific performances from Ringmasters, Ambassadors of Harmony, Lemon Squeezy, Rusty Pipes and more!

Check out more about Toronto HERE.  Register HERE.

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  More Than 2300

Members Added This Year!

 

  

Harold Hill principles are working, and they can work for your chapter too! Learn how to grow your chapter and have more fun! Click the Operation Harold Hill website HERE.You'll see lots of recruiting ideas and videos. Once your chapter officer has enrolled on the website, a volunteer "Harold" will contact you to get you started, and then follow up monthly.

 

OPERATION HAROLD HILL PRIZES:
 
SOMEONE will win 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. It could be you! Check the website above for more awards!

 

I Sing PinOrder 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.

 

Melanie Chapman 
Barbershop Harmony Society

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