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The Salem Senataires, 2012 5th Place Bronze Medalist
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Welcome to Harmonizer TV!
New on YouTube! Harmonizer TV, taking barbershop stories from the printed page to video!
 Hosted by The Harmonizer editor, Lorin May, the first episode tells the story of the Society's new CEO, Marty Monson, and how his infectious laugh - and his energy - have drastically changed things at headquarters.
View the first episode HERE. |
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Ringmasters Wins Prestigious Award
Ringmasters has been chosen by one of the leading men's choirs in the world, Orphei Dr�ngar, to receive its 2012 Kaggen Award. Orphei Dr�ngar, founded in Uppsala, Sweden in 1853, has cultivated and developed the Swedish choir tradition, expanded its scope, and travels extensively throughout the world.
Congratulations to Ringmasters!
Read more about it HERE....
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Midwinter Convention:
Take Yourself Somewhere Nice
After the Holidays!
Golf Tournament Information
Enjoy a round of golf at the fabulous Rosen Shingle Creek Golf Club during Midwinter Convention, starting 12:30 p.m., Thursday, January 10th. The course fee is $89, and includes a complimentary drink, awards ceremony and prizes! Sign up HERE.
International Youth Chorus Festival
It's official: Orlando has surpassed all records in number of Youth Choruses! A record twenty choruses full of effervescent barbershop energy - more than 530 young men - will create a super-charged atmosphere at Rosen Shingle Creek Resort come January 11, 2013!
Add to that ...
Florida sunshine, plus the International Seniors Quartet competition, tagging, show sets from Ringmasters, Liberty Voices (from Disney World), Rusty Pipes, Musical Island Boys, A Mighty Wind, Masterpiece, Main Street, and Lemon Squeezy ... Disney ... Universal ... Kennedy Space Center ... the beach ... there are SO many reasons to come to Orlando January 8 - 13! All events will be held at the luxurious Rosen Shingle Creek Resort!
Register and make room reservations HERE. |
 Be a Part of the Historic Keepsake 75th Anniversary Issue of The Harmonizer
A special 75th Anniversary Issue of The Harmonizer is well underway, and your chapter, chorus or quartet can be a part of it! This January/February 2013 issue will be an over-sized, archive-quality keepsake issue, printed on thicker, glossier paper. Loosely based on The Harmonizer's 25th Anniversary issue, this will be even bigger and better. Don't miss this chance to be part of history!
Click HERE for details and the submission form. Deadline for space reservation is December 20, 2012. |
Rich Knight has been involved with choral music all his life.
But since "Barbershop Harmony" entered his life in 1976, he has had a passion to help youth discover and share in this great musical art form.
Through his years of performing with the 1993 International Quartet Champions, Gas House Gang, and more recently through his love of coaching quartets and choruses, it has become clear to him that the future of our Society lies with the youth movement.
Rich has funded a challenge of $100,000 to enroll 100 new President's Council members to Harmony Foundation by the end of the 2013 Midwinter Convention. That's right! Your support will help assure at least $200,000 will be invested in the youth!
For more information on how you can join the Rich Knight Challenge, please call the Harmony Foundation office at 866-706-8021. Or, click Harmony Foundation to donate online.
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Scholarships Available for Atlantic Harmony BrigadeTM "eXtreme Quartetting"
Full scholarships are available for up to ten qualified* men ages 18-22 to attend the Atlantic Harmony BrigadeTM 2013 "eXtreme Quartetting" convention in Wilmington, Delaware August 23-25, 2013.
You'll receive fully interpreted learning materials, high quality sheet music and audio tracks for twelve challenging championship-level songs, and you'll have sixteen weeks to learn them completely. You'll participate in an adjudicated quartet contest with three other randomly-selected partners and hours of informal quartet singing & partner mixing all weekend long, and enjoy a showcase performance on Saturday evening!
The "eXtreme Quartetting" experience is for highly motivated, self-starting, ambitious and competent vocalists who have music and vocal training and/or qualified solo or small ensemble a cappella performance experience and references. Scholarships include: meals, three days and two nights hotel rooming, all required learning materials and all registration fees. Transportation to Wilmington, Delaware is not provided but may possibly be arranged for singers in the Mid-Atlantic area.
Applications are available by request HERE, or visit the website at Atlantic Harmony Brigade. The application deadline is February 29, 2013. Read *Qualifications, applications and invitations by prospectus only. Scholarships available only to first-time applicants. |
Phi Mu Alpha? What's In It for You?
A few weeks ago we announced a "strategic alliance" with Phi Mu Alpha, the professional men's music fraternity. You may have asked yourself, "so what?!" Both organizations continue dialogue and discussions on how to mutually benefit each other, and will continue to do so. However, a quick way to take advantage of this new relationship is for each of our chapters to reach out to a local Phi Mu Alpha (PMA) Chapter.
Invite them to an upcoming show - they have a vested interest in American music, and last time we checked, Barbershop Harmony is an American Art Form!
Invite them to your chapter meeting. Members of PMA are musicians in some way ... they could be instrumentalists or singers, but in PMA, everyone is encouraged / required to be a singer. Your chapter could provide an opportunity to support their efforts to become better singers.
Ask them if they have any concerts or recitals coming up that you could attend. Wouldn't that be a wonderful way to be involved in your community, all the while being exposed to new music?
Ask the members of your own chapter if anyone is a Sinfonian (members of PMA are called Sinfonians) and you'll be surprised at how many are members of both.
To find a PMA chapter near you, click HERE. Reach out and begin a relationship with them!
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Toront-Oh!
An International Celebration
Like No Other!
Chorus Order of Appearance Announced
The district titles have been won, and the names have been drawn for the 2013 Chorus Contest at the 75th Annual International Convention in Toronto, June 30 - July 7, 2013! Twenty-nine choruses from around the world will compete. Click HERE for the order of appearance.
 While you're in Toronto, take in all the sights! For instance, experience a taste of European elegance at Casa Loma, Canada's foremost castle, built in 1911 at a cost of $3.5 million. For more information, click HERE.
 For family entertainment, Toronto has you covered! The Toronto Zoo is spectacular!
You'll see rare Snow leopards, Siberian tigers, Polar bears and so much more. Covering 710 acres, more than 5,000 animals are organized geographically by world regions. And just a short drive away, your family can enjoy Canada's Wonderland, the premier amusement park of Canada, where you'll find one of the largest roller coasters in the world - the Laviathon - 5486 feet long and 306 feet in the air!
As if all this wasn't enough, this special 75th Convention will feature huge displays of past costumes and other historical artifacts both from Society headquarters 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 now and
take advantage of early bird discounts until January 15, 2013. |
Melanie Chapman Barbershop Harmony Society
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