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The Salem Senataires, 2012 5th Place Bronze Medalist
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Society Offices Closing for Holidays
Society headquarters offices will be closed for the holidays from December 24 through January 1. If you need to contact someone, please do so before December 21. We'll be back in the office on January 2, ready to start celebrating the New Year and the Society's 75th Anniversary! Happy Holidays!
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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. |
Toronto! Beaucoup d' FUN!
Looks like the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are coming to get you! Really, they just want to invite you to Toronto next year for the spectacular 75th Annual International Convention June 30 - July 7, 2013. We've asked them to come see us at the arena - maybe they will!
But we know for sure that twenty-nine choruses will be there to compete and put on a great show! Click HERE for the order of appearance. And we're wondering if some quartet or chorus is going to do a Dudley Do-Right / Nell routine ... you never know. Whatever the surprises, we know that Toronto is going to be one of the best ever. With Ringmasters, Ambassadors of Harmony, Lemon Squeezy, Rusty Pipes and more on tap, what a show that will be!
 And 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.
 While you're in the area, take in all the sights: European elegance at Casa Loma, and family fun at the Toronto Zoo or Canada's Wonderland. And if you've never been to Niagara Falls, now is your chance. Cities such as Cincinnati, Philly, Boston or Indianapolis are only a day's drive!
Check out more about Toronto HERE. Register HERE now and
take advantage of early bird discounts until January 15, 2013. |
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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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Congratulations Ringmasters!
Ringmasters has been chosen by one of the leading men's choirs in the world, Orphei Dr�ngar, to receive its prestigious 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.
We're proud of you, Ringmasters!
Read more about it HERE....
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Historic Keepsake 75th Anniversary Issue of The Harmonizer Your chance to publish your own tribute to the Society
A special 75th Anniversary Issue of The Harmonizer is well underway, and this is an opportunity for your chapter, chorus or quartet to make tribute to the Society and its mission in this hallmark year! 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 January 1, 2013. Ads must contain 75th Anniversary tributes for special rates to apply. |
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. *Qualifications, applications and invitations by prospectus only. Scholarships available only to first-time applicants. |
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