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Northwest Vocal Project (Western Washington) 2012 6th Place

January 3, 2013

LiveWire Covers the Latest Activities

of the Barbershop Harmony Society

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In This Issue

Hot Off the Presses! Music Premier Series 2013A

New Classic Barbershop Picks on Comcast

SAVE NOW: Early Bird Pricing 'til Jan 15 for Toronto!

Midwinter Update: Webcast, Golf Tournament, Youth Festival!

Harmony University: Save Big on the Best Barbershop Education!

DEADLINE EXTENDED to Jan 15: Keepsake 75th Anniversary Harmonizer

Do It Now! $100,000 President's Council Rich Knight Challenge

New Years Resolution: Get New Music!

Kick off the new year right by adding these great arrangements to your repertoire!

Celebrate Harmony, arr. Joe Liles

Consider Yourself, arr. Tom Gentry

For Sale, One Broken Heart, arr. Val Hicks

My Cup Runneth Over, arr. Ardeth Fullmer

Stand By Me, arr. Steve Delehanty

There is Love Wherever There is a Song, arr. Steve Delehanty

For each song, there is an online preview available including the first page and a 30-second track.

To preview and purchase, please click HERE .

Enjoy Barbershop at Comcast On Demand

Xfinity customers can enjoy the following great barbershop performances now through March 30:

OC Times - "Drivin' Me Crazy"

Gotcha! - "Play that Barbershop Chord", "Wait 'til the Sun Shines, Nellie"

Masters of Harmony - "Alabama Jubilee", "Go Down Moses"

Ringmasters - "Love Me and the World Is Mine"

Main Street - "Old Fashioned Girl/Sweet and Lovely"

Northern Lights - "Cross that Mason Dixon Line"

Tag Time

Tune in and enjoy! From the Comcast menu, go to:

On Demand>Music>Music Picks>Barbershop Harmony

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Toronto! Beaucoup d' FUN!

Early Bird Pricing 'til January 15

Looks like the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are coming to get you! Really, they just want to remind you to register early and save on next year's spectacular 75th Annual International Convention in Toronto, 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.

Niagara Falls at Sunrise

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!

Leviathan Roller Coaster: One of 16 at Canada's Wonderland!

Check out more about Toronto HERE. Register HERE now and

take advantage of early bird discounts until January 15, 2013.

Midwinter Convention Information

Webcast! Golf! Single Event Tickets!

Golf Tournament Information

If you're going to Orlando, it's not too late to sign up for a round of golf at the fabulous Rosen Shingle Creek Golf Club, starting 12:30 p.m., Thursday, January 10th. The course fee is $89, and includes a complimentary drink, awards ceremony and prizes! No on-site sign up is available, so sign up HERE.

Keynote Address

Hear the Society's new CEO, Marty Monson, at 11:15 a.m. on Thursday, January 10. You'll be invigorated by his energy, his passion and new directions for the Society!

Single Event Tickets

If you can only go to one or two of the events, single event ticket pricing is for you! Thursday Night Show $42, Youth Chorus Festival $37, International Seniors Contest $37 and Saturday Night Show of Champions $42. Single event tickets can only be purchased on-site.

See Crossroads, The Buzz & Bas House Gang on-stage at the separately ticketed "Champs Deliver!" showcase. Tickets available on-site: Adults $20, children 12 and under and all Youth Chorus members $5. This show is not being webcast.

Restaurants

There are twelve convenient dining options within the resort - see choices HERE .

Ground Transportation

We have discounted airport shuttle rates available HERE. If you are staying at the Doubletree Orlando at SeaWorld, click HERE for shuttle bus schedule.

Webcast

If you're not going, you can still watch all the events - just purchase a webcast subscription! Only $39 for all sessions or $20 per individual session. You will have access to the live webcast and its archives, which should be available starting sometime Monday, January 14th until Monday, January 21st! Sign up HERE.

Theme Park Tickets!

Discount theme park and attraction tickets are available HERE.

Register for Future Conventions!

While in Orlando, you can register on-site for Toronto and next year's Long Beach Midwinter at early bird rates!

There's still time to register and make room reservations in Orlando HERE.

Save Big on the

Best Barbershop Education!

Make Your Plans Now!

CHORUSES: Bring TWELVE or more members from your chorus, and get a $560 per-attendee group rate on the most intense and effective barbershop education available anywhere on the planet! This curriculum caters to the needs of the chorus, with the option of receiving coaching all day or classes and coaching each day.

Last year, Sound of the Rockies attended as a chorus. Here are some of their comments:

Darin Drown: "Taking our chorus to Harmony University was one of the greatest educational, camaraderi-building and purely fun events we have done in my 13 years with the chorus ... a definite highlight of my barbershop career!"

John Manion: "I've experienced this enlightening week seven times by myself,but as a member of a chorus, it was also extremely bonding with my brothers. The Saturday evening show was one of the high points of my experience with the chorus. Coaching, learning, and singing together at Harmony University has been one of the greatest times in my 25-year barbershop career ... and the quality of our recent performances proves that."

George Davidson: "Words cannot express the joy of spending a week with your own chorus. It was 24/7 togetherness! Twice-a-day rehearsals with amazing coaches, classes, late night tags and ice cream! Fun! We came home a transformed chorus!"

INDIVIDUALS: If you have attended Harmony University one or more the past five years, bring another member who has NOT attended in the past five years, and we'll knock $100 off your registration. (Note: the "brought" will identify the "bringer").

Click HERE for more information and to register.

Historic Keepsake

75th Anniversary

Issue of The Harmonizer

Deadline Extended to Jan. 15!

Publish your 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 15, 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.