HQ offices closed during convention
Society headquarters offices will be closed during convention, beginning at close of business Friday, June 27. A partial crew in the Customer Service Center returns on Tuesday, July 8, and all staff return to normal duty on Wednesday, July 9.
During convention, you can continue to renew memberships online, access and update your records at ebiz.barbershop.org, and shop for merchandise and sheet music at www.HarmonyMarketplace.com for fulfillment commencing July 8.
Enjoy a safe holiday week, and sing up a storm wherever you are -- at a family picnic, at a webcast party, or with us in Las Vegas.
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Vegas daily wrap-up show has the new Vocal Majority video
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BARBERSHOP: CRADLE OF INNOVATION
Sure you like the old school paper program, but how about these nifty apps?
Experience the convention in different ways via these apps - download now at barbershopconvention.com/convention-apps. Barberscore.com  | | Barberscore is designed for mobile |
This mobile-friendly website/app was created so you could easily follow the International Contest in Vegas, get stage times, write notes, and learn more about contestants. Create a free account to see the stage times in your local time zone and write notes about each contestant. Music Notes See who's performing, see details for each group, stage times, etc, and record YOUR score for each group to compare with the judges later. Scoring can be done cumulatively or via category. Barbershopper Sarah Householder (@ThinkySarah on Twitter) has made her Music Notes app available in the Droid Marketplace (currently Android-only, with possible future plans to support iOS). Find the app by searching "Sarah Householder" in the Droid Marketplace. MGM Resorts App This interactive concierge app gives you on-the-go access to news, menus, directions, tickets, weather, special offers, advice, videos and more. With hundreds of dynamic content entries, the app is a great way to explore MGM Grand no matter where you are. Get the full schedule of events on your phone The full schedule of events is in Google Calendar format for easy subscribing. Get all the events on your mobile devices to set up alerts and more. 
Do you think you know who's going to win this year?
How about 2nd place? Maybe you know who's going to be in the Top 5 and in what order. What about the Top Ten?
Here's your chance to predict the Top 10 at this year's international. Click on "Predictions" and make your predictions for both the Quartet and the Chorus contest. You'll also get to see what other people think about the top ten of each contest. It's a lot of fun and as always, it's FREE to play.
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Harmony Foundation announces $100,000 leadership gift to launch challenge campaign
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Cutest (and highest) version of "The Auctioneer" that you'll ever hear
John Wernega started this barbershop ensemble (ranging from grades three to eight) at his school. It's the first time they performed a barbershop arrangement.
"The Quinton School barbershop ensemble (under the direction of John Wernega) performs "The Auctioneer." These students range from grades three to eight. Special thanks to Lori Ludlum for the coaching session on stage presence."
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| Music educators and students offered FREE webcast
The Barbershop Harmony Society is offering a special, lower-bandwidth feed optimized for mobile devices FREE to students and teachers who sign up using select education email addresses.(Clarification: Our system recognizes school email addresses ending in .edu, or ending in the standard form of .k12.xx.us . We regret that not all institutions will be able to enjoy free access in this year's initial beta test.)
This "no strings" offer will add to our production expense for the webcast, but it's worth the cost if it creates new barbershop fans. Be cool: don't abuse the system. If you would have paid for the webcast before, pay for it now. Don't "game" the system by slipping through a loophole. Do the responsible thing and pay for the incredible experience you already know it to be.
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MEET YOUR HEROES IN VEGAS
Sidewinders, Second Edition schedule "Meet and Greet"
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This year we celebrate milestone anniversaries of The Sidewinders (1964) and The Second Edition (1989) International Quartet Champions.
In addition to performances throughout the week, the quartets have a special "Meet and Greet" reception on Friday, July 4, 2:30-3:30pm at the MGM Grand Conference Center, 1st Floor.
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The Second Edition is hardly resting on its laurels, either. Look for bass Jamie Meyer singing in Absolute, bari Doug Harrington directing zero8, tenor Fred Farrell singing with Crossroads, and lead David Harrington's arrangements will be sung by many groups.
Catch up with the quartet at www.secondeditionquartet.com or on Facebook.
AIC member George Davidson (Classic Collection, 1982) has compiled a nice list of all past champs who have gotten back in the chase this year.
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Great room rates still available at MGM Grand
If you're still on the bubble, jump on this now. A quick check today (Thursday 6/26/2014) showed that there were still some rooms being offered in our convention block for the incredible rate of $129/night for Grand King or Grand Queen rooms. That's a wicked low price for a hotel on the Strip. Combine that with a convention daypass, and you can have a rocking great weekend in Vegas. Important: start your reservation from the link on our website to get our block rate. Hurry - offer / availability subject to change without notice.
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Board elections to take place Tuesday in Las Vegas
The following nominees will stand for election at the Society Board Meeting to be held on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Open nominations were solicited from the membership, and reviewed by Districts in accordance with Society bylaws. Nominees are:
President: Don Fuson
Executive Vice President: Skipp Kropp, Gary Parker
Directors-At-Large: John Donehower, John Fitzpatrick, John Santora, Ken Fess
Harmony Foundation International has nominated Debbie Cleveland and Casey Parsons to the HFI Board of Trustees for Society Board action in Las Vegas.
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WEBCAST NOW ON SALE!
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BARBERSHOP HARMONY STREAMED TO YOUR LIVING ROOM
Hundreds of performances!
More than 25 hours of entertainment!
You may have seen contests before, but you've never experienced anything like the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT coming to Las Vegas July 1-5.
More than 2,000 men in quartets and in choruses ranging to more than 150 men will compete for the gold medals. Broadway, show tunes, old chestnuts and contemporary pop music will light up the Las Vegas Strip, in a harmonic spectacle unlike anything you've ever seen.
It all kicks off with the incredible Harmony Foundation Collegiate Barbershop Quartet Contest on Tuesday, July 1, 5:00 pm (Pacific Daylight Time.)
Twenty-seven quartets from around the world square off for an unforgettable night of harmony. Watch our YouTube compilation of the college singers chasing the championship: bit.ly/vegaspreviewcollege
Then, enjoy the rest of the week's contests: FREE
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Quartet Quarterfinals :Wednesday 10:00 am-9:30 pm (See preview bit.ly/vegaspreviewquartet )
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Quartet Semifinals: Thursday 11:00 am- 3:30pm
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Chorus Finals: Friday 10:00 am-9:00pm (see preview bit.ly/vegaspreviewchorus )
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Quartet Championship Finals: Saturday, 6:00 pm
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