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Saturday Spectacular now on YouTube
OOGA OOGA OOGA CONTEST!
Somebody's Gotta Sing It!
YouTube webinar discusses new grants process
NOLA? YA!
Bennett goes Gaga over Lady

"It's The Music: The Saturday Spectacular" now on YouTube


 Saturday nights at our conventions will never be the same. New kinds of performances, new music, new messaging, all have combined to make the hour before the quartet finals new and different each year. Those of you who attended the Las Vegas convention (or watched it on the webcast) experienced Vegas acts, young choruses, and a deeper understanding of the path our Society is following.

 

Now the rest of us can catch up: "It's The Music: The Saturday Spectacular" is now up on YouTube in a condensed 15-minute version that connects the Society goals as driven by the Chapter Visitation Project to the actual activities underway, to the direct impact of Harmony Foundation underwriting.


Want to win $200 to the Harmony Marketplace? Get Hooked on a Feeling and find out how!
Want to win $200 to the Harmony Marketplace? Get
"Hooked on a Feeling" and find out how!

OOGA OOGA OOGA CHAKA!

Hooked on a contest

Last week, we released  "Hooked On A Feeling," (tracks) , the irresistible "ooga chaka" song featured in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy blockbuster space flick. This one's going to be big -- kids are going to eat it up. So we decided to have a little more fun with it, by launching a contest for you to show us your oogachakas.

You can win $200!

  • Buy the song (opt and the tracks).

  • Learn the song.

  • Sing the song in ANY ensemble.

  • Record the song and post it as a link in the comments section to the video challenge.

  • Share your video widely.

  • Views are 1 point, YouTube Video "likes" are 1 point.  Although shares help, it's the YouTube numbers that win the thing.  So tumblr, tweets, all that social media schtuff will help.

  • Numbers are tallied up Nov 1.

 

Barbershopper/TV star Mike Rowe  is bringing a new show to CNN on October 8, and he enlisted fans to help with the theme song .

That sounds like a job for Barbershoppers, right? And LOL past district champion and international semi-finalist VOCALITY jumped right up.

 

Somebody's Gotta Do It - Sung By Vocality
Somebody's Gotta Do It - Sung By Vocality


 Jump over to Mike's  Somebody's Gotta Sing It page to see other entries 

 

Webinar on new grants process available on demand

Archived webcast: Grants Webinar II with Joe Cerutti
 

Outreach Director Joe Cerutti discussed an expanded grants program in a pair of webinars this week that were attended by more than 35 guests. The 30-minute programs are available on demand on YouTube from www.barbershop.org/grants .

 

Next week, Ashley Torroll will offer a detailed walk through of the application process and the web software in a pair of YouTube Live events.

  • Tuesday, September 30, noon CDT

  • Wednesday, October 1, 7 pm CDT 

You can watch on any device that can play YouTube videos, although a desktop browser is required to submit questions live.

DEPT.OF GAGS & MEMES RETURNS!

Tip o' the old straw hat to the Barbershop Memes group on Facebook, making funny with the ha-ha since 2013.
MIDWINTER CONVENTION | JANUARY 6-11, 2015 
Make New Orleans a family vacation

From beignets at Caf� du Monde to FREE rides on the Canal Street Ferry to the Audubon Zoo, New Orleans is great for the whole family! 

Our early-January dates mean that many college students will be on extended winter break or J-term. How about a trip to explore America's musical heritage in its greatest melting pot city? 

Enjoy the singing and stay for the sights! Come party with us at midwinter! 

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GOOD BEAT, EASY TO SWAY TO IT

Pop quiz: is this a quartet contest score sheet, or a track list from a pop superstar famed for outrageous costuming and heavy dance beats?

  1. "Anything Goes"   Cole Porter
  2. "Cheek to Cheek"   Irving Berlin
  3. "Nature Boy"   eden ahbez
  4. "I Can't Give You Anything but Love"   Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields
  5. "I Won't Dance"   Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach
  6. "Firefly"   Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh
  7. "Lush Life"   Billy Strayhorn
  8. "Sophisticated Lady"   Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish
  9. "Let's Face the Music and Dance"   Irving Berlin
  10. "But Beautiful"   Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  11. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"   Duke Ellington, Irving Mills

Could be both.

 

USA Today's review of "Cheek To Cheek", a collaboration between Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett, is fairly generous:

Listening to Lady Gaga sing American Songbook standards with Tony Bennett on "Cheek to Cheek" (* * * out of four) can be a bit like watching a pretty, eager young girl try to walk a red carpet alongside a veteran supermodel.The 28-year-old pop diva has impressive raw material - a supple, textured voice capable of evoking sensuality, tenderness and pain - and she and the 88-year-old Bennett enjoy a playful, sometimes poignant rapport.

Expect plenty of reviews from all sides of the spectrum. Meanwhile, what will you do with the improved recognition of these classics from the great American songbook? (Hint: most are available on harmonymarkeplace.com.) 

 

Listen now on Spotify.

THE BARBERSHOP WORLD SHOULDN'T BE THE ONLY PLACE WE SING BARBERSHOP!

National A Cappella Convention coming to Memphis in 2015


 

The A Cappella Educators Association has announced its inaugural National A Cappella Convention in Memphis, TN on April 24-25, 2015, and there may be a chance your group could perform. To apply to perform, please submit by September 27 a 15-25 minute video of your group performing. Upon applying, you will be considered for all three performance types by a panel of expert judges. Groups will only be eligible for one performance slot, and will be notified of their selection by October 24, 2014.