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You might not expect to hear barbershop music from high schoolers, but that's exactly what you'll hear at Chandler High School. A student group that will be performing on the concert "Barbershop Extravaganza" held next Tuesday, October 21. The students are hosting this concert to help raise money for their trip to New Orleans where they will be participating in a barbershop convention. The group of students taking part in the concert is very diverse. "We have guys from all parts of the campus," says Lori Lyford, Chandler Choir Director. "We have athletes, we have dancers, actors, mathematicians. We have experts in every field. They just love to sing."
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MIDWINTER CONVENTION | JANUARY 6-11
New Orleans without great eating would be like New Orleans without jazz... or blues... or barbershop
New Orleans takes its food seriously, because it treats its food so joyously.
On its excellent trip planning site, the New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau warns you:
If you end up at some boring chain restaurant eating bland hamburgers while you're in New Orleans, we'll simply never forgive you. More importantly, you'll never forgive yourself. Avoid such shame by familiarizing yourself with the dishes below and be well prepared to savor forkfuls of the culture, tradition and recipe perfection that have earned New Orleans its culinary legacy . Learn more about Traditional New Orleans Foods | Gumbo, Jambalaya, Red Beans and Rice.
While you're there take, make use of the excellent free Day Planner, which helps you clip interesting restaurants, clubs ands sites to see, then drop them onto a day-by-day itinerary. Nothing worse than going to a place rich with history and fun, then forgetting what you most wanted to see.
Join us in New Orleans for all the fun!
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TOO HARD? TOO EASY? JUST RIGHT!
Adam's Goldilocks Charts
You may know him as Music Publications Editor Adam Scott, but 'round the shop we call him Chief Porridge Officer. He serves many diners with many tasty arrangements: hard charts suitable for huge voices, easy charts suitable for beginners and range-limited singers. And something else, the specialty of the house: "Goldilocks charts" that are complex enough to hold interest of the sophisticated ensemble, while still within the performance capabilities of most singers. CPO Scott suggests you sample some of these delights:
P.S. No one really calls him Chief Porridge Officer, but maybe it will catch on ....
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First window for grant applications closes next week
A revitalized process for evaluating and distributing grant funds for outreach activities has yielded a wave of applications. Reminder: the first round of applications must be submitted by Friday, October 31, 2014.
On-demand video webinars with Outreach Director Joe Cerutti are available now at www.barbershop.org/grants . For assistance with the WizeHive applicaiton software, you can view archived webinars with Outreach Assistant Ashley Torroll.
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 You like us! You really, really, really (repeat up to 15,000 x) Like us!
They say you're nobody til somebody loves you, and our devoted Facebook followers have showered the Society with Likes -- on the order of 15,000 times. The very close order: we're about to cross that threshold in a few days, and thought it would be fun to celebrate. SO ... how would one enter a contest celebrating Likes? Hmmmm ... think hard now ... it will come to you ...
 That's right! Mail a copy of this entire website, enclose SASE and three Gold Bond Trading Stamps, and -- Wait. We can do better. LIKE or SHARE this post and be entered to win this handsome hoodie, suitable for your next outdoor pick-up quartet contest. And while you're there, be sure to SHARE our main page at facebook.com/barbershopharmonysociety with people not yet as cool. Drawing will take place when we pass 15,000 Likes!
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Read the convention issue and share your favorite stories online
The September/October issue of The Harmonizer - the CONVENTION ISSUE - has already reached a few mailboxes, and yours should arrive soon. (Maybe the postal carrier has been browsing it over lunch-- it's that good!)
But you needn't wait: read the whole thing now at issuu.com. No password is required, but if you create an account or login with Facebook, you can clip articles or spreads and send them to your friends or your Facebook feed. Share your barbershop passion with everyone you know!
In its first week online, more than 2000 readers in 9 countries have opened the digital edition. About half the readers are on the desktop, a whopping 35 percent on mobile devices, and 15 percent on tablets. Check it out!
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HARMONY PLATOON AT MIDWINTER | January 6-11, 2015 
Sing the hottest charts with people who actually know them
Make your New Orleans Midwinter Convention experience better than ever by signing up for the Harmony Platoon, a quality quartet experience that is challenging, exciting, and fun.
Instead of coming to a convention and hoping to find a few more singers to eke out a few Polecats, Platoon singers arrive fully prepped with sheet music and learning tracks to four top-notch arrangements, then participate in casual pickup singing and three "Luck-of-the-Draw" quartet contests. You must know all four songs from memory to participate in the contests.
Platoon registration for Midwinter 2015 includes a deluxe color-coded Harmony Platoon lanyard to help locate men to sing these great songs all week.
Platoon registrations for Midwinter are due November 15. Sign up now and get access to the learning tracks and charts as early as October 15. Questions: Don Salz, don@rosye.com (916) 813-2959 or www.harmonyplatoon.org
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Harmony Marketplace looking ahead to holiday shopping, CyberMonday
Harmonymarketplace.com online will be open through Black Friday, CyberMonday, Hump Day, St. Nicholas Day, and winter solstice. Last day of ordering for standard delivery in time for Christmas will be close of business Thursday, December 18. Last day for premium overnight delivery will be 10:00 am CST on Monday, December 22.
Preorders for DVDs and CDs from Las Vegas were brisk, and we expect shipments to begin before Thanksgiving! |
Drop by BHS booth at NAfME in Nashville next week
 Next week, Nashville plays host to the National Association for Music Education's annual event, which features hundreds of interest sessions, honors ensembles, and performances by big-name groups such as The Boston Brass and the US Army Field Band and Soldiers Chorus.  The Barbershop Harmony Society will be at the event, too, guiding teachers to our hot new arrangements, featured events such as the Collegiate Barbershop Quartet Contest and the International Youth Chorus Festival, and introducing them to our broad slate of outreach events for 2015. If you are in town for the event, be sure to visit us at booth #617.
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