Sing-Off Tour showcases barbershop!
A cappella comes to the masses, as The Sing-off Live! begins touring the country. In addition to featuring top groups from the NBC show, each concert will include local a cappella groups as an opening act... including barbershop! This is obviously a huge benefit to us all, with high quality barbershop being introduced to a fresh new audience. On the schedule so far:
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Forefront (March 25 in Louisville)
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Instant Classic (March 26 in Indianapolis)
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Central Standard Chorus (April 3 in Kansas City)
Complete tour schedule and tickets are at www.singofftour.com
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Choral directors love barbershop
We've talked your ears off about the huge successes our music and outreach teams had at the recent American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) biennial National Conference. With good reason! A key value your Society brings to your own barbershop efforts is influencing current and future music educators.
Between show and tell sessions, music reading sessions, and concerts and salon performances, we reached thousands of people, who walked away understanding that barbershop builds high school choral activities for men.
Enough yakking -- let the people we met tell the story themselves.
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MORE MUSIC ONLINE
Past contest tracks released; 75 Years of Champs on Spotify
Shopping for barbershop music is quick and easy on two of the world's largest distributors: Apple's iTunes and Amazon's Digital Music store. You are just a few clicks away from our most recent championship performances:
Releases from prior years are being added weekly, with more than 240 tracks now available. A limited number of tracks are now available on Spotify, including the anniversary issue of "75 Years of Champions." (But hey, Spotify users, wouldn't you feel better supporting artists and the Society by purchasing genuine, physical CDs?)
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 Larry Ajer scholarship can take your quartet to Harmony U!
Are you in a quartet that: -
can attend Harmony University July 2-August 2?
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can get to Nashville?
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is a registered BHS quartet?
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has been together for 2 or more years?
Boom! Your quartet might get a free ride! Apply by April 15 for the Larry Ajer Memorial Quartet Scholarship. We will award 4 full scholarships to the lucky quartet on April 16, 2015. (If you've already registered, we will give your quartet a full refund.) We can't help with your transportation, but we can cover everything else! By the way, y'all -- tuition for all schools increases April 1. SAVE! Sign up now.
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| EVERY ___ IS A ____ IN AN IRISHMAN'S HEART
All about that Blarney
Last week we were " All About That Bass" from newcomer Meghan Trainor. This week, the pendulum swings back to the traditional Irish ballads that filled piano rolls, parlors, and our collective consciousness in the Tin Pan Alley era.(Not to mention our barbershop stages; time was you couldn't go to a contest without hearing at least tribute to the Emerald Isle.)
Get ready for St. Paddy's with these four-leaf clovers:
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Renew before contest to be eligible!
Speaking of contest season: check that membership card in your pocket. If you're planning on competing, your membership needs to be current! Run over to ebiz.barbershop.org and click the friendly RENEW NOW! button to drop your nickel in the pot, Joe.
Quartets: it's doubly important that you do this as soon as possible -- you cannot process your CJ-20 Contest entry form online until all singers are paid in full.
Please be aware that processing does take time, so plan ahead. Keep in mind:
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All quartet members must be current to register or renew a quartet
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Quartet registration must be current to enter a contest
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All members must be current to enter a contest in the Cj-20 system
New and renewing quartet registrations can take between 3-5 business days to fully complete after you submit them online depending on the workload in the department. (Simply hitting "renew" doesn't instantly complete the renewal process and advance you to the contest registration page.) Check now: log in to ebiz and look under My Quartets. You are eligible to renew your quartet within 60 days of your expiration date.
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COMPETE? NAH-- GO JUST FOR THE FUN!
Find Spring conventions now
Late night singing. Champs' shows. Contests. More singing.
The best way to tear yourself out of a barbershop rut is to go mix it up with fresh faces. Head out to a District Convention this spring. Hint: sometimes the closest convention isn't always your own district. This weekend kicks off the Spring season with events in Dixie and Mid-Atlantic Districts; next week, find the action in Far Western, Cardinal and Carolinas Districts.
Find them all at barbershop.org/calendar.
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The Board of Directors of the Barbershop Harmony Society has openings for two Members-at-Large for three-year terms beginning in January 2016.
These openings will be filled by election of the Board at its meeting at the International Convention in Pittsburgh, June 28-30, 2015.
The board is seeking effective, visionary leaders with an impressive history of service in barbershop, business, public service, education, or other areas. In addition, the board has particular interest in men with substantial Project Management education and experience. If have a desire to serve your Society at the highest level, this is your chance.
Please click here to apply. Note that the deadline for applying is April 6, 2015.
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