July 17, 2015

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Gold medal performances

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Song of the Week

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THOSE WERE THE DAYS...

The gold medal moment for Instant Classic and Westminster

Remember that time when we were all together in Pittsburgh? Yeah... us, too! Re-live the moment as you watch these clips from the quartet and chorus finals and keep working through those post-convention blues. We're all in it together.

Instant Classic - Love Me Or Leave Me

Have you been working out how many sets of brothers have won gold together? Answers at the end!

Westminster - Seize the Day

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SONG OF THE WEEK

All the cool kids are singing... classic ballads?

It's true! If you were at Heinz Hall watching the Collegiate Contest, you saw quartet after quartet singing great charts that have stood the test of time. Our song of the week features a goody that sounds like an oldie and was written in the 90s... the 1990s, that is. Special Feature bass singer William Hill wrote "You Are The One I Love" as a poem for his then-fiancee, collaborating with baritone Paul Olguin who set it to music and arranged it for the quartet.

Here, 2015 collegiate competitors Flightline bring it back to the contest stage in their bronze medal-winning performance in Pittsburgh. Purchase it for yourself at Harmony Marketplace!

Flightline - You Are The One I Love

HU IS ALMOST HERE!!!

Last chance to register for Next Generation and Young Women In Harmony at HU

With only a week to go, we are SO ready for our week at Harmony University to start! We have record attendance this year, with just about every track SOLD OUT. There are a handful of spots available for participation in our under-25 groups, so if you want to join us for an incredible week of all barbershop all the time you'd better sign up NOW!

RIDICULOUSLY GOOD-LOOKING

Barberpole Cats II: So hot right now

The second Polecat book is here! And, according to the latest numbers, almost 2,000 of you already have it. Way to go, winners! And now the digital version is available, too!

Just because International is over doesn't mean we won't finish spotlighting the arrangements in this important songbook. Next up:

I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)

I've Been Working on the Railroad

"I Don't Know Why" was arranged by recent lifetime achievement award winner Mel Knight. Mel is a champion of the everyman. His arrangements are accessible, yet well-crafted and fun to sing. Although "I Don't Know Why"
is the newest arrangement on this list we're sure it will be a staple for years to come. Its vocal range, shameless baritone tiddlies (it should be no surprise which part Mel sings), and fun key changes make it a welcome addition to the Polecat book.

Arranged by the late, great Roger Payne, the BHS published "I've Been Working On The Railroad" a few years back and it was a big hit with singers. (Did you know that all arranger fees Roger collected from this chart went to the Harmony Foundation to support Barbershop?) "Railroad" is a perfect example of how a great arranger can take a song everyone knows and 'barbershop' it up to fit our style. You have to look pretty hard to find a place where there's nothing happening in the texture... Roger stocked it full of every barbershop-ism: swipes, echos, you name it!

Can't remember the rest of the 12?

After You've Gone

Bright Was the Night

Caroline

Darkness on the Delta

Drivin' Me Crazy

From the First Hello

Goodbye My Coney Island Baby

Hello Mary Lou

Lida Rose

Over the Rainbow

TCB: TAKING CARROTS BUSINESS

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MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

Thanks, PGH!

Conventions don't just happen on their own and we rely on local teams of dedicated volunteers to help make it all happen. Join us in sending a big thank you to Roger McQuaid and his crew! We couldn't do it without you... er, yinz.

A FINE BRO-MANCE

Share with your brother!

Last week, we asked if you could name all the sets of brothers (13 total) who have won quartet gold medals together... check the list and see how you did!

Harmony Halls - Hall

Schmitt Brothers - Schmitt (4)

Evans Quartet - Evans (3)

Golden Staters - Harding

Bluegrass Student Union - Hatton

Rural Route 4 - Yoder

Second Edition - Harrington

Gas House Gang - Henry

Four Voices - Guyton

Power Play - Slamka

Realtime - Metzger

Musical Island Boys - Hunkin