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December 18, 2015 
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Vocal Majority
Champs deliver... breakfast!
Tell us all about it at Midwinter
Gifts for Him (Or Her... or YOU)
Best thing you'll hear all day
Vintage recordings discovered
Youth Chorus Festival lineup announced
Bulletin Editors contest seeking entries
Holiday Schedule for HQ and HFI
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK

Vocal Majority: How Great Thou Art
The audience at the convention in Pittsburgh last summer was treated to a stirring swan song performance from the Vocal Majority. It's always a thrill seeing Jim Clancy directing one of his arrangements and this is no exception. It also happens to be the first track on their latest CD of inspirational and sacred songs, too. 
Vocal Majority - How Great Thou Art

NOM NOM NOM

Harmony Hall-idays

HQ staff took a break from a busy week of year-end and 2016 kickoff meetings to share breakfast and good cheer. Our good friends at the Association of International Champions graciously underwrote a lovely buffet of down-home goodness from Nashville landmark Monell's.  (Seriously... add this place to your Nashville itinerary next summer. You're welcome.)


Champs deliver... the best breakfast in town.

MAKE THEM HEAR (AND SEE) YOU

Programs! Get your programs!
The 2016 MidWinter Convention is now opened up for program ads, big screen ads, and exhibitors... just like the summer convention! And even better news, the prices are reduced so that more people can take advantage of the opportunity to advertise to their fellow barbershoppers!

Deadline for the program ads is December 21, so if you want to place a program ad, be sure to submit by next week. Deadline for big screen ads and exhibit reservations is January 15.

Visit our web page to access the downloadable form and other information. All submissions should be sent to Mark Holdeman at bhs_exhibits@sbcglobal.net
Last minute shopping? Try Harmony Marketplace!
If you're scrambling to figure out gifts for your quartet mates, director, or barbershop-loving BFF, then get yourself over to Harmony Marketplace! Shirts, glassware, accessories... we've got something for just about everyone on your list. You should probably get a little treat for yourself, too...

*Last day to ship by Christmas is MONDAY, December 21st!*

ACA-AWESOME

Meet Voctave!
The first video from this uber-talented group of singers launched this week and we can't stop watching. You'll recognize more than a few familiar faces: our own Tony De Rosa sings alongside veteran Disney performers (and barbershoppers!) in this mixed ensemble. Arranged by Jamey Ray, this lush medley is perfect for the season. Take a moment to enjoy this amazing sound... we can't wait to hear more from Voctave in the (hopefully) near future. 
This Is My Wish/Let There Be Peace On Earth - Voctave

BARBERSHOP FOR YOUR HEALTH

It's the Forcep Four!
Collegiate a cappella is booming... but it's not new! Oregon Health & Science University historian Max Johnson shares a recent acquisition for the Historical Collections and Archives department: a digitized recording of  campus quartet the Forcep Four, from their last recording session done in 1962.

"The Forcep Four was a group of students including Jim Haaland, Robert Clark, Douglas Chambers, and Hollis Augee who were active in the early 1960s. Various singing groups had existed at the University of Oregon Medical School (the predecessor to today's OHSU School of Medicine) for years, but the Forcep Four seemed to have gained quite a reputation during their time. In the December 1960 issue of "What's Going On?", an article on the Forcep Four mentions that they were practicing regularly during the noon hour at the OHSU Auditorium and would frequently perform around campus, for instance for the School of Nursing Wassail and the Hospital Christmas parties. According to the article, the quartet was eyeing competing in the Barbershop Quartet contest in Forest Grove [which is now in its 70th year - ed.] in late February of 1961."

 CAN YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING
Youth Chorus Festival order of appearance announced

Emerald City Sound 
Boise Chordsmen Youth Chorus 
The Voice
Some Assembly Required
East Coast Sound
Boom Town Chorus
Reno Youth Chorus
3rd Street Sound
52Eighty
Santa Maria Youth Chorus
Sounds of the Mouth Men's Ensemble
Chandler High School Men's Choir
Harmonic Collective
OC Student Union
Open The Doors!
Wildcat Harmonizers
Dioceason Boy's School Choir

Want to see the show? Register here: www.barbershop.org/reno
A MAJOR AWARD
Public Relations Officers and Bulletin Editors annual contest now seeking entries!
Each year, a Society-wide search is conducted to find the very best in publishing. If you create a newsletter or monthly bulletin for your District or chapter, take a chance at fame and glory. 

WE WERE ON A BREAK

Holiday schedule announced
Annual winter break runs from close of business on Wednesday, December 23rd through Friday, January 1st. Harmony Hall will return to our normal schedule on Monday, January 4. Merchandise orders and membership renewals received during the closure will be processed as quickly as possible upon our return. 
 
Harmony Foundation offices will be closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Foundation offices will be open again Monday, December 28 - Thursday, December 31st, closing on January 1, New Year's day. HFI Development Directors will be available by cell throughout the entire season: 
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