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Society CEO Search:
Deadline for Applications
This Sunday, October 30
Applications for the Society CEO position must be
submitted electronically by 11:59 p.m. October 30 at CEO
Application.
Thanks to the following five
members who are serving on a task force appointed by Society President Alan
Lamson to assist the Board of Directors in the search for the Society's CEO
position:
Larry Lewis (Chair) - Land
O'Lakes District, Don Blank - Central States District, Larry Clemons -
Southwestern District, Joe Liles - Land O'Lakes District, Alan Wile -
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Rev
Up Your Holiday Shows
With
New Arrangements
Reach out to the Sweet Adelines in your area and do
a couple of great eight-part SSAATTBB arrangements for a special holiday show!
Mel Knight's "Joy to the
World"
or "Toyland" will make your
Christmas repertoire sparkle!
Order by EMAIL or by phone at 800-876-SING (7464). Order numbers: Joy to the World
205307 :: Toyland
205306 |
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Download the 2011
International Convention
Audio From iTunes!
Everything's up to date from Kansas City! Barbershop lovers can now
purchase and download the full 2011 International Convention quartet and chorus
audio recordings through the iTunes Store®,
thanks to our joint effort with Naked Voice Records! This 18-volume set features
all 50 quartets and 31 choruses in contestant order, and can be played on your
Mac, PC, iPod, iPhoneTM, or AppleTV®.
To see a complete list
of artists and tracks and to purchase, please click NAKED VOICE
RECORDS.
Naked Voice Records has the world's largest digital catalog
of a cappella music - over six thousand songs from over 400 artists -including
Vocal Spectrum, Westminster Chorus, ACOUSTIX, The Vocal Majority, The Alley
Cats, Ambiance and The Buffalo Bills.
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Scholarships Available
for "eXtreme Quartetting"
Ten expense paid scholarships are available for qualified men ages 18-22 to
attend the Atlantic Harmony Brigade's 2012 "eXtreme
QuartettingTM" invitational weekend
convention in Wilmington, Delaware August 17-19, 2012. The application deadline
is February 15, 2012.
Applicants need not be highly experienced
quartetters or in a quartet, but must have alternative musical and/or
performance training and/or experience and references sufficient to meet AHB
qualification standards otherwise.
The program is for highly motivated,
disciplined, intermediate singers with more than a keen interest in quartetting.
The scholarship includes a two-night hotel stay, meals, first class learning
materials (sheet music & learning tracks for 12 championship songs),
informal nonstop quartetting and quartet partner switching, an adjudicated
random-partner quartet contest, a staged show performance, and general
barbershop fraternity and mayhem.
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Harmony Sweepstakes Coming Soon!
The 28th Annual
Harmony Sweepstakes a Cappella Festival is coming soon in 2012!
You'll recall that our own quartet Da Capo (MAD) won the
National Championship and Audience Favorite in May 2011, and now is your
chance! Regional competitions are being held in eight areas on the following
dates:
Mid-Atlantic - February 25
Los Angeles - March 3
New York,
Pacific NW and San Francisco Bay - March 10
Chicago - March 31
Boston
and Denver - TBA
The winning vocal groups from all the regional
competitions will go to the National Finals, to be held on Saturday, May 12,
2012 in San Rafael, California.
For more information, see the Harmony Sweepstakes
website. And, if you enter, please let us know!
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Make Reservations Now for Midwinter!
Come to sunny Tucson for the 2012 Midwinter
Convention January 17-22, 2012, and tack on a few days before or after to enjoy
the unique beauty of southern Arizona! Visit Saguaro National Park, play some
golf, check out an old cowboy movie set, and just feast your eyes on the scenery
along Arizona's highways!
Housing reservations are now available. The
best rooms will go fast, and Tucson in particular may be a sell-out, so make
your reservations now!
We can't wait to see how many young men will take
part in the Fifth Annual Youth Chorus Festival - the entries are starting to
pour in now! And it's always a treat to enjoy the Seniors Quartet
Championship.
Register at TUCSON MIDWINTER. Check
out the Tucson Visitor's
Website and SPECIAL EVENTS arranged
by the Tucson Sunshine Chapter. |
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2012 International Convention
July 1-8 in Beautiful Portland, OR
Make plans now to attend
the exciting 2012 International Convention in beautiful Portland, Oregon.
There'll be plenty of drama in
the Ringmasters vs. Musical Island Boys match
for the top spot in the quartet competition - but, who knows what contender
might challenge both of them? And after placing just a breath away from the gold
last year, Great Northern Union will be a force for
the Ambassadors of Harmony to reckon with in Portland. That'll
sure be fun to watch!
In addition to the excitement and glamour of our
competitions and the fun of singing tags, the Portland area is an incredibly
gorgeous place, with so much to see you'll want to spend an extra few days to
take it all in! To see what we're talking about, click HERE. Take in the Rose
Garden, Columbia River Gorge, Multnomah Falls, Mt. St. Helen's & Mt. Hood -
plus, it's only about 100 miles from breathtaking coastal views of the
Pacific!
Early bird housing opens December 15 & general housing opens
January 15. Register at PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL
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