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2022

  • Livewire 2022-12-28
    Turn the page on a new year!
  • Livewire 2022-12-21
    Rowe challenge • 500K views for high school quartet! • Chillax • Save on trax • Quorum presents • Sing along with Freeman
  • Livewire 2022-12-15
    Beach balls • Super senior • Festival! • All-Chapter Chorus • Sunshine & Mistakes
  • Livewire 2022-12-08
    Spreading the flame • Festival for all • Next Gen-erosity • HU's heading for... • Data wizards • Piggie!
  • Livewire 2022-12-01
    Icon memories • Kibitzers welcome • Every noise • Hang on! • Spring forward to Moonlight Saving Time
  • Livewire 2022-11-23
    Family business? • Sharpen searches • Thanks! • HU show
  • Livewire 2022-11-17
    The Big Stage is yours • Superstar shows • Inspiration • Krypto-mighty friends • To the Bank
  • Livewire 2022-11-10
    Honoring veterans • Red hot Midwinter • Listen free • Smile! • How much tag is enough tag?
  • Livewire 2022-11-03
    Youth Shine in Illinois • VHU Starts Sunday • Events and Merch • 139th St's YMCA
  • Livewire 2022-10-27
    Getting started at 97 • Bring the Board to VHU • Midwinter hotels open • Classic after classic
  • Livewire 2022-10-20
    Best seats and prices • Best courses • 100,000 voices • Free vocal health • Find winners • Replay the rebroadcast
  • Livewire 2022-10-13
    Videos burning up YouTube • Convention registration open next week • Fact parade • Scheduled help • Be a guest • Be our guest
  • Livewire 2022-10-06
    Simple=growth • 16.80672269% off • Convention videos release • Love thy neighbors • $10k prize • Song premiere
  • Livewire 2022-09-29
    5000 anthems! • Surprising courses • Guests are royalty • Holiday NEW RELEASE • a Golden Golden oldie
  • Livewire 2022-09-22
    Buoyant in Boise • Private lessons • Career networking • Warm up • Why We Sing • Schmitt Bros. at Schmitt music
  • Livewire 2022-09-15
    FESTIVAL VIDEOS PREMIERE! • Value-priced coaching • 75th Anniversary • Music, man
  • Livewire 2022-09-08
    Prep the new folks • Honor teachers • Varsity contests • Once upon a time • Cool like a boater hat cool
  • Livewire 2022-09-01
    New chapter • New director • Flat fighters • Fortuity
  • Livewire 2022-08-25
    Gator gifts • Music Medics • Better quartet rehearsals • Big playlist premiere
  • Livewire 2022-08-18
    Back to the future - 2025! • Welcome new taggers safely • Pledge week • Crystal ball confirmed
  • Livewire 2022-08-11
    Croon under the moon • Learn at home • Sing with neighbor barbershoppers • Change parts? • Still standing!
  • Livewire 2022-08-04
    Make kids happy • Happy Harmony U • Happy public performances • Come on, Get Happy!
  • Livewire 2022-07-27
    New Jersey Day • Save the Date(s) • Missed Merch?
  • Livewire 2022-07-21
    Life lessons • HUNOLAFOMO • Simple love songs • Impact videos
  • Livewire 2022-07-14
    Champs! • More great TV • Get pix • Rules updates for Fall 2022 • Survey and COVID tracking • Giving tree
  • Livewire 2022-07-08
    LIVE IN CHARLOTTE!
  • Livewire 2022-06-30
    Hall of Fame • Selecting judges • HU deadline • Puzzling fun • Wessler trolls barbershop • Office hours • GOAT
  • Livewire 2022-06-23
    Play ball • Lively streaming hosts • Key notes for HU • Voices United • #Elvismovie Mania • Happy birthday twist
  • Livewire 2022-06-16
    Welcome new chorus • Here Comes Treble • Livestream contests • Max Q returns • Better feedback • New music!
  • Livewire 2022-06-09
    Get the program • Board slate • HU highlight reel • Sing more every week • 🤖🤖 ROBOTS 🤖🤖
  • Livewire 2022-06-02
    Commissioned songs • Tag winner • Barbershop origins • No chorus required • Happy chapters
  • Livewire 2022-05-26
    Jeopardy! • Quartet draw • Dig deeper • Be findable •Love letters
  • Livewire 2022-05-19
    Katy's famous! • Jake cool • Champs for sale • Pro promos • Alignment!
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  • Livewire 2022-05-12
    Varsity draw • Volunteer • Board meeting live • Platoon • Better bari • Anthem season
  • Livewire 2022-05-05
    High Plains • Tag Contest • Lock in help • Get framed • Mother's Day
  • Livewire 2022-04-28
    Chorus draw • Clearances • 5 surprising classes • Barbershop-era? • Free song! • April showers
  • Livewire 2022-04-21
    Songwriter premiere! • Chorus draw • Scholarship deadlines • Sing despite hearing loss • Stripes!
  • Livewire 2022-04-14
    HU early outreach • Community spotlight • Bunny time • Inner Game • Cheers! • More Midwinter videos
  • Livewire 2022-04-07
    New quartet show • Thanks, candidates • Scholarships! • Music Man mania • Origin stories
  • Livewire 2022-03-31
    District conventions are HOT! • Walkable Charlotte • Joe's celebration • Life off stage • Mario Time!
  • Livewire 2022-03-24
    Getting Weird • Road trip! • Treasure hunt • Quartet fame • Back from the Dead
  • Livewire 2022-03-17
    Varsity qualifiers • C&J ready for open contests • Updated COVD guidance • Show makeover • A bit o' the Irish
  • Livewire 2022-03-10
    Scholarships to HU • Save NOW • Board Meeting Recap • Heroes 4 Hire
  • Livewire 2022-03-03
    Fewer practices • Better Member Center • Board livestream • Commissioned song for youth chorus
  • Livewire 2022-02-24
    Speak up and get help • Join the Board • Tenor genius • Free meeting programs • HBD 2 HI
  • Livewire 2022-02-17
    Making guests welcome • HU faculty announced • Barbershop origins • Vintage performance
  • Livewire 2022-02-10
    Open contests • A gift to a shelter • Counterfeit resonance • Back to basics
  • Livewire 2022-02-03
    Colbert quartet • NAfME Award • HU All-Stars • Hoodies! • Believable presentation • Back on the shelf
  • Livewire 2022-01-27
    Honoring veterans • Feeding neighbors • Best hotels for International • Six days of great singing • Westminster sings
  • Livewire 2022-01-20
    Seniors champs • NEA grant • Remembering Greg Lyne • Super sale • Teach tags better • Up for fun!
  • Livewire 2022-01-13
    Ding-dong pitch • Remembering Burt • Noggin warmers • Great repertoire • Free music!
  • Livewire 2022-01-06
    The last goodbye • Sugar Bowl • Stream Midwinter! • Volunteer power • Amateur Hour

2021

  • Livewire 2021-12-22
    Contest review • Holiday hours • HQ career opening • Be your best chapter self • Save on tracks • Toys!
  • Livewire 2021-12-16
    Cold as ice in North Dakota • Varsity deadline extended • Leadership Academies • Lessons from OC Times • Gifts from Santa
  • Livewire 2021-12-09
    Barberchips with Fallon • Seniors contest draw • Board update • Safe singing • Disney magic!
  • Livewire 2021-12-02
    Scrubs and smiles • Bbshop Elf on the Shelf • A Caper! • NF3 + ? • Raise funds for your chapter
  • Livewire 2021-11-24
    Enjoy the holiday • New tracks from 2014! • Learn before you learn • Easy-beat love songs
  • Livewire 2021-11-18
    Your voice is beautiful • Remembering Drayton • Board notes • LAUGH!
  • Livewire 2021-11-11:
    Learn a song from a pro • Board meeting livestreams Sunday • Great guest experiences • Scoot that boot!
  • Livewire 2021-11-04
    A teacher's journey • Legends speak • Next Generation contests open • Juice the middle of your show
  • Livewire 2021-10-28
    Midwinter festival welcomes all performers • a Tribute to Joe Liles • Cool Aaron Dale arrangements
  • Livewire 2021-10-21
    Successful long-term quartets • Midwinter Convention • Smash Hits! • Trustees elected • A Wayback Whens-day winner
  • Livewire 2021-10-14
    A train song • Midwinter registration next week! • Big ideas • Board to elect HFI Trustees • Better alignment
  • Livewire 2021-10-07
    Community chorus win! • Nominate a teacher • Thriving chapters • Thank the new judges • Ghastly goodness
  • Livewire 2021-09-30
    A new chorus charters! • A new look in Pioneer • Super-charge your quartet • See the sun • See the light!
  • Livewire 2021-09-23
    Long goodbye • Virtual hospital cheer-ups • Senior quartet contest * Listen up • Teach everyone to sing!
  • Livewire 2021-09-16
    VHU Choir premiere • 3,000 videos to watch • Focus on happiness, and succeed • Back to the '70s
  • Livewire 2021-09-09
    Why teens love barbershop • Remembering 9/11 • Jobs at HQ • A sweet tag, with interesting numbers • The bells!
  • Livewire 2021-09-02
    Focus on recruiting • Annual Report • Sentimental ballads • Signature’s Motown medley
  • Livewire 2021-08-26
    A Minute With Marty • Treasures in the basement • Remembering Mel Knight • Recruiting Roundtable • Show premiere!!
  • Livewire 2021-08-20
    Farewell, Joe • Aca-shuffle of hosts • Board elections • Board sends letter to Foundation • Harmony as sung by Harmony
  • Livewire 2021-08-12
    Contest Entry • Keep Learning • Elvis Week!
  • Livewire 2021-08-05
    200 ways singing is good for you • More Big Ideas • COVID Guide updated • Sing like champs • Wa-a-a-ayback machine
  • Livewire 2021-07-30
    Vocal Spectrum Live • Reinstatements • Write a song!
  • Livewire 2021-07-23
    Little Apple • VHU fun! • Earn your black belt • Pure BAWBERSHAAAAWP! • A Beautiful Tag
  • Livewire 2021-07-09
    Westminster swan song • Big Ideas this Sunday • Start arranging • Romance!

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