Love it or hate it, it is approved and final. Work has begun on materials for Portland 2002. We will be wearing shirts, providing registration pins and other materials.
ISLAND CITY CHORUS
GREATER MONTREAL CHAPTER
SPEBSQSA Inc.
The Little Chorus that could!
MINI PITCH
Date:
April 29, 2002 Congratulations Under the Wire and Montreal Chapter Harmony Inc.|
COMING UP - ROB'S REQUIRED EVENTS* Saturday, May 25, 2002 Annual Show Salle Claude Champagne with Metropolis Thursday, June 6, 2002 Grand Lodge of Quebec Show, Masonic Memorial Hall, Sherbrooke St., 7:30 PM ß NEW Saturday, February 1, 2003 Great Northern Harmony Workshop with FRED (1999 International Champs) Saturday, March 22, 2003 Annual Show Salle Claude Champagne with Gas House Gang June 29 - July 6, 2003 SPEBSQSA International Convention MONTREAL - Schedule your vacation, now! Saturday, May 29, 2004 Annual Show Salle Claude Champagne with 4 Voices *NOTE: It is your duty to inform Rob as soon as you know you will miss any rehearsal or event. |
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COMING UP - OPTIONAL, BUT FUN and EDUCATIONAL EVENTS June 30 - July 7, 2002 SPEBSQSA International Convention Portland, OR Saturday, August 17, 2002 Wheaton's Annual Corn Boil, Salad/Chocolate Party |
People are never too busy to tell you all the work they have to do.
Harmony Inc. Area 2 AC&C
The Harmony Inc. Area 2 Contest and Convention was a great success for local singers. Friday evening featured the quartet contest. It was great to hear Blue Champagne test those mics and Under the Wire (who entertained us last Monday evening) qualify for the Harmony Inc. International Contest and Convention in Indianapolis in November 2002. They placed fifth in a great contest.
Saturday featured the Chorus contest and Montreal Chapter of Harmony Inc. qualified also, earning the Area 2 Achievement Award and third place in an excellent contest.
We can count on a number of the women of Harmony Inc. to be helping us during International 2003.
Logo for International 2003
Love it or hate it, it is approved and final. Work has begun on materials for Portland 2002. We will be wearing shirts, providing registration pins and other materials.
The fun has just begun, get on board and enjoy the ride! Several members of the chorus are going to be in Portland to sell registrations and generally promote Montreal as a desirable site for what we hope will be a record number of barbershoppers. After all, we have a big 40% off sale on Canadian destinations.
Just An Old Fashioned Love Song
It's a song! It's a show! It's
4 weeks away!The long awaited Tom Gentry arrangement of " Just An Old Fashioned Love Song" arrived, and we started to learn it last Monday. It will be both the opener and closer for our show of the same name. It seems to be very singable and not too difficult to learn. Several of us thanked Tom for his work on this great fun song at AC&C this weekend.
While this is not the first. but the second arrangement the chorus has commissioned,. it will be fun knowing that we are singing an arrangement that nobody else knows.
A preliminary order of performance has been decided. The chorus will sing the songs with a bullet. Quartets will sing songs that are not part of current Chorus repertoire.
For Tonight Only (3 songs)
Key of Eh? (3 songs)
INTERMISSION
Metropolis (7 songs)
FINALE: Just an Old Fashioned Love Song (Reprise)
The afterglow has been moved back to Dynastie de Chine (across from Bombardier on Laurentien Blvd.). The cost will be $16.00 per person. Those who were there two years ago will remember the food was great and plentiful.
Set up those risers, Leads.
Thank you, to all those who have taken on the responsibility for setting up and taking down the risers. Please lend a hand where you can.
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Riser set-up and take down |
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This Week |
Next Week |
In Two Weeks |
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Lead Section |
Bass Section |
Baris/Tenors |
Like Tags?
Here are several URLs for web sites featuring barbershop tags.
Classic tags for Men
http://www.nzabs.org.nz/tags/classic%20tags_men.pdf
NZABS Tags page http://nzabs.org.nz/tag_archive.htm
Ben's Barbershop Tag page
http://plaza.ufl.edu/tenor/Tags2001.html
Tualatin Valley Harmony Masters Tag Page
http://www.evg.org/~tvhm/barbershoptags.html
The Harmony Hall Tag Chamber
http://www.spebsqsa.org/Arrangements/Tags/default.htm
Andrew's Tags page http://andrewstags.bravepages.com
These are thanks to Andrew Grieve, Canterbury Plainsmen from Christchurch, New Zealand.
Program Notes:
It is time to get the show music in top shape. Let us have learned Roses, and Words by Monday. If you don't have a learning device, talk to Andrew Wheaton.
"JAOFLS" = Just An Old Fashioned Love Song -- We started it last week!
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April 29, 2002 |
May 6, 2002 |
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7:30 |
Warm-ups |
Warm-ups |
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7:50 |
Show Prep: Beginning |
Show Prep: Beginning |
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8:10 |
Show Prep: How Deep |
Show Prep: How Deep |
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8:30 |
Sectional: JAOFLS |
Sectional: JAOFLS |
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8:50 |
JAOFLS |
JAOFLS |
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9:10 |
B&B |
B&B |
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9:25 |
Pres Time |
Pres Time |
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9:50 |
Show Prep: Words |
Show Prep: Words |
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10:10 |
Repertoire:
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Repertoire: |
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10:25 |
B-Bye |
B-Bye |
Here is our current repertoire list:
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Overture |
Eight Candles |
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Harmony |
Go Tell It On The Mountain |
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Didn’t We |
You'll Never Walk Alone |
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I Only Have Eyes For You |
Steppin' Out With My Baby |
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I’ll Walk With God |
My Romance/It's You medley |
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Love Me and the World Is Mine |
Orange Coloured Sky |
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I’m Beginning To See The Light |
(It's only) Words |
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Que reste-t-il de nos amours ? |
How Deep Is The Ocean |
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Sixteen Tons |
Roses of Picardy |
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Scarlet Ribbons |
Gershwin Medley |
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Carol of the Bells |
It's Just An Old Fashioned Love Song |
Practice is something we do at home, every day, between rehearsals!
Rehearsal is where we reinforce what we have been practising every day!
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Alan Mackenzie, President |
Murray Phillips, Editor |