April 4, 2005 |
Volume 2005 Issue # 12 |
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COMING UP - ROB'S REQUIRED EVENTS* April 8-10, 2005 Western Regional Convention and Evening Show Brattleboro, VT BUS boards at 1:15 PM Saturday, May 28, 2005 Annual Show Salle Pierre Mercure (UQAM) with 2004 GOLD MEDALLISTS Gotcha! September 23-25, 2005 Fall Forward 2005 Ermitage St-Croix, Pierrefonds September 30 - October 1, 2005 District Convention and Contest, Halifax, NS Early May 2006, Mountain Division Contest October 6-8, 2006 Fall Forward 2006 Ermitage St-Croix, Pierrefonds [Thanksgiving Weekend] October 20-22, 2006 District Convention and Contest Providence, RI April 13-15, 2007 Western Regional Convention Albany NY area (Location to be determined) October 12-14, 2007 Fall Forward 2007 Ermitage St-Croix, Pierrefonds October 19-21, 2007 District Convention and Contest Montreal, Quebec *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 Coming?! Installation and Awards Night Cote St-Luc Barbeque, Cote de Liesse, July 3-10, 2005 67th Annual SPEBSQSA International Convention Salt Lake City, Utah July 31 - August 7, 2005 Harmony College/Directors College The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH September 2 - 5, 2005 Lake George Barbershop Quartet Festival No information available |
You are getting old, when everything either dries up, or leaks.
We have lost Oryst Gudz.
Last Monday morning at 2:00 AM, Oryst Gudz lost his battle with cancer, and we lost a dedicated, loyal member and a good friend. Oryst was a bass among basses! He was our pedal on those low E flats, Ds and even D flats.
Oryst is survived by his wife Mary, his daughters Caroline and Laura and his grandchildren.
A group of the chorus members sang You'll Never Walk Alone at the funeral on Wednesday. This was Oryst's favourite song, and he had requested it be sung.
The family hosted a reception/luncheon following the funeral where we remembered Oryst and toasted his memory.
We will have a toast to Oryst this weekend at Division.
Contest is this weekend.
We hit the contest stage in Brattleboro, VT in 5 days. Review the plan for Beautiful Dreamer, review and be comfortable with the choreography of Give My Regards To Broadway and generally be ready to entertain the socks off our audience.
Are you ready? All aboard for Brattleboro!
What should I wear?
Don't forget to bring all the parts of your performance costume. Tux pants, shirt, bow tie, studs, vest, patent leather shoes, black socks.
Your green shirt and tan pants would make a good afternoon outfit.
Don't forget your photo ID!
To get into the US and back into Canada, you need a passport, or a valid birth certificate and photo ID.
Quartetting at 7:00PM, tonight!
We are starting again tonight, working on the Barber Pole Cat program.
All members who are interested in learning, or helping to teach are welcome to join in.
9 weeks to Show time!
Bert Brossoit, our Show Chairman extraordinaire, has given out show tickets to those who pre-ordered, and he is ready to receive money for the tickets already sold. He will provide additional tickets as rrequired.
Lets fill the program with business card ads, quarter pages, half pages… well you get the idea. Alan Kenley has agreed to be the advertising co-ordinator, and we need to talk to companies, our dentist, barber, you name it.
This will be a joint show, with the West Island Sweet Adeline Chorus and will feature Commonly Unique and our 2004 International Quartet Champions, Gotcha!.
Post Contest Show in Brattleboro.
We are singing in the show following the contests in Brattleboro, VT. We will compete, then eat, then entertain, and then leave for home.
The show will start at 7:00 PM, and we will be on first. We will be singing the Canadian (all English words) and American National Anthems with the Manchester Chapter to start the show, and then we will have our set from the following songs:
Then we hop on the bus and leave for home. We should arrive home about 1:30 AM.
Here is our current repertoire list: [mp3] means that the mp3 file is on the Members' Only web site
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Overture [mp3] |
Witchcraft [mp3] |
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Hello Mary Lou [mp3] |
You'll Never Walk Alone [mp3] |
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Que reste-t-il ? [mp3] |
O Canada |
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Sixteen Tons [mp3] |
The Star Spangled Banner |
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Orange Coloured Sky [mp3] |
If I Loved You [mp3] |
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Old Black Magic [mp3] |
Before The Parade Passes By [mp3] |
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Hello [mp3] |
Chances Are [mp3] |
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Summertime |
Give My Regards To Broadway. [mp3] CONTEST |
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Unforgettable [mp3] |
Luck Be A Lady Tonight [mp3] |
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Beautiful Dreamer [mp3] CONTEST |
Tonight [mp3] |
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It Don't Mean a Thing, If It Ain't Got That Swing [mp3] |
And So To Sleep Again (8-part) [mp3] |
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Let There Be Peace on Earth (8-part) [mp3] |
Baby, It's Cold Outside (8-part) [mp3] |
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Holiday Blessing/Jingle Bells (8-part) [mp3] |
The Impossible Dream [Learning] [mp3] |
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 |