Dr. Greg Lyne has resigned his position as Director of Music Education and Services with the Barbershop Harmony Society, effective Friday, May 6, 2005.

"I consider it a privilege to have worked for the Barbershop Harmony Society for over eight years as the leader of the Music Department," said Lyne in a letter submitted to Society Interim CEO Roger Lewis. "It has given me the opportunity to grow in many areas of my life and I look forward to a continued positive relationship with my many friends in the Society.

"This comes at a time in my life when I eagerly look forward to this early retirement and to the many opportunities that are open to me in consulting, writing, teaching and otherwise using my God-given talents to the benefit of others," said Lyne.

"Dr. Greg is one of my barbershop heroes," said Society President Rob Hopkins. "He is widely recognised as the one of the elite barbershop musicians, chorus directors and coaches. We know his influence will continue to be widely felt, as his musicianship continues to help others raise their level of barbershop performance."

No date has been set for hiring a successor, said Lewis. "Meanwhile, the Society will be well served by our music department under the guidance of Joe Liles, who has agreed to act as Interim Director of the Music Department," said Lewis. Liles had previously served as Director Music Education and as Executive Director and is Music Publications Manager.

What a great pleasure it was to have Darren Prentice back with us after his surgery. He had a heart valve replaced for the third time since childhood and now has a pacemaker to keep him ticking in time.

It was a double whammy evening with Howard Zingboim returning to sing after an extended absence.

His duties with the municipal government will continue to cause him to miss the occasional rehearsal, but he returned, knowing the repertoire. (Some of the regulars should ask how he did it.)

I can safely say that upgrading to Windows XP was an interesting process. I have installed more software in the past week than in the previous 3 years!

I also lost all my favourites from my web browsers. Bummer. One at a time is the slow and painful way.

Those songs are starting to become part of you, your tickets are being sold at a rapid rate, the money is being turned in to Bert Brossoit.

Advertising is being turned in to Alan Kenley and we are getting excited about paying Bert for our afterglow tickets.

The afterglow is sold out. Give Bert your money to make sure that you have your places. It will cost $18.00 per ticket, and the food will be good with Abie’s Restaurant doing the catering.

1-Give My Regards to Broadway
2-Tonight
3-Beautiful Dreamer
4-Luck Be a Lady
5-Chances Are
6-Unforgettable
7-Before the Parade Passes By
8-The Impossible dream

And So To Sleep Again
Secret Love
Let There Be Peace On Earth

MICC (ready to sing!) 09:50 @ 10:50
WI SAC 11:00 @ 12:00
Lunch 12:00 @ 12:55
Commonly Unique 13:00 @ 13:30
Gotcha! 13:40 @ 14:30
MICC / WISAC 14:45 @ 15:45
Finale 15:50 @ 17:00
Supper 30 ( Salon Orange 3 floor) 17:10 @ 18:00
Make-Up And Show Costume ( Studio B )

Here is our current repertoire list: [mp3] means that the mp3 file is on the Members' Only web site