Schedule of Events - Meredith Bay Barbershop Jamboree

• Watch for updates - this is v.0 - updated Jan. 16 @ 1500h

• THIS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. It will be updated real-time! BOOKMARK this page!

• Rain or Shine!  This is it! Forecast is always for a LOT of FUN & SUN!

FRIDAY, August 16 - 3:00 PM - Registration begins at PRESCOTT PARK (under the tent)

• 3:00 – 5:30 PM Registration I / Check-In / Ticket Sales begin - Meet and Greet - PRESCOTT PARK (below/south of Community Center)

• 5:30 – 7:30 PM Registration II / Check-In / Ticket Sales continue - Meet and Greet - Meredith Community Center, 1 Circle Drive, Meredith, NH.

  • Barbershop Harmony on the Bay, at Hesky Park, tent at Prescott Park, all-around - Informal quartet singing.

  • Men. women, young, old! Fun times! Guests, visitors, town-folk — all invited to join or listen!

FRIDAY, August 16 @ 5:30 PM – Jamboree Harmony Dinner & Registration - at the Community Center

A Hometown special dinner for “Jamb-ers” and the whole community!

• Serving starts at 5:30p –until 7:00p. Assorted casseroles, corn salad, coleslaw, tortellini salad, sliced tomatoes & cucumbers, coffee, tea, lemonade and water, with angel food cake with strawberry topping for dessert!

• Dinner (all you can eat) is $15

• Singing! The Center is open to 11:00 PM just for us!

SATURDAY, August 17 – AM/PM – all around!

• 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Check-in/Registration/Tickets OPEN at Meredith Community Center - Get YOUR Badge!

  • Barbershop on the Bay, at Hesky Park and Community Park (Archie Park). Informal quartet singing.  (until approximately 4 PM)

• 9:30 AM to 12 noon – 6th Annual Joe Kopka Memorial Mini Golf Tournament 2023 at Pirates Cove Miniature Golf

• 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM – Quartet & Tag Singing in general - at various venues (times only suggested / food is on your own)

• 12:30 PM to 1:15 — Quartet “Merchants” Stroll for area merchants & patrons - free! These are pre-organized/scheduled with quartets/stores!

• 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM – TAG SINGING with Manoj, the tag master! Cerutti Park (by footbridge). Open to all - including the public! Try it! Easy!

• 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM — “OPEN MIC” Quartet performances “on the Bay” at Hesky Park. Like what you hear? Show tickets available!

DINNER: 4 -to- 6 PM - on your own - but do so as a foursome or more and SING at your selected town restaurant or Happy Place!

SATURDAY, August 17 @ 7:00 PM - Great Gathering SHOW - at the Meredith Community Center:

• 6:00 PM – Registration/Tickets OPEN - Check-in and ticket sales in Community Center lobby

• 6:00 PM – Call-time: EVERYONE IN HARMONY Jamboree Chorus rehearsal.  Community Center Auditorium/Gym (singers only! )

• 7:00 PM – The Great Gathering Show!  For information as to how to perform on this show find Karen Rourke!

• *~9:30 PM – Afterglow, entry/food ($7.00 plus donation) - and more singing (at Community Center) - to 11:00 PM

• 11:00 PM – onward into the wee hours — The After-AfterGlow! More Informal Singing at the Prescott Park Tent!

  • *Note: Regular Afterglow begins when the Show has concluded

It’s a time for friends and fans to socialize and sing!

All you can eat - $15. (watch for 2024 menu!)

2023 menu was: Assorted casseroles, corn salad, coleslaw, tortellini salad, sliced tomatoes & cucumbers, coffee, tea, lemonade and water, angel food cake with strawberry topping!

Summer 2024 Singing & Sharing! Let’s have fun!

• Any Person, Man-Woman-Child, any Quartet or Chorus is Invited to Participate!

• All-day singing and/or ON the “Great Gathering Show!” Join the show-opening CHORUS!

“It’s a Marvelous Mashup of Harmony for all!”

This is your Judgement-Free Zone! Any ability is welcome & encouraged!

• Any quartet means … ANY! Make one up during the day! Pull one together from a Brigade!

• Any established or Pick-Up Quartet is encouraged!

• Be sure to SIGN-UP to perform on the show!

• Show Emcee is … (HA! tbd!)

AFTERGLOW follows! $7 in advance or at the door!

Lots of great food, harmony & fun!

You’ll find … pizza squares, mini meatballs, sausage bites,
brownies, fruit cups, peanut butter/chocolate chip bars, mini cheese cakes, carrot cake coffee, tea, water.

First up Saturday Night - opening the Great Gathering Show!

Your CHORAL Director is … t b d

Anyone and Everyone is invited! Member, non-members, locals or foreigners!

These are songs you know. We even provide the sheet music and learning tracks (now, below) for newbies, wannabee and local-bees! It’s easy and fun!

The songs? t b d

Learning media is… (here, when ready) …

• How about a Meredith Bay Merchants or Chamber Chorus? Or - Quartet? YES! You can do it, too!

• Other established groups/singers are welcome to join us and sing anything a cappella - youth groups, college groups - come on down!

Be prepared! Learn them now, or learn them in Meredith!

Prepare and learn from the tag-meister extraordinaire himself - Manoj Padki

You may know most of these tags! Easy to learn! We’ve compiled 4 “famous” and popular tags!

Jamboree TAGS for 2024 include male, mixed, and female voicings…

Learning — sheet music (PDF’s) and learning tracks (MP3’s audio) here:

“HANGER” Tags — feature a “part post”… These tags all have one part holding a sustained note (a "hanger" or "post" in barbershop terms), with the other parts moving around it. Great for beginners!

What GOOD is all this without YOU? Anyone is invited & welcome to TRY this singing!

It’s easy. It’s fun. And ANYONE can do it!

• Step up, listen, and try your hand at joining any open, welcoming quartet!

• Or, grab our LEARNING media (music & MP3) on the 2 CHORUS songs and join us on-stage!

• We can teach you a TAG (short, easy song) with 3 other singers. Then, make the chords RING!

• NOT just for ‘men’ anymore! Anyone is welcome and we’ll share our fun with ALL!

• Learn/review the 2 songs - in advance! See “9-CHORUS” above for Learning Resources!

• Learn/review the TAGS - in advance! See “10-TAG Singing” above for Learning Resources!

We Need You! VOLUNTEERS are needed…

• (4) Jamboree Central: Registration/Check-In & Badge/Button conversions, Tee Shirt & Water Sales.

• (2) Venue Monitors/Post - Information, Directions, Map - "Ask Me" post. e.g. parks, dock.

• (2) Show Night: Registration/Check-In Table.

• (2) Show Night: Door Monitors.

• (2) Show Night: Intermission/Snack Sales.

• (∞) All Weekend: Photographers / Video Recording - everyone; however a dedicated photo person is cool!

All staffers: PLEASE have your camera/smartphone ready and take pictures, anywhere, everywhere!

• You may need a car for transportation to a venue or activity area.

• A personal cell phone is handy for inter-Jamboree Team communications.

Everyone at the Jamboree needs to have a REGISTRATION BADGE! Please REGISTER online (advance sale lower price) - then complete this Volunteer Form.

Sign up and let us know YOU can assist with managing support services and providing guidance and information. Tee shirt sales. tickets. Directions. Etc. We really appreciate your consideration and sensible service! Thanks!

“Merch” Available for Sale —

In-stock: Buy now (reserve at registration) or buy on-site!

• Jamboree TEE Shirt! $20

• 15-oz. White Ceramic Coffee/Tea Mugs (dual logo) - $15

Also available:

• Beverage Koozies w/ logo!

Select the set of images above to enter the folder of ALL assets for 2023!

• Logos & banners

• Flyers / Poster

• Press Release for barbershoppers/chapter/chorus use.

• Press release for the community & media outlets!

SELECT the business name text link below! > > >

• Hermit Woods Winery & Eatery

• Ben & Jerry’s ICE CREAM

• Mills Falls Marketplace & Resort

• The Galleries at 30 Main

• 48 Main Cafe & Creperie

• KARLINS Wine & Cheese Provisions

DID YOU KNOW?

16b. Meredith’s History & Highlights - 1: “Archie Park”

A human-size statue of the redheaded, freckle-faced cartoon character Archie was unveiled in Meredith on August 9, 2018. Meredith was the hometown of illustrator Bob Montana, who drew the first Archie comic strip in 1942, and who continued cranking out Archie, Betty, Veronica, and Jughead until he died cross-country skiing in 1975.

The Archie statue sits in a bench, with room for visitors, looking across the street toward the workshop where Bob drew Archie comics.

Montana modeled various Archie characters on people he knew in Meredith, and he was known for taking children for rides in his 1923 Model T, the same car that Archie drove in his early comics. Montana passed away before he could realize his dream of turning Meredith into an art colony, but he did succeed in having the town's parking meters removed.

America's typical teenager was immortalized in bronze by Belarusian sculptor Valery Mahuchy.

SEE IT! Downtown, on the west side of Main St, in tiny Community Park. South of the white wooden church and north of the red brick church.

17b. Lakes Region Chamber - Accommodations Page 2023 > > > HERE!

Note: Drive 20-25 minutes north to Plymouth for hotels - Quality Inn, Best Western, Fairfield Inn, etc.

It was a GREAT weekend!

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