February 28, 2005 |
Volume 2005 Issue # 7 |
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COMING UP - ROB'S REQUIRED EVENTS* April 8-10, 2005 Western Regional Convention Albany NY area (Location to be determined) 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 2, 2005 District Convention and Contest, Halifax, NS Early May 2006, Mountain Division Contest ß New 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 soon! 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 |
Nothing is impossible if you don't have to do it yourself.
Quartetting at 7:00PM, tonight!
There is no time like the present to try your hand at singing with three other guys in a quartet. We are going to start the Barber Pole Cat program again, and all members who are interested in learning, or helping to teach are welcome.
We are starting Monday, February 28 at 7:00 PM.
Show time in 13 weeks!
Our Show Chairman extraordinaire, Bert Brossoit has has started taking advance orders for show tickets
Bert provided a questionnaire to permit us to order tickets for the great show we will be having on Saturday, May 28, 2005. When the tickets are made available, let's get out there and sell them. It seems like we have lots of time, but it will fly by before we know 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!.
Beautiful Dreamer comes alive?
We spent about 35 or 40 minutes analysing
Beautiful Dreamer last Monday evening, and it was time well spent. We developed a plan that explains where we are, what we are seeing and what we are feeling. It was a collaborative effort, and we should be able to use the pan to get "in the mood" to sing this great song.|
Lyrics
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Analysis
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We like to sing 'em in Bb
The Harmonet provides lots of disagreements, but it also provides the occasional useful gem.
Bill Biffle, arranger, and formerly a Singing Judge was responding to a question about the range of the melody line of a song, and made this interesting contribution. I have edited his email, and added some additional information.
The whole issue of where the melody lies also brings up the "do to do" or "so to so" song thing. Most easily harmonisable songs are of the "so to so" ilk. That is, the melody's lowest and highest notes are - basically - the 5th of the tonic chord. Put another way, the keynote lies about in the middle of the melody's range. Our songs that are in Bb fit this mould and the voicings that this kind of melody suggests ring the most, too. Think "My Wild Irish Rose" and "Down Our Way".
Songs that have the lowest and highest melody notes on or about the root of the key chord ("do to do songs") are not as easy to harmonise to or to make ring. (Songs in male voicings that are in F or G are "do to do" songs.)
We sing better and like it best in Bb. Eb rings, of course, but it's not as warm and satisfying a key as our old favourite Bb is. The Barber Pole Cat Program has seven Bb songs.
Here is our current repertoire list: [mp3] means that the mp3 file is on the Members' Only web site
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Overture |
Witchcraft |
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Hello Mary Lou |
You'll Never Walk Alone |
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Que reste-t-il ? |
O Canada |
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Sixteen Tons |
The Star Spangled Banner |
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Orange Coloured Sky |
If I Loved You [mp3] |
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Old Black Magic |
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] |
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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 |