June 26, 2006 |
Volume 2006 Issue # 22 |
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COMING UP - ROB’S REQUIRED EVENTS* Thursday, June 29, 2006 Mondial Choral Loto-Québec Église Ste-Rose, In Concert Series, 19:30 – 22:00August 1,2 & 3, 2006 OutGames Choral Contest Details to follow ß CANCELLED Monday, September 11, 2006 Guest Night Église St-Sixte October 13-14, 2006 Fall Forward 2006 Church of St. Augustine, 176 Westcliffe, Pointe Claire October 27-29, 2006 60th District Convention and Contest Providence, RI ß NOTE DATE! December 2, 2006 Christmas Benefit Concert Église St-Sixte December 10, 2006 Performance at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Time to be confirmed December 16, 2006 CarolCade First and Last stops Gare Centrale 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 July 2-9, 2006 68th Annual Barbershop Harmony Society International Convention Indianapolis, INSaturday, September 30, 2006 Hanover, NH Chapter Show with Realtime Tickets on sale NOW! January 21-28, 2007 Mid Winter Convention Albuquerque, NM July 1-8, 2007 69th Annual Barbershop Harmony Society International Convention Denver, CO June 29-July 6, 2008 70th Annual Barbershop Harmony Society International Convention Nashville, TN June 28-July 5, 2009 71st Annual Barbershop Harmony Society International Convention Anaheim, CA June 27-July 4, 2010 72nd Annual Barbershop Harmony Society International Convention Philadelphia, PA July 3-July10, 2011 73rd Annual Barbershop Harmony Society International Convention Kansas City, MO |
Warning: Dates in Calendar are closer than they appear.
Mondial Choral, Thursday June 29.
Arrival time will be 6:00 PM. We may warm-up with the West Island Chorus, but we can be there and ready to go in any case. The church is at 219 Boulevard Ste-Rose, Ste-Rose, QC, and to get there take Autoroute 15 to the Ste-Rose blvd exit. It is about 2 km from there to the church. There is parking behind the church, and on the streets.
We will be performing second, after the West Island Chorus. There is also the afterglow at the Village
Last Wednesday we appeared for the second year on the main stage. This was another exciting opportunity for us to share barbershop with a "new" audience. Since we were on earlier in the evening, we didn’t get to sing for 90,000 plus people, but there were probably 25,000 plus again this year. We wanted to do it well, and we did!
Your chance to be the Editor.
The Editor will be away for the next two Mondays, and unless another intrepid reporter takes on the task of illuminating the lives of the Chapter Members, your inbox will not contain The Pitch.
I will be attending the International Convention in Indianapolis, IN and then spending a few days with relatives on the return trip.
Phillips’ Phearless Prognostications
Here are my fearless predictions for the top five quartets and choruses in this year’s contests. The top place in the chorus contest is relatively easy to call, since the Vocal Majority has not lost a contest in the past 28 years!
The quartet contest is not nearly as easy. MaxQ is going in as the favourite, and with good reason. They have been singing together for four years now, and are starting to get the ensemble sound that champions need. Individually, this is probably the most talented quartet, but we have heard Vocal Spectrum ourselves, and we know that they are spectacular!
So, here are my lists.
Quartet Top 5
I also predict the Men in Black will start their climb to the Gold, finishing in the Top 20 this year. This would be the first Top 20 finish by a NED quartet in many years.
Chorus Top 5
I think that there are unlikely to be many changes in the chorus contest. The top 5 going into the contest are likely to hold their positions.
The Alliance, Greater Central Ohio, JAD
The exciting thing is that there are three "small" choruses in my top 5 and the Westminster Chorus are all young guys, the oldest at 35 is their director, Royce Ferguson, Tenor of 1998 quartet champs, Revival.
Sign up today for the Webcast, and sign up to go to Denver next year so you can see the contests in person!
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This year it’s all available!
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Last week: |
Guests = 0 |
Returning = 1 |
Follow ups = 1 |
Andrew Mangal
paid us a return visit last Monday, and sat in as our recording engineer. Welcome back, Andrew!We have another guest night scheduled for September 11, and you can start now looking for guests to invite.
Talk to somebody about barbershop this week! Our target for members this year is for a 7 member NET INCREASE by the end of 2006.
OutGames appearance cancelled.
Since they wanted us to pay $75.00 per man to sing, Bert said, "No, thank you!" That was a good decision!
Here is our current repertoire list: [mp3] means that the mp3 file is on the Members' Only web site
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Beautiful Dreamer [mp3] |
Orange Coloured Sky [mp3] |
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Before The Parade Passes By [mp3] |
Overture [mp3] |
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Chances Are [mp3] |
Que reste-t-il de nos amours [mp3] |
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Exactly Like You [mp3] |
Sixteen Tons [mp3] |
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Give My Regards To Broadway [mp3] |
The Impossible Dream [mp3] |
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Hello [mp3] |
The Star Spangled Banner |
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Hello Mary Lou [mp3] |
Tonight [mp3] |
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It Don’t Mean A Thing [mp3] |
Witchcraft [mp3] |
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Keep The Whole World Singing [mp3] |
You’ll Never Walk Alone [mp3] |
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O Canada |
Hush-a-Bye Mountain [mp3] |
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Happy Go Lucky Lane [mp3] |
What Child is this/Child of the Poor [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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