May 2012 Newsletter - North Georgia Barbershop Singers

North Georgia
Barbershop Singers
May
2012
Vol 5
No. 5
Picture provided by Kelly Starling
Lake Lanier Georgia Chapter SPEBSQSA INC
editor:/
publisher
Jack Martin
770-888-4353
Meets every Tuesday Evening at 7:00 PM, Christ the King, Lutheran Church
1125 Bettis-Tribble Gap Road, Cumming GA, 30040
Dan Sullivan President, Tel 770-377-1294
Luke Lindsay Music Dir. Tel 865-438-4770
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TIME FLIES WHEN YOU’RE HAVING FUN
By Dan Sullivan, Pres.
an, how the time is
moving on!! It really
seems like this year has just
begun, but four months have already
passed. It has been a real exciting four
months. We have added four new members
to our chorus and that is an average of
one member per month. Just keep inviting
your friends and neighbors to come and
enjoy all the excitement within the North
Georgia Barbershop Singers chorus. I was
thinking as I sat down to write this article
for the bulletin, of how fast this year was
going by and I remembered what my folks
used to say. “Time flies when you’re having
fun.” And I truly believe that we are
having fun.
New music was handed out after the
show at the Cumming Playhouse the first of
March. Our chorus is well on the way to
having three of the four songs down. We
are getting closer every week. But it is not
just what we are doing each Tuesday night
at rehearsal, but what we are doing on our
own at home through the week. As Luke
has said, just keep putting that effort out
there and the results will be rewarding both
to you and to the chorus. Our next performance
will be on May 25 th at the Memorial
Day activities at the City of Cumming.
Usually there are between 500 and 700
people who attend this Veteran’s memorial
recognition and this will be a great opportunity
for our chorus to let the people of Forsyth
County know who we are and what we
stand for. It is even more important that
we can be a part of these memorial activities
so we can show our appreciation to all
the veterans who have made it possible for
each one of us to live (continued page 2)
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What’s in this issue
Dan Sullivan Page 1
A Musical Definition of Fun Page 2
Remember the Poppy Page 3
Turn, Turn,Turn, * Page 4
Ring That Seventh Page 4
Board Meeting Minutes Page 5
On Par With Bittersweet Page 6
Keeping Aware Page 6
Editors Choice Page 7
Cheers, Program Time Page 7
Sweet Tea Page 8
A Foot Shorter Page 8
Measuring Progress Page 8
Pun-ography Page 9
Christmas Performance Page 9
Dine Around Page 10
Language Challenge Page 10
Chapter Officers Page 11
Coming Events Page 11
Birthdays’s Page 11
Calendar Page 12
Lads of Lanier Page 12
* Please give special attention to, Turn,
Turn, Turn article on page 4
(Time Flies, from page 1.)
Our Director Speaks
A Musical Definition of Fun…
Submitted by Luke Lindsay
F
or me, it is singing well with unlimited
energy, and giving 100% to the
rehearsal, and ultimately to our audiences.
We must challenge ourselves each week to
bring 100% to our rehearsal. I need to make the rehearsals
challenging and worthwhile, and at the
same time, FUN.
It takes a tremendous amount of energy to rehearse,
if it is done correctly. You must come with a
mindset that includes self discipline, respect for the
other singers, and FOCUS. Not easy, but can be
done!
Our Program VP brings a well rounded program
to the floor each week. This will keep the
NGBS well grounded in the Barber Shop art form,
and will provide our members a great evening of
Barber Shop style singing. When we are in
“rehearsal” mode, let’s do it right!.
I challenge you to learn how to rehearse correctly…it
will pay big dividends for future audiences.
You give a lot of time to this hobby…MIGHT
AS WELL BE FUN AND REWARDING!
in a country as great as the United States of America.
Remember, we had a good laugh at one of our
meetings about this, but if you are a veteran and can
still get into your uniform, think about wearing it
when we perform for them. But, if you can’t, you
might just wear your military hat or some other part of
your military uniform. I think if would be great for
this activity.
Just keep moving forward. The quality of our
singing is improving more and more every week. We
want to keep going forward. We have had our first
show committee meeting and as we move forward
with the planning of our fall show, we will be asking
several of our chorus members to take an active part in
the preparations necessary to make our fall show a
success. When asked, please accept and be a part of
the team. Continue to keep up the good work each
and everyone of you are doing!!!
Please be aware that Luke will not be with us
on May 8 & 15. Rich Pilch will be leading us
musically. Luke has left us with these words.:
I expect you to be better performers than you
were when I last say you!
I interpret that as being in the performance
mode on the songs we have been rehearsing
and ready to rehearse “ It’s a good
day”. I might add that this music is nicely
demonstrated by the “Boston Common” on
one of their quartet CDs
At a short interim BOD meeting of the BOD
on the evenings of April 3 and May 2, the BOD voted
to approve the BHS membership applications of Rick
Filson and Gene Seidule, and Jake Ivey.
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Remember
the Poppy
by Jack Martin
Lads Of Lanier in Evacuation of High School
D
uring our first presentation of barbershop
harmony to the choir classes of Sequoyah
High School, in Canton, (see article on page 11)
there came an announcement over the public address
system to evacuate the building. “No, it
wasn't because of our singing.” (the jury is still
out on this) It was only a random test of the
school security processes but it did put a crimp in
to our schedule. It did allow us to meet the principal,
Elliott Berman and some of the staff members.
During our ejection from the building we made an
impromptu performance to several ladies in the
special needs staff and their students that was well
received.
Who says older people are inflexible We
are learning new tricks every day.
The Floradora Girls
by Carole Prietto, St. Louis Harmony
The Floradora Girls were the first quartet to
perform in public using the name "Sweet
Adelines". The date of that first performance
was September 18, 1945. The Floradora
Girls were featured in SAI's first official
logo and are still featured in the medals
worn by SAI's international quartet champions.
Source: SAI 50th anniversary commemorative
album, p. 2-3, and SAI quartet champion,
Donna Kleinschmidt, of Weekend Edition.
I remember as a
youngster how I
would pass out
the red poppies
on memorial day
in soliciting
donations in recognition of our veterans.
Until I became a older, I guess I didn’t
really fathom the significance of it all. I
now take great pride in being a veteran, but
that is not the end of my pride! Listen up!
The greatest honor that we of the
North Georgia Barbershop singers have had
bestowed on us is being invited to perform
the National Anthem at the Forsyth County.
GA Veterans Memorial Service on the 25th
of May, 2012, celebrating memorial day.
For me it’s like reaching the pinnacle
of my barbershop career. Yes, it is quite
exciting to realize that a group that I
founded 4 years ago has been recognized
by the City and County that we live in and
asked to perform at such a significant
event. Many of our group are veterans and
this makes it even more important!
Yes, the founding of the North Georgia
Barbershop Singers is significant, but
the development and growth of the group,
through great musical leadership and membership
commitment deserves the full
recognition for where we are today.
You may have noticed, I am
delighted, excited and proud to be a member
of the North Georgia Barbershop Singers,
located in Cumming GA and Forsyth
County GA.
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Turn, Turn, Turn
Submitted by Tom Riggle
R
emember the song by this title The
song was adapted almost entirely
from the Book of Ecclesiastes (3:1) in the
Bible and put to music by Pete Seeger in
1959. The American folk rock band The
Byrds, covered the song and it became a
number 1 hit for them in 1965. Their version
easily holds the record for a number 1 Ecclesiastes h i t
with the oldest lyrics!
The song came to mind recently because it’s central theme is
about time. A time for this, and a time for that, giving several examples:
“A time to rend and a time to sew; a time to keep silence and a
time to speak,” etc. This passage would seem to apply to our chorus
rehearsals in more ways than one – think about it.
Speaking of time (and finally to my point) we have all seen
the fast paced method of our director in managing his allotted time
before us. We all need to stay “in the presents” to keep up with
what is going on. Notice that when it’s his time, he is standing in
front, ready to get on with it. On the other end, when his time is up,
he ends what he is doing – to the minute. Last week he had an
aggressive schedule ending with work on “The Band Played On” but
we didn’t get there because we ran out of time in that segment of
rehearsal. I don’t know how you are doing with that one but I need
all the help I can get. I bet you do too but we didn’t get it. Luke is
certainly trying but we don’t seem to be in the same mind set when
comes to starting on time.
The quartet I am in meets early on rehearsal night to work on
quartet music, as do some others. Last week, we decided that we
must end our quartet work at 6:45 so we can pick up our things and
get into the chorus rehearsal area, standing in front of our assigned
chairs, quiet and ready to sing The Old Songs at 7:00 PM. Our Program
VP will be there and ready to roll so we need to do the same.
The other time we are losing time is after break and not being
back in position at the time requested. Again, I know Luke will
be standing there ready to move on. Invariably, some guys are still
talking or still in the bathroom or both. A 10-minute break is just
enough to go to the restroom, get a drink of water and get back in
position to sing again. There is not enough time to conduct business
or engage in a back and forth (or some times a one way) conversations
and still be on time. I know, I have tried to take care of some
chapter business during breaks and then found that I don’t have time
to take care of my personal needs – and I hate that when it happens.
I enjoy interacting with you all but from 7:00 to 9:30 on Tuesday,
let’s keep it to one sentence each way and save me the pain – or embarrassment!
It’s the respectful thing to do.
Keep the Whole World Singing.
Ring That Seventh
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Submitted by Jerry Frank
few months ago I shared my
insight as to the presence of
sum and difference frequencies in
barbershop harmony. Together we
explored the A major chord, creating
it from the concept that a chord
of four notes should relate to fixed
differences in order to create the
expanded sound effect. We created
the barbershop variation of the A
Major chord with a fixed difference
of 220 Hertz.
A = 440 Hertz
E = 660 Hertz
A =880 Hertz
C# = 1100 Hertz ( which is the
sum of A plus E )
We found the A Major
chord so let's look at it more
closely. In identifying chords, it is
common to move all the notes into
the same octave. If we drop the C#
we would have:
A = 440 Hertz ( no surprise)
C# = 550 Hertz (the barbershop
note)
E = 660 Hertz.
Note that this progression
shows a difference of 110 Hertz.
The next logical note of the progression
would then be 770 Hertz.
Looking back at our boxes of notes
that are standardized on their center
frequencies, we find that 770
Hz falls nicely into the G box. The
tempered scale of 783.9 Hz for G
would have to be flatted nearly 14
Hz. That may seem to be a lot but
remember that our note boxes are
almost 6% wide so a deviation of
14 Hz being less than 1.8% makes
it fit nicely in our G box. Well
looky here, we just figured out
how to ring an A Major seventh
chord: A, C#, E, G.
This article should give reason
for asking Jerry some questions,
if you do not understand! Lets
expand our knowledge!
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Board of Directors
Meeting
April 16, 2012
his meeting was at Christ the King Lutheran
Church in Cumming, GA and was called to order
at 7:04 PM by President Dan Sullivan with the singing
of “The Old Songs.”
BOD Members Attending: Dan Sullivan, Andy
Doetsch, Sam Frankhouser, AJ Puckett, Chet Burdick
Tom Riggle, Rich Pilch and Ivan Cottrell. These
members did constitute a quorum to do business.
Absent : Bob Hitch, Dick Rockwell and Jack Martin.
Officer Reports:
Secretary : The minutes of the meeting of 3/26, 2012
were distributed to the BOD prior to the meeting and
were accepted.
Treasurer : The financial reports were distributed prior
to the meeting and reviewed by the Treasurer. The
report was received and filed for audit. Chet said we
might need to start asking our members to pay annual
chapter dues in order to meet expenses. The Secretary
will inquire of BHS what the process would be if we
decided that we need chapter dues. Chet filed with the
State for our annual corporation registration. Sam made
a motion that the Treasurer’s report not be reflected in
the minutes published in the chapter newsletter. That
motion was passed.
Chapter Development : Sam reported that we have 32
members with Jake Ivey as our newest member. Also,
we have two men who have applied for membership
and whose applications were sent to BHS April 4.
Those are Rick Filson and Gene Seidule. We have
three recent guests in Fred Young, Randy Wilbur and
Marty Kirby.
Program VP : Andy discussed his intentions with the
rehearsal structure and balance. We have lots of new
music to learn as well as a need to keep the Pole Cat
program active for new members and old alike.
Assistant Music Director : Rich expressed that he is
OK with his role with the new music right now. He
also agreed that we should keep the Pole Cat program
active for new members to qualify and encourage that
part of our development activities. Quartet and Octet
singing can be used to that end. We need to keep some
of the old tunes tuned up so they can be used in performances
as needed.
He said the May 25 community performance
will consist of four songs starting with Hi Neighbor and
Hello Mary Lou. Then there will be some ceremony
following which will sing Star Spangled Banner and
God Bless America.
Public Relations and Marketing : AJ Puckett is working
on an article to submit to The Town Crier for our chapter.
Also that there is an article about the event at
Bowen Arts Center in Dawsonville on March 24 and
sent out to two newspapers that mention the NGBS
performance.
There was a discussion about using Facebook
to our advantage for promotion. AJ will check with
Duane Hunter to see what he has done in that regard
and try to expand on that.
Old Business :
President Dan Sullivan reported on the status
of his discussions with South Forsyth High School
regarding using their PAC for our Fall Show. The
Assistant Principal there has said yes to either October
13 or October 20. However, he is unable to commit for
sure. There is a change underway in the Principal of
the school with the new Principal to be there June 1.
That puts us in a bind in being able to plan the show
and contract for guest performers. The consensus was
that we need to do a show to gain revenue with which
to pay our director. Members were asked for alternative
venue suggestions.
Dan said that he and Chet have prepared a letter
of intent as part of the process to apply for three
grants from the Forsyth County Arts Alliance: 1. Risers
and backs. 2. Uniforms. 3. Show.
New Business :
President Sullivan : Our low priority for space
for rehearsals at Christ the King Lutheran Church is
becoming more of a problem. When displaced from
the Fellowship Hall, the pews in the Sanctuary are not
conducive to effective rehearsals. A discussion ensued
regarding possible alternative places to rehearse.
AJ Puckett made a motion that the president appoint a
committee to explore the options for an alternative rehearsal
location. That motion passed and President
Dan appointed Chet Burdick, Rick Pilch and himself to
the search committee.
Treasurer Chet Burdick presented a draft of a
budget with trial numbers for the BOD to consider.
However, it would result in a loss in equity. Some
ideas were floated on both expenses and revenue with
the agreed objective to have a balanced budget as a
minimum for 2012. Chet said he would present a new
balance budget proposal at the next meeting
We had a secret ballot for Barbershopper of the
Month, the results of which will be revealed at a future
chapter meting. The meeting was then adjourned at
9:15 PM as we sang a splendid rendition of “Keep the
Whole World Singing.”
Tom Riggle
Secretary
NGBS
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On Par With Bittersweet
H
ey guys, Most of you
were at the meeting
when President Dan read the
contents of my resignation
letter addressed to him and
several BOD members. Since
that time I have received
many very kind letters and well wishes for the
future. These letters included one from Jack
Martin and he asked me if I’d be willing to write
something for the bulletin. Sooooo, here goes.
Life is full of choices and sometimes the
choices are not the ones we want to make but the
ones we have to make no matter how difficult, and
believe me, this one has been heart wrenching.
I have had a wonderful time these last four
years and the best part is having been able to use
my God given talent to make music with YOU,
my Brothers in harmony. I’ve also had the
satisfaction of seeing a fledgling small group of
singers grow in numbers and musicality to become
a seasoned, self-sustaining, respected chapter of
the Barbershop Harmony Society. You are an
outstanding group of men and I consider myself
fortunate to have been associated with and in
service with each of you. I thank you for your
confidence, cooperation and support as we served
and sang together.
Directors Jack Martin, Rich Pilch and
Steve Dorn have offered each man a Barbershop
singing education that serves well as the foundation
for the craft. In January, Luke Lindsay took
over the directing baton and if the last four months
are any indicator, NGBS is truly on its way to
doing great things with the best being yet to come.
Tuesday nights are bittersweet for me and I
often think about what you are probably doing.
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t miss being there but
then I’m reminded of the reasons I had to make my
decision.
To each of you I wish all the best, with
the hope that the chorus continues to grow and
flourish and that each of you continues to enjoy
all that barbershop singing has to offer.
In Harmony,
Dick Rockwell
Keeping Aware of What is
Going on at
Dixie District Level
Submitted by Steve Dorn
H
ey NGBSers. If you would like to receive
communications from the Dixie District,
please send an email to (DIX-Dist-Memberssubscribe@yahoogroups.com).
If you need any
help, please reach out to me Steve Dorn or Don
Lang below.
All Dixie District members SHOULD be
on the DIX-Dist-Members yahoo group. T h e n
they will receive the Rebel Rouser, Town Crier,
and other important info. You can "subscribe"
to this group by simply sending a message to -
DIX-Dist-Members-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
I f y o u w a n t h e l p , c o n t a c t
DonL555@yahoogroups.com.
Don Lang
Picture lifted from the Voice of Rushmore
I
f you look at the picture long
enough you will hear an
overtone! Much can be said about
opening your mouth and singing tall.
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Editors Choice
By Jack Martin
ill Myers is a long time friend , who I recently
spent 4 days with at the BQPA Quartet Festival in
Tempe AZ. I send him a copy of our bulletin every
month. Bill jokingly made comment to me, that he
finally got a bulletin that didn’t have my picture in it.
Bill is a heck of a good guy so I thought I would soothe
his feathers by featuring him in this months bulletin.
Many of you will recognize Bill as the guy that
demonstrated the pictures of the mouth shapes we
should use while singing. For some reason our BHS
does not think this is important any more. At least they
do not promote it as in years past. Bill also worked for
the Society in Kenosha, for several years in the 80’s
time frame
My first meeting with Bill, I think was in
1976. Bill was singing bass with the “Citations”
Quartet and my chapter featured his quartet on our annual,
1976, Florissant, MO show. The quartet was
international competitors at the time. During the past
36 years Bill and I have shared fellowship on many
occasions to include the 1998 international contest &
convention where his quartet, “Revival” won the gold
in Atlanta. Bill also has received several chorus gold
medals singing with the Thoroughbreds Chorus in
earlier years.
Bill has attended the
BQPA Quartet Festivals for
several years in both Chicago and
Tempe. He is a great person to
have as a friend! Wanna have
some great fun Attend the next
BQPA Quartet Festival, and sing
with Bill!
Cheers! ……. It’s Program Time
By Andy Doetsch
A
s the relatively new Program VP for the
NGBS, I have tried to mix it up a little at our
chapter meetings! Adding new activities provides
variety, interest, and fun at chapter meetings.
We usually start off our "quartet
time" (right after the break) with a couple of
barberpole cat songs. We are promoting these to
help new chorus members get qualified on the 12
pole cat songs. Some other activities during this
time in our program have included "count-off"
where each section would count off. Then, we'd
sing a polecat song and only the number or numbers
I call would sing (makes members pay attention).
Another great activity is woodshedding on a
familiar song (i.e. "I've Been Working on the Railroad").
We have developed a "Tag Team" who
learns a tag before the chapter meeting, demos it
during our "Quartet time", and then each member
of the "Tag Team" quickly teaches their part to the
respective section of the chorus with a final
"choral performance" putting all parts together.
These activities seem to really be a hit! They are a
lot of fun and promote "ear-training" as well.
This is a great time in our program for
quartets, both new and more established (I will not
use the word "old" here), to get up in front and
sing...what better way is there to rehearse
than singing in front of fellow barbershoppers!
It has been my pleasure to have been asked
to be the Program VP for this outstanding chorus
and I look forward to great things in the near
future! Cheers, Andy Doetsch Program VP.
Dapper Dan of Disney World:. Danny, Chad, Paul, Roger
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SWEET TEA IN
CHURCH
By Tom Riggle
T he fledgling
Sweet Tea
Quartet did a
bunch of Singing
Valentines around
Hall County in
February, plus a
30-minute evening
session for about 40 people in John’s Creek (not
really in the creek.) We did three songs during the
NGBS performance at the Cumming Playhouse on
March 3. Then we sang a song at the AVP Multi
Chapter gathering on March 19 for about 150 Atlanta
area barbershoppers. We also did two songs
at the Bowen Arts Center in Dawsonville on
March 24 along with the NGBS chorus.
These were all fun things to do. However,
on March 29, Sweet Tea did their first real gig for
an outside group. We were to meet at the Baptist
church in Cumming at 11:30 AM. Do you know
how many Baptist church’s there are in Cumming
We were a bit tardy in meeting our self-imposed
time line at Cumming Baptist Church but were met
by a cordial Betty Gravitt at the back door entrance
to their meeting place. Ms. Gravitt was the coordinator
of a large Senior Group Luncheon at the
church. We still had a good 45 minutes for Malcolm
to get dressed, warm up and run through
most our planned agenda.
We met Rev. Mark Wood who is the
Associate Pastor of Music at Cumming Baptist.
He is also the sound-man and had set up a sound
system for us. Our own Bass/sound-man, Terry
Gillim, took one look at the cement block room
and declared the amplification to be unnecessary,
even for such a large group. I couldn’t even count
the number of seniors there. Or, rather, didn’t
bother to try. But, Terry was right, the room was
live and our sounds filled the room.
We enjoyed ourselves and the audience
seemed to be genuinely appreciative, several singing
along with us, including the Rev. Wood. So
they offered us dessert, which we gladly accepted
along with some sweet tea. We left feeling good
about our first time.
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A Foot Shorter
By Jerry Frank
ctually I should say a shorter foot. Tom has
been plagued with a hammer toe problem that
just wouldn't improve and was becoming increasing
difficult to ignore. Tuesday, April 3, 2012 was the
day that his surgeon trimmed the ends off the bones
of number two and three toes of his right foot which
should make his shoes much more comfortable after
the healing process is completed.
Tom breezed through the surgery and found
that he only needed one pain pill to make it through
the first day and night after his event. I wouldn't be
surprised if Tom became the poster child for foot
repair services. Judy his wife, says that he has been
a model patient and pleasantly tolerable during his
recovery so far. Tom has not taken advantage of
this "condition" and has not required much extra
attention.
Although I personally consider that
his inability to elicit some extra pity as a poor
example to the wives of those of us who thrive
upon it, I have to admire his attitude. Get well soon,
Tom. The Lads of Lanier just doesn't sound the
same without it's anchor Bass.
A sure way to find out how
well you are progressing is to
sing one of your chorus repertoire
in a pick-up quartet for
your chapter members.
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Pun-ography
Lifted from St Louis Suburban. By Lines,
Dick Kury, editor
dropped out of communism class because
of lousy Marx.
All the toilets in New York's police stations
have been stolen. Police have nothing
to go on.
I got a job at a bakery because I kneaded
dough.
Haunted French pancakes give me the
crepes.
Velcro - what a rip-off !
Cartoonist found dead in home. Details are
sketchy.
Venison for dinner Oh deer!
Earthquake in Washington obviously the
government's fault.
I used to think I was indecisive, but now
I'm not so sure.
Be kind to your dentist. He has fillings, too.
I did a theatrical performance about puns.
It was a play on words.
I do not enjoy computer jokes. Not one
bit.
I changed my iPod name to Titanic. It's
syncing now.
When chemists die, they barium.
Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.
A soldier who survived mustard gas and
pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.
I know a guy who's addicted to brake
fluid. He says he can stop any time.
How does Moses make his tea Hebrews
it.
I stayed up all night to see where the sun
went. Then it dawned on me.
This girl said she recognized me from the
vegetarian club, but I'd never met herbivore.
I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I
can't put it down.
They told me I had type A blood, but it
was a Type-O.
A dyslexic man walks into a bra.
PMS jokes aren't funny, period.
Why were the Indians here first They had
reservations.
Class trip to the Coca-Cola factory. I hope
there's no pop quiz.
Energizer battery arrested. Charged with
battery.
I didn't like my beard at first. Then it grew on
me.
How do you make holy water Boil the hell
out of it!
Did you hear about the cross eyed teacher
who lost her job because she couldn't control
her pupils
When you get a bladder infection, urine
trouble.
What does a clock do when it's hungry It
goes back four seconds.
I wondered why the baseball was getting
bigger. Then it hit me !
Broken pencils are pointless.
I tried to catch some fog. I mist.
What do you call a dinosaur with extensive
vocabulary A thesaurus.
England has no kidney bank, but it does have
a Liverpool.
I used to be a banker, but then I lost interest.
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Cumming Playhouse Christmas
Performance by Jack Martin
ey guys, We of the show/music committee
discussed the Dec 11th Christmas Performance
at the Cumming Playhouse on April 30. I have submitted
the plan for our Christmas Performance to the
Board of Directors for their approval. Upon approval,
this means we have to get serious about this
performance and begin working on it.
Yes it will be a challenge, but a worth while
endeavor. The contents is something that will be well
received by the Cumming/Forsyth County area, and
will be a real enjoyment for our Chorus and quartets
for many years in the future.
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Roswell Firehouse
Harmony Brigade,
Dine Around
W
hat a good time was had
at the North Point Dinner
on Sunday evening, 29 April.
The Roswell chapter
schedules a gathering of all the local Barbershop
Singers at a popular eating place about every quarter
where we all can share fellowship and song
This also gives reason to take your best girl out to
eat and enjoy visiting with wives. Nancy, myself
and Jerry Frank attended from the Lake Lanier GA
chapter. There was 30 in attendance and a good
time was had by all. The food was good and the
camaraderie was second to none.
Chuck Pettis lead the group in some gang
singing which is always fun and there were several
quartets that performed for every ones listening
pleasure. There was representation from the AVP.
The Big Chicken, and the NGBS as well as the
Roswell chapter in attendance. A few guys stayed
late to do some tagging!
A big thank you goes out to the Firehouse
Harmony Brigade for a fun evening. editor
Language Can Be A Challenge
Lifted for Concho Capers, Paul White editor
For those of you visiting Texas, below are
some terms that you may have to contend
with:
Ahm Contraction of “I” and “am
Binness A company, personal concern
Fixinta Getting ready to do something
Hair yew A common greeting, locally
Idjit Someone who’s a lousy
singer, i.e. not too bright
Jeet A question of dining timing
Putnear Almost
Sketty Something on the menu
served with meatballs in an
Italian restaurant
Tard Sleepy
And the most used: Y’all , A friendly
greeting to a group
Here’s an example of what you might run
into:
“Hi y’all! Hair yew Not my binness, but
did y’all hear that idjit singin’ yestiddy
Shy on melody, but strong on noise.”
“Jeet yet Ahm fixinta go get some sketty.
After that, ahm putnear tard.” :-)
Oh God
Picture taken at recent
Dixie contest!
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Lake Lanier Chapter Board
of Directors and Appointees
President
Membership VP
Secretary
Treasury
Music & Perf VP
Program VP
PR & Publicity
Member at Large
Member at Large
Im Past Pres
Officers
Dan Sullivan
Sam Frankhouser
Tom Riggle
Chet Burdick
Bob Hitch
Andy Doetsch
A J Puckett
Jack Martin
Ivan Cottrell
Dick Rockwell
Appointee
Musical Director Luke Lindsay
Asst Music Dir Rich Pilch
Consultant to Music
Dir on Music issues Jack Martin
Bulletin Editor Jack Martin
Webmaster
Malcolm Causey
Music Librarian Terry Gillim
Social Director Andy Doetsch
Chorus Manager Jerry Frank
Historian
Bob Biccum
Uniform Chairman Bill Liles
50/50 Dude Chet Burdick
Section Leaders
Tenor
Bob Hitch
Lead
Tom Riggle
Bari
Sam Frankhouser
Bass
Chuck Berny
Thanks to Those
Who Have
Contributed to the
Bulletin
Dan Sullivan
Luke Lindsay
Jack Martin
Tom Riggle
Dick Rockwell
Steve Dorn
Jerry Frank
Andy Doetsch
Coming
Events
May 25 , 2012. Performance for
the Forsyth County Memorial Day
Service. Veterans memorial near the
Forsyth County Fair Grounds on
Veterans Drive.
,
July !-8 2012. BHS International
Contest & Convention, Portland
OR.
July, 20-21, 2012. Dixie Lakeside
Harmony Weekend, University of
AL Campus, Huntsville, AL
July 29-Aug 5. Harmony
University, St Joseph MO.
September 28-29, Dixie District
Contest and Convention. Tunica MI
October 2012, NGBS annual
show at Forsyth HS, South. Efforts
are being made to secure “ Lunch
Break” for our featured entertainment.
Dec 11, 2012 Tuesday evening,
NGBS Christmas show scheduled at
the Cumming Playhouse
County Liaison Rep
Dawson County Dick Rockwell
Forsyth County Duane Hunter
Hall County
Tom Riggle
Lumpkin County Tom Eck
White County
Sam Frankhouser
May Birthdays
3 May
Chuck Berny
Bob, tenor Jerry, lead
Tom, bass Duane, Bari
North Georgia Barbershop Singers
Rich. Tenor Tom, Lead
Terry, Bass Malcolm
North Georgia Barbershop Singers
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May 2012
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1 2 3 4 5
Chapter Mtg
Thursday
Lunch
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Bunch
Eppolitos
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Italian
Restruraunt
20 21 22 23 24 25 Memorial
In Roswell Day Performance
For Forsyth Cty
Come
27 28 29 30 31 1 2
Enjoy!
—
Holcomb
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Bridge at
Chapter Mtg
Eves
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P
Sequoyah High School Hosts the
Lads Of Lanier
Submitted by Jerry Frank
rincipal Elliot Berman and Josh Markham,
Choir Director of Sequoyah High School invited
the "Lads Of Lanier" to demonstrate the barbershop
style of music to the choir classes. The
Lads of Lanier are a quartet from the Lake Lanier
Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society
(BHS). The BHS (formerly known as SPEB-
SQSA) is an international society of men who love
to sing and are dedicated to the preservation of this
truly American song style which presents the four
part harmony accented with seventh chords and the
expanded sound of reinforced harmonies. While a
few songs were shared with each of Director
Markhams classes, the most intense portion of the
style investigation was made for the men's choir
where the basics of the style were discussed as
well as illustrated. A "tag" which is a choice portion
of a song was taught and sung jointly with the
students learning the music along with the "Lads".
The class chorus sang to show their progress and a
High School quartet displayed their voices for the
enjoyment of all. The Lads of Lanier with Tom
Dorn as Bass; Duane Hunter as Baritone: Jerry
Frank as Lead and Bob Biccum as Tenor were
contacted through Jim Moore who represents the
Harmony Explosion Camp for young men singers
which will be in Huntsville, Alabama in July of
this year.
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