|
These precious little girls are the reason this newsletter is being a combined Feb/March effort. Adalyn Sue and Madison Louise Hamby were born Jan. 22 to Katie and Ron Hamby. Katie is the daughter of member Terry Nanninga. At eight days of age both girls were hospitalized with RSV in Wichita. Addie had three holes in her heart and Maddie one, After 2 weeks in Wichita, Addie and her mother were life-flighted to Children’s Mercy in Kansas City. Addie was needing more attention and possible heart surgery. But Addie PDA was healed and she did not require surgery for that. They are still watching the other holes in her heart. She has another heart echo this month. They were in hospitals for 28 and 29 days. Terry and I spent most of the month of February either in Wichita or Kansas City with Katie as she had no transportation there. They are home now and doing fine. Gaining weight and wanting to be held almost all the time. Many of you knew about this scary time and offered prayer on their behalf. We thank you for this. These little girls getting here are truly a miracle and are still here because of more miracles, we all believe that the prayers made the difference. |
|
Elijah Hamby is very glad to have his baby twin sisters home. Addie Sue, Elijah and Maddie Lu |
|
Double Delight |
|
Having grown up in a musical family I was exposed to vocal music at an early age. My mother played the piano, which unfortunately I never mastered, and everyone in the family but dad sang in church choir. Unfortunately, the small schools I attended during my elementary through my Junior year in high school did not have an instrumental music program so I never learned to play an instrument. My dad refused to sing in public but I vividly remember him singing as he went about the milking and other chores around the farm. We both learned that the cows never complained when we sang to them in the milking barn and we also learned that the tractor was a good platform for singing where no one could hear us. As a result of the family’s love for music, I started taking voice lessons during my high school years and continued with lessons throughout my undergraduate college years. Because I grew up in a small community, I was asked to sing solos in church quite frequently. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to sing in a select A capella choir during my four years in college and as a result, sang in the annual Messiah Festival at Bethany College in Lindsborg, KS. An annual two week choir tour provided the opportunity to sing with the choir in churches and auditoriums across the United States. Unfortunately, I did not have the opportunity to sing much during the first ten years of my working career, but when I came back home in the early seventies to take over the family farm, my father in law, Tom Hart, exposed me to Barbershop singing. Upon hearing, and eventually creating the ringing of a chord, I was hooked. I found that no matter how stressed out I was from work or other life challenges, ten minutes of quartet or chorus singing removed that stress. From 1972 through today, Barbershop Singing has been an important part of my life whether it be performing with a quartet or a chorus or performing administrative duties at the local, district and society level. Barbershoppers from around the world have proven to be great friends and great people. I have been blessed with the support of my wife and family in this hobby and have been very fortunate to have the opportunity to share the joy of all kinds of music. I am very grateful to all of the Barbershoppers who have brightened my life by giving me the opportunity to “ring a chord.” |
|
Meet member |
|
I would like to apologize to the TAM and any other quartet whose picture I did not have to include in this newsletter. |
|
Feb/March 2006 InCider Press Page 9 |
