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Page 4 InCider Press March 2007 |
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Are you ready for the show? At the time I am writing this for the March Incider it seems that ShowTime is along time away. But as we all know it seems to come upon us faster each year. Many members have put in a lot of time already to prepare for this years show. We need to remember that this is a work of love for Don and thank him for doing the work that it takes to prepare for each years show. Have you done your part to prepare for the show? Learning the music is a good start and I know that I need to work on a few weak spots that I have. Do you spend some time thinking thru the moves that we need to make on stage to make the songs come alive? We can all do this if we listen at rehearsals and practice on our own just a bit each week. What does it take to make each show better than last years? Hey we have a great plan for making this the best we have ever done. But to make this years show a real success we need to have people see our show. Each one of us has a few friends that we have never asked to buy tickets or advertise their business in the show program. Hey guys don't you like the feeling when your friends tell you after the show how they enjoyed our performance? They can't do this if you don't ask them to come. Each year I remember someone after the show that I should have sold a ticket too. We enjoy putting on the stage the best show we can do so let's fill McCain with our friends and families for this years show. Terry Nanninga Lead ♪ |
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Getting ready for the show is more than learning your music. |
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Music has always been a part of my life as far back as I can remember. I grew up listening to classical music and operas too. My father was a member of his church choir from age 10 until he was shipped out to war. My grandfather was a member of the local Masonic Lodge and often sang barbershop style music until he retired in his 60’s. I often would hear the music when I visited him in my youth. Now about me, I was born in Long Island, New York. I was in chorus at school and also sang in the church choir from age ten to 21. I sang tenor at all church related functions. From there I went to trade school for construction and received my carpentry license. I worked for a construction company until the construction fall in New York. I then opened my own business cleaning up construction sites. Then in 1980 I moved on to a house cleaning service. I worked doing that until 1989. A brother of my business partner, who was stationed at Fort Riley, invited us out to Kansas for some fishing and hunting. Once here I fell in love with Kansas and the people. They were wonderful. I decided to move my family and business here and got a contract on Fort Riley with housing and maintenance. When that was finished, I went back to construction and have been doing that since. A friend of mine, Tom Fish, mentioned that he was a member of a barbershop chorus in Manhattan. He invited me to an open house and I fell in love with the music that I haven’t heard in many years. The rest is history and I’m looking forward to enjoying many more years of singing, meeting new friends and giving my best for the chapter. God bless you all. Fred Wachsmuth Lead |
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New Member Fred Wachsmuth |
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Tom Fish pins a membership pin on Fred Wachsmuth, his first man of note. Photo by Terry Nanninga |
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Eensy Weensy Leprechaun |
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Since I did not have many articles this time, you get silly little Irish jokes and a song sung to the tune of Eensy Weensy Spider. Enjoy. |