|
November 2007 InCider Press Page 3 |
|
I thought this contest was one of the better ones I have attended in a while. The competitions were of good quality, but even to the casual listener, I thought the winners of both the quartet and chorus contests were very obvious. What a treat is was to hear the new District Quartet winner. With proven winners on all parts, it will be fun to watch this quartet compete for a spot on the International Stage. And, it is always a treat to watch and listen to the Ambassadors of Harmony. What an inspiration they are to all of us who like to make good music. So much to enjoy, and so much to learn. Concerning our participation, it seems to me that our results were more than worth the effort. We improved in every judging category, improved our overall score by 88 points, and scored higher than four other choruses. If we can improve by 50-80 points again next year, we will be in the thick of the race. We still have so many things we can work on that it should be a lot of fun working to improve during this next year. My hope is that we can have an additional 20 guys on the stage with us next year to experience and enjoy the benefits of competing and getting better as a chorus. Music alert! We just received our final two show pieces of music from the society. One of them is another "Music Man Medley". I know that you are going to like it, and enjoy rehearsing it. We will introduce it on November 8th (guest night). Make sure you are there!♪ |
|
The convention was the bomb. We placed 12th that was amazing!!! It felt so good to place above last! Ken was not a sore loser about me winning the bet for those of you who don't know, the bet it was this; if he heard no complaints about my eyes darting, I won that bet. My dad’s quartet did an awesome job. They probably would have placed higher if it wasn't for the judges. They did not like their outfit so they deducted points. Convention was an awesome experience and I hope and we probably will go their again with a new look, greater sound, and whatever comes up in the future. We will someday make it up to place, but right now I fine where we are at! ♪ |
|
Convention Comments |
|
Great job guys By Don Thomson Associate Director |
|
A bomb By Mason Swenson |
|
Stage fright, bright lights and music all weekend long!! What a time!! If any of you couldn’t make the contest venue this weekend, you missed a great time!! Barbershoppers and their wives, friends, relatives and significant others flocked together at the downtown Marriott and Music Hall for a very musical weekend I didn’t get much sleep but I thoroughly enjoyed myself. First of all let me take the time to thank each and every member of the Little Apple Chorus for your time commitment and effort put forth for the good of the chorus to represent our chapter in the Central States District! I would like to thank you all as well for the continual support and “break a leg’s” given to Late Night Edition!! It means an awful lot when you are up on stage in a quartet and can hear the cheering and shouts from a certain section of the auditorium welcoming you to the I hope we didn’t disappoint anyone with our first time effort!! We (Late Night Edition) received some very good pointers from the judges in our critiques!! We will use that to help us sing better as a quartet and represent our chapter again at the next contest!! I’m glad to know that with our hard work and Ken’s many hours of listening to tapes, worrying over how the music should be interpreted, and cracking the whip during rehearsals, that we did improve! We are on the right track and everything that we are learning can be applied to every rehearsal and performance we do to bring a better representation of the Barbershop music we love to a captive (or not so) audience I can’t wait to actually see the DVD of the chorus performance and hear what was good and what wasn’t!! Can’t wait for Thursday !♪ |
|
THE SENILITY PRAYER Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference. |
|
Observations from a "First Timer" By Brian Swenson |
