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Bulletin Editor Karen Nanninga Phone: 785-736-2870 Unless carrying a byline or some form of credit to borrowed sources, all items in this bulletin are by the editor and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the chapter or board. All photos in the bulletin are by the editor, unless otherwise identified. |
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Chapter Officers President…………...…………. …Harvey Kiser Membership and Chapter Development VP …… . Bill Hanson Music & Performance VP…… ....… ..Tom Fish Marketing and Public Relations VP………. . John Thomason Treasurer……………………….. ..Bob Swenson Member at Large…….………. …Don Thomson Member at Large……….… ….Loren Alexander Member at Large ………..…. ..… ...Chuck Marr Member at Large …………… …..Jim Lindquist Member at Large …………. … .Terry Nanninga Member at Large ………… ….Fred Wachsmuth Appointments SPEBSQSA A-063 Delegate….…....Bill Hanson Musical Director.………………. … ...Ken Lang Associate Musical Director ….…..Don Thomson Assistant Musical Director……...Myron Calhoun Music Chairman……….….…. … ….Bob Ridley Service Chairman…….… … Brian Arthaud-Day Show Chairmen...……….........Jim Lindquist and ………………………….… .…....Don Thomson Uniforms……………….….… .…..Chuck Marr Bulletin Editor…….....…..…. ..Karen Nanninga Web Master………………..... Bart Bartholomew |
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InCider Press, a monthly publication, is the official publication of the Manhattan, Kansas chapter of the Central States District (CSD) of the Barbershop Harmony Society. The Manhattan Chapter is the home of the Little Apple Chorus. The chapter and chorus meet every Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. at the First Methodist Church Activity Center on the corner of Poyntz and 6th Street, Manhattan, Kansas. For more information about meetings or joining call or write to the Editor. (see below) |
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What a great and exciting week for barbershop singers! We have a day and a half for our quartets performing Singing Valentines, and Saturday is a day for everyone to sing during our Second Annual Chapter Retreat. Bob Swenson and his team have successfully organized Singing Valentines – orders are coming in by phone and through the chapter website, and quartets are ready to present their songs, cards, roses, and candy kisses with Polaroid or digital photos. Thanks to our ladies for helping Telva with packaging the candy kisses and for their help at the headquarters and the quartet lounge during these two days. The retreat will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 16 in the Harris Activity Center with registration and singing starting at 9:00 a.m. concluding at 2:20 p.m. (We were glad to find one of the Saturdays in February open at the Activity Center.) Breakfast snack will include Mrs. Powell’s cinnamon rolls, coffee, juice and fruit before singing. Our ladies are helping again this week by arranging the food for our breakfast snack and lunch. Our clinician, Byron Myers, will work with us on three of our songs that we are preparing for our spring show. Byron is a member of the Voices of America Chorus, St. Joseph, MO. He has directed the Pony Express Men (BHS) to 14 trips to the International Competition (Intl. 5th placed medalist), and has directed the American Barbers Boys [now…Voices of America] for two trips to the International for a 10th place. Byron has a degree in Music Education with an additional 54 hours of degree work, and is a CDWI Certified trained for 11 years. He is also involved with church, country, dance band, opera, symphonic and rock music. I think we will be enthused by what we learn in performing these songs. It is great to have the faith and trust that chapter members and their ladies will fulfill their commitments of organizing our events and preparing to sing in accomplishing our vision of “proclaiming, perpetuating and enjoying the a cappella barbershop music art form.”♪ |
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This is the week to sing By Harvey Kiser President |
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Now is a good time to be thinking about ticket sales. Our success depends on each of us selling tickets individually. Corporate sales are a very nice thing to have, but if we fail to do our part individually, we will not achieve the success we need. I would encourage each of us to start writing down the names of the family members, friends, neighbors, church family and church choir members, social acquaintances, etc. on a piece of paper or a card and be ready to offer them the opportunity to come to our show in April. I know that many, if not most of you, will sell a lot more than ten tickets, but I would hope that each of us would commit to selling at least ten (10) tickets for your fund raising part of the show. Each of us knows at least that many people (or five couples) we can approach.♪ |
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Start getting tickets sold By Don Thomson Associate Director |
