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January 2008 InCider Press Page 5 |
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How many times have you heard the line “That’s not my job.”? Somewhere along the road of life if you haven’t said it you certainly have thought it. Why do you do something? Usually it’s because you want to or sometimes have to, or are trained to react in a certain way or simply self-defense. Why do you belong to the Little Apple Chorus? Because you want to! As a member you like to sing, enjoy the Barbershop A Capella Harmony, and want the Chorus to be successful and continue to thrive. So, who’s job is it? You want to “Keep the Whole World Singing” so it’s Your job and My job and Every Chorus Member’s job. Your Little Apple Chorus has a VP for Membership and Recruitment and you are on his Committee. You are one of the best Recruiters he has! Your Little Apple Chorus has a VP for Marketing and PR. You are one of the best tools for promoting the Events and Performances he has. That PR and Marketing guy is me, and I NEED HELP! You can help make this year’s Little Apple Chorus events and performances the best ever! I’m always open to suggestions and new ideas and that’s where you come in. I need your comments. I need your thoughts. I need your help. What kind of advertising grabs your attention for local events? Is it print, radio, or TV? What publications, radio stations and TV Stations capture your attention? How can you and I get more people to attend our Spring Show to enjoy our love of singing? How can you and I entice more people to purchase more “Singing Valentines”? How can you and I make more work for Bob Swenson, the Quartets and the Presenters? You can do it! I know you can! Talk to me on Thursday evenings or call: day 785-494-2472, eve 785-456-2707, or e-mail, flintrv@wamego.net Keep the Whole World Singing! ♪ |
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Whose job is it? By John Thomason Public Relations and Marketing |
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Greetings fellow barbershoppers! I wish sometimes that more members would just show up at various meetings of our chapter! Whether it is a board meeting or Music Committee meeting, you can always learn something new and of coarse SING! Wednesday evening at the home Don and Joan Thomson, we had a wonderful evening of barbershop at it’ best! We spent a good deal of time singing through each of our spring show songs and with Ken at the helm, we got a glimpse of the interpretation we are working towards!! Don was also adding possible choreography thoughts!! It was a great evening, not a boring meeting by any stretch of the imagination! We really need to thank Don, Ken, and Myron as well as our section leaders for all of there hard work behind the scenes as well as in front of the chorus!! This is going to be another great Spring Show!! I hope you are all planning on coming out to Celebrate it with us! ♪ |
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Celebrate it with us! By Tom Fish |
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Music has always been a part of my life and I have been singing in choirs and at home for as long as I can remember. I also competed with a mixed Quartet (non-barbershop) as a teen. In addition to singing I play with, as opposed to play well, several instruments. Until recently, barbershop music was all but unknown to me but I have quickly grown to love its complex nature and sometimes insane challenge to learn. Like all of us, I have caught the barbershop bug and it’s now an inseparable part of my life. I grew up in the Sacramento, CA area and was a military transplant to KS. I served 15 years in the Army as a I have a beautiful and understanding wife, Amy, who has put up with me for 12 years now and - we have 3 children; Charlie age 18, Brent age 10, and Laura age 6. I am a geek thru and thru and love gadgets, my computer, music, and strangely enough my motorcycle but not necessarily in that order. ♪ |
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Meet Member Steve Seales |
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A Polish immigrant went to the DMV to apply for a driver's license. First, of course, he had to take an eye sight test The optician showed him a card with the letters C Z W I X N O S T A C Z.' ' Can you read this? 'the optician asked. 'Read it?' the Polish guy replied, I know the guy.' |
