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InCider Press
Newsletter of the Manhattan, Kansas chapter of the
Society for the Preservation and Encouragement
of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America

Volume 27,  Number 5                Bart Bartholomew, Editor and Publisher                              June 2004

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.

Home of the Little Apple Barbershop Chorus

Chorus featured in band shell dedication
By Harvey Kiser, Vice President for Public Relations

     Forty-one members and one great director of the Little Apple Barbershop Chorus sang out their hearts in the dedication of the new Larry Norvell Band Shell in City Park, Manhattan, Kansas, Friday, June 4.  The evening was quite a tribute to the band music leadership of Larry Norvell, our maestro.  Larry taught in the USD 383 schools for 36 years and

retired as the school system's music coordinator.  He served as Manhattan Municipal Band director for 45 years that spanned the years from 1950 through 1994.

     To an estimated 4,500 persons in attendance, the chapter members sang "Take Me to the Land of Jazz," "Once Upon a Time" and "Muskrat Ramble."  The final

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                                                                                                                          photo by Kathleen Emig       
                         Larry Norvell Band Shell and Arts in the Parks Stage   

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