“Another fresh new year is here . . . Another year to live! To banish worry, doubt, and fear, To love and laugh and give! This bright new year is given me To live each day with zest . . . To daily grow and try to be My highest and my best! I have the opportunity Once more to right some wrongs, To pray for peace, to plant a tree, And sing more joyful songs!” ~William Arthur Ward

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I've been preaching for the last few years that we need to learn how to sing softly and with greater dynamics. We've been told that our Director's idea of what singing at a level 2 (out of 10) is much diferent than many men in the chorus (who sing it at a 6 and not a 2 volume). And we've also been told by Society coaches that as a chorus we steadily sing louder as a song progresses unless the Director really reminds us by strong gestures to soften.

While we do need a lot of work o… Continue

Just sitting this morning reading through my copy of the Harmonizer from our Society and I notice a paragraph written by a Mark Larsen of the Rogue Valley Chapter. It describes an idea the chapter has about having a vocal coach do individual coaching of our members. I confess to spending too much time on this keyboard. What happened was this; I was just reading on the society blog, www.barbershopHQ.com. There was an article there about the value of vocal coaching and we had just had a board meet… Continue

The attendance has become less and less each Thursday, we must think about breaking with tradition, in other words the same old stuff and songs have become a bore to some of the members to include me. We need rhythme and jazzier songs. Can we make the audience clap their hands and give a standing ovation or make the church people feel as if they had a visit form GOD. Enough said I think I"ll go sing a jolly song to cheer myself up. Love you guys please wake up and be happy.

Compellingly Attractive Chapter Meetings

The Harmonizers sponsored Chuck Green to come and tell us how we could have much more fun and sing better and learn faster. The Board and Friends of Harmony offered to pay for any member of the chapter who wanted to attend. The theory was that if we were going to ask members to make changes, it would be easier if they understood exactly what those changes were likely to be, they would be more likely to accept the changes if they heard from the “horse’s m… Continue