Thank you Bob Minor and Don Meeker, for making the RV Harmonizers sound more professional, I promise to give more attention to the song words and to give more to the chorus.

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

It's time to be thinking ahead about our Christmas singing. Yup...it comes again in December this year!

Do we want to devote time to new songs...I hope so. We've worn out the red Yuletide book and the same songs year after year. Have we got the time to learn 3 or 4 new Christmas songs (there are some great ones) as we prepare for our other shows?
And where would you like to sing? A number of guys have mentioned they'd like to sing at more senior retirement homes, care facilities, etc. and not j… 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.

I hear quite a few comments both good and bad about the new "Chuck Greene" format we're trying at our meetings. We need to evaluate these new approaches soon ... the whole chorus and see what to keep and what to toss out. I ask the Board to work up an evaluation plan for next month before our "unhappy" members walk out.