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Hiatus
Posted by editor on Sep 15 2007 | Category: Discussion
Summer is almost over, and so is my self-imposed hiatus from this blog. The International Convention in Denver is now a pleasant memory, and it’s time that I get back to work writing on this wonderful hobby called barbershop singing.
A tradition is started
Posted by editor on Apr 19 2007 | Category: Discussion, Performance
I received a very nice Thank You note from the assistant director of a local Sweet Adelines chapter. She not only thanked my chapter, the Denver MountainAires, for a great annual show recently concluded, but for the two free tickets that we made available. You see, she was a recipient of a recent tradition started by my chapter.
Tribute to Lloyd Steinkamp
Posted by editor on Mar 14 2007 | Category: Discussion
I wrote the title, but then I stopped. For the longest time, I just stared at a blank page, the cursor blinking at me impatiently. What should I say? Where should I start? To paraphrase Obi-Wan Kenobi, there’s a disturbance in the Force. It is an end of an era for me.
Science discovers what barbershop singers know
Posted by editor on Feb 18 2007 | Category: Discussion, Music
I recently heard an article from NPR’s Robert Krulwich on the significane of B flat. It got me thinking. Further research turned up another article, this time from BBC News, that corroborates the NPR story. Scientists are only now discovering the universal appeal of a frequency we take for granted.
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Harmony University / Directors College
Posted by editor on Aug 22 2006 | Category: Discussion
or, How I got my ictus back
It was eleven years since I was at Harmony College, now Harmony University, in St. Joseph, MO. A lot has changed, while a lot remains the same. Gone are the beanies (thank goodness) for first-time participants, replaced by colored ribbons on their badges.
