JULY/AUGUST 1985VOL. XLV No.4

The HARMONIZER (ISSN 0017-7849) Is theofflclal publication of the Society for thePreservation end Encouragement of BarberShop Quartet SingIng In AmerIca, Inc. (S.P.­E.B.S.a.S.A.). It Is published In the months ofJanuary, March, Mey, July. September andNovember at 6316 - 3rd Avenuo, Kenosha,Wisconsin 53140-6199. Second-class postagepaid 8t Kenosha, WIsconsin. EdItorial andAdvertising offices are at the InternationalOffice. Advertising rates available upon request.PublIsher assumes no responsibility for returnof unsolicIted manuscripts or artwork. Noticeof change of address should be submitted to theeditorial offices of THE HARMONIZER, 6315- 3rd AVE., KENOSHA, WISCONSIN 53140­5199, at least thirty days before the nextpublication do to. Subscription price to non­members Is $6 yearly or $1 an Issue. ForeignsubscrIptIons are $12 yearly or $2 an issue.Copyright, 1985, by the SocIety for the Pre·servatlon and Encouragement of Barber ShopQuartet Singing In AmerIca, Inc.

ABOUT THE SONG IN THIS ISSUE

"Mary·s A Grand Old Name·· first ap·peared along with "Forty·Five MinutesFrom Broadway," "So Long, Mary,"and "Stand Up And Fight Like H---'·in George M. Cohan's 1906 show Forty·Five Minutes From Broadway. The songhas maintained an undiminished popular­ity to the present day. Cohan, of course,was a multi·talented broadway star - ­composer, lyricist, performer, directorand producer - - certainly one of themost remarkable entertainers ever to beassociated with the Great White Way.We can expect his many songs to con­tinue in popularity for decades to come.

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Features

4 SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCEBarbershoppers who have sung with a champion quartet share their thoughtson what it means to wear the gold.

10 THE DEBUT OF THE VLQThe Rocky Mountain District introduces a new category and special contest attheir spring convention.

12 TUCSON - THE PLACE TO BE FOR 1986 MID-WINTER CON­VENTIONGet a head start on making your plans to attend the convention and sing in theworld's largest barbershop chorus.

14 A HOUND DOGS' TALEby Lou MihalyiAnything can happen at a chapter meeting when two hounds join the chorus.

18 NEW MUSIC NOTESby Burt Szabo

21 MUSIC DEPARTMENT REORGANIZES AFTER STEVENS'RETIREMENT

Also In This IssueOur arrangement includes the verse,which is not nearly as well known as itshould be. We think you will especiallyenjoy singing the line "Don't ever fearsweet Mary," the reprise on the chorus,and the tag which allows the basses todemonstrate their total command of thebass voice range.

Give this song a try. It's a great shownumber (the entire audience will humalong), and it's great for contest, too.

13 1986 MID-WINTER REGIS·TRATION

22 THE INSTITUTE OF LOGO·PEDICS PLANS FOR THEFUTURE

24 HISTORICAL NOTES

On The Cover

26 CHAPTERS IN ACTION

30 BARGAIN BASEMENT

31 NEWS ABOUT QUARTETS

32 MINNEAPOLIS REGISTRA­TION

CONVENTIONSINTERNATIONAL

1986 Salt Lake City. Utah June 29·July 61987 Hartford. Conn. June 28·July 51988 San Antonio, Tex. July 3·10

The complete collection of champion quartet photographs hangs on the walls ofHarmony Hall. Every quartet who wears the gold is represented. And while the hairstyles and clothes may change, all of these men have shared the love of barbershopharmony. Photos of other champion quartets are included with the "Speaking FromExperience" feature.

1986 Tucson. Ariz1987 Sarasota. Fla.1988 Washington. D. C.

MIO·WINTERJanuary 22-25January 28·31January 27-30

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Thinking Aloud

I competed in a quartet this spring!First time in years. And I really meanyears. It was while Chuck Snyder wasstill working at the International officeand he left back in 1967.

Anyway, I competed. And it wasgreat. Really enjoyed it. The otherthree were Gary Stamm from the Inter­national office on tenor; John Bauer,immediate past president of the Land 0'Lakes District on bass; and GordieNickolie, current Kenosha director andlead from the LO L champion Rhapsodiesback in 1956, on lead. The event wasthe Division One prelims. All of us arefrom the Kenosha chapter and we justused the chorus uniforms and sang thesame two songs. How did we do?

I was afraid you were going to askthat. Actually, we were delighted. Es­pecially when you consider our rehearsalconsisted of about an hour or so on con­test day, We finished fifth out of eightquartets. More important, it gave me achance to walk out on stage again as aquartet man and experience what hun­dreds of other men in our Society aregoing through in any given year. Whichbrings me to the gist of this article.

Gary Stamm and I were hashing thingsover on Monday over a cup of coffeeand he said a very interesting thing, "Icompete every chance I get. As a stagepresence judge, competing gives me aninsight into what the members of a quar­tet are going through on stage, and priorto going on stage, and it makes it fareasier for me to attain rapport with thequartet. Indeed, I think it would be diffi­cult to attain empathy in an Analysisand Review if you've never competedyourself."

Then, right after that conversation, Igo into my office and pick up the RockyMountain District bulletin and read anarticle by Bill Biffle, their assistant Dir­ector of Music Education.

"Competition does some things for aman that no other barbershopping ex·perience can do. Scare him half to deathis, most certainly, one of them. But,there are others, and being scared andstill performing is not all bad.

This past summer, I went to Maineand participated in a wilderness ex-

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by Hugh A. Ingraham, CAEExecutive Director

perience course called Outward BO.und.The purpose of all Outward Bound cour­ses is to place you in situations that testyour mental and physical toughness,situations that make you wonder why

you ever got yourself into a mess likethis. The theory is that in realizing thatyou can make yourself perform in ex­tremely adverse conditions, and learn·ing to rely on your team mates duringthose conditions, you learn a little some­thing about yourself, and about others,as well. I believe that Outward Boundaccomplished its goals for me, but then itwas not a totally alien experience forme, either. I'd been through similartests before ... on the contest stage!

Now, those of you who have not doneit are probably saying, 'Now, come on!There's no way that going on a nice warmstage and singing with three other guysfor four minutes can approximate tendays of torture in the wilderness!' Well,I've done both, and I can tell you that theintensity of those four minutes, at leastyour first time out, comes very close tothe stark terror that some survival situ·ations present. And, the lessons thatyou learn about yourself and aboutothers are the same. Namely, that nomatter how scared you get, you can getthrough it; and, above all, you are notalone. The experience that you sharewith the three other guys brings you toan understanding of the importance ofrelying upon others and of the necessityof pulling your own weight. This kindof lesson can not only get you throughartificially created situations like rockclimbing and quartet competitions, butalso real life situations, as well.

Regardless of the eventual order offinish, the entire process of preparing forand competing in one of our contestsbrings you to an understanding of your­self and your fellow quartet membersthat no other barbershopping experiencecan provide. It's a unique opportunityfor musical and personal growth. And Ibelieve it has applications to everydaylife. lf you never try it, you'll neverknow!"Thanks, Bill. You said it better than Iever could.

International Officers

President, Gilbert L. Lefholz, 13316 E 51stStreet, Kansas CItY, MO 64133

Immedlate Past President, John T. Gillespie,712 Newgate Road, Kalamazoo, MI 49007

Vice President, William K. Park, Box 621,Mendenhall, PA 19357

Vice PreSident, Jim Warner, 6750 Poplar Ave·nue, Suite 202, Memphis, TN 38138

Vice President-Treasurer, Darryl Flinn, 7975Cleveland Avenue NW, N. Canton, OH 44720

Board Members

Cardinal, Ernie Nlckoson, 1702 Cameron Ct.,Lexington, K Y 40505

Central States, Winston Rashlelgh, P, O. Box133,2420 E 3rd St" Fremont, NE 68025

Dixie, Charles McCann, P. O. 80x 40969,Nashville, TN 37204

Evergreen, Tucker Goodwin, 7240 GilhurstCrescent, Richmond, 8C V7A lN9

Far Western, Fred Koch, 6942 E. Calle Botel·geux, Tucson, AZ 85710

Illinois, Robert Cearnal, 416 North 9th, Mas·coutah, I L 62258

Johnny Appleseed, Roy Wergers, 8681 Mock­ingbird Lane, Cincinnati, OH 46231

Land 0' Lak.es, Del Ryberg, 306 - 17th St"SW, Rochester, MN 66902

Mid-Atlantic, Don Vienne, 5212 Farm PondLane, Columbia, MO 21045

Northeastern, Richard Young, HomesteadFarm, Mouitonboro, NH 03254

Ontario, Dyson Pinhey, 16 Parkslde Crescent,Nepean, DNT K2G 3B5

Pioneer, Fran Jonos, 1490 Sibley, Lowell,MI49331

Rocky Mountain, Fred Wiese, 3711 S. Har·Ian St., Denver, CO 80235

Seneca Land, Jim Eldridge, 211 JeffersonSt., Warren, PA 16365

Southwestern, Ed Roeder, 2236 Flat Creek,Rlchordson, TX 76080

Sunshine, AI Woodard, 358 Fairway North,Tequesta, F L 33458

And Past International Presidents

Hank Vomacka, 1881 Rose Street, Sarasota,FL 33579

Merritt Auman, 2400 Wassner Dr., West Lawn,PA 19609

Burt Huish, P. O. Box 1925, Twin Falls, 1083301

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Speaking FromExperience

To many Barbershoppers, becom lngan International quartet champion is alife's dream. To them the hours ofpractice, sacrifices of family. and yearsof discipline are worth every ounce of thegold medal they want to wear aroundtheir neck.

The Society has named 46 Inter·national champion quartets during itshistory. Each quartet was a uniqueblend of personalities, ambitions and

TOM M. MASENGALEBass - Chord Busters1941 Champions

I don't know if there are wordsthat can describe the personal satis­faction and pride that comes frombeing selected the best quartet in anyonegiven year. We all reached the champ­ionship level the same way - by out­singing (so say the judges) some forty tofifty quartets at a particular contest.

I have always had a quartet in thebackground through the years beforeS.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A. I had some 15·18 yearsof chorus work before the Society wasformed. The Society was the great releasefrom chorus work - it offered a meansof personal expression and contributionto others that chorus could never provide.There is no thrill greater than being in agood quartet. I didn't join a quartet.Quartets just seem to happen.

What is enjoyable about compe­tition? Just working hard, doing some­thing you enjoy very much, to be as goodas you possibly can. We worked for aperiod of approximately a year at leastfive nights a week, sometimes sevennights, and from three to five hours anight. But it was not work - it was fun.

But the real thrill from being a memober of AIC and being a member ofbarbershopping in general has come fromthe people I have met and enjoyed. Mylife has been made much richer through

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talents. Each sought the gold in theirown way. And the honors meant some·thing different to each champion.

Many champion quartets live on onlyin Barbershoppers' memories. Others stillperform and display the unique stylewhich set them apart from all othercompetitors in their golden year. Somequartets have divided and multiplied,each member leaving their championfoursome to start a new quartet.

the aSSOCiation with the many, manypeople, men and women, with whom mypath has crossed in the forty-six years ofbarbershopping.

Encouragement to others? Try it,you'll like it! Try to be the best you canbut don't be disappointed at less thanchampionship level. There is a pleasure tobe obtained in a quartet that is greaterthan a medal of any color.

Chord Bustors, 1941(I to rl Doc Enmoier, tenor; Robert Holbrook,lead; Robert Greer, bari; Tom Masengale,bass.

W. P. "BILL" CONWAYBass - Pittsburghers1948 Champions

To a Barbershopper there is no feel­ing in the world to equal the feeling ofwinning the gold. After 37 years I can

Of the 46 International quartets,110 of the 184 individuals are still activeBarbershoppers. Elder statesman of thisgroup is Tom Masengale, bass for the1941 Chord Busters. He and othersrecall what it has meant to be an Inter·national quartet champ. In remember·ing their special years, they are all speak­ing from experience.

still hear Charlie Merrill, then our SocietyPresident, as he introduced The Pitts·burghers saying, " ... Kings of Barber­shop Harmony; Masters of all they sur­vey." And we were only then to realizethe meaning of those words.

That first year (1948-49) we travelledcountless miles - sang hundreds of songsbefore thousands of people. The roar ofapplause generated at every appearance isone of the things you can't ever forget.

In winning we repaid the tirelessefforts of our coach, Maurice (Molly)Reagan and we justified the loyalty andsupport of our families and friends andwent on to make innumerable friendsever since.

All these things added to the respectand admiration of our Society membersmake the Championship one of thegreatest events in my life. And I can say itmade me a better life.

JOHN "JIGGS" WARDBaritone - Pittsburghers1948 Champions

Once every year, four lucky guys areselected by a panel of highly trainedjudges to be our International Champions.Following the medalists session andwhile the emcee is reading the names ofthe five medalists, a sudden numbnesstakes over. But when you are namedwinners of the gold. all this passes by andyou suddenly realize that at this point in

is in anStanding

industrialConklin

After graduating from college I movedto Dallas to seek my fortune. Having beenexposed to barbershopping as a childthrough my father and brother, I decidedto visit the Big D Chapter one night.AI Kvanli and Bill Thornton were inprocess of forming a new quartet to·gether. Before the evening was over I wasa member of the Dealer's Choice. Twoyears later we won International in ourfirst attempt.

Dealor's Choice, 1973(I to r) Alan Kvanli, tenor; Bill Thornton,lead; Gary Parker, bass; Brian Beck, bari.

BRIAN BECKBaritone, Dealer's Choice1973 ChampionsLead, Side Street Ramblers1983 Champions

I have a little more experience, per­haps at this Champion quartet stuffthan most. I'm one of the extra-luckyones who has been there twice. Not onlycan I look back at my experiences as aquartet member, but I can compare andcontrast the two quartets to try tounderstand what made them tick.

The Dealer's Choice brought in a newera, I'm told, of attention to the nice­ties of musical presentation. We were thefirst of a new breed and we were verywell received. I have people tell me todaythat they still hold the Dealer's Choicein highest regard as a singer's singingquartet.

We worked hard, and kept trying toimprove after we won. We had a good,professional relationship, and we werefriends too. We all grew in the quartet:Bill became an Interpretation judge,Alan directed the Birmingham, Ala­bama chorus to a proud ninth placefinish at International; Gary and I wenton to sing again in different quartets.

Now I'm hip-deep in love with my

Gaynotes, 1958II to rl Harold Jones. tenor; Howard Rinkel,lead; John Loots, bari; Morris Rector, bass.

GARY PARKERBass - Dealer's Choice1973 Champions

Some great voices in our Societysearch all of their lives for the rightcombination to acquire the elusivegold medal. I was one of the luckyones who didn't have to search, orwait very long.

Between those two extremes of joyand sadness are the many shows andInternational Conventions, coast tocoast and border to border, where yougo to sing, entertain, socialize and en­joy your acceptance as gold medalquartet members by all in attendance.You share the stage and audience witheverything from the newest quartetsto other champions and from smallto huge choruses. What great folksBarbershoppers are!

Today, Mo Rector, bassactive San Antonio quartet,Room Only. Mo is sellingequipment and distributingproducts.

Howard Rinkel, lead is not activelysinging, but still lives and works in thecar rental business in Tulsa.

Harold Jones, tenor still lives inTulsa, has sold his business and is doingsome sales and marketing consultingin industrial equipment. He also is notactively singing.

John Loots, bari is still activelysinging in the Tulsa Founders of Har­mony Chorus and has been in an activequartet. Right now the Oklahoma Soundis looking for a tenor. John is completing27 years as a life insurance agent withMassachusetts Mutual.

John and Mo are both regulars atInternational conventions.

What is it like to be a member ofan International Champion quartet?I guess one could write a book. Thefeeling probably begins with the elation,relief, excitement and emotion youfeel when you are announced as the newchamps and the entire cheering con­vention is on its feet. I just can't de­scribe the thrill adequately. The op­posite feeling of sadness hits when yourealize that the end of your years asan active championship quartet is athand.

time and in the opinion of the panel ­YOU ARE THE BEST. As you slowlyreturn to earth, you come face to facewith the realization that every timeyou walk out on stage, you have to de­fend that honor and responsibility. Itis not all wine and roses. There are manyweek-ends when illness or some othermishap invades the quartet that wouldjustify canceling out. But no, you packyour bags and take off. In the late fortiesweather was a very important factor andit was not unusual for the show com­mittee to insist that you travel via rail.With all the problems, winning theChampionship had many pluses. Meetingsome of the finest people this side ofheaven. Meeting the various hosts whonever seem to get enough credit. Winningthe gold at Oklahoma City in 1948achieved the hopes and dreams of one ofthe finest men who ever lived - "Molly"Reagan. Molly's greatest wish was to havean International Champion out of thePittsburgh chapter.

Pittsburghers.1948(clockwise, upper right) Harry Conte. tenor;Jiggs Ward, bari; Bill Conway, bau; TommyPalamono. lead.

JOHN LOOTSBaritone· The Gaynotes1958 Champions

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present quartet, the Side Street Ramb­lers. Having stepped in as lead after BillThornton, an established, real-live leadwith a great reputation, I had to growinto the job in a hurry. I wasn't sure Iwas a real lead until after Detroit, whenwe got a beautiful third place medal.The other three gave me a mock cer·tificate at our chapter's post-conventionparty which indicated I had passed thefirst stage of the Side Street RamblersLead Development Program. In otherwords, I was in!

These guys are a joy to sing with, butmore importantly, they're a joy to hangout with. I would wish for every quar­tet this great a personal relationship. I'mtold this good rapport shows, as weperform around the country. That'sthe secret of a Champion quartet: ifwe don't entertain our fans and makethem feel great even as they treat us sowell, we will die on the vine.

I know we will all look back on ouryears together as one of the finest lifeexperiences a person could have.

Side Street Ramblers, 1983(I to r) Keith Houts, tonor; Brian Beck, lead;Dennis Malone, bari; Earl Hagn, bass.

WENDEL HEINYTenor - The Four Hearsemen1955 Champions

My first contest at the Internationallevel was in Omaha in 1950. We wereeliminated in the first round, but wewatched and listened to the BuffaloBills, when they sang "Roses of Picardy"on Saturday night and were crownedchamps. That song still rings in mymemory. So this is barbershop at itsbest. I knew my goal was defined. VernReed was my mentor.

Jim Bob Nance was our arranger. Heknew our voice ranges and the type ofsongs we could project. When we firstsang "When You're A Long Long Way

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From Home" on a show, the Mid StatesFour invited us to have a session withthem on interpretation. Marty Mendrogave us a better insight on presentingthis song.

We used Bud Arberg arrangementstoo. And the one from Bob Hagar, "IBelieve" was perfect for the Four Hearse­men.

The song was the thing with ourquartet. When we felt empathy with ouraudience it gave us great satisfaction,I would rather have the Four Hearsemensing you a song and show you what Imean instead of writing about it. Whatis it really like to be an InternationalQuartet Champion? Nothing greater inmy singing career. And after thirty yearsthe memory lingers on.

Four Hearsemen, 1955II to r) Dwight Elliott, bad; Wondell Heiny,tonor; Deane Watson, lead; Dick Gifford,bass.

DR. RICHARD SAUSEBaritone, Four Statesmen1967 Champions

Winning the gold was certainly a greatexperience for me. I joined the Societyin December, 1945. Sang tenor with the4·0pters in Optometry School; leadwith the New Haven, Connecticut chap­ter's Elm Chords; and with the Meriden,Connecticut chapter's Connecticut Yank­ees NED Champs 1962. Winning theInternational with the Four Statesmenin 1967 was a humbling experience.It took me a long time to realize that Iwas part of a foursome that had finishedahead of so many great quartets (someof whose careers I'd followed like afavorite sports team). I wouldn't havemissed those years of competition foranything. It's truly the backbone of ourwonderful organization,

I think my greatest thrill, however,was winning the fifth place medal in

Boston in '65 in our own district whenwe were simply hoping to crack the topten!

The memories are many: Europeantrips, cruises, AIC shows, GuantanamoBay, Far Eastern tours, Carnegie Hall,Mike Douglas, Hollywood shows, BostonPops, Grossingers, Chatauqua, Maritines,being hosted by British and Canadianhosts, singing for 15 years with threegreat guys, having the best of bothworlds by being asked to sing with oneof the Society's top comedy quartets("Note-Wits" 1979 to present), and doingtwo more tours for BABS in '81 and '82with my wife, Donna's quartet SoundRelations. Past Sweet Adeline region 1and 16 Champions.

The greatest thrill of all has beenmaking so many wonderful friendsthroughout the barbershop world!

Becoming an International Championmeans being in the right place at theright time with the right combination.It could happen to you, Joe Barber­shopper! However, just being part of aquartet is a great experience and it'savailable to all of you. Don't pass upthe opportunity!

Four Statesman, 1967(I to rl Richard Chacos, lead; Don Beinema,bass; Dr. Richard Sause, bad; Frank Lanza,tenor.

EDWIN J. GAIKEMATenor - Harmony Halls1944 Champions

What is it really like to be an Inter­national Quartet Champion? Wonderful!

Barbershopping was quite new inGrand Rapids, but Gordon Hall was amember. He approached me to sing tenorin a barbershop quartet, along with hisbrother Ray, a baritone and Bob Hazen·berg, a lead. With Gordon, a tremendousbass, we formed a quartet. After a few

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lads of Enchantment. 1957(I to r) Don Pitts. tenor; Dan Aycock. lead;Carl Wright, bari; Gil Wallace, bass.

actually promoted a capella singing. Wejoined immediately and since 1947 I havebelonged to the Society, and have neverbeen more than six months withoutsinging in a quartet.

In order to preserve this wonder·ful thing I found in 1947 I have served aschapter president five times (and am thecurrent Albuquerque chapter president),have served as area counselor so manytimes I have lost track, and have served asDistrict V. P. in both the Southwesternand Rocky Mountain Districts. Oh yes!Somewhere along the line I ran into threewonderful guys with a unique blend andgreat harmony. We called ourselves TheLads Of Enchantment, and won ThirdPlace in 1956, Minneapolis. (The firstInternational I had ever attended.) In1957, Los Angeles, we took first place,returning to New Mexico with our goldmedals firmly clutched, knowing that'ssomething that will never be lost, orforgotten.

Being an International ChampionBarbershop Quartet member is thehighest goal for which any Barbershoppercan strive.

Woodshedding is great; being a chap­ter, district or international officer isrewarding; chorus championships areextreme.lY exciting. But this is a quartetsociety - that's the name of our game.There is nothing to compare with be­coming the best in the world at your hob·by!

Each champion quartet is different.Some seem to have fallen into it. Others

JERRY FAIRCHILDTenor - Sidewinders1964 Champions

I was born and raised in the Southern"Bible Belt" and it was very common tohave male quartets at every function,whether it be religious or family picnic.This was during the 1920s and 1930s. Ijoined my first quartet at age 6, singing ina grade school variety show. (I was highsoprano.) I sang in quartets through Jr.High, High School and theli into theArmy and WWII. There I had the pleasureof singing in a small back-up vocal groupwith The Wayne King Orchestra inChicago, and The Glen Miller Orchestra atYale University.Through it all I still preferred quar­tet a capella singing. After the warI entered college, 1945, and startedsinging, searching for a quartet. In 1947while singing in a Civic Light Opera of the"Mikado", I ran into three guys whowanted to sing and one of them hadheard of a Barbershop Society that

formances were: 1) for my own chapter,2) the BABS (British Association ofBarbershop Singers) national convention,and 3) the AIC Show of Champions in St.Louisl Now I think I have a fair amountof self-confidence, but I was secretlyhoping our new quartet uniforms wouldcome with brown trousers. It reallywasn't until I sat down to write this that Irealized my three compatriots may havehad feelings of impending disaster,surmising what their new bari was goingthrough. But if they did, they neverlet on. Maybe I should ask them ....nah, why spoil it?

GIL S. WALLACEBass - Lads of Enchantment1957 Champions

Happiness Emporium, 1975II to rI Jim FoV, bass; Bob Dowma, tenor;Bob Spong, bad; Rod Johnson, lead. DickTreptow roplaced Bob Spong in 1984.

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,.Harmony Halls, 1944(clockwise, top) Ed Gaikema, tenor; GordonHall, bass: Ray Hall, bari; Bob Hazenberg,lead.

Winning the gold is one thing; beingasked to step into the shoes of a goldmedalist is quite another! When theHappiness Emporium asked me if Iwould join them, all kinds of questionscame to mind - questions like, "Can Ihack it? Will people accept the newsound? Will my barbershop friendsbe truly happy for me, or jealous? Whatwill the pressure be like?"

There was pressure at first. Not onlywas there a lot of difficult music andsinging concepts to learn, but also ourfirst three rapidly approaching per-

DICK TREPTOWBaritone, Happiness Emporium1975 Champions

nights of woodshedding, we joined theGrand Rapids Chapter, and formed theHarmony Halls Quartet in March of 1943.

With much encouragement from chap­ter members, we competed in our firstcontest - the State Contest at Muskegonin 1943 and won first place. That did it­we were hooked. We got up enoughcourage to enter the National Contest inChicago in 1943 and placed 5th. Wecouldn't stop. After a year of intensivework, we entered the InternationalContest in Detroit in 1944 and won firstplace.

One of the most memorable exper­iences we had was an assignment to singfor the Armed Services in Germany in1950 for 30 days. We were the firstquartet to be awarded that honor.

If our lead and baritone hadn't died,we would possibly be singing yet. How­ever, I still attend the Regional andInternational Conventions, loving everyminute of it.

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have had to work and compete for yearsand years to achieve it. But when the goldmedals are put around their necks,each is, indeed, the best barbershopquartet in the world.

There is a great burden of respon·sibility which hangs around each man'sneck along with his medal. That burden isaccepted and carried differently, but it isalways there.

I feel that our ultimate purposefor being here is to serve others bysharing our talents. The opportunities todo this are greatly multiplied as anInternational Quartet Champion. Thoseopportunities to serve and share last aslong as the individual champion wantsthem to.

After 21 years, I'm still enjoying thebenefits of being an International Champ­ion. I'm also still trying to pay back thatwhich I have received.

It is a magnificent gift God has givento us. The more we give, the more we get.

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TIM FRYEBaritone, The Rapscallions1984 Champions

Waiting. That is the worst part of it.Even a few minutes seem like hours.Suddenly, the legs cannot stop moving.The heartbeat accelerates to unrecordedspeeds and the larynx seems to enlargethree times its normal size. It must betime. The announcement has begun.

"And this year's International QuartetChampions are ..."

What is it like being an InternationalQuartet Champion?

It is satisfaction. The satisfaction ofcompleting a very high goal. As a person,I strive to be the best that I can be ateverything I do. That is only being fairwith myself, not to mention others

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who are also involved. As a Barber·shopper, this only leaves the top.

This goal is open to all Barbershop·pers. Every champ started at the bottomsomewhere. These winners hoped, plan·ned and worked hard to become whatthey are. Some may have had a head start- a gifted voice, musical knowledge andtalent, etc., but all were dedicated to thesuccess of their goal.

It is a challenge. A challenge of com·petition among one's peers. It is also achallenge of musical excellence. Toachieve the high goal, Quartet Champion,all the basics must be honed. Thereis excitement in this musical challenge.

When the championship is achieved,the musical excellence must be main·tained. The challenge now is to improveeven more on the solid foundation.

It is excitement. For any performer,the excitement of the stage is intoxicat·ing. Many performers are rewardedmore by applause than money.

It is fun and fellowship. As Champ·ions, countless friends are made whiletraversing the countryside. These friend·ships can last a lifetime. And it is nice toknow that any traveling Barbershoppercan find a "brother" in almost everytown and city of this country. This is onereason why the Society has lived so long.

Most Barbershoppers, when joining theSociety, dream of becoming InternationalQuartet Champions. Unfortunately, fewever see the dream become a reality.Hopefully, those who do will representthe Barbershoppers with honor.

Tho Rapscallions, 1984(I to r) David Smotzer, tenor; David Wallace,lead: Jeff Oxley, bass; Tim Frye, bari.

KENNY HATTONLead - Bluegrass Student Union1978 Champions

The members of my quartet all comefrom barbershop families. I joined thequartet because it was in my blood. What

I enjoyed about competing even morethan winning was the preparation. Thethrill of competition is in the struggle.

I am not a purist. What attractedme to the Society, in addition to myparent's involvement, was largely thecontemporary and Broadway type songsrecorded by the Suntones. It was onlyafter I joined the Thoroughbreds that Ideveloped an appreciation for purebarbershop.

Bluegrass Student Union, 1978fl to r) Allen Hatton, tenor; Kon Hatton, lead;Rick Staab, bass; Dan Burgoss, bari.

WARREN J. "BUZZ" HAEGERTenor - Four Renegades1965 Champions

How does one condense into a fewparagraphs an experience of a lifetime? Ihave so many vivid impressions of myexperiences with the Four Renegades thatthe contest we won in Boston in 1965 isbut one of many in almost 17 years as anorganized quartet.

To single out Boston, I'd have tosay there are four major impressions Iremember most. The first is that this wasonly our second contest with our lead,Ben Williams, but the longer we sang withhim, the more confident we became. Hehad a mammoth task in learning our largerepertoire. Also, this was the first contestwhere we had all six songs polished downto nearperfection. We were prepared!

The second impression is that since Ijoined the Society in 1945, I was close tofour past International Champion quar­tets from the Chicago area whom Ilooked up to, never dreaming at the timethat one day I, too, would be wearing agold medal! Also, we had slowly movedup the ladder in seven previous Inter·nationals prior to Boston. All four of usfelt that this was our year.

The third impression is a very vividone of the finals on Saturday night at theend of our second song, "Please Don'tTalk About Me When I'm Gone," Every­thing was going like clockwork, and itwas getting more exciting as we sang.When we hit the wild tag, on the button,we saw several pencils fly into the air ­from the judges pit! I still have a mental"stop camera" picture of it!

The fourth impression I have of thecontest is one of amazement at seeing thescore sheets. In those days, we had fivecategories, and we not only won by 429points (the largest margin ever at thetime), we had fifteen firsts - in everycategory in all three sessions. I couldn'tbelieve it! When we were announced asthe new Champions, the audience re­action was incredible! It was almost asthough the long, standing ovation theygave us was telling us that they werehappy for our perseverance in not givingup and that we finally won. You see, wewere known for years more as a showquartet than a contest quartet.

An experience of a lifetime? You bet!We still get together now and then to singand have fun. And I'm not ashamed tosay that I still love those three Renegadeslike brothers!

Four Renegados, 1965II to r) Jim Foley, bari; Ben Williams. lead;Tom Felgen, bass; Warren Haeger, tenor.

TERENCE M. CLARKEBass - Boston Common19BO Champions

The barbershop quartet is my instru­ment for learning music. I spurned thepiano (after six years of study) at the ageof 12. Yet, I craved music, I subsequentlyjoined (instinctively. no doubt) variousquartets since age 13 (the age I became aSociety member) and resumed my pursuitof music.

I met, and sang with. a number ofpeople over the years who shared myenthusiasm for learning, Ours was notnecessarily an enthusiasm for competi­tion, nor even for medals or position.Rather, we simply sought, and continueto seek, to improve and to better under­stand.

Along the way, I was privi legedto win some honors including a goldmedal. The greatest rewards, however,have been the harmonies, the encour­agement from people who appreciate theeffort, and above all, the discoveries ­musical as well as personal. I have manyto thank for this experience. Particularlythose friends who have dedicated theirlives to music. Oh, that we had morewithin our ranks.

If there's a message to be takenfrom these ramblings, let it be this: Thatnothing is as rewarding as growth; thatcelebrity status is fleeting while achieve­ment is everything. Put another way,there's more to be gained from learningand contributing than there is frommimicking and chasing medals.

Boston Common, 1980CI to rJ Kent Mattin, tenor; Rich Knapp, lead;Terry Clarke, bass; larry Tully, bari.

VERN REEDTenor - Buffalo Bills1950 Champions

I started to write the Buffalo Bills'story and quickly found after a numberof pages that I had only scratched thesurface of what I truly wanted to say ofwhat it meant to the Buffalo Bills. Theopportunities which were opened to us asthe result of becoming an InternationalChamp, far exceeded those of any Champbefore or after we won. As in mostsuccess stories, it was a matter of being inthe right place at the right time with the

right stuff, While those experienceswere happy ones, they were also loadedwith problems unique to our situationand it took total cooperation from fourfamilies and our children to resolve them.

While recalling the twenty year historyof the quartet, I asked myself, "Whatdoes the average member of today reallyknow about the Buffalo Bills?"

We formed on Sept. 20,1947 and sangour swan song on May 24, 1967. We hada total of seven in the quartet over our 20year life. I am the only living member ofthe quartet who sang the first and lastchord with the quartet. I can vivid­ly recall our experiences. I kept thehistorical records of the Buffalo Billsfrom the beginning until the end. Thisincludes every barbershop show, record­ing sessions, TV and radio commercials,many of them for national products, TVand radio shows, banquets and conven­tion, special events, and trips to Japan,Korea, Germany.

Winning the International champion·ship meant a great deal to us because itwasn't until we won that the doors wereopened for us to go on to great exper­iences.Editor's Note: Watch for the com­plete story of the Buffalo Bills as told byVern Reed. Share the experiences of thislegendary barbershop quartet.

Buffalo Bills, 1950(I to rl Vern Reed, tenor; AI Shea, lead; BillSpangenberg, bass; Dick Grapos, bati.

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'Society for the Pilleryation and Encouragement of Very largeBirberlhop Quartet ConteHs in Albuquerque.

The Debut Of The VLQIn April, 7984, the Albuquerque, New

Mexico chapter had a major problem.They had made a courtesy bid on thefollowing year~s spring convention andcontest anlkipating they would come inas second choice to almost anywhere else.When the votes had been counted, theHouse of Delegates had made their choice... Albuquerque.

On April 18, 1984, Bill Biffle of theAlbuquerque chapter sat down at histypewriter and drafted a memorandumto fellow chapter member Jack Smith.The memo consisted of a collection ofideas that might increase attendance atthe 1985 prelims in order to cut losses toa minimum. Albuquerque sits at thesouthern-most point of the massive

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Rocky Mountain District, necessitatinghundreds of miles of travel for almostanyone who would want to attend theconventionlcontest. The memo triggereda meeting of the two and the forecast ofcoming events was put in place. Countingdistrict officials, quartets and those whowould come strictly as spectators, itappeared income would not come closeto matching expenses. They needed totrim expenses; to put the event under oneroof ... they needed people.

They arrived at the conclusion thatthey needed an additional event thatwould encourage people to come andparticipate in the weekend rather thanjust attend it. They needed a side contest,made up of ensembles. The idea came up

of calling it a "mini-chorus" contest.That was turned down as being negative.Better to have a "large quartet" contest,in keeping with the rest of the compe­tition for that weekend.

Thus, the Very Large Quartet (VLQ)was born.

A contest needs rules. They decidedthat the rules must be simple with few, ifany, restrictions. A V LO would con·sist of five to 16 members singing thetraditional contest format and evalu­ated in the traditional contest manner. Amember could sing in as many VLOs ashe wanted to and a VLQ could be madeup of members from more than onechapter. Except for size, there were no

special restrictions.A flyer was printed promoting the

event along with a special holiday pack­age to be offered to convention-goers.At the fall contest in Colorado Springs,this flyer was given wide distributionby members of the Albuquerque chapter.Six weeks later at COTS, Jack Smithmade an appearance before every classpromoting the VLO contest. It becamethe talk of the district.

An additional promotional packagewas put together by VLO Chairman JohnRitts. This consisted of a cassette tapewhich featured a man-on-the-street inter­view with a VLO member. A cover letterand entry blank were included and thesewere sent to every chorus director in thedistrict. The response was underwhelm­ing to say the least. There were no entrydeadlines (they would be restrictive).So they just sat and waited to see whowould show up.

April 20, 1985 the first VLO Contestgot underway at 1 :30 p.m. in the ball·room of the Classic Hotel in Albuquer­que. The judging panel was in place andthe first of nine VLOs was introduced byemcee AI Evans. They ranged in size fromsix to 16 members. A few were pickupsbut most of them had organized earlyand prepared special material for theevent. It had all the excitement of achorus contest.

The success was almost shocking, andthere were many assessments as to thereasons for the success. They boileddown to these few:

The VLO is for ALL Barbershoppers.The participants on stage ranged froma veteran gold medal competitor tomembers who had never sung in a con­test before. About 130 men sang onstage. Over 35 of them had never beenin a contest. Most of the rest of themhad never appeared in a contest inanything other than a chorus.The VLO is flexible. Those who wantto be serious about it can organizeearly and develop the ensemble toits maximum capacility. Or it can beput together on-the·spot. It can re­present one chapter or many. TheVLO accommodates a wide variety

of vocal skills.The VLO is legitimate. It has all theearmarks of our traditional compe­tition units.The evaluation of the VLQ is tradi­tional. The judging panel's attitudetoward the VLQ contest is the same asany other event. When the contest isover, there are A&Rs just the same asany other contest.Every contest has prizes. So did the

V LO. Jack Smith sat down with Albu·querque Chapter President Gil Wallaceand discussed the problem of awards.There were a lot of unanswerable ques­tions. How many people would be in thewinning VLO? If there was a travelingaward and the winning VLO representedseveral chapters, who would get it? Howcould you contain the costs consideringthe unknowns? Together, they decidedon a button-ribbon combination. 1 -3/4inch buttons were made with ribbonsattached to them. There were three setsof sixteen each. The yellow third placebutton proclaimed the wearer as havingwon the "Tortilla Award." Second placewas a red combination and called the"Tamale Award." Winners would wear ablue combination that was evidencethey had won "The Whole Enchilada."Tom Wall of the Albuquerque chapterdesigned the necessary artwork and thetotal prize package was bought for$48.71.

The Barbershoppers who were therethat weekend had much to say about theVLO contest concept. Lou Perry said,"This size ensemble probably repre­sents our founder's concept of 'some­thing bigger than a quartet' than the chor­us, as we know it today. It's importantthat it was a quartet experience, not achorus. There was no director! Each manhad to stand on his own and perform asif he were in a quartet. The experienceshould awaken him to the possibilitiesof singing in a quartet with three otherguys".

Rocky Mountain District PresidentRuss Bull said, "This is the best ideato come along to help our conventionformat and our Barbershoppers sinceour district was formed."

Farmington Chapter President WallyCheaseboro said, "When I first heardabout the V LO, I knew this was for ourchapter. We're a very small chapter andhave never been in competition, but wecould enter this type of event." (ThirteenFarmington Barbershoppers sang in· the"Fabulous Farmington Fantastic Fog­horns. ")

Jack Smith summed it up. He said,"I've been going to contests in our dis­trict since its inception in 1977. I sawguys up there on the stage who had neverbeen there before. Not just a few, butmany of them. I watched the intenseinterest they had in the remarks of thejudges at the A&R. They came to sing,they came to learn, they came to parti­cipate. There is no other activity in oursystem that allows a member to parti­cipate in a legitimate contest setting ifhe feels insecure about quartet singingand, because of size, his chapter doesnot normally compete. The VLO Can·test is an event that accommodates thisman and we have thousands of them inour Society."

He added, "If there is an ideal VLO,we saw it in two ensembles in the contest.My concept of the ideal consists of aseasoned, registered quartet that adds acollection of singers who would nevertake part in a contest, except as a chorusmember. The quartet helps them to de­velop their vocal, rehearsal and perform­ance skills. It's a learning and sharing ex­perience. Two of the VLOs were justthat with the quartets of Reunion Squareand The Desert Sounds comprising thenucleus of the VLOs."

He closed with a word of caution,"The VLO concept can be threatened bythe seasoned quartets who elect to bandtogether to form an elitist ensemble justto satisfy an inherent desire to winsomething. There should be no rule thatsays they can't ... we must rely on thehonor and integrity we perceive allBarbershoppers to possess to maintain theintent and spirit of the VLO."

The convention was also a financialsuccess!

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Tucson - The Place To BeFor 1986 Mid-WinterConvention

Remember how the winter blahs settlein around January? Isn't this just thetime when you feel you need a vaca­tion?

Shake those winter doldrums andattend the 1986 Mid·Winter conven·tion in Tucson, Arizona. Get your fillof sun, fun and barbershopping fromJanuary 21·25.

Tucson is the place to enjoy a breakfrom your everyday routine. As hostchapter, the Tucson Sunshine Chorus isplanni n9 a special five days that is guaran­teed to lift your spirits.

Tucson has a heritage and historyinfluenced by the Spanish, Mexican,native American and early pioneersettlers who have lived in the city. Span­j.sh missionaries and settlers arrived inthe early 1700s. Later in the century,Mexico claimed Arizona's southern por­tion. The U.S. acquired the territorythrough the 1953 Gadsden Purchase.Today Tucson is one of the Sunbelt'sfastest growing cities.

You'll get to experience Tucson'spast and present through the manyspecial activities planned for conventionBarbershoppers. The Holiday Inn Broad·way will be the headquarters hotel.Located in downtown Tucson, you willhave a convenient base from which toexplore the city. Here's what's plannedfor the week.

An old fashioned Western dinnerstarts the festivities on Tuesday night.Dine at the Triple C Ranch where dinneris served on tin plates with tin cups.The Sons Of The Pioneers will providethe entertainment.

Spend Wednesday touring Tombstone,Arizona. This famous town epitomizesthe life of the old West. The tour willinclude lunch in Tombstone and ampletime to visit the many attractions. Endthe day with a "South of the Border"dinner at the headquarters hotel. Don'tworry about the hot seasoning associatedwith Mexican food. You will be able toseason your food to your taste.

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Thursday's tour will bring you faceto face with the reality of the greatSonoran desert and the make believeof the Old Tucson movie set. The DesertMuseum presents the wildlife and plantsfound in the arid regions of the U.S.and Mexico. A tour of Old Tucson willtake you to the movie set built in 1939for the movie, "Arizona." This town hasbeen the setting for dozens of moviesabout the Old West. Lunch will beavailable at Old Tucson. And in keepingwith the make believe of Old Tucson,the day will end with an all-you-can-eat,family style dinner and a play at theGaslight Theatre. Here you can cheerthe hero and hiss the vilHan as theypresent an old·fashioned melodrama.

There are two half-day tours scheduledfor Friday. In the morning visit the work­shop of Contrears & Sons, Silversmiths,the Adobe Trading Post and the Galleryof the Sun. The Gallery is the formerhome and studio of famed Arizonaartist, DeGrazia. The first tour willreturn to the hotel at noon. The after­noon tour will leave the hotel at 1 p.m.for the Vanity Fair Outlet Store. Hereyou can purchase major brand·namesat half price.

Friday night will be the first of twogreat barbershop shows. It will featurethe chourses and quartets from theTucson and Phoenix chapters. It willalso be the debut of the World's LargestBarbershop Chorus. Mid-Winter conven·tion organizers are gathering Barber·shoppers from all over the country tosing in the largest barbershop chorusever assembled. Any Barbershopper cansing with the chorus. Details on how youcan join this special group accompanythis article.

The final tour planned for the weekwill take place on Saturday. This willvisit the San Xavier Mission and Nogales,Mexico. The Mission was begun in 1700by the Jesuit Missionary Father Kino.The mission served the Indians andsettlers in the area. The present church

The San Xavier Mission.

was built from 1783·1797. It is acclaimedas the finest example of mission archi­tecture in the United States. After visit­ing the church you will drive to Nogales,Mexico, across the border from Nogales,Arizona, to visit the colorful Mexicanshops. It is suggested that those goingon this tour bring with them a validpassport, birth certificate or multipleentry visa.

The final barbershop activity of theMid·Winter convention will be the Satur­day night show. This will feature the topfive quartets from the 1985 Internationalcontest at Minneapolis. An afterglow willfollow the show. Barbershoppers in­terested in ordering tickets for theFriday and/or Saturday night show canuse the order form with this article.Please note that there are two pricegroupings for each show. One price forbalcony seats and another for main floorseating.

In addition to the organized tours, forwhich there will be charged a fee, theconvention planners are putting togethersome free tours of Tucson. These willgive you a fine view of life in this friend­ly, sunny city.

Order your Mid-Winter reservationstoday. Complete the order form withthis article and send it to the Inter­national Office. If you have any questionsabout the Mid·Winter convention inTucson, please write to S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A.,Inc., 6942 E. Calle Betelgeux, Tucson,Arizona 85710. ""

Join The World's LargestBarbershop Chorus

Mr. Guinness, here's a new item for yourBook of World Records. In Tucson, Ari­zona on January 24, 1986 the Society forthe Preservation and Encouragement ofBarber Shop Quartet Singing in Americawill present the world's largest barber­shop chorus in concert.

Many Barbershoppers dream of singingin a winning quartet or chorus, but onlya few succeed. But now every Barber­shopper who wants to can participate inan experience like he's never had before.It's as simple as registering his name toreserve a spot in the world's largest bar­bershop chorus.

Registration is open to any member ofthe Society (Frank Thorne chapter in­cluded) and its affiliate organizations.There are no auditions but you are ex­pected to memorize your part in ad­vance. Preference will be given to thefirst 1,011 men who register.

The world's largest barbershop choruswill sing the following songs: "Fun InJust One Lifetime," "California Here ICome," "My Wild Irish Rose," "Bye,Bye Blues," "Dear Old Girl," "Battle

Hymn Of The Republic," "The OldSongs," and other Barberpole Cat songs.

Men who know their part to thesesongs may register for $3.00. Men whoneed to learn them may register for$5.00 and receive music and a learningtape.

Each man will wear his chorus or quar­tet uniform, or a suit with shirt and tie.

An early-bird rehearsal will be sche­duled for Thursday, January 23 at 8p.m. for those who arrive in town earlyto take advantage of the weather andlocal attractions. It will be followed bya mixer for chorus members and wives.

The official rehearsal will begin Fri­day, January 24 at 8 a.m. Lunch will beserved from noon to 2 p.m. The after­noon rehearsal will run from 2-5 p.m.with dinner from 5-7 p.m. The programbegins at 8 p.m. The world's largest bar­bershop chorus closes the show. Per­forming during the show will be theTucson Sunshine chorus and the Phoen­icians.

But there is even more. While youare in town you can attend the Saturday

night show and listen to the top fivemedalist quartets of 1985 displaying thetalent and skills that made them the bestfive of today's barbershop quartets.

You must act immediately to insureyourself a place in this barbershop ex­perience.

Send your name, address, chapternumber, voice part and either $3.00 or$5.00 to World's Largest BarbershopChorus, c/o Bob Johnson, 951 W. OrangeGrove Road, Apt. 6·101, Tucson, AZ85704. Please print and make checkspayable to the Tucson Sunshine Chorus.

The chorus will be directed by 80bJohnson, retired Director of MusicEducation and Services for S.P.E.B.­S.Q.S.A.

This is your big chance to participatein a Mid-Winter Convention and havethe most fun in just one lifetime. Besure to register before the December31,1985 deadline.

Fill up the car or van, hire a bus, orcharter a plane, but be there.

TUCSON MIDWINTER CONVENTION REGISTRATION

Enclosed is my check/money order for:

Quantitv Total AmountConvention Registrations@ $10,00Friday Night Show (B)* @$ 6.00Friday Night Show (MFI @$ 7.00Sat, Night Show (BI @$ 7.00Sat. Night Show (MF) @$ 8,00

I Total Amount

CHAPTER NO, MEMBER NO.

NAME _

ADDRESS _

CITY _

STATE/PROVINCE POSTAL CODE _

TELEPHONE (Please include area code) _

* B = Balcony Seats, MF = Main Floor Seats

Although it is not necessary to have a registration toobtain show tickets, NON-REGISTRANTS will not beassigned seats until after December 2, 1985 at whichtime tickets will go on sale to the general public.REG 1ST RANTS will be assigned immediate priorityseating in the order their registrations are received.··Registrants will also receive a name badge, entryto the afterglow, and a housing form from the head·quarters Holiday Inn Broadway Hotel enabling themto obtain special group rates.

DATE RECEIVED

NOTES,

FOR OFFICE USE ONl Y

Make checks payable to: S.P.E.B.S.a.S.A. 1986Mid-Winter•• If you are ordering more than one registration,please attach an itemized listing of names.

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TalebyLouis MihaJ.yi

The Spruce Grouse Chorus was on adownhill glide. Our membership haddropped by a third in the past five years.Meetings were lackluster and atten­dance sporadic. Most of the time we sataround and talked about the good olddays.

We hadn't been to competition in twoyears. It wasn't that we didn't like it.We did, but with our'low membership wecouldn't qualify. That kind of took thestarch out of us.

For old times we still practiced ourtwo numbers every year. To save time wealways used the same two songs. Thisgot kind of boring after a while, but wehad rehearsed them for so long we got tothinking our mistakes were pretty good.

And then Fed Schlaymonger cameinto our lives.

Fed lived on Tug Hill, a high plateau

west of the Black River and east of LakeOntario. Tug Hill is regarded as a waste·land by most area residents. In winter thewinds off the lake become saturated withmoisture, rise over Tug Hill and depositthe moisture as snow. So Tug Hill haslots of snow and lots of winter. Hardysouls who live there claim they have tenmonths of winter and two months ofpoor sledding. Actually, this is probablyan exaggeration as the snowmobilingis usually pretty good all through Julyand August.

Fed walked in one night out of theblue, or out of the white as a raging BlackRiver blizzard was in progress. Feddrove his snowmobile into the vestibuleof the Granite Rock Of Ages BaptistChurch and announced that he wanted tosing barbershop harmony. This was ourfirst guest in five years.

At that particular moment, BirdKarlquist, our director, was havingtrouble finding his pitch pipe. Fed gave aclear A and we were off and singing. Atthe end of the meeting when Fed saidhe'd like to be a Grouse there were noquestions on our part. The Spruce GrouseChorus had always been thin in the basssection and Fed was a welcome addition.

We took his check and put him in theback row where his singing could bestinfluence the members of the bass sec­tion, which needed a lot of influencing.Fed brought a new sound to the chorus,a rich deep bass. But that wasn't all hebrought.

At the next meeting Fed arrived withtwo guests of his own - his two hounds.He claimed that Slip was also a bass andSlide a tenor. He couldn't see any reasonwhy they couldn't help us out.

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When we took to the risers to rehearseone of our Spring Show numbers, eachhound found his own section. Sincethey hadn't been issued any music. theydidn't do much singing that night. Fedsaid they couldn't read music too wellanyway but they both had good earsbecause they were part blood and wolfhound. This is proably why they stoodso high on the risers.

A few weeks later, Stalwart Paraisegot over his cold enough so that theFour Wood Chips quartet could sing afew of their songs. 80th Slip and Slidemoved right down front. You could tellthey liked quartet singing. Their tailswagged like mad when the Chips sangtheir tags. When they ended the houndsbarked and howled in appreciation. Thisembarrassed us as we had taken the WoodChips for granted. After that we all joinedin with the hounds and clapped real hardwhenever the quartet performed.

Our director wasn't having muchsuccess teaching us our vowels until onenight the hounds got disgusted with ourefforts. They went up front with Birdand howled about eight or ten vowels.They also demonstrated a couple of sing­ing consonants, like grrr, which we hadnever heard of, but which Bird con­firmed did exist. They were especiallygood with a combination owooo, owooo,owooo. After that we paid attention andpracticed voweling with great diligence.Before long we were as good as thehounds.

After a few meetings the hounds be­came restless. Someone thought theywere bored and might like some variety.

So we started warming up with a differ­ent set of songs each night. Not only didthe hounds like it, but the membershipbegan paying attention.

This encouraged Yodel Edmore to getthe music committee together and comeup with some definite meeting outlines.B.H. Ibefore hounds) each meetingdeveloped as it went along.

The variety kept us on our toes. Theattention span of the hounds was short,so we had to keep singing somethingdifferent all the time. It turned out thatmany of the Grouses had equally shortattention spans and the variety bene­fited them too. We used combinationsof new and old, long and short, punctua·ted with renditions by the Four WoodChips. The Chips produced a whole newroutine. Soon we had a few scratchquartets trying to blend their voices.

This had the effect of bringing to­gether those who were scared of quar­tetting. It wasn't too long before a coupleof these groups began to work togetheron the sly. It began to look as thoughour little chorus would soon spawn somenew quartets and it did.

Now news of the hounds in the chorusbrought a curious guest or two to ourmeetings. We persuaded some of them tojoin. This new group was a mixed lot ­a couple of wood cutters, a log truckdriver, a defrocked insurance salesmanand an assortment of other agriculturaland lumbering experts. But they had oneof two things in common - they weredog lovers or they thought they couldsing better than the hounds.

Actually, the hounds never did can·

tribute much to our singing. But theywere real good with our choreography.They couldn't take off hats, but sincethey had four feet their footwork wastwice as good as anyone else's. We foundthe tail wagging difficult, but we diddevelop a lower body fluidity that madeour chorus somewhat distinctive. Whenwe didn't do just as the hounds expectedthey would bark us back into line. Thesecandid canine comments gave us a lot ofdirection.

Later that month we had a singout forthe Ladies Aid Society of the Eagle BeakFalls Methodist Church. Slip and Slidewere a sensation. Word spread all aroundthe county that the Spruce GrouseChorus had a couple of dogs singing in it.Hedy Merganser, director of the String ofPearls Sweet Adeline chorus, was heard toremark that, "The Spruce Grouse Chorushas more than just two dogs."

Word went as far west as Buffalowhere the district president heard thestory and decided to make a surprisevisit. He pointed out that, "Never in theworld would International register a pairof hounds." But that news didn't seemto bother Fed. The rest of us weren'tsure. We had come to depend on thehounds.

Things came to a head the week beforeour annual show. Everyone was busytrying to learn the music, having waitedas usual until the last week. We were allsitting around at the break drinkingcomfrey tea. Win Jismore, master herbgrower, had provided the comfrey inplace of coffee. Although nobody like it,we drank it because it was free.

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Somehow, while we were drinkingour comfrey, Slip and Slide got into themusic library, a used cardboard box, Aswe were downing the comfrey tea thehounds were downing the music. Theyate every last sheet, at least twentythree dollars worth.

Up to this time we had put up withthe hounds' indiscretions. The clean-upcommittee thought the hounds were notused to coming to church. Some thoughtthe hounds were not even used to cominginto a house. There were several othervalid complaints, Marty Smith stated hehad to de-flea himself after each re­hearsal. Tony Manna wanted the chorusto buy some breath mints for Slide. Sothe board had a meeting and decided totell Fed that the dogs had to go,

We were all afraid that if the dogswent, Fed would too and the choruswould really go to the dogs, But Fedwas a good guy and took the newsgracefully, He said the two hounds reallydidn't like riding on the snowmobileanyway.

The loss of our music put most of usat a disadvantage. Now we had to makeup the words as well as our parts. Thismeant we had to schedule some addition­al rehearsal hours to iron out the roughspots, We buckled down, The spirit thehounds had raised in us, plus what wehad learned in dog obedience school,brought us through our 23rd annual showin fine shape,

Hedy Merganser commented that theloss of our music didn't seem to hurt, aswe didn't pay attention to it anyway, infact we even sounded a little betterwithout it, The combined gossip and

publicity about the hounds contributedto the sellout at the Sheaves of HarvestGrange Hall. We made more than enoughmoney to replace the, by now, digestedmusic.

Fed was usually one of the first toarrive at our meetings. He came down offTug Hill on his snowmobile, went straightacross the valley, on across the BlackRiver ice and right up to the church door.As Spring began to warm things up, thesnow in the valley melted, the ice on theriver broke up and Fed had to go aroundby the bridge, The snow sled didn'ttravel too well on the now bare gravelroads so he came to fewer and fewerrehearsals,

He did manage to join us at the Springcompetition. By then we had twenty newmembers and were able to qualify. Be­cause of our training we had the bestshowing ever. We moved up to nine­teenth from twenty first.

The Spruce Grouse Chorus is nowflying high, The new blood has excitedthe old, The Western Adirondack foot­hills ring with our music. Our chordsrock Granite Rock Of Ages BaptistChurch, which creates a problem as theplaster sometimes falls on us. Bird Karl­quist now has a new pitch pipe hangingon a chain around his neck. And we havelearned the songs which replaced themusic ingested by the hounds.

The quality of our singing has evenimproved to the point that Hedy Mer­ganser asked us to sing in the String ofPearls annual show next year, some­thing she shied away from in the past.All of this certainly came about becauseof two big, rangy, hounds.

Fed doesn't make many of our summer meetings. He assures us that comethe first snow he will be with us again.He stopped in one night to tell us thatSlip and Slide have formed a quartetof their own, with two Tug Hill coyotes.He says they are doing pretty well butthey only have one song - "My WildIrish Setter."

ABOUTTHEAUTHOR.,.

Lou Mihalyi of Glenfield, New York isa member of the Watertown, New Yorkchapter, In 1982 he founded and becamethe editor of the chapter's bulletin,the "Waterlog." Seneca Land Districtrecently named him the 1985 DistrictBulletin Editor of the Year.

Lou became a Barbershopper afterhis retirement in 1980. He taught highschool biology and earth science. Hisinterest in history has prompted hismembership in the Lewis County Histori­cal Society, of which he has been presi­dent for the past four years.

Lou also manages and lives on aChristmas tree farm and 55 year old pineplantation. He also writes a weeklycolumn for the Watertown Daily Times,"The Black River Journal," on natureand nostalgia. He is pUblishing a collec­tion of these stories in a book later thisyear,

John Norton, who illustrated thisstory, is a former high school studentof Lou's, He is presently completing hismasters degree at Clemson Universityand is also illustrating Lou's book.

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New Music Notesby Burt Szabo

Music Specialist

During the first six months of 1985, 22barbershop arrangements were releasedby the Society. Three went to Soc­iety members via the pages of the HAR·MONIZER. If you are a music sub·scriber, you should have received all 22arrangements released up to July 1.Here's a brief note on each of thesearrangements.

The January/February HARMONI·ZER carried Tom Gentry's arrangementof a 1905 song, THE LEADER OF THEGERMAN BAND (Stock No. 7683@ $.25). If you haven't got four guystogether to sing this one, you're miss­ing out on some great fun. It's a fineshow number with terrific stage pre­sence possibilities. Don't panic whenyou reach measure 24 - it's supposed tosound that way. Try it.

SHINE ON HARVEST MOON (StockNo. 8085 @ $.251 came in the March/April HARMONIZER. This is a revisionof a much earlier Society release and isthe product of the team of Val Hicksand Earl Moon, and you can't beat ateam like that. Audiences will love it,and so will the judges. They'll want tohum along with your quartet or chorus.Popularity of this 190B song will endurefor many years to come.

Don Gray has contributed an arrange­ment of HE'S A COUSIN OF MINE(Stock No. 8086 @$.25). It was includedin the May/June HARMONIZER. Thissong from 1906 makes a great contest/show/novelty number. It's a little chal·lenging but well worth considering foryour repertoire.

Arrangements released during the firsthalf of 1985 through the Music Sub·scription Program include:

00 YOU REMEMBER WHEN? (StockNo. 7046 @ $.50). Many arrangers hada hand in the revision of this fine number.The first arrangement was released bythe Society 20 years ago. Our newversion eliminates or corrects those pro-

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blems which made the old arrangementless than suitable for contest use. Singthis new version in contest and watchthe judges smile.

ROSE (A RING TO THE NAME OFROSIEI (Stock No. 7195 @ $.50).Lloyd Steinkamp's new treatment ofGeorge M. Cohan's 1923 song ROSEmakes it even better for contest than theold version. Try it. Your audience willfind it a real toe-tapper!

MY BUDDY (Stock No. 7196@$.501.This 1922 song has been immenselypopular with Barbershoppers and non­Barbershoppers. Everyone in your aud·ience will know the tune and will enjoyhearing you sing Burt Szabo's arrange­ment. Judges will like it, too.

DOWN IN THE OLD NEIGHBOR·HOOD (Stock No. 7198 @ $.501. Every·one's favorite arranger, Lou Perry, hasdone an outstanding job with this finebarbershop number from 1927. Lou hasupdated an earlier arrangement to make itcompletely acceptable for contest use.

BAREFOOT DAYS (Stock No. 7197@ $.50). Earl Moon not only directsone of the largest chapter choruses inthe Society but somehow finds time toturn out numerous great arrangements.Give this 1923 toe-tappin' number a tryin your next competition.

SWANEE (Stock No. 7199 @ $.501.G~orge Gershwin didn't write manysongs that fit the barbershop mold butafter trying this 1919 classic you'll agreethat he did write at least one. Don't letthe minor key verse dissuade you fromsinging it in contest. Burt Szabo's arrange­ment is a little tough, but worth theeffort.

I'M SITTING ON TOP OF THEWORLD (Stock No. 7202 @ $.50).This 1925 song has been arranged by theteam of John Hohl and Dave Stevens.It's a moving, upbeat number that will bea favorite with show audiences and can·test judges alike.

TOOT, TOOT, TOOTSIE (Stock No.2701 @ $.50). This 1922 song is a per·ennial favorite with barbershop quartetsand choruses. Burt Szabo has provideda singable arrangement for show or can·test that you will enjoy.

We have been waiting a long time foran arrangement of the great 1922 showtune CAROLINA IN THE MORNING(Stock No. 7685 @ $.50). Ed Waeschehas done a superb job with this oldfavorite. It's a tune that everyone inyour audience will recognize. We sug·gest that you not use this song in com­petition. If this isn't already one of yourfavorite songs, it will be after you'vesung this fine arrangement.

SONNY BOY (Stock No. 7200@ $501.This wonderful tearjerker was written in1928, but age hasn't dimmed its luster.Burt Szabo took this AI Jolson favoriteand turned it into a neat contest arrange·ment you can really sink your teethinto. If you haven't tried it yet, do, butbe ready for a bit of a challenge.

Another song identified with AlJolson is the 1919 number YOU AIN'THEARD NOTH IN' YET (Stock No.7205 @ $.50). Tom Gentry has done asuper arrangement of it, great for bothshow and contest. If you've been look·ing for an uptune with a neat beat, givethis one a try.

THE SPANIARD THAT BLIGHTEDMY LIFE (Stock No. 7684 @$.50) is oneof those songs that we hear now and thenand wonder why there isn't a barbershoparrangement of it. Billy Merson, anEnglishman, wrote this song in 1911. Itwas probably a hit in the British musichalls before it came to America. BurtSzabo remembered the WestinghouseQuartet (Pittsburgh) who sang this inthe 1940s and 50s and put together ashow arrangement which will providea test for your quartet. It's one forwhich you'll need to polish you cock­ney accent, toreador skills, and fandango

number for contest. Find three otherguys and start enjoying it.

Here is an interesting sidelight. Certainnames occur again and again as writers ofbarbershop songs. Some names connectedwith two or more of the above 22 songsare Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn, LewBrown, 8uddy DeSylva, AI Jolson, RayHenderson, Sam Lewis, and Joe Young.Wonder how many other of our favoritebarbershop songs these man have com·posed?

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1924. You will find this a great additionto the list of Sally songs. The judges willlike it, too.

DIRTY HANDSI DIRTY FACE!(Stock No. 1204 @$.501. Here is anothersong that AI Jolson had a part in com­posing. He sang it in the film "The JazzSinger" in 1927. The song isn't wellknown yet, but Burt Szabo's arrange·ment should help to popularize it witheveryone who likes songs about kids.And who doesn't? Should be a great

steps. Maracas and castanets are allowed,too. Ole!

LITTLE PAL (Stock No. n06@$.501.Is there a Barbershopper who hasn'twarbled this song with three other guysin a hotel hallway at 3 a.m.? We firstheard the Rascals sing this song awayback in the early 1960s. Lou Perry hasgiven us a super new arrangement of this1929 song. The version is slightly dif­ferent from the "woodshed" version, butfor all of us that have difficulty wood­shedding this song, Lou's new treatmentprovides us with a contest-appropriatearrangement.

OLD FASHIONED GIRL (Stock No.1207 @ $.50) from 1922 is another ofthose tunes of which we have all wishedwe had an arrangement. AI Jolson islisted as the composer and lyricist of thisfine number, and several arrangers hada hand in the arrangement. This is a songyou will enjoy singing in show or contest.

One of Al Jolson's greatest showstoppers was the 1918 song, ROCK­A-BYE YOUR BABY WITH A DIXIEMELODY (Stock No. 7032 rev. @ $.501.Don Gray and Mel Knight collaboratedon this revision of an arrangement firstpublished by the Society over 20 yearsago in 1963. We think you will find thisnew arrangement easier to sing than theold one. Great song for a Jolson show,Dixie show, or for contest. Try it.

From the year 1923 comes I'M GOIN'SOUTH (Stock No. 1209 @ $.501.another toe-tappin', easy beat, Dixiecontest song. You're sure to enjoy EdWaesche's treatment of this song, and

. wait till you get hold of the tag.What a finish!

Who has never sung an Ernest Ballsong? If that composer's name is notfamiliar to you, it will be after you'vesung DEAR LITTLE BOY OF MINE(Stock No. 1208 @ $.501. We go all theway back to 1918 for this great song.So many had a hand in the creation ofthis arrangement that we decided tocredit it to S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A., Inc. Giveit a whirl in the Fall contest. Give thejudges something to smile about.

We think you'll enjoy singing BurtSzabo's arrangement of I WONDERWHAT'S BECOME OF SALLY (StockNo. 1203 @ $.501. a fine ballad from

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For 16 years the Society's Music De­partment has staffed a music man of notedcharacter, reputation and wit. We got a"helluv' a deal" when Dave Stevens washired in May, 1969.

Since then, Dave has traveled acrossthe country, bringing his one-man barber­shop show to chapters big and small. Hehas also directed the Society's musicpublishing operation, expanding themusical arrangement library.

In June, Dave retired from his posi-

Dave Stevens

tion on the International Office staff.In typical Stevens' style he made hisfarewells with a song and a warning thateverybody just better keep their musicbarbershop.

Stevens' barbershop name was estab­lished before joining the InternationalOffice staff. As director of the BerkeleyCalifornians, he led the chorus to thegold at the 1957 International can·vention in Los Angeles. Dave also sangwith numerous quartets, most noteablythe 'Frisco Four.

In his job Dave has also been involvedin arranging songs for publication. teach·ing at Harmony College (he holds the

record for teaching at the most HarmonyColleges as an International Office staffmember), and spreading the joy of bar·bershopping on this continent and inEngland. As defender of the barber·shop style, Stevens recorded his thoughtsfor a special Society video tape, "WhatAre We Trying To Preserve?"

With Stevens' retirement, the MusicDepartment has literally played musicalchairs and shifted their staff to newpositions. Burt Szabo will now overseethe Society's music publishing activities.He will also continue teaching at Har­mony College and music schools, special­izing in arranging and music theory.Burt joined the International Officestaff in July, 1983.

Szabo's move opens his job in chorusdevelopment/music publishing. MusicSpecialist Tom Gentry will take overthese duties. Tom will also be makingregular chapter visits. He will also teachat district schools and Harmony Col­lege. Gentry recently joined the Inter·national Office staff in February, 1985.

A new music department/administra'

Burt Szabo

Tom Gentry

tive position created this year will bestaffed in June by Jim DeBusman. Hewill become the first Music Generalist,working in both the music and memobership development areas. DeBusmanwill be helping newly licensed and chart­ered chapters establish their musicalprogram. He will also teach at districtmusic schools and be available for chap­ter visits.

Jim has been a Society member for16 years. Most recently he served asassistant director of the Eugene, Oregonchapter. He presently sings tenor withthe Cascade Connection quartet, andhas competed in two Internationalquartet contests in 1983 and 1984.

Prior to joining the staff, Jim taughthigh school choral music, directingcontest winning choruses. He also wasan instructor at the University of Oregonand directed the vocal jazz ensemble.DeBusman has also directed church andSweet Adeline chourses. DeBusman holdsa Master of Music degree from PacificLuthern University.

Be watching for announcements aboutthe quartet specialist and chorus develop­ment specialist positions. ~

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The Institute Of LogopedicsPlans For The Future

by Dr. Frank R. KleffnerPresident

(Presented bV Dr. Frank R. Kleffner,President and Chief Executive Officer,at the Institute of Logopedics' 1985Annual Meeting.)

During 1984, as one of the activitiesmarking the Institute's 50th Anniversary,a lO-year strategic plan was formulated.This plan charted the Institute's coursefor the future. The future set forth ;nthat plan has already begun.

Our mission is clear.Daily, there are accomplishments at

the Institute which represent stridestaken toward achieving our mission forthe future, which is:

"To be the leader in the advancementof practices and the growth of know­ledge in providing remedial servicesto handicapped individuals with com­munication disorders."Key phrases in our Mission State­

ment are: be the leader; advancementof practices; and growth of knowledge.

The advancement of practices requiresus to have influence on the performanceand accomplishments of all the pro­fessions which serve the handicapped.Our primary program focus will be toincorporate current medical knowledge ascompletely as possible into the educationand therapies we provide our pupils.

There are four disciplines from whichthe most advanced knowledge and prac­tices must be consolidated. These areasare: medicine; biological sciences; be­havioral sciences; and education.

In contributing to the growth ofknowledge our activities will include thedevelopment of model programs, demon­stration projects, and research.

In all areas of our delivery of serviceswe will devote special resources to thecollection of data to document results.This program evaluation data will be usedto improve the effectiveness of our ownprograms and will be shared with ourprofessional colleagues to have an in·fluence on practices outside the Insti­tute.

Research activities will focus on thecomparison of treatment methods, ex·

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perimental treatment projects, and on avariety of hypotheses regarding thenature and treatment of the disorderswith which we deal. There is mu~h yetto be learned about the relation betweenvarious disabilities and the developmentof communication skills, and about therelation between various pathologies andspecial needs which must be addressedin the therapies we provide.

The target for our future efforts isthe considerable and growing territorywhich lies between education on the onehand and medicine on the other, Ineducation, in the ten years since imple­mentation of the mandate for equaleducational opportunities for the handi­capped, hearings and court cases havesteadily reduced the variety of serviceswhich schools are obligated to provide.Several specific forms of therapy or

treatment have been judged not to beessential to the educational process,and thus are not required of the schools.Chief among those areas which have beenexcluded are medical, biological, andbehavioral needs. Continued economicpressures on education combined withpublic pressure for improvement in non­special education will, in the future,result in a diminishing share of the taxdollar to be allocated to programs forthe handicapped.

On the medical side, a similar re­trenchment is taking place. Economicpressures and cost containment effortshave forced reductions in private in­surance coverage for chronic care, long­term treatment, and rehabilitation forproblems not resulting directly frominjury or specific disease. In the yearsimmediately ahead, hospitals which sur­vive these economic pressures will likelybe more specialized and less responsiveto comprehensive patient needs--es'pecially when those needs call for long­term treatment.

A marjority of pupils served at theInstitute have needs which fall into thisgap between education and medicine.These children present combinations ofdifficulties which require the utmostcare and comprehensiveness in consoli­dating medical, biological, behavioral and

educational treatments. Children placedwith us require carefully balanced medi­cations to control seizures or otherbiological conditions and they oftenpresent behavior problems which may callfor medication as well as direct manage­ment, These problems are additional todifficulties with learning and with com­munications which require specializedclassroom and therapy programs.

Hope for the future for such child·ren rests in the extent to which theprofessions can find ways to consolidate,combine and coordinate heretofore iso­lated areas of special knowledge andtechnology. While all of the humanservices professions recognize the im­portance of providing services which fullyconsolidate the latest in knowledgeand practice, there are few contexts inwhich such an ambitious goal can berealized.

Where can the challenge of providingoptimal futures for such children beaddressed? Clearly the resources in publiceducation and in medical treatmentfacilities are fully committed to theterritories they already have. Clearlyvery specialized and dedicated settingswill be required. The Institute of Logo,pedics, by its history, traditions, assetsand potential, is ideally suited to moveinto the gap between medicine andeducation, and between technology andpractice. We have started the process ofcreating the combination of treatment,teaching, therapies, program evaluation,innovation, experimental programs, andresearch which will enable us to have asmuch impact on future developments forthe handicapped as we have had through­out our 50·year history. Our missionpoints us squarely toward such a goal.

Dr. Kleffner's presentation will beconcluded in the next issue of the HAR·MONIZER.

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UISTORICAL NOTES

FOUR·PART HARMONY IN COLONIAL TIMES. Twicein recent issues reference has been made to pages from "TheLast of the Mohicans." The following additional members havewritten to verify the citation: Alan Craig, Brockville, Ontario;Joel Daniels, Chicago, Illinois; Val Neil, Farmington, Maine;Rick Raile, West Covina, California; Bob Cunningham, NewLondon, Connecticut; and Don Richardson, Phoenix, Arizona.All of you can now consider yourselves literary buffs as well asharmony buffs.

A GUILD OF QUARTET SINGERS. The District of Colum·bia Chapter, organized in 1945, had grown to 170 membersby 1951. Quartet singing was the principal emphasis. As ofJuly. 1951 the chapter published a list of 102 members "whonow are, or who have been, members of organized quartetsand who have appeared in creditable public performance inSociety functions other than chapter meetings." Can any ofthe Century Club chapters today match this record?

It seems unbelievable, but the 102 members mentionedin the preceeding paragraph (with some duplications) sang in33 different chapter quartets with separate names.

Irving Berlin, honorary S.P.E.B.S.G.S.A. member whosesongs we love to sing, wrote words and melody of a song in1917 titled "Smile And Show Your Dimple". He put it awayas an unpublished manuscript until 1933 when it emerged as"In your Easter bonnet," the first line of "Easter Parade."Likewise "God Bless America" was written in 1917, put awayin a trunk and didn't see the light of day until 1939, the yearS.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A. held its first championship contest. AnotherBerlin song to celebrate a holiday is 'White Christmas" whichgained instant success when published in 1942. What a triadthese songs are in our musical repertoire!

THE LONGEST PARADE OF QUARTETS. The files ofPhil Embury, past International president, contain a January15, 1944 program celebrating the fifth anniversary of theDetroit, Michigan chapter. Featured were two national champ­ions hhe Four Harmonizers and Elastic Four), three otherslater to become champions (Harmony Halls, Misfits, Doctorsof Harmony), and 19 (yes, 19) other assorted barbershopquartets from Detroit and nearby Michigan. History does notrecord how long the concert lasted - if all quartets on theprogram actually appeared onstage that evening. Second placein these sweepstakes goes to a Parade of the San Franciscochapter on March 19. 1948 listing on the printed program 16different quartets and the songs to be sung by each. Thirdplace goes to the District of Columbia chapter for its "Har·mony Gala" on January 21, 1950, listing on its program 14quartets - all from the D. C. chapter.

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by Dean SnyderInternational Historian

ATTENTION DISTRICT HISTORIANS. The first SocietyHistorical Symposium was successfully conducted earlier thisyear at the San Antonio Mid-winter convention - attended bydistrict historians with special emphasis on our upcoming50th Anniversary. A second session is scheduled for the Tuc­son Mid-winter in January, 1986. One result of the San An­tonio session was the first newsletter for historians, editedand produced by Dr. Robert Bisio, Far Western DistrictHistorian.

EARLY RELATIONSHIPS WITH MENC. The Music Edu·cators National Conference began to be aware of the Societyand to hear about barbershop craft sessions i(l the early 1950s.One of the first, if not the first, appearance of our quartetson MENC programs came in Philadelphia in March. 1952.Society quartets on that occasion included the Pittsburghers(1948 champions) and the Four Teens (1952 championsl­Maurice (Molly) Reagan and Harold (Bud) Arberg. our mostknowledgeable SSG "craft" speciaiists of that period, alsoparticipated in the MENC convention program.

The first set of phonograph recordings made professionallyby a Society quartet came in 1939 with the Capitol City Four.That quarte"t took second place in our first championshipcontest. Victor Records produced the recording. Alex Pen­man, charter member of the Saint John, New Brunswickchapter, recently came into possession of a set of these earlyrecords "in mint condition" and has volunteered to presentthem to the Society's historical display room now beingorganized in Kenosha.

A COLLECTORS AUXILIARY. History buffs (and thereare many of them) are also collectors. A member in Canada,for example, collects quartet cards and has hundreds of them.Don Donahue, Boonton, N.J., as another example, has every·one of the 38 books written by Si9 Spaeth, one of our pio­neers and an early HARMONIZER columnist. Now comes DonBrame, 37 Hillside Road, Elizabeth, N.J., to suggest that wehave a Society auxiliary to be "a collectors association for thepurpose of buying/selling/trading various barbershopiana" andto have a display booth at our conventions. Are there anyother Society members interested in this idea?

The purpose of these Notes is to bring together some littleknown or sometimes forgotten facts and oddities concerningbarbershop tradition and the Society and its members. Com­ments and contributions are invited for future HARMONIZERuse. Items should be of society-wide interest. They may besent to Dean Snyder, 1808 Hunting Cove Place, Alexandria,VA 22307.

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Happy Birthday Irving Berlin!This giant birthday greeting, hand letter­ed in red and black and signed by over170 Barbers hoppers, was sent to IrvingBerlin prior to his 97th birthday, May11th. Fanfare, the 1984 NortheasternDistrict quartet champions, posed inthe foreground. Members of the quar­tet are Russ Lund, bari; Roy Rippiatt.lead; Fred Moore, tenor; and Jim Simp­son, bass. The signing took place at thedistrict's spring prelim convention inEast Hartford, Connecticut.

The Lexington, Kentucky chapterhas received a grant of approximately$2,700 from the Lexington CouncilFund for the Arts. The chapter is also amember of the Council which will makeit eligible to receive future grants. TheLexington Council of the Arts wasformed to unite the many organizationsindividually promoting separate art forms.The Kentuckians Chorus has been anassociate member since its beginning andis one of 21 performing arts groupsbelonging to the confederation.

The Golf Capital Chorus, Pinehurst,North Carolina directed by Wayne Clayand the Carolina Chord Company, Char­lotte, North Carolina directed by LarryLane joined to entertain at the WorldGolf Hall of Fame in Pinehurst, NorthCarolina. The concert was sponsored bythe Pinehurst Business Guild. Even thegolfers putting out on the fourth hole ofPinehurst No.2 course paused to listen.

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The Greeley and Loveland, Coloradochapters responded to a special requestrouted through the International Officeto do a favor for the Camelaires Chorusin Saudi Arabia. When a member of theCamel aires returned to the States forcancer surgery, the group in Jeddahasked if some Barbershoppers could visithim at the hospital in Fort Collins, Colo­rado. The only problem was they didn'tknow in which hospital he way staying.Members from the Colorado chapterstracked him down and went to see him.The Harmony Parts Department andHeart Beats quartets were joined byother chapter members in giving a specialin-hospital performance. They are nowtaking their new Barbershopper friendto their chapter meetings as his healthimproves.

The Smithsonian Institution's NationalMuseum of American History presenteda salute to barbershop harmony duringApril. The Alexandria, Virginia chapterparticipated in the program, "4 Chairs,No Waiting." Society Associate HistorianWilbur Sparks and quartets The FederalCity Four and Sincerely Yours also werefeatured.

The Dundalk, Maryland chapter reocently celebrated its Founders Night,honoring the founders of the Societyand their chapter. A highlight of theevening was the presentation of lapelpins to members who have belonged tothe Society for 25 years. Dundalk nowhas 62 active members who have receivedthis honor. Can anybody top that?

The Davenport, Iowa Chordbusterswent down to defeat, 54·37, against thetenacious defense of the WOC-TV "A"Team, in the first annual LogopedicsBasketball Classic.

The game, sponsored by the Daven­port Chordbuster Chorus as a benefit forthe Institute of Logopedics, pitted thepreviously unbeaten Chord busters (sowhat if they hadn't played a game)against the "A" Team, made up of newsand sports commentators and technicaland administrative staff of the QuadCities WOC-TV and Radio and theiraffiliate, KIIK-FM_

The Portland, Washington chapterwas featured on the Portland PBS sta­tion's "Front Street Weekly" program.The ten minute section was taped at thechapter's weekly meeting.

The Wyomingaires of Cheyenne,Wyoming presented their annual showwith the help of a special group ofchildren. The chapter used the talentsof "Hands In Harmony" to translatetheir show for the hearing impaired.The young people stood to the side ofthe stage and, using choreographedsign language, sang with the chorus.Their presentation enabled the chorusto share barbershopping with the hear­ing impaired in the audience who receivedspecial invitations from the chapter toattend the show.

The Denver Mile Hi chapter nowawards this hand·crafted, wood trophyto the winning quartet of its Young MenIn Harmony contest. The trophy wasnamed after Barbershopper Glen Com­stock. A fund created by the neighbor­ing Mountainaires chapter in Comstock'smemory was designated for use by theYMIH program and purchased the trophy.The walnut replica of the InternationalLandino trophy was created by HeritageHigh School senior Mike Farr. PeteHyland, Rocky Mountain District YMIHchairman, teaches at the high schooland suggested the special trophy. Thefirst quartet to receive this travelingtrophy was Sassafras, from Boulder,Colorado.

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HARMONY SONGS: Buy - Sell - Trade ­Rent - sheet music, vocal arrangements andrecords, For computerized Harmony Song listsend $3 cash; and ask for IN/C) 'Want" listand/or "Available" list. Send 9 X 12 addressedenvelope with $.37 stamp each to: Casey'sHarmony Songs, 38833 Overacker Ave., Fre­mont, CA 94536 (member S.P.E.B.S,Q.S.A.and N.S.M.S.l.

FOA SALE - 49 used white herringbone tuxe­dos with tails, black velvet collars/satin lapelsand 49 black wool tux trousers plus one direct­or's tux. Will include 38 red and white ruffleddickies, several black velvot bow ties, cufflinks and studs, Price $20 ea. Freight collect.Picture on request, Call Ed Schulz, (5131 298­9648 or write 298 Fawnwood Dr., Dayton,Ohio 45429.

FOR SALE - 100+ used uniforms. Brownwith dark brown trim and tie. Asking $15.00each. Sizes 37R to 50 available. Contact:John Bowman, R.A. 2 Box 199, Britt, IA50423. Phone: 515-843·4086 after 6 p.m.

FOR SALE - 100+ Lord West tuxedos, whitowith black piping, red ruffled shirt, black vel·vet vest and tie, black tux pants and black pa­tent shoes. Full size range including XS andXXI. 50 extra coats for growth. $3,000 for theentire tot. Will soli partial sots. Color photoavailable on request. Contact: Tim Knight,541 Antelope, Eugene, Oregon, 97401, Tel:(503) 484·8100 days or (503) 687-0800 eve­nings.

FOR RENT - World War I replica uniforms(70) complete with helmet, belt and wrapleggings. Will rent smaller quantities. Supersuccessful show theme - WWI song list, scriptand staging suggestions available. Contact:Tom Russell, P. 0, Box 488, Old Mystic, Conn.06372 - day (203) 572-9121 eve. (203)536·7733.

FOR SALE - 100 complete "After Six Tux­edo" champagne Windsor coats with brownvelvet trim, matching pants, brown velvetscoop vests, "L & M Tuxedo" yell a shirtswith ruffled front and cuff and. brown velvetbutterfly bow ties. Machine washable and ingood condition. Price $20.00 each. Contact:F. W. Dressel, Chorus of the Dunes, 135 W.Oak Pl., Griffith, IN 46319 or phone: 219­924·6132,

FOR SALE - 60+ cardinal red tuxedos withwhite trimmed jackets. Assorted sizes, goodcondition, picture on request. $25 each butprice is negotiable. Contact: Don Bunce.2407 Howard Ave. N.E., Roanoke, VA 24012.Tel. 703-982·8280 after 6 P,M.

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FOR SALE - 75 High School Chorus or YouthGroup "After Six Tuxedos"; Champagne Wind­sor coats with brown velvet trim (most sizes34 to 40), matching pants (most sizes 27 to34). Machine washable and in excellent can·dition. Asking price $10.00 each. Contact:F. W. Dressel, Chorus of the Dunes, 145 W. OakPI., Griffith, IN 46319 or phone: 219-924·6132.

WANTED CHORUS DIRECTOR. TheGrove City chapter "Heart of Ohio" chorusis seeking a Director. Barbershop music ex­perience is desired. We have a hard workingMusic Committee and a chapter membershipof 58. We have qualified for District compe­tition the last five years, Our home ;s Colum·bus, Ohio which is the No.3 city in the worldas an I nformation Center. Contact: RolandGrenell, 3566 Briadwood Dr., Columbus,Ohio 43220, Phone: (614) 876-7226.

WANTED - HARMONIZERS to completecollection. Will trade and answer inquiries,One each - May, 1943 (Vol 2, No.4); Septem·ber, 1943 (Vol. 3, No.1); March, 1944 (Vol.4, No. 11; May, 1944 (Vol. 3, No.3). Contact:William Watson. 201 Maple Avenue. LaPorte,IN 46350.

WANTED - ASSISTANT CHORUS DIR­ECTOR. The Fresno chapter Gold Note Chorusis seeking an Assistant Director. We have aperforming chorus of 100 men in a chapter of130 members, We are two-time Far WesternDistrict chorus champs with competitionexperience in St. Louis and Minneapolis in1984 and 1985. Current Chorus Director isRon Black. Contact: President Chuck Irwin,733 E. Peralta, Fresno, CA 93704, Phone:(209) 441-7343.

WANTED - CHORUS DIRECTOR. Winnipegchapter requires a chorus director for its 65­man Golden Chordsmen Chorus. ContactHarold Casselman, President, 213 Red OakDrive, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R2G 3A3, Canada.Or telephone (204) 668-2339.

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The Blood Counts.

The Stage 4 quartet of the Westfield,New Jersey chapter appeared as theBlood Counts for the Scranton Ameri­can Red Cross blood drive. After theirmorning presentation in white-face andvampire outfits, the quartet competed inthe Mid-Atlantic District contest. StageFour regularly appears as the BloodCounts at blood drives in Pennsylvania,West Virginia and New Jersey. Singing inthe quartet are John Powell, baritone;Pat Cafaro, bass; Tom McGee, lead; andRoger McQuaid, tenor.

The 4 City 4 quartet of the Palomar­Pacific chapter, Oceanside, California,sang for a joint meeting of the Vista,California U. S. A. and Ensenada, BajaCalifornia, Mexico Rotary Club. Themeeting was in Rosarito Beach, BajaCalifornia, Mexico. The quartet has alsobeen invited to sing at a convention of47 Rotary Clubs from the Mexicanstates.

The New Seoul Survivors of Seoul,Korea sang at the United States ForcesKorea, Valentine's Day Sweetheart Ball.The quartet includes Chuck Smith,tenor and former member of the Arling­ton, Illinois chapter and 1976 secondplace Illinois District quartet, Four PartyLine; Dave Fledderman, lead and formermember of the Lexington, Kentuckychapter; Barry Gasdek, bass and formermember of the Columbus, Georgia chap­ter; and Gary Smith, baritone and memober of the Alexandria, Virginia chapter.Any Barbershoppers on their way toKorea or knowing singers living therecan contact Gary Smith, HO USFK/JCIS,APO, San Francisco, CA 96301.

The Atlantic-Gulf Connection Barber­shop Ouartet from Key West, Floridaparticipated in the Monroe County Fairin Key West. They sponsored a booth inthe exhibit tent to raise money for Logo­pedics and promote the annual show forthe Key West Chapter. The Atlantic-Gulfconnection operated a live juke box sothat anyone could insert 50 cents andhear the song of their choice from a listof the quartet's repertoire. The proceedswere turned over to the Sunshine DistrictLogopedics chairman during the Springconvention at Punta Gorda, Florida.

The Rotirees.

The Retirees, a "golden age" quar­tet, and part of the City of Elms ChorusNew Haven, Conn. were honored fortheir many gifts to Logopedics.

A special plaque was presented to eachman (I to d: Ken Crane (age 771 bass;Bill Lawson (age 70) baritone; JimSteadwell (age 751 tenor; and Jolln Hef­fernan (age 6B) lead_ During 1984 theycontributed $850,00 from their singingengagements to the Institute of Logo·pedics in Wichita, Kansas.

Despite the fact their ages total 290years, and their S.P,E.8.S.Q.S.A. servicetotals 78 years, these gentlemen sing 60·70 performances a year. Convalesanthomes, day care centers, hospitals, andchurches have all benefited from theirfree community service. All of theirpaid appearances at shopping malls,outings, reunions and dinners have fund·ed their generous gifts to the Institute.

Chicago News, 1981 InternationalQuartet Champions, have announcedthat they will be disbanding the quartet.Recent job changes and 'cross·countrymoves have split the group,

The Valley tones quartet from theMonterey, California chapter became thefirst quartet to sing at Disneyland sincethe Dapper Dans left last year. Disney­land is marking its 30th anniversary andinvited Far Western District quartets toperform on Main Street. Singing withthe Valley tones are Ernie Huser, tenor;Larry Head, lead; Don Anderson, bari;and Chuck Tingley, bass_

The Interstate Rivals, competitors atthe Minneapolis International conven­tion, performed in Washington D.C. atthe John F_ Kennedy Center for theOrtho Pharmaceutical Company con­vention in May. The program was a"Tribute to American Music." It featuredbarbershop, gospel and Dixieland music.Among the performers were the Kings·ton Trio. "The emcee, Steve Allen,gave an introductory explanation aboutthe Society and our style of music,"reported contact man Jay Hawkins.Jay has recently taken over as the quar­tet's contact. His address is 1103 BroadFields Drive, Louisville, Kentucky 40207_Telephone (502) B96-6969_

Remember When.

Remember When, from the Phoenix,Arizona chapter. prepared to competeat Minneapolis while their lead, FraserBrown, recuperated from hip surgery.Fraser scheduled his second surgerythis year after the quartet placed in theInternational preliminaries in March.His first surgery preceeded the prelim­inary contest. Quartet members (I to r)Galen McClain, bari; Fraser Brown,lead; Rick Wells, bass; and AI May,tenor; converted Brown's hospital roominto a rehearsal hall.

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News About Quartets

Tho Male Delivory and tho Dapper Dans of Disney World. Photo provided courtesy of DisneyWorld.

Hey, quartet men, have you madeplans for your summer vacation yet?If so, you may want to change them. Ifnot, this is your lucky day. Read on.I want to tell you of an experience theMale Delivery quartet had which mightinterest you. It happened like this:

Somewhere around March of 1984 one

of our members contacted Keith Koldaat Disney World and inquired into thepossibility of our singing with the DapperDans when we vacationed in Florida inAugust. Much to our surprise, the ideawas met with a great deal of enthusi­asm, and the wheels were put into motionfor our visit. We were to be used as a pilot

program in conjunction with the Inter­national Festival Program, with "Bar­bershopping with Dapper Dans" as thefeature.

When we arrived at Disney World, wewere escorted to Keith's office, where wediscussed the morning's schedule. Wewere then introduced to one of the mostpersonable, as well as entertaining, quar­tets I have ever had the opportunity tomeet. After discussing with "The Dans"just what kind of program would be com·patible with their format, the two quar­tets paraded over to Main Street, USA,and presented two separate shows - com·plete with bells, tap shoes, and monkey ­to the enthusiastic crowd of onlookers.It was an experience which the MaleDelivery will not soon forget!

If you are interested in being a partof this once·in-a-lifetime experience, can·tact:

Mr. Keith Koldoc/o Walt Disney WorldInternational Music FestivalP. O. Box 40Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830(305) 824-4225

You won't regret itlSubmitted by Bob CearnalBass, Male Delivery

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NEW LOGOPEDICS FILM (47051 NCThis 17·minute film released in 1983 tellsabout the Institute and its newest programs.It also has a special ending referring to theSociety and its contributions. Excellent guostnight or member orientation program.

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