We shall meet but we shall miss him, there will be “One...

VOL 30, NO. 1 HOSTS OF 2007 DENVER INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION Jan/Feb 2007

We shall meet but we shall miss him, there will be

“One Vacant Chair”

James Paul Wheeler 1934 James Paul Wheeler 1934 -- 2006 2006

Jim (Jimmy) Wheeler returned to his Father in Heaven on Wednesday, November 22, 2006 in Salt Lake City. He died of respira-tory failure associated with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). He was born to Paul L. Wheeler and Elaine W. Wheeler on June 30, 1934. Jim grew State University and met his future wife, Barbara Roberts. They have been married 51 years. He graduated from the Uni-versity of Utah with a Masters in Social Work and worked for the Utah State Division of Children and Family Services for 25 years, mostly in administrative positions, serving as State Director prior to retirement. Jim loved the profession of social work, was a leader in the field and made a significant impact in many people's lives. Jim was a member of the LDS Church, where he held many posi-tions. Jim and his wife fulfilled a part time service mission with LDS Family Services. He had a deep and solid testimony of the gos-pel of Jesus Christ and we are sure his Father in Heaven is now welcoming him with a "job well done."

Jim's philosophy of life was one of "harmony," which led to his passion for Barbershop singing. As an outstanding tenor, he was a member of the Beehive Statesmen Barbershop chorus for over 50 years. He sang in sev-eral quartets beginning with the "Lake Shore Four," the "Salt Flats" inter-national senior champions, "One More Time," and finally with "Senior Class Reunion." He traveled extensively, entertaining audiences nation-wide. He completed an International USO Tour in the 1960s with the Salt Flats, entertaining American Troops, many in hospitals in Asia. Jim loved to play tennis, golf, ski, fish, bike, run and travel. He loved nature, especially sunsets, and enjoyed many camping trips. He is survived by his wife, Bar-bara; daughters, Wendy Merrill, Jodi (Brian) Bailey; and son, Todd; ten grandchildren and his sister, Carol Goddard. Jim was an outstanding hus-band, father, brother and friend. He will be greatly missed.

Funeral services were held on Monday, November 27, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. at the Heughs Canyon Ward, 6301 South 2300 East, Salt Lake City. Friends called at Wasatch Lawn Mortuary on Sunday from 6 to 7:30 p.m., and one hour prior to the service. Interment will be at Wasatch Lawn Me-morial Park. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to: Harmony Foundation International Inc., 225 W. Washington Street, #2330, Chicago, IL 60606 or the ALS Association (888) 949-2577. Keep the whole world singing!

Published in the Salt Lake Tribune from 11/25/2006 — 1/26/2006.

“Senior Class Reunion”

Contest & Judging

John Coffin 1850 S. Yuma Street Denver, CO 80223

303 922-3804 [email protected]

Chapter Support & Leadership Training

Lee Taylor 772 E 9630 S

Sandy, UT 84094 801 576-9384

[email protected]

Chorus Director Development Woody Woods

3875 Dolphin Circle Colo. Springs, CO 80918


Events Len Siler

10570 Humboldt Peak Way Parker, CO 80138


Financial Services Member Services Dr. Tony Pranaitis

12713 W. 8th Avenue Golden, CO 80403


Music & Performance

Dan Clark PO Box 531

Gering, NE 69341 308 436-5548

[email protected]

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Public Relations Shawn Mondragon

1151 Diamondback Dr. NE Albuquerque, NM 87113


Youth In Harmony

Phil Ricks 3246 S 1400 W

Rexburg, ID 83440-4131 208 356-6604

[email protected]

RMD Vocal Expressions — — Jan/Feb 2007

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RMD Loses A Great Leader In Jimmy Wheeler

By Mike Deputy, District President It is with deep sadness that I inform you of the passing of our dear friend and fellow barber-shopper, Jimmy Wheeler. Jimmy succumbed Wednesday, Nov. 22nd after fighting a gallant battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Lou Gehrigs Disease. Jim was the kind of person that influences and affects those around him in a most positive way. On the day we met him, he made us all feel as if we had known him for years and as if we were a long treasured friend. Then as the years passed, it turned out exactly like that… we were his long treasured friends. Of course we treasured his friendship too.

He was a wonderful teacher and mentor. Over the years he was a championship quartetter and chorus member. He directed choruses and served in many chapter and district offices. He is a past Rocky Mountain District president and has represented RMD barbershoppers at the Society level in committee and ad-ministrative assignments. Jimmy was always willing to step for-ward when helping hands were needed. He was a generous man; a Founder and member of the Presidents’ Council of the Harmony Foundation. And, he was generous with his time and his talents in helping others.

I know many of you have long and close friendships and will be able to add to these brief and inadequate comments I have made here. I hope you will pay tribute to Jimmy by sharing your memories with us.

There was a viewing and pay respects to the family on Sun-day evening, November, 26, 2006, from 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm at the Wasatch Lawn Funeral Home, 3401 So. Highland Dr., Salt Lake City. The funeral was Monday November 27, 2006 with a 9:00 am viewing, followed by the 10:00 am funeral service at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 6301 So. 2300 East, Salt Lake City.

Jimmy’s family requested that Senior Class Reunion, his last quartet, sing and that his barbershopper friends form a grand chorus for the funeral service. The Beehive Statesmen and Sal-taires combined to sing “I Believe” and “The Lord’s Prayer.” Sincere condolences to the Wheeler family and a salute to the inimitable spirit of Jimmy Wheeler.

HE WILL BE MISSED!

Denver 2007 International Convention Volunteers Needed

2007 is here and in a few months thousands of barbershoppers will be in the RMD heading to Denver for the International Convention July 1-8. The Convention Steering Committee is in full stride planning the BEST CONVENTION EVER, and for that to happen MANY VOLUNTEERS will be needed in many areas of op-eration.

We have the MOST EFFICIENT system of volunteering...it only takes MINUTES to register on-line, and by indicating your preferred areas of service, preferred days and times, and even friends you want to work with, those who register first are most likely to get their requests fulfilled.

The logistics of assigning hundreds of volunteers to dozens of operations for a one week Convention is something we want to do with a BIG HEADSTART. By volunteering NOW, you (as a volunteer) get your requests fulfilled, and you give us (strategic planners) the flexibility to get the “workforce” estab-lished with time to spare.

Grab your mouse, go to www.RMDsing.org and click on “On-line Volunteer Form” at the bottom of the home page. Type in your personal data, click your preferences, your shirt size, and submit. It’s THAT EASY.

One additional incentive to register early...we’ll be SURE to have one of our snazzy Volunteer shirts IN YOUR SIZE ready for you to wear (and keep). Other-

wise, we’ll be guessing what sizes to order, and not only will you get the “leftover jobs” but you’ll also get to choose a shirt “from whatever sizes are left.” We want our Convention atten-dees to have the time of their lives...and we want the same for our highly-valued volunteers. Please, register now. Thanks. If you can’t volunteer on-line, call Tony at 303-233-6234 to vol-unteer by postal mail.

Tony Pranaitis & Rod Sgrignoli Co-chairmen, Volunteer Services


Chorus Director Development VP

Woody Woods

Director’s College is Coming!

The Society has changed its policy on scholarships for Director’s College. There will be 100 of them just as in years past but – they will go to those who have not at-tended Director’s College at any time. There will not be any for those of us who have attended before. I’m still

working budget issues to determine if we will have any district scholarships and if so, how many. I will let all the directors know as soon as I find out. Here’s what to do for a Society scholarship. Go to

http://www.barbershop.org/web/groups/public/documents/pages/pub_id_060750.hcsp#P-7_0

or open the Society web site, click on the Direct button on the navigation bar across the top of the screen.

The Scholarship information is the third bullet down the left hand side. Click that and follow the instructions. If you are planning on applying for a Society scholarship, get your application in NOW!

On another note, there are a few chapters that did not iden-tify their director on the Society officer listing. If your chapter does not have a director, please let me know so we can try to help the situation.

My e-mail address is: [email protected]

Bass-ically, Woody Woods Director, Peak Experience Chorus Executive VP, RMD District VP CDD, RMD Webmaster, www.rmdSing.org President, Denver Mile High Chapter

RMD President

Mike Deputy

Good Things Happening In RMD

Happy New Year and welcome to 2007. Good things are coming to the RMD this year.

• 2007 is the Barbershop Harmony Society’s year of The Music Man, in celebration of the 50 year anniver-sary of that glorious musical play.

• Your fellow Rocky Moun-tain District barbershoppers in Albuquerque, New Mex-ico are in final preparation to host the Barbershop Har-mony Society’s Mid-Winter Convention Janu-ary 25-27. There’s an old time quartet competition, seniors competition, solid gold Saturday show, beauti-ful New Mexico scenery.

• One week later is Rocky Mountain Harmony College, Feb. 2-3, at Estes Park, Colorado. Once again this will be a great opportunity to join barbershop friends, ring a few chords, and bring some harmony to the world.

• The RMD Spring convention, April 27-28, will be in Ogden, Utah, at the Peerys Egyptian Theater. Plan on a great program there and the important quartet pre-liminary competition for entrance to the Denver con-vention in July.

• BHS International Convention — it's right here in our district in Denver, Colorado from July 1-7. I encour-age every RMD member to join the volunteer corps. Many hands make light work and just a few hours of your time during the week will give you great satisfac-tion and will mean so much to our guests. Sign up now. You’ll be amazed how much fun you have and how many new barbershopper friends you will make.

• RMD Fall convention in Albuquerque (Sept 28-29)

This will be a great year to invite someone to join. I prom-ise you they’ll thank you for it. I look forward to seeing you at one of these great events. Let’s sing a tag together!

Sadly we note Jimmy Wheeler’s membership “In Memo-rium,” one of the great “givers” to Barbershop of all time. Jimmy was my “mentor” when I suddenly became District Presi-dent and Jimmy served as the RMD Harmony Foundation repre-sentative as Financial Development VP for one year before me (first year) while he was Immediate Past President (an office he held for numerous terms). Jimmy obviously loved Harmony Foundation, loved SPEBSQSA and BHS, and loved Youth Out-reach. He leaves the world a FAR better place than he found it, and he leaves it now “in our hands.”

Thanks to Harmony Foundation and the donors who make everything possible, we have thousands of young people experi-encing barbershop harmony at camps and festivals; we have a thriving Collegiate Quartet program (with top quartets touring colleges to ignite new programs); we have 100 chorus directors receiving scholarships to Director’s College, and we have a documentary in the making to advance public knowledge of our craft and our mission.

Harmony Foundation seeks the involvement of everyone, at whatever level of giving is possible for each individual. Every barbershopper should become an “Ambassador of Song,” which can simply be a $5.00 per month (18 cents per day) monthly bank draft or credit card charge. This minimum dona-tion sends a kid to Harmony Explosion Camp.

Harmony Foundation Makes Unparalleled Progress in 2006 Written by Dr. Tony Pranaitis, Financial Development VP

303-233-6234 — [email protected]

When you get your bank statement or your credit card state-ment, look at that $5.00 (or $10.00, or $50.00, or $84.00 if you’d like to join the President’s Council) as your investment in the future prosperity of Barbershop, and as your ownership of the programs making this possible. When you are a DONOR, you are an OWNER.

Make 2007 the year you become an OWNER of the pro-grams that will be your legacy, like Jimmy Wheeler. I chal-lenge each quartet in the RMD to set a goal for 2007 to raise the funds to become Ambassadors of Song (or, if you can raise the kind of money to become an “Ensemble of Excellence”…as is Saturday Evening Post…all members of the President’s Coun-cil). Wear your “Ambassador of Song” button proudly. Urge your fellow chapter members to join with you in preserving bar-bershop harmony. Parents of one of the students who attended Summer Harmony Camp 2006 in Estes Park are proud members of “Ambassadors of Song” because they believe in what we are providing, not only for their student, but for ALL of the students who attend our Camp and other Camps.

The Founder’s Club (of which Jimmy Wheeler was also a member) allows planned end-of-life giving (as they say, “you can’t take it with you”) which extends your legacy far beyond your lifetime, making it possible for future generations to reap the blessings of barbershop that have enriched your life. Clarke Caldwell can help YOU to establish financial vehicles that will reduce your estate tax burden and instead divert assets to those beneficiaries that YOU would seek to prosper.

I’m proud to state that I served on a sub-committee who’s task was to design “Donor Choice,” which allows you to direct up to 30% of your donation to Harmony Foundation specifically to a chapter or a district. Clarke Caldwell has called Harmony Foundation “the tide that lifts ALL of the boats.” We are excited by the volume of that “tide” and the number of “boats” that are being lifted…and we are excited by the future prospect of get-ting more (maybe everyone?) involved in the volume of that tide. Harmony Foundation has a vision, a dream, of 100 Har-mony Explosion Camps per year. It CAN happen, and WILL happen if each one of us takes ownership of this vision. Become a donor.

www.HarmonyFoundation.org 1-800-876-7464 ext. 8446

See the RMD “Honor Roll” of Harmony Foundation giving at www.RMDsing.org (click on Harmony Foundation).


At the close of 2006, the President’s Council (minimum annual donation $1,000) was closing in on 400 mem-bers (over 380 in late December) and those donors had pledged OVER ½ MILLION DOLLARS ($530,000). Thanks to these men and women of vision and generosity, and thanks to the incredible hard work and leadership of Clarke Caldwell (CEO Harmony Foundation) and Ev Nau (Director of Harmony Foundation Major Gifts), the Foundation is gaining momentum toward a $1 million dollar annual budget (and WILL succeed through “The Power of Everyone”).

Below are the current President’s Council members in the Rocky Mountain District. Considering that we (the RMD) are about 1/27th of the entire Society membership, we are about 10% above the average for President’s Council members. Let’s keep setting the pace! If you agree that Harmony Foundation is a worthy institution to include in your charitable giving portfolio (as these men and women below do) please contact myself, or any member of the President’s Council about joining us in support of the FUTURE of barbershop harmony.

Rocky Mountain (S) – 17 members

Counselor level of Membership

Coffin, John and Maureen Deputy, Mike and Sheila

Partner level of Membership

Ayers, Brad and Arla Biffle, Bill and Lillian Born, Russ and Jeni Clark, Dan and Jamalee

Cline, Doyle and Becky Cook, Dennis and Terry Forsberg, Gary Ledbetter, Dennis and Joan

Pranaitis, Tony and Nancy Sgrignoli, Rod and Susan Springer, Gordon and Janna Tabares, Travis Thorell, Dave and Lynette Wheeler, Barbara

Woods, Woody and Darlene

In Memorium Wheeler, Jim

Broadway

Broads topic at Ladies

Breakfast at Albuquerque

Enjoy a fun look at American musical theater with a talented stage veteran. American mezzo-soprano Kathleen Clawson will present "Broadway Broads: A light-hearted look at the women of American musical theater" during the Ladies’ Breakfast Friday, Jan. 26, 8 a.m., in the Hyatt Regency Hotel Albuquerque.

In keeping with the 2007 celebration of the 50th anniversary of The Music Man, Clawson will sing and share anecdotes about musical theatre’s “broads” and “babes.” The breakfast event is part of the Society’s Midwinter Conven-tion in Albuquerque, N.M., Jan. 23-28.

Clawson has performed throughout the United States in opera, on the concert stage and recital platform in a wide range of reper-toire from Bach and Janacek to Verdi and Wag-ner. Her musical theater experience includes lead roles in Porter’s Kiss me, Kate, Sond-heim’s Follies. and Rodgers’ The Sound of Music, which brought her rave reviews. Tickets for the event are $28 per person and can be purchased online at

AIC Tickets go on sale Wednesday, Dec 20

All your favorite champs in one great barbershop show - the Asso-ciation of International Champions. Tickets go on sale Wed., Dec. 20th at www.barbershop.org/denver. The "AIC Show of Champions" will be Thursday evening, July 5th at 7:30pm in the Pepsi Center in Den-ver. Performers will be (in no par-ticular order)

Happiness Emporium Classic Collection Vocal Spectrum

Realtime FRED

Acoustix Gotcha

Power Play and the AIC chorus!

Order before March 1st to receive Early Bird discounted prices!

Platinum: $75.00* Gold: $40.00* Silver: $25.00*

Bronze: $15.00*

*plus convenience and/or handling fees Select your seats to one of the most anticipated shows of each International Convention! For any questions, please contact Holly Beck - [email protected]

Book your hotel for Midwinter 2007 - Albuquerque

The Hyatt Regency Albuquerque, headquarters hotel for the MidWinter Convention is sold out for the week. We have made arrangements for a few extra rooms at the Doubletree Hotel Downtown Albuquerque. It is approximately 1 ½ blocks from the Hyatt and adjacent to the Convention Center, site of the KIVA Auditorium, where the shows and contests will take place. You should call 1-800-584-5058 to make your reservation and tell them you are with the Barbershop Harmony Society convention. The rate at this hotel is $119 per night for a room with one person (plus applicable taxes) and $139 for a room with two people.

If you do reserve a room at this hotel, please notify John Schneider at Society headquarters([email protected]) so he can keep track of the number of rooms used in this hotel. The Doubletree Hotel is a very nice hotel and was used during our MidWinter Convention in 2003. It is very convenient to the headquarters hotel.

There's a lot to do in Albuquerque! Enjoy shopping in Old Town, only five minutes

from the hotel. Visit one of the many cultural attrac-tions, including the National Atomic Museum, the Hispanic Cultural Center, the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, the New Mexico Museum of Natural History, and Rio Grande Zoo. Don't forget a drive on historic Route 66 or visit the top of the Sandia Mountains on the Sandia Peak Tramway!

Rates and booking Remember to book your reservations no later

than Wednesday, January 10, 2007 in order to se-cure the discounted group rate.

$119.00 for Single Occupancy $139.00 for Triple Occupancy

$179.00 for Quadruple Occupancy

Conference rates available from: Jan. 17, 2007 - Feb. 1, 2007

Call 1-800-584-5058


Marketing & PR VP

Shawn Mondragon Is PR putting in a bigger ad?

In lieu of a regular column, I would like to push the upcoming events in our District through the visual medium, that’s right, ads! Contrary to public opinion, this is NOT just for the benefit of our baritones. From time to time, I will have a how-to piece (thanks to PROBEmoter editor and RMD editor Steve Jackson) on PR and Marketing for the benefit of our chapter Marketing and PR officers.


Member Services VP

Dr. Tony Pranaitis

Membership Starts With Me!

Most likely, your chapter recently honored one of your members as “Barbershopper of the Year” — a fine way to recognize someone who has given “above and beyond” to advance barbershop in your chapter and/or community. While the recipient is typically quite humbled by the recognition of his peers, you know who ought to be PROUD? The guy who brought him into barbershop. Just as your parents were the proudest people in the room at your gradua-tion, or your wedding, or other milestone, when those we nurture reach their potential, we celebrate.

It’s always more blessed to give than receive, and when you give of yourself to the benefit of others, the rewards from within are even greater than from those around you. But when it comes to decisions about what brings the most enjoyment in barbershop, who should you consider first? I believe the correct answer is “me.”

If I’m not enjoying barbershop, I have nothing to tell others about the great fun and fulfillment and friendship that barbershop offers. If I’m not enjoying barbershop, there is nothing “contagious” that others will see in my life without my saying a word. So, membership starts with “me.”

If you’re not having fun, then “fix it.” Chances are, there are others around you with the same problem. Make sure YOU are a happy member first. Then make sure that all the members around you are happy mem-bers. You know how the emergency instructions on an aircraft say “in the event the cabin loses air pressure, put YOUR mask on FIRST, then help those around you with their mask?” Same idea.

Membership STARTS with retention. If we want to keep the members that we already have, we need to keep them happy. Give everyone a task, make them an important contributor to your chapter family. Recog-nize the things that they do. Sing tags with everyone you can, even if they’re a “fifth wheel.” Shake their hand, give ‘em a smile, and say their name — “great to see ya, Joe” — which is the BEST reason for name badges.

When the family is functional and happy, then recruit-ment is natural. Assign every visitor a “buddy” who can be aware of his needs at all times. Call him to get feed-back on his “fun quotient” and invite him back. Practice thorough ORIENTATION so that a visitor can “see the big picture” and how his unique “piece” will fit into the “puzzle.” To all chapter Membership Chairmen/VP’s, your job is to MAKE SURE that all of this happens — do some of it, delegate some of it — and to make sure that everyone in the chapter is working with you toward a common goal. What are your chapter membership goals? Set them, communicate them, and measure your progress.

We hope to roll out an Email publication called “Members Monthly” — it will be sent to all RMD mem-bers, so make sure your E-mail address is correct on the Society website. It will contain some news summaries, and some membership motivation and ideas. Look for it soon.

Another Singing Winter in Estes Park?

Written by Dan Clark, Music and Performance VP

Harmony College, Rocky Mountain style, is only a month away! The beautiful YMCA of the Rockies, just outside Estes Park, as always, awaits your presence with a great weekend of barbershopping fun. Guest quartets who will be involved in coaching and other faculty functions are International Champs, Gotcha, and one of our most popular Seniors Champs, Antique Gold.


Bank Street reunites to bust some chords at the 2006 RMDHC

Gotcha

A couple of Utah barbershoppers, Tom Roberts and Verdi White enjoying the

brisk weather at the 2004 RMDHC.

Going through the food line — hey, quit shoving, there’s enough

to go around

Time to head to class after pigging out at the cafeteria at Estes Park

Taking in a general session in 2006 in the auditorium

Antique Gold, Int’l Seniors Champion

Quartets from all over the Dis-trict (and elsewhere) are invited to come join us for coaching sessions with these talented and experienced champion singers. Classes in vocal production, stage presence, music theory, arranging, and other aspects of our hobby are on tap, along with the fun of tag singing, Polecat Uni-versity sessions and a general good time.

A special new offering this year will be a coaching session for your entire chorus. This is to be awarded as a grand prize to the chorus which registers and brings the high-est percentage of its chapter mem-bers to the RMD Harmony College weekend. No extra coaching charges will be made, and your chorus will be coached by two of our International judges in music and presentation. It's a great oppor-tunity for your entire chorus to get a shot in the arm. Plan on lots of singing, lots of fun and fellowship, and fabulous scenery February 2nd-3rd. Register now!


Chapter Support & Leadership Training VP Lee Taylor

The Cascading Benefit

For the roughly one third of RMD Chapters who participate in the voluntary CARA (Chapter Activities Recognition Award) program, there are a number of benefits. By using the CARA form to di-agnose their chapter’s success, relative to music, outreach and administrative activi-ties, the chapter board has a great tool for seeing what’s on track and for making course alignments as needed, on a monthly basis. The idea is not to “max out” the possible CARA points, but to step up for the legitimate accolades for things well done.

An additional benefit accrues to some of those chapters: winning the Plateau trophy. Competing with chapters of like-size, your organization has the potential to garner the plaque and peer recognition (presented at the spring House of Dele-gates meeting) as being the most healthy and vigorous chapter in your Plateau. Part of the presentation (the part I like the most) is the award of two COTS scholar-ships for each of the Plateau winners. Seven of the eight COTS scholarships were redeemed in 2006.

If a significant portion (defined as four or more) of your Chapter leadership team attends COTS, another benefit is awarded: the Tony. Named for Past RMD President Tony Pranaitis, the Tony is a scholarship to Rocky Mountain Harmony College, in Estes Park, Colorado. Nine Chapters quali-fied for Tonys in 2006: Bernalillo County, Billings, Denver Mile High, Grand County, Grand Junction (two), Denver Mountainaires, Rapid City, Salt Lake City (2) and Longmont.

I think the pattern is obvious, that ac-tivity begets activity, and it's a building phenomenon. So if your chapter isn't in the CARA program, urge your chapter Presi-dent to sign up. Contact me for a year’s supply of forms and guidance for their completion. I think you’ll enjoy the Cas-cading Benefit.

Here’s a blast from the past. While looking through some on-line bulletins, I ran across this in the Greater Phoenix Dec. 5 UPBEAT, weekly bulletin, edited by Phil Smith and David Melville. The Knudsen Brothers were origi-nally from Provo, Utah and competed In sev-eral RMD contests in the early ’80’s before they moved to Phoenix.

BANK STREET 1984 RMD Champs

Seen in the Voice of Rushmore, John Elving, editor — Rapid City

Sunday, June 3, 2007 Antlers Hilton Hotel Colorado Springs

You won’t want to miss the Master Class put on by Academy Award win-ning Gold record "The Morning Af-ter" and Oscar winning Gold record, "We May Never Love Like This Again," Maureen McGovern! In addi-tion to using her own voice to demon-strate a great perfomance and voice health, Ms. McGovern will be using soloists CHRIS VAUGHN (lead of International champion Gotcha), Deb-bie Connelly (lead of International champions, the Buzz and Showtime), LeAnn Hazlett (lead of International champions Spotlight and Swing Street) and Lila Mori (soloist at the Broadmoor Hotel)!

Tickets at www.velvethills.org Becki Martini, Region 8 BE


RMD Chapter Directory

S-089 Grand County Grand Chorale St John the Baptist Episcopal 390 E Garnet Granby, CO 80446 Meets on: TUE at 7:15 Phone: 970-726-0343 [email protected] grandchorale.org

S-014 Grand Junction Bookcliff Holy Family School 26 ½ Road and H Road Grand Junction, CO 81506 Meets on: TUE at 7:00 Phone: 970-242-8643 bookcliffchorus@ bresnan.net bookcliffchorus.org

S-088 Idaho Falls Eagle Rock Station Fairwinds-Sand Creek 3310 Valencia Dr Idaho Falls, ID 83404

Meets on: WED at 8:00 Phone: 208-524-3217 [email protected]

S-004 Longmont Longs Peak St Stephen’s Episcopal Church 1303 South Bross Lane Longmont, CO 80501 Meets on: WED at 7:00 Phone: 303-922-3804 [email protected] www.harmonize.com/Longmont

S-022 Albuquerque New MexiChords Central United Methodist Church 1615 Copper NE Albuquerque, NM 87106 Meets on: TUE at 7:00 Phone: 05-291-8407 [email protected] www.newmexichords.com

S-020 Bernalillo County Duke City Mesa View United Methodist Church 4701 Montano Road NW Albuquerque, NM 87120 Meets on: THU at 7:00 Phone: 505-281-5187 [email protected] www.dukecitychorus.com

S-033 Billings Big Sky Lincoln Center Music Room 415 N 39th Street (NW entrance) Billings, MT 59101

Meets on: TUE at 7:30 Phone: 406-254-6781

S-001 Boulder Timberliners Community United Church of Christ 2650 Table Mesa Drive Boulder, CO 80303 Meets on: TUE at 7:30 Phone: 303-499-0788 [email protected] www.harmonize.com/timberliners

S-016 Burley Snake River Flats Rupert Harmony Hall 123 K Street Rupert, ID 83350 Meets on: TUE at 7:30 Phone: 208-436-6047 [email protected]

S-083 Cache Valley Bridgerland Barbershoppers Advanced Restoration 3120 N. Main Logan, UT 84341

Meets on: THU at 7:00 Phone: 435-245-5870 [email protected]

S-079 Casper Oil City Slickers Middle Cross Ministry 1744 S. Poplar St. Casper, WY 82601 Meets on: THU at 7:00 Phone: 307-234-1460 [email protected]

S-084 Cedar City Iron County Minors Southwest ATC 510 W 800 S Cedar City, UT 84720


S-078 Cheyenne Wyomingaires 1st Congregational Church 3501 Forest Drive Cheyenne, WY 82001 Meets on: MON at 7:30 [email protected]

S-009 Colby Tumbleweed Colby United Methodist Church 950 S Franklin Colby, KS 67701


S-091 Colo. Springs Metro Peak Experience St. Paul's United Meth. Church 2111 Carlton Avenue Colo. Springs, CO 80132 Meets on: MON at 7:00 Phone: 719-528-8702 [email protected] www.peakexperiencechorus.org

S-002 Colorado Springs Pikes Peak Village Christian Church 3113 Primrose Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80907

America The Beautiful Meets on: TUE at 7:00 Phone: 719-596-6011 [email protected] www.atbchorus.com

S-028 Denver MountainAires Edgewater Community Church 2497 Fenton Street Edgewater, CO 80215

Meets on: TUE at 7:30 Phone: 303-237-3271 [email protected] www.mountainaires.com

S-003 Denver Mile High Sound of The Rockies St Luke's United Meth. Church 8817 S Broadway Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 Meets on: THU at 7:00 Phone: 303-987-2116 [email protected] www.soundoftherockies.com

S-024 Durango Narrow Gauge Christ the King Lutheran Church 495 Florida Ave Durango, CO 81301

Meets on: TUE at 7:00 Phone: 970-259-0313 [email protected] www.durangobarbershoppers.com

S-082 Garfield County Mountain Sounds Methodist Church 824 Cooper Ave Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 Meets on: TUE at 7:30 Phone: 970- [email protected]

S-043 Scottsbluff Sugar Valley Singers First Christian Church 21st & Ave. A Scottsbluff, NE 69361

Meets on: TUE at 7:00 Phone: 308-635-3250 [email protected]

S-030 Sterling Centennial State Room 219 E.S. French Hall Northeastern Jr. College Sterling, CO 80751 Meets on: MON at 7:30 Phone: 970-522-7566 [email protected]

S-068 Utah Valley Skyline Chorus Pleasant Grove Library—lower level 30 E. Center St. Pleasant Grove, UT 84057 Meets on: TUE at 7:30 Phone: 801-225-8108 [email protected]

S-081 Wasatch Front Saltaires Show Chorus South Valley Unitarian Church 6800 South 2000 East Salt Lake City, UT 84105 Meets on: THU at 7:00 Phone: 801-451-8434 [email protected] www.saltaires.org


RMD Chapter Directory

S-017 Los Alamos Area Lads of Enchantment United Church of Los Alamos 2525 Canyon Road Los Alamos, NM 87544 Meets on: THU at 7:00 Phone: 505-662-7985 [email protected]

S-006 Loveland Valentine City 1st Christian Church 2000 N Lincoln Ave Loveland, CO 80538 Meets on: TUE at 7:00 Phone: 970-229-0947 [email protected] www.valentinecitychorus.com

S-037 Montrose Black Canyon Methodist Church 518 Hersum Olathe, CO 81425 Meets on: THU at 7:00 Phone: 970-240-1801 [email protected] www.blackcanyonchorus.org

S-007 Northern Black Hills Spearfish Senior Service Center 1306 N. 10th St. Spearfish, SD 57783 Meets on: THU at 7:00 Phone: 605-642-5196 [email protected]

S-090 Ogallala Cowboy Capital United Church of Christ 302 N Spruce Ogallala, NE 69153 Meets on: TUE at 7:00 Phone: 308-284-8358 [email protected] www.harmonize.com/ccc

S-008 Pocatello Idaho Gateway Central Christian Church 918 East Center Pocatello, ID 83201

Meets on: THU at 8:00 Phone: 208-237-2623 [email protected] www.idahogatewaychorus.com

S-076 Pueblo Sunsational First Congregational Church 228 W Evans Ave Pueblo, CO 81004 Meets on: TUE at 7:30 Phone: 719-564-6975 [email protected] www.gopueblo.com/sunsationals

S-018 Rapid City Shrine of Democracy Central High School Choir Room 433 Mt Rushmore Rd N Rapid City, SD 57701 Meets on: THU at 7:00 Phone: 605-348-2683 [email protected] www.shrineofdemocracychorus.org

S-015 Rexburg Carousel Rexburg Tabernacle 73 N. Center Street Rexburg, ID 83440 Meets on: THU at 8:00 Phone: 208-520-1499 [email protected]

S-035 Salt Lake City Beehive Statesmen Sunday Anderson Senior Center 868 West 900 south Salt Lake City, UT 84115 Meets on: WED at 6:30 Phone: 801-495-1604 [email protected] www.beehivestatesmen.org

S-005 San Juan County Four Corners Harmony Reorganized Church of LDS 219 W 30th Street Farmington, NM 87401

Meets on: THU at 7:30 Phone: 505-326-4306 [email protected] www.fourcornersharmony.com

S-010 Santa Fe Harmonizers Zia United Methodist Church 303 Richards Ave. S. Santa Fe, NM 87505 Meets on: MON at 6:45 Phone: 505-783-1981 [email protected]

PLEASE CHECK YOUR CHAPTER INFORMATION IN THE RMD

CHAPTER DIRECTORY (PAGES 9 AND 10) TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS ACCURATE; IF NOT, PLEASE NOTIFY BOTH WEBMASTER

WOODY WOODS AND MYSELF SO THAT WE CAN CORRECT OUR PAGES! THANKS!

Barbershop comedy at its funniest!

Nancy AvalonNancy Avalon

Master of Ceremonies

Character Actress Script Writer and Comedian

Invite this electric form of entertainment into your next chorus show or contest setting

For a great time, call 303-794-5227 or email me at [email protected]

Events VP

Len Siler We’ve Got A Busy Year In Store for RMD

Happy New Year! This will be an exciting year with the world's focus on Denver and the Rocky Mountain District for the 2007 Denver Internationals. We have to put our best game face on and show the world what a wonderful city and district we live in. If you haven't attended an International, there should be no reason for you not to be in Denver the week of July fourth. Our district will be represented by our district champion, Sound of the Rockies, and by at least three quartets. They will be per-forming in our own back yard and we are all expecting a fantastic performance from all. The venue will be the Pepsi Center in Denver, an excellent venue for our convention. So don't wait any longer - go online at www.barbershop.org and get your registra-tion and make your reservations.

I am your new Events VP and my goal is to serve as good as

my predecessor, Kevin Pape. 2007 will bring a lot of activity within the RMD and we have to prepare ourselves for the best year yet. First we have the Rocky Mountain Harmony College being held at YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, Colorado on February 2 - 4. Two quartets are on staff this year, GOTCHA! and Antique Gold. Our VP of Music & Performance, Dr. Dan Clark, has a terrific weekend scheduled, one that you don't want to miss.

Registration forms for individuals, quartets and choruses are on the RMD web site, www.RMDsing.org. Early registration deadline is January 26, 2007. The 2007 Spring Convention and Quartet Prelims will be held in Ogden, Utah on April 27 - 29 at the Peery Egyptian Theatre. Also, it is possible for a quartet or chorus to enter the contest and only be judged for evaluation. This will result in no score being posted on the contest summary but the quartet or chorus will still be able to participate in the evaluation rotation. This is an excellent opportunity to get top-ranked evaluation and improve the quality of your performances.

The 2007 Fall Convention will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico on September 28 - 30. The package of information with the letter requesting their chapter's intent to compete in the Cho-rus Contest will be given to all chapter presidents and directors shortly after the first of the year. The information requested in the letter is important and will assist in proper assignment of chorus rehearsal space. All rehearsal space will be matched to the size of each chorus and assigned accordingly. The response deadline for the 2007 Fall Convention is April 27, 2007. Although this is an early deadline, I'm confident that all choruses will know their in-tentions and are up to the challenge of successfully planning their competition goals for this year.

To give you enough information for future planning, I have

listed future convention dates and sites (both confirmed and an-ticipated).

2007 Spring Convention Ogden, Utah April 27 - 29 2007 Fall Convention Albuquerque, New Mexico Sept 28 - 30 2008 Spring Convention Loveland, Colo. April 25 - 27

(Site in negotiations) 2008 Fall Convention Colorado Springs, Colo. Sept 26 - 28

(Site in negotiations)

The following sites are in the planning stage


One often asked question, and one that affects the budget for each event is:

Q. Do I have to stay within the hotel block?

A. No. You are free to stay where you wish. However, there are considerations you must be aware of.

1) If you want to take advantage of any tax savings, you must stay with your chorus;

2) All hotel rooms have been negotiated down to the lowest possible price. These prices often include the use of all re-hearsal and meeting rooms free of charge. If you stay in another hotel outside the room block, even if you think you are saving money on a per-room basis, this will decrease the number of blocked rooms used. If the number of blocked rooms decreases substantially, the hotel will charge the district for the use of the rehearsal rooms. This translates into a budget shortfall which could result in higher district dues to make up the shortage. The bottom line is try at all possible to stay within the room block. It will result in a financially stable budget for the district.

As you can see, this will be a very full and exciting year. Remember, these conventions are not limited to society and chapter members. Talk to your friends and family and have them join us for the very best in barbershop harmony. I'll see you all in Ogden this Spring.


Duke City Chorus, Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Youth Outreach Activities

Barbershop Harmony Society Vision "...to be an ever-growing frater-nity of barbershop-style singers, leading the cause of encouraging vocal mu-sic in our schools and communities..."

We are committed to expose and train the younger generation in our truly American art form. To realize this vision, the DCC sponsors an annual Youth Harmony Camp. High school students from across the state participate in this fun-filled 4-day camp of a cappella harmony.

As musicians, we are involved in various community out-reach programs that benefit the music education of youth. Since 2004, the DCC has hosted ShowFest, an an-nual festival that highlights Albuquerque metro-area high school show choirs. In January 2005, in conjunction with the New Mexico Music Educators Association 61st All-State Music Festival and In-Service Conference and in co-operation with the other barbershop choruses in the Albu-querque area, the DCC sponsored a workshop in barber-shop harmony for choral teachers and the first All-State Barbershop Chorus for youth.

2006 RMD BOTY 2006 RMD BOTY —— Kevin Pape Kevin Pape Longmont, ColoradoLongmont, Colorado

2005 RMD 2005 RMD Barbershoppers of the YearBarbershoppers of the Year

Albuquerque Fred McCracken Bernalillo County

Fritz L. Allen Billings

Not Presented Yet Boulder

Burley

Jim Rodgers Cache County

NONE Casper NONE

Cedar City NONE

Cheyenne NONE Colby

Owen Herndon CS Metro

NONE CS Pikes Peak Howie Vroman

Denver Mile High Dick Stark

Denver Mountainaires Bud Schroeder

Durango Paul Robison

Farmington NONE

Garfield County NONE

Grand County NONE

Grand Junction David Hein

Idaho Falls, Idaho NONE

Longmont Bill Fulmer & Bill Westly

Los Alamos NONE

Loveland Adam Beehler

Montrose Vern Dockter

Ogalalla Ed Schwartz (Deceased) Pocatello

Mike Louden Pueblo

Jack Hedinger Rapid City

Steve Ferley Rexburg

Mel Pierson Salt Lake City Tom Melville

Santa Fe NONE

Scottsbluff

Spearfish NONE Sterling NONE

Utah Valley

Wasatch Front Rich Elggren

Three of our chapters

did not respond —sorry!

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Editorial

Are You Missing The Boat? By Steven Jackson

Thirteen of our RMD chapters chose not to honor a Barbershopper of the Year for 2005. As a former Membership Vice President, I strongly believe that retention is just as important and critical as recruitment in a chapter’s membership growth. We need to keep the members we’ve got! A large part of retention is member rec-ognition. A pat on the back, a hearty handshake, and a broad smile works wonders for the morale of your chapter workers. Everyone should be appreciated and recognized for what they do, whether they are active now or not as much as they used to be.

Ask your missing members why they are inactive. It’s not always their health, their schedule or other interests that are the issue. Maybe they’re just not interested in contributing anymore because their efforts went largely unnoticed and/or ignored. It’s demoralizing to be unappreciated! Yup, there goes Fred out the door, muttering something about a bowling league. Sometimes, a mention in the bulletin or website can work wonders. Maybe your chapter president could acknowledge your contribution at the chapter meeting when he’s conducting the business meeting, “Hey guys, didn’t Bob do a super job getting the risers there and back for our Christmas concert? Whatta guy! And how about big Al helping to load and unload them? Thanks, Jim and Al!” Look at those guys beaming!

Then there are your super motivated members that are always busy doing something — that one guy that you secretly think should be cloned about ten times so that he can solve ALL your chapter concerns! Even if you have a smaller and less active chapter, there are still “the workers that go above and beyond the call of duty” to make your barbershopping experience the best it can be. Why not honor those men when appropriate?

It could be an officer, a committee chairman, the director, the coffee maker, the contact guy, the editor or webmaster, a avid quartet man, the guy who sets up and tears down the chairs every week, the guy that always bring your risers to your performances, etc. Getting the idea? Four little letters — BOTY — on a hand-some plaque or an attractive certificate of recognition have been known to bring grown men to their knees with tears in their eyes. It’s true, I’ve seen it happen.

If you don’t have an active committee (or a designated member) identified to han-dle the selection process, why not go to your chapter President and volunteer? Don’t know how to get started? How about asking a RMD leader (officer or VP) to point you in the right direction? Call me, I’ll be glad to help (I like telling people what to do — ask my fellow quartet mem-bers). Do you know who your chapter counselor is? Who is your chapter Barber-shopper of the Year for 2006 going to be?

Now for another pet peeve of mine. I sure hope that everyone is enjoying the new look of the VE. I know that I’m enjoying making it look more like a magazine and less like a chapter pub-lication. But — I’m concerned that our online issues of the VE

will not be printed off and distributed to those RMD members not on line. I don’t know what percentage of our membership is on-line but I suspect it might be at least 50-60 percent. That means 40 percent of our members are not reading this maga-zine. How can we correct this problem? Yeah, I said “WE!”

Who’s going to take the initiative to download and print off copies for his fellow chapter members? I know color printing can get costly. I can grayscale each issue before presenting to Woody to post on the website. That way, you could have your choice of issues. Sure, the color issues are pretty, but I’d rather do it in black and white if more members will read it. Well?


Quartet Name_______________________ Contact Man Name:___________________________

Address ____________________________City__________ State ________________ Zip_______

Home Phone: ____________ Cell Phone: _______________ Email: _______________________ Name of other Quartet Members: ________________, ________________, __________________

Postmarked Before Jan 26, 2007 Deadline:

____ Society Members Quartet Pre-registration Fee: $260.00 ____ Mixed Adult/Student (Middle, High School, College) Quartet Pre-registration Fee: (Adult $65 ea., Student $20 ea.): $______ ____ Student Quartet Registration Fee: (Middle, High School, College): $ 80.00

Postmarked After Jan 26, 2007 Deadline: ____ Quartet Registration Fee $320.00

Quartet Coaching Fee (Maximum of Four Sessions) ____ Indicate total number of Sessions: _________ @ $25.00 per Session: $______

Housing Information Includes: Two Nights Lodging at Wind River Lodge and four Meal Tickets:

Friday; Dinner, Saturday; Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner, and Sunday; Breakfast

____ Two Double Occupancy Rooms (2 persons per room) $530.00

Names in Room #1: ___________________ ____________________ Names in Room #2: ___________________ ____________________ ____ One Quadruple Occupancy Room (4 persons per room) $375.00

Names in Room: ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

Extra Show Tickets at $15.00 ea.

Please indicate number of additional tickets requested: _____ $________

RMHC 2007 REGISTRATION GRAND TOTAL: $ ________

Checks payable to: “Rocky Mountain District” — Send completed Registration Form with payment to RMHC Registrar:

Bob Reed, 643 Crawford Cr. Longmont, CO 80501 Home: 303-651-3196, Cell: 303-931-4800, Email: [email protected]

February 3 & 4, 2007

Rocky Mountain Harmony College

QUARTET Registration Form

Pre-registration Deadline: January 26th, 2007

Includes: All Classes, Friday evening Bratwurst Social, and four tickets to Sat Eve Show

Name___________________________________________________________________________ Address ____________________________City__________ State ________________ Zip______ Home Phone: ____________ Cell Phone: _______________ Email: _______________________

Postmarked Before Jan 26, 2007 Deadline:

____ Member Pre-registration Fee: $ 65.00 ____ Non-Member Pre-registration Fee: $ 80.00 ____ Student Registration Fee (Middle, High School, College): $ 20.00

Postmarked After Jan 26, 2007 Deadline:

____ Member Late-registration Fee: $ 80.00 Email: [email protected]

____ Non-Member Late-registration Fee: $100.00 ____ Student Registration Fee (Middle, High School, College): $ 20.00

Housing Information

Includes Two Nights Lodging at Wind River Lodge Meal Ticket for Friday Dinner, Saturday Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner, Sunday Breakfast

____ Single Occupancy $215.00 ____ Double Occupancy, per person $131.00 ____ Triple Occupancy, per person $103.00 ____ Quadruple Occupancy, per person $ 89.00 ____ Quintuple Occupancy (Futon), per person $ 81.00

If rooming with others, please list all names 1_____________________ 2 ________________________ 3 ______________________ 4_____________________ 5 ________________________

Extra Show Tickets at $15.00 each

Please indicate number of additional tickets requested: _____ $________ RMHC 2007 REGISTRATION GRAND TOTAL: $ ______

Please make checks payable to: “Rocky Mountain District”

Send Completed Registration Form and Payment to RMHC Registrar:

Bob Reed, 643 Crawford Cr. Longmont, CO 80501 Home: 303-651-3196, Cell: 303-931-4800, Email: [email protected]


February 3 - 4, 2007 Rocky Mountain Harmony College

Individual Registration Form

Pre-registration Deadline: January 26th, 2007

Includes: All Classes and one ticket to Sat Evening Show

Chorus Coaching Sessions must be reserved and postmarked BEFORE Jan 26, 2007 deadline

CHORUS Name _______________________ Contact Man’s Name:________________________

Address ____________________________City__________ State ________________ Zip_______

Home Phone: ____________ Cell Phone: _______________ Email: _______________________ Chorus Size:________________ ** How many members will attend the Coaching Session:_____

**Each Chorus member attending the Session MUST purchase an individual registration and may attend other classes before or after the Scheduled Chorus Coaching Session

Chorus Coaching Session Schedule (only 3 sessions available)

*Limited to the first 3 choruses to register (first come, first served, on session time choices)

Select Coaching Sessions in order of Preference_____ ____ Session One, Friday Evening $ 100.00 ____ Session Two, Saturday Morning $ 100.00 ____ Session Three, Saturday Afternoon $ 100.00 We would like our session to focus on: Presentation ____, Sound ____ (Please choose one)

Grand Total: $_____

Please make checks payable to: “Rocky Mountain District”

Send Completed Registration Form and Payment to:

Dan Clark P.O. Box 531

Gering, NE 69341-0531 Home: 308-436-5548

Email: [email protected]


February 2-3, 2007 Rocky Mountain Harmony College

CHORUS Coaching Registration Form

CHORUS Registration Deadline

January 26th, 2007

Denver Gospel Sing

This is to notify everyone that the Happiness Emporium, a.k.a. Good News!, has contracted with a downtown Denver church for the venue for the 2007 Good News! Gospel Sing.

The Good News! Gospel Sing will be held on Thursday

morning, July 5th, 2007, between the hours of 9 -11 a.m at: Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St.,

Denver, CO 80203

The church's location can best be described as: Three blocks NE of the Adam's Mark (Headquarters) Hotel. A picture of the church can be had at their website:

www.centraldenver.com and click on special events.

If you have any questions, please contact me at: 763-571-0829 (h), or 612-240-0894 (c), or Fred (Pete) Peterson, our Denver liasion person, at: 303-236-1546 (days) or 303-697-8454 (hm).

Jim Foy Happiness Emporium & Good News!

RMD Youth In Harmony VP

Phil Ricks

2007 PROMISES TO BE A BUSY YEAR FOR YOUTH OUTREACH

The year 2006 was a good year for Youth in Harmony events in the RMD and 2007 promises to be even better. The week of Jan 15-20 kicks off the first of what promises to be a great year for Youth programs. If your chapter is planning on a Harmony Explosion camp or a festival in the year 2007 please contact me as I have information that may help you fund those events.

New E-mail for Phil Ricks - Ricksco9 at msn.com


Lifted from Nov/Dec 2006 TUMBLE-WORDS, Owen Herndon, editor, Colby, Kansas — thanks, Owen! Published Saturday, November 11, 2006 Article submitted by Colby member Bruce Frahm

Jeff Kready debuts in New York

Jeff Kready is a grandson of Tumbleweed chorus director Don and Jo Kready of Colby.

Theater-goers who watched Jeff Kready grow up on Topeka’s stages will have to travel to New York to see the tal-ented actor, singer and dancer. Kready made his Broadway debut Thursday night (November 9, 2006) in a revival of “Les Miser-ables,” the third-longest running show behind “The Phantom Of The Opera” and “Cats.”

Broadway’s Broadhurst Theater is a long way from Topeka Civic Theatre’s old Warehouse on the Levee Theater in North Topeka where as an eight-year-old, Kready made his stage debut in the title role of the musical “Oliver!” Over the years, audi-ences saw and heard the 2000 Washburn Rural High School graduate and 2004 graduate of Washburn University develop as a performer in roles at TCT, Helen Hocker Theater and at Washburn. Kready also sang in the Washburn Singers and Choir, Topeka Festival Singers and the Capitol City (Barbershop) Cho-rus.

After finishing Washburn with a 4.0 grade-point average, Kready was plying his trade as an actor in regional theater, ap-pearing last spring in Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes” at the Dutch Apple Dinner Theater in Lancaster, Penn. Since that is only a few hours from New York, Kready auditioned for a Broadway show on his day off, he said Friday by phone from his New York apartment. “I went to the audition because 1 had never been to a New York audition before, and, frankly, it intimi-dated me,” he said. “I just wanted to audition to have the experi-ence under my belt.”

He showed up at 6:30 a.m. to sign up for the 10 a.m. audi-tions for “Les Miserables,” but the first slots went to the mem-bers of the Actors’ Equity Association, the labor union for actors and stage managers.

Non-Equity actors auditioned hours later, but could sing only eight bars of their song. “I went in, and sang my eight bars,” said Kready, who selected “Flight,” a song by Craig Carnelia. The music director asked Kready to finish his song, “and that was kind of a victory in itself.” When he was called back for a second audition, they asked him to sing “Run, Freedom, Run!” from “Urinetown.” Then he performed “Soliloquy,” which is sung by Jean Valjean, “Les Miserables” main character. Kready was coached by John Napier, the Tony Award-winning produc-tion director of “Les Miz.” “He was in my face, coaching me through it. He was yelling at me, 'Give me more here! Give me more'" Kready said.

Kready didn’t realize he was being considered as an under-study for the lead role. “I’m so young,” the 24-year-old said. “I thought they were just trying to see what my range was.” Before he left New York, Kready sang for Cameron Mackintosh, the producer of “Les Miserables.” “It was an intense experience,” said Kready, who later received notice that he was cast as Babet and would understudy Jean Valjean for actor Alexander Gemignani. “To get to a Broadway show from an open call is said to be impossible,” Kready said. “It was like I won the lot-tery.” Previews of “Les Miserables” began October 2nd. Jeff’s mother and step-father were in the audience Thursday for open-ing night. His father, Rick Kready, and grandfather, Don Kready went to New York to see the show the following week-end, November 11-12, 2006.

Jeff Kready opens in revival of Broadway’s ‘Les Miserables’

By Bill Blankenship The [Topeka] Capital-Journal

Deadline is Feb. 20 for the March/April VEDeadline is Feb. 20 for the March/April VEDeadline is Feb. 20 for the March/April VE

RMDRMD Calendar of Events Calendar of Events

*Preliminary Clearance - Dates reserved without BMI license until six months before the event.

** Dates not reserved until BMI license is issued

2007

Jan 21-28 Midwinter Convention — Albuquerque

Jan 21-28 Utah YIH, Woods Cross High

Feb 2-3 RMHC – Estes Park

March 17 Denver MountainAires Chapter Show

March 17 Ogalalla Chapter Show

High School Lecturn Hall ** March 23-25

Denver Mile High Chapter Show March 31

Colby Chapter Show Colby Community College

March 31 ** Pikes Peak Chapter Show

Mitchell High School April 11-12

Utah Valley Chapter Show April 14

Grand Junction Chapter Show Avalon Theatre ** April 20-21

Wasatch Front Chapter Show Libby Gardner Hall

April 21 Mt. Rushmore Chapter Show

Dakota Middle School April 27-29

RMD Spring Convention -Ogden, Utah May 12

Albuquerque Chapter Show National Hispanic Cultural Center

** May 12 Loveland Chapter Show

CSU Theatre ** May 18-19

Salt Lake City Chapter Show May 19

Longmont Chapter Show Vance Brand Auditorium

** June 8-9 Bernalillo County Chapter Shows

Keller Hall July 1-8

International Convention Denver, Colorado

July 27 Chautauqua, Boulder

Sep. 28-30 RMD Fall Convention - Albuquerque

* Nov 30 — Dec 1-2 Bernalillo County Shows

* Dec 1 Pikes Peak Shows, Benet Hill Center

Dec 7-9 Denver Mile High Shows

Dec 8-9 Albuquerque Chapter Shows

Central United Methodist Church

2008

*Mar 22 Denver Mile High Show

*Apr 12 Loveland Show – Rialto Theater

*May 10 Albuquerque Show

*May 16-18 Bernalillo County Shows

*Dec 5-7 Bernalillo County Shows

*Dec 6 Denver Mile High Show

*Dec 13-14 Albuquerque Shows

2009

*May 9

Albuquerque Show *Dec 12-13

Albuquerque Shows

Silverton Barbershop Music Festival

E-Bulletin, November 30, 2006 Editor: Carroll V. (Pete) Peterson,

[email protected] Here is the official list of songs to

be sung by the festival chorus on the weekend of July 20 & 21, 2007. Since Joe Liles will be our director again, we've selected several of Joe's ar-rangements and/or compositions to be features of the show. Also Joe has made a special request that we sing "Can You Feel the Love Tonight," so it is on the list:

Can You Feel the Love Tonight, #8203

Sound Celebration 8626 Silhouettes 8630

Beer Barrel Polka 7348 This Little Light of Mine 8628

Teach the Children to Sing 8529, Joe's composition and arrangement

Battle Hymn 7687, Joe's arrangement Irish Blessing, Free and Easy,

may be downloaded from barbershop.org America the Beautiful and

Overlay, America Beautiful, page 1 of Strictly Barbershop,

Overlay by Joe from Free and Easy In the Good Old Summer Time

with Patter Chorus, Joe's arrangement and composition;

pdf available by request


We have his permission to make copies. Learning CD's for the songs with numbered arrangements are available from the Barbershop Har-mony Society. Any questions, email or call Pete: 970-247-5073.

Joe Liles

Merle Quigley

Rocky Mountain District Mission Statement The Rocky Mountain District is to be an ever-growing association of SPEBSQSA chapters located within the geo-

graphical boundaries of the District. It is the mission of the RMD to lead and support the efforts of local chapters in contributing to the vision of our Society.

The Society’s Vision Statement reads “The Society is to be an ever-growing fraternity of barbershop-style singers, leading the cause of encouraging vocal music in our schools and communities.” The RMD’s means of working towards this vision is to provide leadership and structure in the following areas:

• Increasing membership through member services at the local and district level. • Educating and encouraging our members in both quartet and chorus performances in the barbershop style. • Training, supporting, and coaching leaders in our local chapters. • Supporting and developing youth outreach on a local and district level. • Developing chorus directors at the chapter level through local and district workshops. • Providing district publications and historical records as well as supporting and educating chapters in communi-

cations and public relations. • Providing ongoing district events such as conventions, contests, festivals, etc. • Providing contests for quartets, choruses, and other ensembles to determine district champions and Interna-

tional contest qualifiers. • Supporting and educating chapters on developing district financial resources and in the use of good financial

practices. • Administering district charitable and community service initiatives and supporting and educating chapters in

their charitable efforts.

Rocky Mountain District

Vocal Expressions SPEBSQSA, Inc.

Steven Jackson, Editor 215 Cheyenne St. Lot 18

Golden, CO 80403

[email protected]

(303) 384-9269

Member of PROBE

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2007 International Convention — RMD — We’re Gonna Be A MILE HIGH!

We shall meet but we shall miss him, there will be “One...

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