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Inside this issue

Volume 35, Number 1 Karen Nanninga, Editor and Publisher January 2012

The chapter and chorus meet every Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. at the First Methodist Church Activity Center

on the corner of Poyntz and 6th Street, Manhattan, Kansas.

President’s

Message

Page

2

Remembering

Larry Hanson

Uniform for

show

Page

3

Welcoming

new members,

Will had it right

Page

4

Welcome as

flowers of

May

Page

5

Break time

70 years

Page

6

Guardian

Angels

Komments

by Karen

Harry

Harmony

Page

7

Singing

Valentines

T’s Tidbits'

What fun

Page

8

Photos

Music helps

Page

9

Calendars Page

10

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We are harmonizing members of the Barbershop Harmony Society

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What a difference 20+ years make

Things change throughout the years

and the Little Apple Chorus is no excep-

tion. Those of you who joined after 1991,

how many of these men do you recog-

nize.? They look pretty sharp.

Looks like there were 24 members or so

at this time. How many do we have at this

time? How many of these men are still

members? How many of you have a white

tux tucked away somewhere?♪

Then and now

InCider Press January 2012

Bulletin Editor

Karen Nanninga 1379 26th Road

Axtell, Kansas 66403

Phone: 785-736-2870 email: [email protected]

Unless carrying a byline or some form of credit to borrowed sources, all items in this bulletin are by the editor and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the chapter or board. All photos in the bulletin are by the editor, unless otherwise identified.

All chapter officers are expected and chapter members are encouraged to contribute their ideas on a regular basis

InCider Press, a monthly publication, is the official publication of the Manhattan, Kansas chapter of the Central States District (CSD) of the Barbershop Harmony Society. The Manhattan Chapter is the home of the Little Apple Chorus. The chapter and chorus meet every Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. at the First Methodist Church Activity Center on the corner of Poyntz and 6th Street, Manhattan, Kansas. For more information about meetings or joining call or write to the Editor. (see below)

Chapter Officers Immediate Past President - - Bill Hanson President— John Thomason Executive VP Dave Fink VP Marketing Gene Klinger and Public Relations - - Preston Chapel VP Music Travis Troyer &Performance - Steve Fisher, asst. VP Chapter Development & Membership - - Don Thomson Treasurer Bob Swenson Mark Robb, asst. Secretary - Pat Caffey Chuck Marr, asst. Board Member - Jesse Gilpin Board Member - - Jim Lindquist

Appointments Musical Director.…………………… …Ken Lang Associate Musical Director ….…..Don Thomson Assistant Musical Director……… Travis Troyer Music Chairman……….….......... ......Bob Ridley Show Chairman...………...... ..........Steve Cross Singing Valentine Chairman ……… ….Ken Lyle Youth in Harmony Chairman ……. Ken Garwick Chorus Manager Steve Thompson Bulletin Editor…….....…..……..Karen Nanninga

Web Master…………………..Bart Bartholomew www.littleapplechorus.org

You better not shout you better not cry, except at the appropriate places of course, the Little Apple Chorus is coming to McCain! In April don't you know. As good as 2011 was for the LAC, and it was a busy one, I believe that 2012 will be even better. I'm working harder than I ever have to "get off the music" and attempting to sing better than I ever have. There is so much to do and so little time! We need to do some serious time man-agement, at least I do, but I know we will make it all work.

Only a few short weeks until Singing Valentines. I know the usual Quartets are in the process of preparing for the Love Songs we so enjoy delivering. Delivering our unique Valentine Gift is not only fun it is a major fund raising event for the LAC. The entire Cho-rus will benefit from the money that SV generates so don't be shy if you are asked to help in some way.

Leadership Academy at St Joe, Missouri. is coming up the first weekend in February. All new LAC Board Members and Officers are "strongly urged" to attend. Any member may also attend and I promise you will not be disappointed! The attendance fees will be paid by the Chapter for all Board Members and NEW Members to the Chapter. All you have to do is get to St Joe by 08:30 on Feb 4th.

Have a GREAT 2012!

Stay SHARP # !! ♪

The Prez says Happy New Year

By John Thomason, President

SHOW TICKETS. Because McCain Auditorium is now required to charge sales tax on our show tickets, the board chose to increase the ticket price. For our annual show the tickets will be $17 for advance purchases and $20 at the door. That price includes the sales tax.

Because of the ticket price increase, there will be an adjustment in either the number of tickets that show program ads carry with them, or an adjustment in the price of the ads--or both. The show chairman and the chairman for show ads will make the adjust-ments.

SINGING VALENTINES. In preparation for the Singing Valentine presentations, I will be conducting an orientation for presenters. There will be two sessions, February 2nd and 9th at 6:30 p.m., before chapter meetings. If you want to be a presenter, you should plan to attend at least one of those sessions. If you plan to sing in a quartet, the quartet needs director's approval. ♪

HELP WANTED

By Steve Cross

The Christmas concert is over, Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and the April

concert is fast approaching. Many, many, many details have to be worked out in order for

the concert to be a success. I will be asking / begging the usual suspects for help again

this year to head up the sections that they did last year. I will also be asking the Chorus

at large via e-mail to help those who have served in the past. We plan to get going a little

earlier this year on ad and ticket sales for the show. If you don’t want to head up a certain

section, consider being an assistant chair to learn the ropes for next year. Look to your e-

mails.♪

Notes from the Secretary

By Pat Caffey Secretary

January 2012 InCider Press

Larry Hansen was a big man with a big voice. Larry passed away this week in a very quiet way unbefitting of his virtues.

Larry was a charter member of the “Grain Belters Chorus”, and occasionally made an appearance at rehearsals in recent years. Many of our current members probably didn’t really know him, but I hope to relay a few of my memories so that you might know him bet-ter.

As I said earlier, Larry had a big voice. He sang Lead and could have carried the entire section if he was allowed to do so. His voice was more operatic than barbershop with a full range of vibrato when he really got wound up. I remember in the early years of our chorus, when I wanted full sound, I had to limit Larry to 50 percent. He wasn’t a singer that I could just put anywhere on the risers, but instead needed full attention as to where I might hide that voice. Don’t get me wrong, we needed his voice and singing talents, but blend was always the dilemma.

Larry seldom sang wrong notes. He had a long history of music education and experiences, singing since he was a youth. It got to be a habit for him to approach me at breaks or after rehearsals to fill me in on passages that needed more work. I think I even relied on him in many ways, because he was seldom wrong.

Over the years, Larry made a lot of progress in adapting to the barbershop style. He knew his big voice could be an asset if he worked at it, and he was talented enough to do that. Who can forget Larry dancing the Charleston and making it look so easy.

We will miss Larry Hansen, not because of his recent contribution to our chorus, but because of what he contributed when we all were fledglings in this hobby. Our chorus moved forward because of the dedication of many members such as Larry.

Goodbye Larry, and thank you for being a member of our “Little Apple Chorus”. ♪

In Memory of

Lawrence P.

Hansen

May 4, 1931 –

January 8, 2012

A big man with a big voice Larry Hansen

By Ken Lang, Director

Greetings, Barbershop Brothers! It's time to start thinking about what we're going to wear for our annual spring show. As in previ-ous shows, we'll be wearing different outfits in the first and second halves of the show. In the first half, we'll be wearing tux pants, black dress shirt, white long tie, and white suspenders, as modeled by my lovely assistant at our Thursday, January 5 chapter meeting. (See attached) Please note that *black* dress shoes and *black* socks are part of the required uniform for both halves, NOT run-ning shoes.

For the second half of the show, we will be dressing as listed below:

Black shoes and socks

Tux pants

Tux shirt (with studs)

Red bow tie

Red, White, and Blue vest

Black vest cover (that is a “pull-off vest”),

currently being fabricated

You should have everything you need for the show, but if you don't, please let me know as soon as possible so it can be ordered in plenty of time for the show.♪

Important

message

about the

uniforms for

the show

By Cam Beatty

The card that John Thomason is reading was from the Sweet Adeline Chorus thanking us for singing

with them in the Holiday Concert.


How many of us can name all our members? I certainly can’t.

Years ago when we were a much smaller and more inept group, it

was easy to get acquainted with everyone. Now we are a larger

group and we are singing much better but we really don’t know our

fellow singers nearly as well. I believe this is a situation we need to

address.

There are many ways to get better acquainted but with our sched-

ule becoming more involved each year we tend to stress learning

the songs and the names of our neighbors get lost in the shuffle.

We all need to work at solving this problem so that we can become

a more cohesive singing group. One of the ways we can address

this, is to volunteer to serve as greeter for a month. I hope you will

consider this possibility and get your name on the list. All it requires

is to show up at practice a few minutes early with a smile on your

face and meet people as they come in. It can be fun and will pro-

vide the greeter and the greeted a chance to refresh their memory

of the names in our group. Thanks to the people who already have

signed up for January and February. Your turn is any of the rest of

the months in 2012.

By the way, it will help everyone if you wear your name tag on a

regular basis. Please find yours and wear it proudly. If you don’t

have one yet or have managed to lose it, please let Pat Caffey

know and we’ll attempt to remedy the situation soon. Let’s get to

know each other and our music better than ever this year.♪

Who is that guy in the other row?

By Leonard Purvis

“If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are

doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.”

Will Rogers

“I want to be a successful Barbershopper!” Say it with me now! “I

want to be a successful Barbershopper!” One more time! “I want to

be a successful Barbershopper!” Ain't it great?!

Following the wise council of Will Rogers, ya' gotta' know what

you're doing! I mean, from the most knowledgeable musician among

us to the guy who just came through the door. I feel that our hobby is

much more than something you get good at. It's sharing with those

who don't know as much as you and it is never missing the opportunity

to learn more or get our skills updated from those who know more. I

personally know people who I would consider 'professional' Barber-

shoppers, but they never miss the chance to learn something new or

the opportunity to pass their knowledge on to others. Seek out these

places and times to learn and share with others. Leadership Academy

and Harmony University are GIFTS that just happen to be right down

the road. I'll bet that there are not 30 people in our chorus who have

been to both.

If you love Barbershopping, ya' gotta' do what Barbershoppers do!

Show up on time – every week! Learn the notes AND the words. Vol-

unteer to be a 'riser buddy' for visitors when they show up, be a

greeter at the door when asked, put out a plate of cookies at break

time once or twice, and get involved with Singing Valentines, as a

singer, presenter, or driver. Get involved, don't 'just show up'! You

are cheating yourself out of a lot of pleasure and are missing out on

the chance to show someone else how to really get 'into' this hobby.

If you believe in being a Barbershopper, you should never miss the

opportunity to share that belief in it with others. OK, I understand Big

Fella', that you just hate to be made to feel rejected when we ask

someone to come to a rehearsal and they say 'no'. GET OVER IT,

Buttercup! You owe them the opportunity to have some fun too! If it's

not their thing – move on! Leave the door open, invite them to just

come and listen, make it easy on both of you. Not everyone enjoys

singing like we do! (Also, understand that their initial reaction may

also be a test to see just how much you believe in what you're telling

them.) As I once heard, all that you can do is throw mud against the

wall – some will stick and some won't. But the more mud you throw up

there, the more that will stick! Get out there and throw some mud

against that wall!

Know what you're doing, love what you're doing and believe in what

you're doing. I think that is sage advice and I think it will work! Make it

work for you!♪

Leonard Purvis tells how to get to know the other

members of the Little Apple Chorus.

Will had it right

By Dave Fink


Article by Bart Bartholomew

For years whenever visitors appeared at one of our Chapter meet-

ings just before the break they were treated to the Chorus’s rendition

of “You’re As Welcome as the Flowers in May” followed by all the

chorus members greeting the visitor(s) with a handshake while going

through a receiving line. Wow, that certainly made me feel welcome

the first evening when I attended a Little Apple Chorus meeting 21

years ago. Unfortunately, this tradition had fallen by the wayside dur-

ing recent years.

Thanks to Don Thomson and the current chapter leadership this

ritual is being revived. At the chapter meeting on December 29, Don

reintroduced the chapter to the procedure. Don called the two visitors

for the evening, Chris Hartwick and Richard (Dick) Pannbacker to

come forward and he had each of them introduce himself to the chap-

ter. ♪

Bob Ridley greeting guest Dick Pannbacker while

going through the receiving line.

Following the song, the two guests formed a receiving line and

the entire chorus passed through welcoming each guest with a

warm handshake. I certainly hope that the song and the greetings

once again become part of the Little Apple Chorus tradition. Even

though we are welcoming the guests I hope that each chorus

member understands that he, too, is “as welcome as the flowers in

May” throughout the entire year.

As I was departing the chapter meeting a chorus member re-

marked to me that he didn’t know that song and that it wasn’t in his

Polecat booklet. If you don’t know the song you can find it on page

12 of the 1986 edition of Just Plain Barbershop. Let’s continue

to make everyone feel that they are truly welcome at our chapter

meetings.

Don Thomson (left) welcoming Chris Hartwick

(center) and Dick Pannbacker (right)

While a friend and I were visiting Annapolis, we noticed several students on their hands and knees assessing the courtyard with pencils and clip-boards in hand.

"What are they doing?" I asked our tour guide. "Each year," he replied with a grin, "The upperclassmen ask the freshmen how many bricks it took to finish paving this courtyard."

When we were out of earshot of the freshmen, my friend asked our guide: "So what's the answer?"

The guide replied: "One."


Celebrating Seventy Years of Difference

By Bart Bartholomew

Someone once said, "Hard work is it's own reward.". Not wanting to dismiss the fact that "hard work" is rewarding it is my firm belief that hard work deserves a break also. Our Thursday evening Chap-ter Meetings can certainly entail a good deal of hard work. After 90 minutes of tuning, toning, timing, and a good deal of tinkering one certainly can use a break. It's good to stand and stretch and take a refreshing respite from the rigors of Barbershopping.

The Little Apple Chorus has always been blessed with cold drinks, cookies, crackers and camaraderie during our 10 minute break time. John Trail has volunteered for this service for many years and we certainly thank him for that. Sometimes due to weather, John lives 70 miles away, or basketball, or other circum-stances he just can't be there to provide the goodies.

Sometimes "Divine Providence" steps in when John can't and we don't get goodies we get "GOODIES"! Connie and Dave Fink are the providers of those GOODIES. They don't bring us the usual store bought cookies. Connie makes the treats herself and they are wonderful! It's a miracle that Dave can stay so fit and trim with a dessert baker like Connie in the house. We are fortunate indeed to have a surprise treat from Connie once in a while. I think I can speak for the entire Chorus by saying a profound THANK YOU!

Last Thursday we learned what it's like to not have goodies served to us at break by a dedicated volunteer. Surely there's a Chorus member or two who can volunteer to help John Trail keep the tradition alive. (Store bought goodies would be just fine!) John should be back again after Basketball season but he could use some help until then.♪

Fellow barbershoppers celebrating their birthdays: Ben Clark turning 15 and John Schlender turning 85. Wow, what other hobby can you think of where men can enjoy the exact same activities and be 70 years different in age? What a thrill it must be to be able to sing, laugh, socialize and perform on an equal basis with someone who is old enough to be your great grandfather, or, in reverse, with someone young enough to be your great grandson. Such is the wonder of being a Barbershopper.

What are you senior citizen barbershoppers doing to bring young men into our great society? I am the proud grandfather of three young grandsons, all of whom I hope to introduce to barbershop singing when I think they are old enough. About a month before Christmas during a telephone call from our daughter, Ann, I was told that our oldest grandson, first-grader Blaise was ready to sing bass in a bar-bershop chorus. The conversation between Ann and me went as follows:

“Dad, Blaise is ready to sing bass in a barbershop chorus.”

“Oh really, what makes you say that?”

“He came home from school today and told me how they had begun practicing a song that his class would sing during a forthcoming Christ-mas concert. I asked him if we should start practicing the song at home after school to insure that he would know it well when it was time to perform. Blaise responded, ‘No, if I don’t know it well enough, I’ll just fake it!’”

Ann continued, “Dad, that is what you do as a bass in your chorus, isn’t it?”

I attended the Christmas concert. Blaise and all his classmates had learned the song very well and there was no need for any faking, or, as we barbershoppers would say woodshedding. I look forward to bringing Blaise and his brothers to chorus in another few years. Wouldn’t our chorus be great if every one of us senior citizens brought in a young man just like Gene Wiley did when he brought in Ben Clark?

John and Ben: Happy Birthday to both of you from all of us.♪

Break time By John Thomason Cookie Connoisseur

Connie and Dave Fink serve up homemade goodies

at break time.

Ben Clark and John Schlender congratulating each other on their birthdays. Ben turned 15 on January 7 and John Schlender will turn 85 on January 29.Happy

Birthday, Ben and John.

Singing doesn’t start from the diaphragm, lungs or throat…

It begins at your toes and works its way up.

Now I ask you, how can your legs remain stiff with those heavy vibrations cursing through them.

Borrowed from Jon Wagner


Komments From Karen As I was driving home after the memorial service for Larry Han-

sen last Thursday I was reminded of two statements or sayings

that I have heard in years past. The first statement I am sure you

have most likely heard. You just met a friend who is sporting a

nice black eye. You ask, “How did that happen?” The answer: “I

walked into a door.” Your thought: “Oh yeah.” The second state-

ment was made to me by a learned, senior individual several years

ago. The statement was that each male human from the time he is

born until he passes survives only as long as his Guardian Angel

stays one step in front of him. If or when the Angel fails in his/her

mission, the man will self-destruct due to doing something foolish.

After an event that happened just before the memorial service I

now have empathy for all those guys who walked into doors; and, I

know that I have a Guardian Angel.

When we took our seats in the choir area of the church in prepa-

ration for the memorial service, I found myself and four other

grown men squeezed into a pew obviously designed to hold four

people. I had seen Ken Lang come in carrying a folding chair so I

decided to get a folding chair so that one of us five could sit out in

the aisle. I departed the choir area, passed through the doorway

of an interior glass wall that separates the entrance foyer from the

main hallway of the church, went to a room and picked up two

metal chairs. Hurriedly I began the return trip toward the choir

area where the chorus was seated. I knew exactly where I was

headed but what I forgot was that I had passed through a doorway

in the middle of this interior glass wall. With the glass wall being

spotlessly clean and perfectly aligned with the exact same glass

wall that makes the front entrance to the church, I never noticed

the wall as I headed directly toward the door that I had exited when

I departed the choir area. Walking briskly and carrying two folded

metal chairs I walked face first into the large plate glass window. I

know that many of the people in the church heard the loud noise

as my body and the two chairs crashed into the plate glass. I was

thankful that the loud crash had not been followed by sounds of

shattering glass and my screams. The plate glass wall remained

in tact and the only damage to me was a split in the skin on the

bridge of my nose and a goose-egg lump on my right forehead.

Yes, I believe in Guardian Angels! There’s no doubt in my mind

that he/she was a step ahead of me on Thursday afternoon. In

fact he/she had to have been more than one step ahead so that

he/she could position himself/herself on the other side of that plate

glass wall and be pushing toward me when I tried to walk through

it.

Since my fellow barbershoppers were kind and didn’t

ask me to explain the break on the bridge of my nose

and the lump on my forehead on Thursday evening, I

felt obligated to explain via this article. May your guard-

ian angel always stay one step in front of you.♪

Do you believe in Guardian Angels? By Bart Bartholomew

It sounds like everyone is working hard either for singing valentines

or learning the songs for the show. I know some of the ladies are busy

working on vests for the show. Our audience is sure to love it and be

wowed by it.

. I could feel sorry for Bart. Read his story across the way. I actu-

ally know the feeling, as I walked into a door in our house last week.

Sure flattened my glasses and I also had a bit of a bump. It is a sliding

glass door that has been there for 10 years but in my defense it is

usually open just wide enough for the cats to get through, and it was

closed all the way this time. Ouch.

We have a new column from Travis Troyer, T’s Tidbits, he hopes to

make that a monthly thing. Yea!.

We heard the four daughters of a friend sing Irish Blessing this week-

end in a quartet. They could have made any Sweet Adeline wish they

could do as well. It was awesome. ♪

Harry relates this experience to us.

As a bag-piper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a Funeral

Director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no

family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper's cemetery in

the Kentucky back country.

As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost and, being a

typical man, I didn't stop for directions. I finally arrived an hour late and

saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere

in sight. There were only the digging crew left and they were eating

lunch.

I felt badly and apologized to the men for being late. I went to the

side of the grave and looked down and the vault lid was already in

place. I didn't know what else to do, so I started to play. The workers

put down their lunches and began to gather around.

I played out my heart and soul for this man with no family and

friends. I played like I've never played before for this homeless man.

And as I played 'Amazing Grace,' the workers began to weep. They

wept, I wept, we all wept together. When I finished, I packed up my

bag-pipes and started for my car. Though my head hung low, my heart

was full. As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers

say, "I never seen nothin' like that before and I've been putting in sep-

tic tanks for twenty years."♪

An adventure

with

Harry Harmony


January Birthdays

Ben Clark . 7

Ken Lang 23

Donn Leach . 26

John Schlender 29

Mike Sexton 31

February Birthdays

Brian Swenson 8

Sam Kvasnica 14

Al Roepke 27

Singing Valentines 2012 is only a few weeks away and preparations are in progress for another great year. Co-Chairs for this year are Bob Swenson and Ken Lyle. Quartets will be available to deliver Singing Valentines on Monday Feb 13th from noon until 8p.m and Tuesday Feb 14th from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m.. The quartet lounge will be open from 8 a.m. until 4p.m. on Tues Feb 14th and will be located in the recreation center of First Presbyterian Church, 8th and Leavenworth, Manhattan. Manhattan Data Systems office will serve as the quartet lounge on Monday, Feb 13th and any other times not previously specified.

About two weeks ago, 175 long-stemmed red roses were ordered with an estimated arrival date of Friday, Feb 10th. There will be a work session to prepare the roses for delivery, possibly on Sat, Feb 11th at Throckmorton Hall on the KSU campus. A work crew of about a dozen barbershoppers would be about right for the job. Chuck Marr will pro-vide the exact time, location etc.

There will be a SV 2012 party on Tues. Feb 14th probably around 7 PM for barber shoppers and their wives. Exact time and location to follow. If you have any questions or concerns regarding Singing Valen-tines 2012 contact Bob or Ken.♪

Singing valentines

2012

By Ken Lyle

What an experience - I would encourage everyone to try direct-ing a song sometime. It made me realize there is a lot to think about: the sound, the timing, what is coming next and what can I do to make a difference. I found the great blend of sounds kept almost all of my focus, I was really enjoying the sound as it is very different when in the director's position.

We have heard on a number of occasions from our professional directors that we raised the hair on their arms and that we deliv-ered some great overtones. I am afraid that you couldn't find much hair to raise with me out front - ha! I certainly heard the overtones and it was great. Thank you for allowing me to direct a closing song.

Fun as it was, I know I would rather sing lead than lead. Keep those chords a ringing and think about sharing this wonderful hobby with a few more good men. ♪

What fun

By Gary Drake, closing director Hey, everyone!!! Welcome to T's Tidbits!!

Today's discussion will be about song prep. When preparing to sing a song, we should prepare our attitudes as singers before we even hear the pitch. This is true even in rehearsal. I find myself sometimes, and hear others, moan a little when we first hear the name of the song we are singing next. Ken said something that stuck with me. The audi-ence should go "what the heck was that" for Maggie. This a very pow-erful and emotional ballad and needs to be shown that from the get go. The same thing goes for every song we sing. We should develop a sense of feeling for each song and portray it from before the first pitch and use the intros to drive it home. So, as we practice each song in rehearsal and in our weekly practice at home (WINK, WINK!!) we should decide on a "feeling" associated with each song and then we can practice acquainting the proper emotion with each song. Bottom line "SMILE and have fun with every song"!! ♪

T’s tidbits By Travis Troyer, Associate director

Keep a SMILE on your face

And a SONG in your heart!


Maiden voyage of LAC trailer with 7 sets of risers plus 2 roll-away Sound system cases. Everything fits FINE!

Room to spare!

Members of the Little Apple Chorus who didn't have

tickets to the Cotton Bowl.

At a recent rehearsal of the Grey Beards, they sere-

naded Iris Walters from Berlin, Germany. She and

her husband were here to pick up their son who

was an exchange student in the area and stopped

by the Nanninga’s as they are the coordinators for

their son. Singing to Iris are John Trail, Terry Nan-

ninga, Bart Bartholomew and Terry Smith.

Tenors remember to have a more open sound on "flag" in the tag like a string being pulled up from your head.

Maggie

Make it a good “what the heck was that”.

Tenors - floating melody in the tag

Leads sing through measure 15

Deemphasize “the” whenever you have it. Once again practice talking the words before singing and feel how the phrase should sound. “Creaking Old Mill is still” think about what you are painting with those words. Slow down and feel it.

ALEXANDER”S

Energy from the get go. No breath in 39 and 42 except for basses. Slow down through 27 to the stomp. In tempo pick up to 33.

TAPS

Leads build through the key changes. Lots of energy to keep the key changes high. Tenors back off of “nigh” in the tag. Very Light

BRING BACK THOSE DAYS

Look at the words

Long notes need to move a little bit and hold until the breath

Back off when the leads have words. Leads sing the last note on the high side. ♪

BUNDLE OF OLD LOVE LETTERS

Before you begin looking at this song and any song for that matter, you should run through what the song is about and what feelings are portrayed with the meaning of the song.

In the intro, smooth out phrases like memory and part of me. Once again, an easy way to do this is to talk through the phrase and then sing it that way.

Leads more on measure 7 than on 8. In and out motions in every phrase .Tenors on the end, fill up the sound but remember you are on the third so keep it high and light.

GRAND OLD FLAG

1st time through go back to beginning at 32. The second time through sing 85-86 3 times and the third time go to 94.

S0…85-86, 85-86, 85, 86, 94 to the end.

Helps from Travis By Travis Troyer, VP of Music and Performance

Calendar of Events::::

Thanks to the following for articles

Bart Bartholomew and for photos, Ken Lang, Dave

Fink, Leonard Purvis, Cam Beatty, John Thomason,

Steve Cross, , Gary Drake, Pat Caffey and

Travis Troyer

Chapter meetings begin at 7:00 p.m.

Quartet/polecat practice begins at 6:30 p.m.

Chapter meeting

Chapter meeting

Chapter meeting

Chapter meeting’

Singing Valentines

Chapter meeting

Board meeting

Chapter meeting

January 20

January 27

February 3

February 10

February 13 14

February 17

February 21

February 24

Deadline for submitting articles for the next

InCider is February 17th.

Karen Nanninga

1379 26th Road

Axtell, Kansas 66403

Up coming District meetings

Leadership Academy at St Joe, Missouri February 4

Bulletin is published by the Manhattan Kansas Chapter … VP Dave Fink VP Marketing Gene Klinger and...

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