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IN THIS ISSUEFrom the President .................................2Awards Banquet .......................................3Heralds 75th Anniversary .....................4Singing Valentines ..................................5Making Contact ........................................6Friends of the Heralds ............................6Chapter Quartets .....................................7Members Section ....................................8

The Heralds of Harmonyis a non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation

and receives regular public funding through grants from The Florida Division of Cultural

Affairs, Walmart; as well as employee match-ing programs at Verizon and Honeywell, and is sponsored in part by the State of Florida,

Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.

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FEBRUARY 2020 Volume 75 • Issue 2

Come visit us any Monday at 7pmTPepin’s Hospitality Centre

4121 N 50th St, Tampa, FL 33610

Congratulations to2019 Barbershopper of the Year

Dave Cross

Presented by last year’s winner, Mike Cross

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You are receiving this newsletter because you signed up on our web site or at one of our shows. If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter, please let us know at dcross@dcross.com.

Lots of great stuff happening in the Heralds world! Special thanks to Ralph Brown, Chuck Steiner, Steve Cragg, Mike Cross and the rest of their crew for put-ting on a wonderful Installation Banquet. Congratulation to Dave Cross as our new BOTY! It was moving to see the out-

going BOTY, his son Mike, present Dave the award. The evening was a great kick-off for our 75th Anniversary year.

Special thanks also to Steve Goldman and Greg Garvin for heading up the Singing Valentine program this year. Thanks to their crew and the guys who went out on behalf of the Heralds spreading love and joy throughout the Tam-pa Bay community.

Contest is right around the corner. Only a few more rehearsals before we have the opportunity to share our new ballad with the District. Please do what you can to make each rehearsal. Please purchase your all events ticket before the February 27th early bird pricing deadline. If you are staying at the Marriott, I encourage you to get your room now. Once our block of rooms is gone the hotel pricing goes up significantly.

Special thanks to Clay Hine for a great night of coaching at last week’s rehearsal. Clay and Tony brought the new ballad to an amazing level of performance! I can’t wait to see what this song will become by contest.The 75th Anniversary team has been working hard fin-

ishing up some of the essential elements before the pricing announcement is sent out. As we have mentioned there will be a golf tournament in the USF area Friday morning, and wonderful Alumni Dinner Dance at the Italian Club in Ybor City Friday night, 2 completely different shows on Saturday at USF and a fun Afterglow at the Embassy Suites on the USF Campus complete with a breakfast buffet and entertainment by our guest quartets. What a great weekend this will be!

Thanks to Alex Kuen for his work on establishing a date for us to sing at the Rays game sometime in September. We will announce the date as soon as it is confirmed.

There certainly is a lot of great stuff happening in the Heralds world! Arne

2020

Mar 13 - 15 SUN Spring convention – District chorus contest

May 29 & 30 Tampa chapter 75th anniversary

June 28 Lake Magdalene UMC performance

Oct 23-25 SUN Fall convention – chorus prelims for 2021 Cleveland International

Dec TBD Christmas Performance(s)

Thanks to our Sponsors

Sponsored in part by the State of Florida,

Department of State, Division of Cultural

Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and

Culture.

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Installation and Awards Banquet

On January 20th the annual Installation and awards Banquet was held. At this event the new Board of Directors are officially installed, and awards are handed out.

This year’s event was kicked off by a performance by new Next Gen quartet On the Wire.

Ed McKenzie was presented with the Music Vice-Presidents Award by Charlie Nelson. It was then announced that in recognition of his work in this area, this award will now be known as the Ed McKenzie Music Award. The announcement received a standing ovation.

Steve Cragg was presented with the Presidents Award.

Tony De Rosa presented the Director’s Award to Stephen Goldman

Accompanied by former Barbershopper of the Year winners, last year’s winner Mike Cross presented the 2019 Barbershopper of the Year to Dave Cross.

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Attention all Former Heralds:

On the May 30th 7:30 show we will be inviting the Heralds Alumni Chorus to join us on stage for an amazing finale. If you’d like to be a part of this memorable performance, please contact Charlie Nelson for the details.

Singing Valentines

Once again this year quartets from the Heralds traveled through-out the Tampa area delivering Singing Valentines –and delivered some by telephone too! Thanks to the men who represented us: Greg Garvin, Dean Sellers, Dick Murbach, Ed McKenzie, Ralph Brown, Steve Matheson, Bill Glasgow, Mark Tuttle, Alex Boltenko, Lee Markham, Stephen Goldman, Donell Torres, Asher Carlson.

Alex Kuen accepts the Barbershopper of the Month Award for November on behalf of Bourbon Brothers who were recognized for their dedication to performing on Heralds shows.

A couple of students at Riverview High School stepped in to serenade their music teacher

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Visiting/Joining the Chorus Mike Cross 813-956-0377 mikecross3516@gmail.comBooking the Chorus Greg Garvin 727-201-6523 ggarvin63@gmail.comPublic Relations Dave Cross 813-220-2904 dcross@dcross.comMake a Contribution Bill Glasgow hoht@tampabay.rr.comCorporate Sponsorships Steve Polk 813-785-0274 spolk66@gmail.comNewsletter Submissions Dave Cross 813-220-2904 dcross@dcross.comGeneral Inquiries 813-228-7730

“Friends of the Heralds” (FOH) is a fund-raising pro-gram that is an important part of the Heralds yearly operating budget. Our mission is to preserve and further develop a cappella singing through musical ex-cellence. FOH was established to help sustain Heralds of Harmony financial needs as we increase the number of singers on the risers and continue to improve our musical performance.

We are a non-profit organization supported by our performance ticket sales, dues and grants. Under the direction of Tony De Rosa, we will continue to offer the best musical and entertainment experience for our audience. In 2019, we placed 8th in the world at the International Chorus Competition of the Barbershop Harmony Society.

Just as importantly, our chorus has seen a growth in youth members, bringing our total to more than 14 men under the age of 30.

We wish to thank the donors listed on this page for their generous contributions in 2019.

If you would like to support us, donation cards are available in the lobby, make your check payable to “Heralds of Harmony” and mail to: P.O. Box 274076, Tampa, FL 33688-4076. Please include in the envelope a note indicating that this is a Friends of the Heralds donation, along with your full name and address.

Or visit heraldsofharmony.org and look for the Donate button at the bottom of the page. Thank you!!

Current news about shows, guest nights and more can always be found at heraldsofharmony.org and our Facebook page: facebook.com/tampahoh/

PRESIDENTIAL$1,000 AND UP

Tony & Jodi De Rosa Terry & Emily Garvin Dr. Martin & Barbara Port Dave & Dianne Roberts Ralph & Chris Brown Bill & Carolyn Glasgow Charlie & Cindy Barbarisi Richard & Susan Murbach

Larry & Roxanne Clapp

PLATINUM$500 TO $999

Steve & Heather Polk Gene Binion & Sully Hansen Eileen Sengstock

GOLD

$250 TO $499 Dave & Marlene Cross Tamara Shumate Brown David & Roberta Curtis Angela Helmus O’Brien Wayne & Celeste Brozovich Robert Tucker Lou & Carol Wurmnest David & Jacque Fuson Brad & Donna Grabill Drs. Gregory & Donna Garvin

SILVER$100 TO $249

Barbara & Ken Ongemach Dan & Marcia Deignan Russ & Bev Powell Don & Dana Long Jacqueline Bridgman Doug & Gayle McDonald Ed McKenzie Tammy Fowler Gary & Kelly Bivins William Weatherford Matt Cristosomo & Shannon Czwalga

BRONZEUP TO $99

Mary Jean & Ronald Gene Whipple James D. Leone Theresa Schweiger Louis & Sharon Markee Shirley Bauwens John R. Proeschel

A Donation was made in Memory ofChristine Sengstock Kazor

by Eileen Sengstock

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The Flexible FourChuck Steiner, Ralph Brown, Steve

Matheson, and Russ PowellContact: Steve Matheson

(813) 963-3517 (H)(813) 254-9115 (W)

http://flexiblefour.com

Back Street 4Aaron StrattonJoseph De RosaBrock StrattonTony De Rosa

Contact: Tony De Rosa advocals@me.com

Main StreetMike McGee

Myron WhittleseyTony De Rosa

Roger Ross Roger Ross: rarchloe@gmail.com

www.MainStreetQT.com

Bourbon BrothersMatt Nelson

Matthew BoutwellChristian Espinoza

Alex Kuenfacebook.com/bourbonbrothersquartet

TBQEd McKenzieDean SellersFrank BovinoBob Tucker

The ExchangePaul Carter

Byron PooreAaron LedgerDonell Torres

On The WireDonell Torres

Christopher Keough Stephen Goldman

Joseph De Rosa

2017 International Quartet Champions

2019 Sunshine Quartet Champions

UPSHOT!Bruce Cokeroft

Dave CrossJack Slamka

Steve Culpepper

2020 Sunshine Senior Quartet Reps2019 Sunshine Senior District Champs

Senior ClassPaul Whittlesey

Dan DeignanArne HelbigRalph Brown

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGSThe next Board Meeting is scheduled for March 10, 2020.

Minutes to Board Meetings are available to all members on the ‘Members Section’ of the website. Board Meetings are typically held online and open to all members. If you are interested in attending, you can obtain the link and sign-in

information from Arne Helbig, aphbroker@gmail.com.

QUALIFICATION STANDARDS Knowing words and notes on ALL current repertoire is the most basic

of musical commitments we make when joining the Heralds of Harmony.

While we are cognizant that this is (at heart) an individual commitment, the entire Music Team has agreed to collective-ly manage all to achieve a standard of being FULLY QUALIFIED on our current repertoire on a timely basis.

FULLY QUALIFIED DEFINITION: Every member of the Performing Chorus is expected to know 100% of notes and words on current repertoire (as well as any breath points assigned by Tony, or marked in the score) by the assigned “learn by date”.

See you at our next rehearsal on February 24th.Please get qualified on Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

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PRESIDENT Arne Helbig aphbroker@gmail.com

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Ralph Brown rbbrown@tampabay.rr.com

TREASURER Bill Glasgow hoht@tampabay.rr.com

SECRETARY Gary Bivinsbivinsgm@gmail.com

VICE PRESIDENT - MUSIC & PERFORMANCE Alex Kuen alexander.kuen@gmail.com

VICE PRESIDENT - EVENTS & CHORUS MANAGERChuck Steiner, III AL13champs@aol.com

VICE PRESIDENT - CHAPTER DEVELOPMENT Mike Cross mikecross3516@gmail.com

VICE PRESIDENT - MARKETING & PR Dave Crossdcross@dcross.com

VICE PRESIDENT - FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT Terry Garvinterrygarvinfinancial@hotmail.com

BOARD MEMBER AT LARGE Danny Wunderlindwunderlin88@gmail.com

BOARD MEMBER AT LARGEGreg Garvinggarvin63@gmail.com

BOARD MEMBER AT LARGEPaul Carterpp.carter@yahoo.com

MUSIC DIRECTOR Tony De Rosa advocals@me.com

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Drew Kirkman Jaketenor@yahoo.com

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Roger Ross rarchloe@gmail.com

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Stephen Goldman goldmans@mail.usf.edu

Tampa Chapter 2020 Officers and Board of Directors

SECTION LEADERS & GO-TO GUYS

Tenor Section Leaders: Bruce Cokeroft cokersong@gmail.com

Roger Ross rarchloe@gmail.com

Lead Section Leaders: Andy Schrader andrew@schradermusic.com

Christian Espinoza christian.espinoza84@gmail.com

Alex Kuen alexander.kuen@gmail.com

Baritone Section Leaders: Charlie Nelson ccnandlfn@gmail.com

Donell Torres donelltorres@yahoo.com

Bass Section Leaders: Stephen Goldman goldmans98@gmail.com

Nick McKaig nmckaig1988@gmail.com

Asher Carlson asherclarinet@gmail.com

Performance Team: Ralph Brown rbbrown@tampabayrr.com

Dave Cross dcross@dcross.com

Mike Cross mikecross3516@gmail.com

Mike Vokoun vokoun911@gmail.com Chris Burns kobaltjones@yahoo.com

Need HoH information or assistance re: Rehearsal Videos: Danny Wunderlin dwunderlin88@gmail.com

Music Librarian Steve Cragg donutcop@gmail.com

FINALE Music Software Asher Carlson asherclarinet@gmail.com

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Need HoH information or assistance re:

Uniform Coordinator: Matt Crisostomo musicbringslife2013@outlook.com 727-259-3058

Website Content: Mike Cross mikecross3516@gmail.com 813-546-8953

Newsletter Editor: Dave Cross dcross@dcross.com 813-220-2904

Existing Member Info: Gary Bivins bivinsgm@gmail.com 513-205-7160

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From now on, any amazon purchase you make will help the Heralds. Thanks in advance!!