Looking Back on the Aug.
5 Market Square Show and Aug. 9th Chapter Meeting
The annual performance
on Market Square in Old Town Alexandria, Friday nite, Aug. 5th, drew
a large audience and a good sized chorus was out for this gig. Risers were up early and Mike Kelly and crew had good sound set up
for us. Lots of folks had brought folding chairs for the comfortable summer
evening.
Associate director Tony Colosimo did the warm up inside
city hall. Brian Ammerman was our pitch man for the nite.
Our small group, TBD,
did two songs as part of the show featuring a couple soloists – Noah Van Gilder and Jeff Burkey.
We did a mix of
patriotic music and our contest songs. We invited audience participation on
some too.
Chorus manager Mark Klostermeyer got everyone’s
parking slip approved for free parking!
Mikey Robertson sang his first show with the chorus!! Welcome
aboard.
Director Joe Cerutti was emcee along with Mike and Jeremy Richardson who plugged our fall show and invited singers to
come join us. As usual we competed with jets from National Airport – usual on
the soft passages!
Several former
Harmonizers were in the audience and many family members.
Tuesday nite, the hall
was full of Harmonizers. We formed a
huge circle standing in the main hall at Durant for warm up and for the
rehearsal time (we almost needed to push the walls of the building out to get
the circle large enough).
Tony did the warm ups and then Joe
came to the center of the room to direct and work with us for the songs for the
fall show. There was a significant time set aside for sectionals, then after
break we worked on a review of songs from “Milk” that will be in the fall show
too.
Executive director Terry Reynolds reported that Doug White is still in country visiting
family before going overseas. He thanks
all for their notes. The chapter is
happy to report that Doug sold one
of our riser sets and the new ones will arrive next week.
Terry reminded us all about the all sectionals on Sat 13th
at First Baptist at 9 am.
Stay tuned for details
about the meeting call Dog Days in Manassas – we will sing all the new songs.
Chapter secretary Chris Buechler reminded all members to
alert him if there is any change in our contact info, especially if
moving. He needs to get it from us
directly.
He presented the
following renewal cards to members: Steve
Szyszk for 5 years; Rusty Orvik
for 12 years; Mike Kelly for 36
years; Carl Kauffmann for 44 years;
and Jack Pitzer for 51 years. Chris
also has mailed a card to Scott Werner for his 54 years.
Terry reported the good work by Dennis
Ritchey as part of the BHS leadership forum in Nashville recently to get a
new piano for a nursing home the barbershoppers visited there. Congrats for taking the leadership Dennis.
Actually here is a
report on the three major events in Nashville in mid-July that several of our
guys attended. Those who attended the category school for judges included Joe as music judge, Tony as singing judge, and John Santora, Chris Buechler, Chuck Harner and Alan Lamson as administrators.
Besides Dennis attending the leadership form as
M-AD president there was Shawn Tallant
as
M-AD membership
chairman, and Terry Reynolds
recently named to a special team of leadership experts for BHS.
The following guys
participated in the actual Harmony University events: Joe on staff of directors’ college; Terry on staff of leadership college; Mike Kelly ran AV programs for HU; Casey Belzer attended as a music educator; Chris Buechler was a HU student; and Alan Lamson was a facilitator trainee.
Membership chairman Rich Hewitt welcomed our guests and
applicants for the nite. The section
leaders had an audition after the meeting.
Great to have TJ Jones with us this week!
Until
next time – editorjack!
(This message is prepared for your review if you
were there, for your information if you had to miss, and as a historical record
of the great things going on each week during the 68th year of the
Alexandria Harmonizer Chapter. —YeEd
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