Another week - more new members! We were so happy to officially sing in three new members last night... Rainey, Duna, and Yarden.
We're so glad you're part of the SeaChordsmen family!
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The SeaChordsmen had great representation at Harmony Platoon in the run-up to the Evergreen District Convention earlier this month! For those who don't know -- Harmony Platoon is an opportunity for singers to learn and be "quartet-ready" on five songs, and then get together with others who've also learned the songs. Platoon consists of one and a half days of pick-up quartetting in a very informal competition setting. It's fun to sing with other singers (the organizers specifically try to avoid having chorus-mates sing together in quartets), so there are lots of folks to meet and sing with. Here we are participating:
The 2024 Evergreen District of the Barbershop Harmony Society Convention is in the books, and wow, what a weekend! Not only did we have eleven new first-time competitors on stage with us, but we bumped our score up from last year by 4.4 points, moving from 72.3 to 76.7, and landing in fifth place. If you're not one of those barbershop fans who lives knee-deep in barbershop-scoring, we don't blame you. But trust us -- this was an incredible weekend for us!
So, we'll have much more to say about the Evergreen District convention that happened over this last weekend, but let's first celebrate the ten (TEN!) new chorus members who competed for the first time in a convention with us! We had a great group on stage (40 singers plus our director, Elizabeth), and we were so happy to get an EVG weekend under these folks' belts! New members are:
- Lead Michael
- Bass Phil
- Bass Nathan
- Baritone Glenda
- Lead Hannah
- Bass David
- Tenor Melissa
- Lead Rosemary
- Tenor Elise
- Bass Yarden
- Not pictured: Denise
Hooray for the expanding SeaChordsmen family!
We sang in two more new chorus members this week! An official welcome to bass David and lead Rosemary. We've loved getting to know them over the last handful of months, and are glad the paperwork has made things official in time for the upcoming EVG Convention next month! Welcome, David and Rosemary!
Here's the chorus singing these two singers in to the chorus:
Here are some more photos from our annual summer BBQ in August. You can see that we had a ton of fun. Thanks again to Pete and Jim for hosting us -- we had a great time, delicious food, and song!
A handful of chorus members singing through our contest songs:
Our director, Elizabeth, with her daughter Frances and baby Heidi:
Lead CC!
As if having an amazing coaching session with Charlene wasn't enough for one week... We also officially sang in FIVE new members last night! These folks have all joined over the last handful of months, and when the paperwork arrives, we make it official with -- what else? A song! Here are our new members:
- Lead Hannah
- Tenor Elise
- (Also pictured: VP of membership, Jason)
- Bass Nathan
- Lead Michael
- Baritone Glenda
Check out these lovely folks...
Thank you so much for sharing your time, wisdom, enthusiasm, and laughs with us this week, Charlene! We had an excellent time soaking up all your good advice!
Look at these happy faces!
Work hard, play hard! The SeaChordsmen gathered for our annual summer BBQ this weekend at Pete's house. Did we sing? We did! It was a great afternoon. Thanks so much to Pete and Jim for hosting. Join us some Tuesday evening at rehearsal, and you too can work hard and play hard with us!
We always love having Rob come coach the chorus! We soaked up so much great advice and energy during his visit last week! Not only did he coach the chorus, but a handful of chorus members got short PVI sessions in between working our contest songs. Here are those four folks:
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