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Harmony Platoon at EVG

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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:

District Convention 2024

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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!

Cheers to ELEVEN newbies!

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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!

Welcome new members David and Rosemary!

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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:

Summer BBQ, part 2

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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!

Welcome new SeaChordsmen!!

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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 to Charlene!!

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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!

2024 Summer BBQ

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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!

Thank you, Rob Mance!!

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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:

Barbershop Sing-Out with A Cappella Northwest!

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We had an incredible time earlier this month doing a nice big sing-out with our friends from across the lake. Thank you so much to A Cappella Northwest (both Northwest Sound and Northwest Mix) for hosting us! We sang songs both together and for each other, listened to quartets sing, and did some tagging, of course. Here's to more barbershop togetherness in the future!!