Thanks to everybody who came out to see our Silly Pirate show last weekend at the Queen Anne Baptist Church! We had a ton of fun performing for everybody! Here are some action photos...
Our fearless actors -- David as the captain, and Donovan as Barnacle Bill.
Elizabeth emboldens us to sing fully!
A tale of two tags -- or one tag, sung multiple times. Here are a couple of quartets of afterglowing SeaChordsmen, singing the tag Close Your Eyes in Sleep:
Another year, another summer picnic for the chorus! We had a great time at Pete's house in Juanita -- chatting, eating, and singing, of course! Here are some photos from the day:
.jpg)
.jpg)
You know that we love having guests join us for rehearsal! This week we had three great guests -- bass John, lead Chris, and Ira (a baritone who's well known in the pacific northwest barbershop world)! We were glad to sing a tag with our two new guests -- here they are singing "I Will Dream of You Til I Die." They did great, as you can hear -- we hope they both come back next week!
Thanks to Ida Culver in Broadview for hosting the SeaChordsmen for their most recent performance of their pirate-themed Road Show! We had a blast, and were honored to have George Scott, a SeaChordsmen member, join us for a song.
Cheers to George and to Ida Culver!
The first Tuesday of August is National Night Out, and this year, the SeaChordsmen continued their tradition of heading out into the neighborhood where we rehearse to sing to various gatherings, spreading joy and harmony! We passed out flyers about our upcoming Pirate Show (August 19 at Queen Anne Baptist Church -- 2PM!), and had a jolly time. Here are the quartets and the VLQ (very large quartet) members who brought fun to the community:
Here's the chorus warming up before heading out...
Congratulations to our very own Elizabeth Davies on completing her certification as the first female judge in the singing category for the Barbershop Harmony Association! It's an honor (there are fewer than 30 such judges in the world), and she's worked hard for it. We're proud of you -- congratulations, Elizabeth!!
The fun never stops! In addition to performing last weekend, we also converged on Dave Rice's house on Sunday for monthly Quartet Corps. We workshopped some chorus songs, we had some sightreading practice on a holiday piece Jim W is arranging, and we swapped parts for fun, too.
Thanks for hosting, Dave!
Thanks to Aljoya Thornton Place for inviting the SeaChordsmen to come perform our Pirate Road Show this weekend! We had a ton of fun, and the weather was beautiful!
.jpg)
Thanks, Aljoya! We can't wait until next time!
If this looks like fun, reach out about hiring the SeaChordsmen to come sing for you: https://seachordsmen.org/hire_us
We often try to record a tag with a guest, and even more so when somebody joins the chorus as a new member! Over the holidays, we welcomed a bunch of guests, and all of our best intentions along those lines got away from us. But only temporarily! So, here's a belated and giant welcome to Marlese, a new-ish tenor in the chorus!
We recorded this tag originally during our sunny afterglow at the Seattle Center, after performing for folklife (see photo above). The drum circle in the background was a bit of a distraction, though, so we vowed to re-record the tag, and here it is:
