We had an incredible time getting coached by Joe Cerutti as a chorus over the Labor Day weekend (see some photos HERE), but that wasn't all. We also spent the evening picking Joe's brain about chorus management and funding, and did some great big-picture thinking about the future of barbershop and the future of membership organizations. We had a great evening, and ended up with so much food for thought!
Wow - we're still processing the incredibly long list of amazing feedback we got during a full weekend of coaching with Joe Cerutti. So many great ideas, and presented with so much hilarity. Joe -- thank you for the amazing weekend!
Here are photos from the sectionals from Saturday:
Tenors!
Leads!
We had an incredible weekend getting some coaching from Ted! Groups of singers from the chorus spent an hour with Ted over the course of two days, getting guidance and feedback on singing and performance for our competition songs for October. It was incredibly productive and encouraging for all! Thank you so much, Ted!!
Interested in some top notch coaching? Check out his webpage at Ted's Voice Academy.
And cheers to Andy and Kristi for hosting us and providing snacks!
We were happy to get our official paperwork to welcome Rhane to the chorus last week! We "sang him in" to complete our induction ceremony, and celebrated having this tenor in our midst.
Congratulations, Rhane!
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:
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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...
