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Are you interested in becoming a judge? If you are, please submit an Expression of Interest to our Chairman of Judges, Ian Mulholland, at ianmul58.im@gmail.com. The window for this year’s intake ends on 15 March 2020.
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Valentines Day 2020 saw ninety plus singers from the Eastern Region barbershop community, abandon their Valentines in favour of a weekend away with their singing mates at the Catalina Conference Centre. This historic facility started its life as a hospital ...
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In the wake of horrendous bushfires in Victoria, some of which are still not under control, many stories of heroism and daring are emerging. The amazing courage of the fire fighters and volunteers has been lauded in the press, and ...
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We are well into the New Year with a number of sing outs planned for February but it will be interesting to recall how we finished off 2019 with some great Christmas cheer in a number of venues. We had ...
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We received some great news early in the new year. Hills Shire Council gave us a Community Funding Grant, valued at $3,400, to cover the cost of using their hi-tech 350 seat Pioneer Theatre for our October concert. We are ...
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Fleurieu started the new year with it’s first singout only the week after we returned from the break followed in February by two fundraisers at the local shops and market for Blaze Aid collecting $720. Long time member Rod Whyte ...
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Festival Statesmen performing at Civic Park Carols in Adelaide December 2019. February already! The year for Festival Statesmen is well underway. With only one week until we hit the stage with our Fringe Show ‘Tough Boys’, the guys have ...
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On Sunday, 22 December, Sound Connection had the privilege to perform in front of an estimated crowd of 22,000 people as part of the “Carols on the Beach” event in Surfers Paradise. Sponsored by the Rotary Club of the Gold ...
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Well, did you all out there in barbershop land keep up with your vocal excercises over the Christmas break? I know I intended to but, a stint in hospital submitting to the surgeon’s knife sort of let me down. And ...
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Tom McManus was quite a character, active in the first decade of our chorus. A Scot, short in stature, he made up for this, wearing a tin whistle and using it freely when the chorus were tardy mounting the risers. ...
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In a cruel twist the Blaze Aid gig that The Blenders were to sing at was postponed due the recent wet weather in SE Queensland. Blaze Aid is a volunteer-based organisation that works with families and individuals in rural Australia ...
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After the long break after the Christmas season, Novatones members are keen to embark on a new decade of Barbershop singing. This year starts with Eastern Region workshop, where lots of competition and impromptu singing will take place and long-time ...
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It’s not every day that a Barbershop Quartet gets a chance to sing and perform at the famous Woodford Folk Festival and, according to the festival organisers, the first quartet he has ever hired. Brian Martin, our baritone, has been ...
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A year ago I booked a two month trip to England, intending to do a 4 week language course in Italy. But, having decided against it, I wondered how I would fill my time. Just before leaving Australia in December ...
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