Singing With The Xenia Hospitality Chorus

Having nothing special to do tonight, I drove up to Xenia to sing a bit with the Xenia Hospitality Chorus. Fifty-six miles, took about an hour and fifteen minutes. Not too bad a drive! I received a warm welcome from all chorus members. Don McAdams, their director was great. We started with The Old Songs and then spent some time on a Pole Cat, Sweet, Sweet Roses of Morn.
The chorus then practiced a few songs they knew and are going to sing this Saturday at a wedding reception. Next there was some quartet singing and I was reunited with Bobby Knisley. He and I reprised our Apple Corps roles as Bass and Baritone along with a volunteer Lead and Tenor singing Goodbye, My Coney Island Baby.

Don't forget The Xenia Corn Roast: Aug. 7, 2010. Cost is only $10 and there will be plenty of food and singing. This is a picture from last year. Don McAdams, in yellow shirt, is directing his chorus. Everybody had a lot of fun. There are a lot more Corn Roast specifics in the Summer issue of the Cider Press, on page 7. Go to the Jad web site then District then Cider Press on line.

Amazing Grace Il Divo in Rome

This isn't Barbershop, but it sure is beautiful. Click, watch and listen. I guess Tenors are OK!

Our First Attempt at Video, Down Our Way

We had only 4 guys at "chorus" practice last night, luckily we had the right voices for a quartet, thanks to Mark's willingness (and ability) to sing Tenor. We had fun. This is our first attempt at video recording something. We used a little old used camera and it shows. We were not even sure we had sound, and we barely do. But it's a start!. The quartet: left to right, Mark Hatfield (Tenor), Paul Hixon (Lead), Bob Cook (Bass), Gene Hoyet (Baritone)