Thursday Night Practice, September 17, 2009

Well, the Carver Community Center was locked on Thursday evening, so we started practicing at Tabernacle Baptist a few days early. We had a good practice, singing all the songs the Paint & Main Quartet is going to sing for the CHS Class of '64 Reunion. Mark Poyet sang along with the quartet and also offered constructive criticism. It should improve our performance.

Thursday Night Practice, August 20, 2009

Thursday night's practice got off to a questionable start. The Carver Center was locked. At first we were going to go to Schlegel's Coffee House and practice, but then Dan Lusher arrived and said we could practice at Tabernacle Baptist. So that's what we did. Even with only 5 guys, we had a great time. We sang quite a few of the BarberPole Cat songs along with several other songs we know. We also had a great time with a couple of new songs we're learning: Under The Boardwalk and When I'm 64! We're looking forward to adding those to our repertoire. After singing Keep the Whole World Singing, we sang a few tags and called it a night. It's great to be a Barbershopper in Chillicothe, Ohio!

Thursday Night Practice, July 30, 2009

Local veteran honored with French medal. So read the title of an article in the July 30th edition of the Chillicothe Gazette. That veteran was our own Chester Collins. According to the Gazette, Chester...was among 10 Ohio veterans who traveled to Columbus Wednesday to receive an award created by Napoleon Bonaparte that is considered one of the highest honors that can be bestowed upon a foreigner by the French government. Chester was presented with the Knight of the Legion of Honor medal during a ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse. The honor was created by Napoleon to be presented to "Those who have achieved remarkable deeds for France." Chester is 87 and proud of his service to his country. The members of the chorus are proud to have Chester sing lead with us. We also thank him for his service to our country.

Last night we had 7 guys singing. Thankfully we had a tenor. We sang quite a few Barberpole Cats. We did Paul Hixon's favorite, Wait Til The Sun Shines Nelly. Paul almost knows all the words! We also practiced I Believe, Shenandoah, and Oh How I Miss Her. We closed with Keep The Whole World Singing, and then sang a few tags. It was a good night!

Dusty Rhodes was also in attendance, joining in on a couple of songs and offering valuable performance advice. We're always glad to have Dusty join us.

Thursday Night Practice, July 23, 2009

There were only five of us, but we sang. We did most of the Barberpole Cat songs. We all took turns singing different parts. Some we did OK on, others, not so well. We sang a couple of tags, and concluded practice by 9:30, an early night for us. We did have a woman stop by and ask about the chorus, based on our event being listed in the Gazette. She was checking us out for someone she knows who has sung bass with other Barbershop groups. We encouraged her to tell her friend we'd love to have him join us.

Thursday Night Practice, July 16, 2009

We got a jump on Christmas at this practice. We sang thru every song in the Yuletide Favorites Songbook. We had the learning CD, so we sang along. Jingle, Jingle, Jingle, Jingle! I think I got it right this time. I can't remember what else we sang, but we must have done Shenandoah, or Gene would have been very disappointed! We sang a few tags with me trying melody. Not too good! Dusty Rhoades joined us, adding to our enjoyment of the evening. We're hoping to have a couple more chorus members join us for next Thursday's practice.

Thursday Night Practice, July 9, 2009

Well, we met. As you can see, we're down to five guys plus me taking the picture. So we had a VLQ practice. Hopefully we'll do better in attendance next week, July 16.

Thursday Night Practice, July 2, 2009

It was a small group, but, as usual, we had fun singing. Mark, his other brother Mark, Paul, Gene and Bob attended practice; a VLQ, with a nice sound. We practiced the Star Spangled Banner in preparation for our July 5th performance on the Ross County Courthouse steps. We'll be singing for the start of The Great Seal Band's concert. We'll also do a few other barbershop numbers, since we'll be there, at the band's intermission. We also practiced a few of the Polecats which we don't sing regularly. They're coming along nicely. At Gene's request, we did Shenendoah. Even though it's "only" July, we started practicing some Christmas carols. I'm trying to talk Paul into letting us use the booklets when we sing, since they are such a pretty shade of Christmas green. Mark backed me up, since most Christmas carolers are pictured singing from music they are holding. We'll see.....

Thursday Night, May 28 Practice

We were visited by a student from Ohio University in Athens. Unfortunately, I didn't get her name. (if she reads this, please send me your name). She was representing Southeast Ohio Magazine, the only student-run regional magazine (per the web site). She collected some information about the chorus and made a short video of both the chorus singing, and then a quartet singing. It will be interesting to see the results of her work. I'll post any information/feedback she provides on this blog.



Practice went well, with 8 guys in attendance.
Here's a couple of the guys getting ready to sing. Looks like Dan is ready. Gene is almost ready, and Mark Poyet (the guy in the middle) has, as usual, lost his music.


It was Mark Hatfield's Birthday(atually Friday, May 29). Since he is the youngster of the Chorus we thought we'd get an appropriately decorated cake! Happy 30th Birthday, Mark!

Practice Night Changed

Due to some scheduling conflicts, we moved our pratice night to Thursday. This will be effective with the next practice, scheduled for Thursday, May 28th. Time will remain the same, 7:30 to 9:30, with Tag singing to follow.