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		<title>What did we once do that we should have never stopped?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorin May</dc:creator>
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As opposed to &#8220;What did we start doing that we never should have started?&#8221;
This one&#8217;s for the old-timers, or at least the historically enlightened. It&#8217;s the promised follow-up to my last post, &#8220;System reboot: If we&#8217;d started the Society today, what would be different?&#8221; (In retrospect, maybe today&#8217;s post should have come first.) In either [...]]]></description>
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		<title>System reboot: If we’d started the Society today, what would be different?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorin May</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s something for all you snowed-in barbershoppers to chew on: How would we have structured things if 30,000 barbershop singers had somehow gotten together just today to form a singing Society? How would we be structured? What would we do that we don’t do now? What would we modify or drop that we are doing?
On [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anaheim Convention DVDs are Shipping!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Spencer</dc:creator>
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The long anticipated release of the 2009 Anaheim Convention DVDs has finally arrived &#8230; TWO DAYS prior to our original projected shipping date!
Your HQ staff plus several of our wonderful volunteers worked together to get these out the door to you as quickly as possible.  And I mean quick!  The DVDs arrived to Harmony Hall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Midwinter Renaissance: 3rd Year and Counting! (Or: Why the International Youth Barbershop Chorus Festival Rocks!)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Spencer</dc:creator>
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Here we are six weeks away from the Midwinter Convention in Tampa, Fla. (January 28-31, 2010) and we’re headed towards what looks to be our largest attended Midwinter ever. As of this morning we are sitting at 1210 registrations! Last year at this time we were at 893 registrations and by the time everything was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sept/Oct Harmonizer in December? What gives?</title>
		<link>http://www.barbershophq.com/?p=1241</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorin May</dc:creator>
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Let&#8217;s talk about why your latest Harmonizer is so late and what we&#8217;re doing to change that. We ran a Q&#38;A on this subject earlier this summer. I won&#8217;t repeat much of what&#8217;s there, so if you have any remaining questions, check that post first. For now, here are some basic statements of fact, followed by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Up with reality, down with pessimism&#8211;the realist&#8217;s case for optimism</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorin May</dc:creator>
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God bless the realists, the folks who tell it like it is—who call a spade a spade, who never stick their head in the sand, and who know they aren’t doing anyone any favors in varnishing the truth. The Barbershop Harmony Society needs all the reality it can get. If the preceeding words describe you, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You asked for more free time in Philly, you got it! Exciting schedule changes &#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Spencer</dc:creator>
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You told us loud and clear in surveys that the convention schedule must change. You wanted fewer overlapping events, fewer awards and more singing, and events that ended early enough that you could get an hour or two of tagging in before bed and still get a decent night&#8217;s rest.  Take a look at the Philly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Midwinter to be held in Las Vegas instead of Tucson</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Spencer</dc:creator>
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It’s not unusual in the world of meetings and conventions that a convention city reserved for one organization’s convention might find themselves in a situation where a different organization with exciting opportunities wants to hold their convention over the same dates.  In some cases it&#8217;s workable but in other cases it is not.  We found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International Seniors Quartet Contest Order of Appearance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Spencer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[27 of the world&#8217;s best seniors quartets come together in Tampa, FL on January 29, 2010 to compete for the coveted gold medal.  Come to the Midwinter Convention cheer them on!
1.            Youth Reclamation Project (MAD)
2.            The Royal Males (BABS)
3.            Resisting-A-Rest (PIO)
4.            Solstice (ONT)
5.            Riverblend (JAD)
6.            Hit Parade (MAD)
7.            Chicago Times (ILL)
8.            River City Rhythm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 International Chorus Contest Order of Appearance</title>
		<link>http://www.barbershophq.com/?p=1179</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Spencer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[26 Society choruses and two affiliate choruses will compete in the 2010 International Chorus Competition in Philly.  Order of Appearance:
Mic Tester: Voices of Gotham-MAD
1. Mighty River Harmony-NZABS
2. Mountaintown Singers-PIO
3. Downeasters-NED
4. The Vocal Majority-SWD
5. Senate-Aires-EVG
6. Southern Gateway-JAD
7. Alexandria Harmonizers-MAD
8. Chorus of Chesapeake-MAD
9. Cottontown Chorus-BABS
10. The Pathfinder Chorus-CSD
11. Voices In Harmony-FWD
12. Music City Chorus-DIX
13. Brothers In Harmony-MAD
14. Circle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Les Weiser &#8211; The Master of Harmony &#8211; oomphTV.com</title>
		<link>http://www.barbershophq.com/?p=1172</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eholt</dc:creator>
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Les Weiser &#8211; The Master of Harmony-oomphTV.com from oomphTV on Vimeo.
This is a well-produced piece about Les Weiser, a barbershopper out of California who sings with 7-time International Gold Medalist Chorus The Masters of Harmony. It shows the joy and satisfaction of performing in a top barbershop ensemble through the eyes of a man who has dedicated much of his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Success in using social networking tools</title>
		<link>http://www.barbershophq.com/?p=1168</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorin May</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an upcoming issue of the magazine, we&#8217;re going to be running an article on how some chapters and quartets are using Facebook, Myspace, LinkedIn, etc. to get new fans, new members, new audiences and build new relationships. I know of a few examples of barbershoppers who are using Facebook to sell more tickets and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commander’s Intent part 2 – making sure chapters are strong on the fundamentals</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorin May</dc:creator>
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&#8220;Some people try to find things in this game that don&#8217;t exist, but football is only two things &#8211; blocking and tackling.&#8220;
 &#8212; Vince Lombardi, ESPN&#8217;s Coach of the Century 
Thanks everyone who responded to our Commanders Intent post last month. We discussed how an army commander ensures his forces cannot lose sight of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>33 percent criterion: A dialog between Montana Jack and Kevin Keller</title>
		<link>http://www.barbershophq.com/?p=1149</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorin May</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The discussion of the 33% criterion in the last issue of The Harmonizer has generated a lot of great feedback and discussion, including at this relatively recent post at barbershophq.com. An extremely informative private exchange occurred when &#8220;Montana Jack&#8221; (the Internet handle of an influential barbershopper who regularly posts on the Harmonet) sent a private [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barbershop Featured on NBC&#8217;s The Tonight Show with Conan O&#8217;brien</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eholt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Barbershop Harmony Society&#8217;s 2009 International Convention in Anaheim was treated with a special surprise guest appearance by NBC&#8217;s The Tonight Show host Conan O&#8217;Brien and a camera crew who spent an afternoon visiting the convention site and the contest venues. In classic Conan fare, his commentary on the entire experience ranged from the hilarious to [...]]]></description>
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