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TOOSDAY TOONS AUGUST-2013

Toosday Toons A monthly publication of the Nassau Mid-Island Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society, a nonprofit, charitable and educational society. Chapter meetings into early September, Tuesdays at 8:00 pm at Calvary Protestant , Church, 2801 Park Avenue, Baldwin, New York. All articles not accompanied by a byline have been written by the editor and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the members nor of the officers of the Nassau Mid-Island Chapter. Opposing points of view are welcomed and encouraged. All editorial submissions must be received no later than the 21st of every month prior to the upcoming issue in order to be considered for publication.

Editor In Chief Bob Heim

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Editor At Large Chiz Bell

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Assistant Editor Bill Ruth

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Assistants to the Editor Bess Bell, Wayne Lazar,

Photography

Bob Heim, Eva Milauskas Bill Vesely, Marvin Goodman

Chapter Census

(as of June 30, 2013) Life 1, Regular 31, Senior (L)18,

Senior (N) 5 Total 55

www.longislandharmonizers.org COVER: Nassau Mid-Islanders in the parody barbershop illustration (from left) Gene Kammerer, Bill Ruth, Joe Massaro and Bob Roth. (On the Police Gazette? Bob Heim.) Illustration adaptation by our Webmaster Dan Gilmartin.

GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN

Over the en re course of history, organiza ons of all kinds, some religious, some secular, some worldwide, others very local, have prospered, all because people who thought they had something good described it to others, some of whom agreed and in turn described it to others, and so the kingdom grew. When we gather together socially, we’re very apt to hear about things that our friends have recently experienced that they found upli ing or sufficiently pleasant that they share it with others, and we’re happy for them. I’ve found quite o en that I may repeat what I’ve heard in some other conversa on if it’s relevant to that gathering. There are very few people in this world who have absolutely no interest in music. You may like opera while I like Benny Goodman (I really do), but we both agree that music is good, especially if it’s well done or creates a special feeling in your heart or makes the hair on your arms ngle. As barbershoppers we spend 98% of our me prac cing out of sight, but we enjoy our me together making music and find it personally rewarding. We meet the defini on of disciples, not in the religious sense but as followers of an art. Now put all this together and ask yourself why you keep all this good news to yourself and typically do not bring it up in social conversa on. When your golfing friend hits a hole in one, you share his ela on (and good fortune), but when you help create an overtone you keep it a secret because you think nobody else cares. Well, they do, and as disciples, we have an obliga on to share our good news, and in so doing make the kingdom grow. Go forth and mul ply. As Michael Creaney can a est, you never know when the seed you cast will take root, but there’s no reason not to spread the good word about the rewards of being a member of this chapter.

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Completing that ten step program did wonders for me. I can now admit that. . .

I make mistakes! My quartet loves it when they catch me making an error. Turn around is fair play! They get zinged from me at chorus rehearsal and then again at quartet practice. I often admit to the quartet when I make mistakes, even the ones they don’t catch me making. I want them to realize that I am as tough on myself as I am on them. The musicians that appear to perform perfectly are simply the ones who are the best at covering them up. A jazz musician can blend any false note creatively into his improvisation as long as he makes the note consistent with the notes that follow. Mistakes can lead to next year’s revelations. Remember the bread that was carelessly left out and developed a mold from which we discovered penicillin. We must aim for perfection, but we can’t let performance errors intimidate us or interfere with the flow of the music. People asked Thomas Edison if he was discouraged by his many false starts in developing a workable filament for his incandescent bulb. He replied that they were not failures. He now knew of many materials that would not work so he could eliminate them. Learning is a process. In fact, some people’s style of learning involves making mistakes and then discarding the errors so they can focus on the correct answer. When I once mistakenly sang the second verse of “When I’m Sixty-Four,” I got strange looks from the other three singers of the quartet but they immediately joined me matching me word for word. It was a fun-filled albeit truncated version, but it was smooth as velvet. Now to get to the point! We have all had this same experience and have said, “I could sing it perfectly at home but now it’s going all wrong!” Singing with the distraction of three people singing entirely different notes disturbs our concentration. A foot bridge does not have to withstand the same stress as the “Golden Gate.” Preparing a song for a quartet performance requires greater effort than for a chorus rehearsal. The learning must go deeper so that we can sing the music on automatic pilot. In the chorus situation, you have the support of many other singers singing the same notes. The section often clouds the other parts making it appear than you are actually singing the melody. This reverie is often shattered when the director asks all singers to listen to the other parts in order to blend and tune with the whole.

- Continued on page 11

I MAKE MISTEAKS


It was O.C. Cash in his invitation to barbershoppers to sing on that Tulsa rooftop, who asked them: “What could be sweeter than ten or twelve perfectly synchro-nized male voices singing Dear Old Girl!” Do you know who wrote the music and words for that piece? American composer Theodore Morse set down the mu-sic, and also wrote another favorite, M-O-T-H-E-R (M is for the million things she gave me…).

The lyrics for Dear Old Girl were penned by Richard Henry Buck who is additionally responsible for the words of Kentucky Babe.

The collaborative team of Morse and Buck also pro-duced the barbershop favorite Where the Southern Roses Grow.

DON RAUSCH

Don Rausch, one of our lead groupies, was born in Flushing Hospital before Flushing took on its ex-panding Oriental flavor. Don grew up in the Whitestone/Bayside area until the age of four when the family moved to New Hyde Park. (They thought the taxes would be lower in Nassau County. Ha! Ha!) Don attended St. Mary’s HIGH School on Northern Boulevard where he majored in crossword puzzles. (No wonder he can always be seen with a book.) Af-ter graduation he entered Nassau Community College receiving his “Associates” in applied science. (His claim to fame was discovering how to make a hard boiled egg in one minute.) In 1969 at the age of 20, he enlisted in the US Navy during the Vietnam era, becoming a boatswain’s ma-te and then a quartermaster aboard the USS Richard L. Page which was part of the NATO task force. (His primary function was to ensure the officers received their daily allotment of cocktails at dinnertime.) After leaving the navy, he worked in defense elec-tronics for Sperry Gyroscope and Lockheed Martin as a lab technician specializing in the navigation sys-tems of the Trident submarines. (A system more so-phisticated than “up periscope” to see where the sub was located.) Don says he is a seeker of wisdom and truth. (Well, that will keep him out of politics.) He enjoys philoso-phy and literature and other such esoteric subjects. (Did I see him reading a Playboy magazine the other night at rehearsal?) Snorkeling and archery are his other interests. (Must be boring as I don’t see too many bulls eyes on tropical fish these days.) He was introduced to barbershopping by his friend Wayne Lazar, whose enthusiasm for this hobby was infectious. (While practicing Zen at the Inis Fada Re-treat House, Don can be quietly rehearsing “76 Trombones” as he goes through his paces.) Now that’s dedication, and we can all use some of that.

Answer on page 7


A Treasure Hunt Beneath the Sidewalks

of New York by Matthew Beals

Baritone Historian, Voices of Gotham Chapter (As seen in PRESERVATION, January 2013)

Grady Kerr, Editor It all began when I heard the rumor that so many of us have heard before. Back before SPEBSQSA was founded, New York City’s Park Commissioner Robert Moses and Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia hosted barbershop quartet contests in Central Park. I wanted to know more, so I cast my reel out and got to fishing. Instead of pulling up a small bass, I hooked a whale.

My casual perusing of the New York Times articlesled me deep into the deep waters of the New York Parks Department. There the current tugged me deeper into the murky stacks of the City’s Municipal Archives. From there a bit of a whirlpool situation came about and I’ve since been swirling many fathoms deep in the Rare Manuscripts Room of the New York Public Library. To make a long story short, I uncovered a treasure trove of barbershop gold: stacks of original letters, telegrams, show programs and brochures, all pertaining to these contests.

They were called the American Ballads Contest for Amateur Barbershop Quartets and started in 1935 (three years before O.C. Cash founded SPEBSQSA.) Eighty quartets emerged to compete that year, all of them wearing “Gay Nineties” attire and singing classic barbershop tunes. During the final round in Central Park, 15,000 people attended to hear songs of an old New York that was rapidly fading away. The contest was such a success that it became an annual New York tradition into the late ‘60s.

In the early days of the New York contests—even after SPEBSQSA had formed—the New York barbershop scene was still the largest in America. In fact, it wasn’t long before O.C. Cash eached out to Moses and LaGuardia and encouraged them to found the New York City Chapter #1.

Their amiable relationship reached a fever pitch at the 1940 New York World’s Fair when quartets traveled across the country to compete in SPEBSQSA’s 2nd National Contest for barbershop Quartets, (remember before we called it “International,” it was called “National.” After the finals, the relationship between O.C. Cash and the New Yorkers would hit a devastating obstacle, and the story only gets more interesting from there.

As I sift through these forgotten treasures, I’m piecing together the story of the New York barbershop revival as it blossomed. Along the way, I’ve found some astonishing artifacts.

To name just a few, I uncovered a 1940s WNYC recording of a Central Park Finals contest, dozens of photographs of pre-society quartets, an original 1935 “Grand Prize” Shaving Mug, awarded by Mayor LaGuardia and a Paramount Newsreel of the 2nd National Contest featuring sound footage of our 1940 champs, the Flat Foot Four.

NOT TO WORRY (Solving a Few Phobias)

Acrophobia -Heights

(Just Stand Lower on the Risers)

Topophobia -Stage Fright (Experience Will Overcome It)

Melophobia -Fear of Music

(It’s Quet in a Cemetery)

Neophobia -Anything New (Avoid Barbershopping Fun It’s Definitely NOT For You)

heim

FRANK DMUCHOWSKI In my day job… Hey, wait a minute!! I don’t have a day job; I’m retired! Ah, the old gray cells just ain”t what they used to be. Hi to all of you with the Nassau Mid-Island Chap-ter. In 2007, Arlene and I moved back to Janesville, Wisconsin. We bought a 3 bedroom ranch home in a country/suburban type neighborhood. We live on the edge of town with corn fields just one block away. We are on a bird migratory route, so we see all types of migratory birds flying around during the spring and the fall. Sometimes we have a group of wild turkeys walk through the neighborhood. I am a wildlife lover so it’s pretty cool living out here. My dog, Buster, is a Border collie, and he loves wildlife too. He tries to herd the neighborhood rabbits and squirrels. And, oh boy, do we have rabbits this year! We have two sons and a grandson here in town. Our other two kids still live on Long Island, our daugh-ter having a daughter of her own now. We have a dog and three cats, two of which we adopted from two of our sons. Thankfully, everyone gets along pretty well. I stopped by the local BBshop chorus when we first moved here. However, my health was such that I felt I could not make a commitment to them. I miss quarteting most of all and of course my fellow Af-terGloWorms. I still sing at church with a greatly talented worship team, and occasionally, do a solo. Get this, the church I attend is called The Church in a Barn. We meet in a refurbished barn on a farm out in the country. We love it! I do miss the BBshopper life with the fellowship and camaraderie. We have met some truly wonder-ful people there. I heard you guys recently won dis-trict. An honor well deserved, and long time coming for all your good work. God bless you all.

NOW...THAT’S FUNNY!!! There are barbershop laughs all over the internet, and we’re hard pressed to pick just a few.. We invite you, nonetheless, to visit the three sites below to tickle your four-part funny bones. Cartoons are one way to generate barbershopper smiles, and we offer a site with seven of them at: http://www.fvbbs.org/humor.html Copy and paste the address into your web browser. On YouTube, we have come up with a truly hilarious clip of comedic icon Jerry Lewis, who, at the opening of his Muscular Dystrophy 21-hour fundraising mara-thon in 1998, raised mayhem with the Valleyaires Bar-bershop Chorus. Your special enjoyment is absolutely guaranteed. You’ll find “Barbershop Jerry” at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmqMVLlxuCE One of the Society’s own comedy geniuses was the late Freddie King who, with his quartet, could be counted on to supply laughter with side-splitting paro-dies, facial expressions and marvelous staging (all that with excellence in singing). Enjoy Fred and his quartet in concert at a BABS Saturday Evening Show in 2004. The link is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JCInRDNUnw

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HOW ABOUT THAT?

FOR THE “LESS GIFTED” The quartets that came in fourth place or lower in the Society's 1939 competition that gave the Bartlesville Barflies the title as first barbershop champions received boxes of lozenges. To soothe their (umm) egos?

BARBERSHOPPERS FROM A MUPPETS MOVIE TRAILER IN 2011

GAMES PEOPLE PLAY Barbershop awareness. It is o en subtly achieved. One way, touched upon briefly in our June “Toons,” is through games that we play. The cited example? The anima on use of a barbershop quartet and a performed song in a recently released video game called ‘BioShock Infinite.” Might we push for other avenues to produce it?

How about ge ng “Wheel of Fortune” with its he y viewing audience, to come up with a solved answer similar to the one pictured above? Let’s write the producers of “Jeopardy” and suggest a category called “They Were Barbershoppers” (Truman, Andy Williams, etc.)

Crossword puzzle clues, 500‐piece jigsaw puzzles (is there one sold with Norman Rockwell’s famous illus‐tra on?). Such instances would all have an effect on barbershop awareness.

I’d love to see a board game with a barbershop theme, wouldn't you? Let’s use games like golf to snare new members. How about a Chapter or Socie‐ty‐wide “Bag a Barbershopper” drive ‐ ge ng four‐somes together made up of two barbershoppers and two friends (or players found on the course) that could be en ced into a ending a rehearsal?

One thing though. Forget coming up with a barber‐shop version of “Opera on” ...that game we used to play with tweezers, carefully removing plas c “ailments” from body openings and avoiding the sound of a beep. You’d never be able to remove the heart of a barbershopper. It’s just too big.

ANSWER TO THE JUMBLE:

clef, tuneup, modulate, sections, rehearsal The retired physician turned to barbershopping

and continued his practice.


ONE WORD OF ADVICE ABOUT “TUNING OUT”-

DON’T

Bob Heim Editor, Toosday Toons

Chapter VP, Marketing and Public Relations

The dictionary identifies “Tuning Out” as when someone disassociates from what is happening or “disconnects” from one’s surroundings. In barbershopping, on stage or in rehearsal, it impacts on high levels of achievement. Even if attentiveness is present, if misdirected it, too, can have a whole host of negative effects. Though I am proud to be in a chorus where focus is greatly maintained, several reminders regarding attentiveness are worthwhile, and come to mind: KEEPING EYES ON THE PRIZE - That’s why he’s called the “musical director.” He DIRECTS. Watch those hands to keep tempos from slowing down; the energy high. And don’t let down for a second. It may be that second or two, or three, when a little chord worship unexpectedly comes into play...or (heaven forbid) time to quickly get off a poorly executed barbershop chord. AVOID AN EMOTIONAL “BLANK-IT” - Listeners can sense when barbershoppers are not in the moment. Play your voice, your body, your mind as a complete instrument. Be attentive to your emotions and bring them to the music, whatever the message. WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU’RE NOT DOING IT - Help for other parts is assistance for you, too. Apply what other parts are asked to do to yourself, for the time when you’re “up” next. WHEN THEY’RE PERFORMING, YOU ARE AS WELL - You’re still on view when quartets take center stage. Stay interested and don’t tune out, fidget, or become a distraction. KEEP MUSIC IN SOME ORDER IN REHEARSAL AND DON’T WASTE TIME SEARCHING - (Guilty as charged.) Ready the music ahead of time that our director tells us we will be singing. Looking for it keeps us from the more important things at hand, and may momentarily have you out of the loop. WHO IS THAT? - Truthfully, it is easy to be distracted when a guest walks into a rehearsal or other activity around us occurs. Stay the course. SOCIALIZING - That’s what our breaks are for. Save any asides to friends or the director for those times, and those times only. DOUBLE VISION - Holding music a little higher allows you to not only check it from time to time, but to watch the director as well. Oh, let me be sure to add, thanks for your attention.


Excerpted (With Thanks) From The April/May 2013 Issue Of Barbershop Clippin’s

Fullerton, CA Chapter, BHS

One of the most exhilarating periods of my life a few years ago—ok, quite a few if you want to be so particular—was the four years I spent as a Naval Aviator, with squadron duty in Martin Marlin P5M-2 seaplanes. A truly amazing time filled with unforgettable experiences. I have just finished reading two books about that plane and seaplane operations generally. It is a poignant reflection because that chapter in our naval aviation history lasted only 56 years: from 1911 to 1967. It ended only seven years after I was discharged. And it is over forever. Navy seaplanes own no future. Of the 116 P5M-2s built, only one remains. I recently spent part of a day with it in Pensacola, Florida at the Museum of Naval Aviation. Walking around it, flashing back to memories I thought had been lost in the past. Closing my eyes and feeling the raw power of al-most 7,000 horsepower to move 70,000 pounds of metal into the air from the reluctant sea. The zero-zero landings and take-offs (zero visibility), in-flight emergencies that rivet your attention, the camaraderie celebrated in far-off places, and on and on. A slice in time now frozen in time. That history is closed. Then there is the world of Barbershop harmony. It predated our Society by quite a few decades. It almost disappeared for a while. The Society brought it back and then some! We have had our ups and downs. We never made it to Hal Stabb’s otherwise amazing 1943 vision of 50,000 members. Our membership has declined from a peak of about 38,000. But we have the joy of knowing that our past runs right through the present and on to a future where chords will still ring, audiences will still applaud, tears of joy will be shed by medalists, imaginative presenta-tions will win gasps of surprise and the brotherhood of sharing in something of beauty will still move hearts and minds to an appreciation of the magic of music as only four blending parts can reveal it. You probably will never fly a seaplane. I’m sorry for that. But you will certainly be part of some beautiful chords. That history remains open, indeed. I’m absolutely not sorry for that! You shouldn’t be either.

Photo: Joan Golding

HISTORY CLOSED, HISTORY OPEN by Al Bell


THE REEL DEAL

Howie Bailin

Back in the mid fifties I received a reel to reel tape recorder as a gift. For the next few years I recorded all the rock and roll songs from the lo-cal New York City DJs including Alan Freed, Jocko and Ramon Bruce. I still have those tapes, (but alas, no tape recorder), and they rep-resent a very important time in my life

NOTE-ABLE GREETING Bob Heim

I must admit Carolyn, my daughter, knows my sense of humor. On my last birthday a card from her picturing a Wagnerian soprano in cartoon art, bore the words “You’re not old until the fat lady sings.” Opening the card showed the spear-carrying opera diva, mouth wide, and triggering a soprano voice, indeed, singing (it is an A flat, I checked). The card brings a smile every time I open it.

PERFECT FOR DE-BAR Maurice Debar

A set of four bar tools bearing the heads of a bar-bershop quartet, including a corkscrew, was a great gift from my daughter. She also presented me with an old fashioned pitch pipe that looks like a harmonica and has names of its notes im-printed on the side.

GETTING WITH THE PROGRAM

Michael Creaney

I don't know if this counts, but Dianne and I have kept the Playbill from every Broadway Musical/Play that we have attended during our 33 years together (25 married). We must have 100 or more of them.

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT George Seelinger

I have so many records from the mid 50's to the early 60's that it would be impossible for me to pick a favorite. I've also got a lot of re-releases from the big band swing era, an era slightly be-fore my time that I love. Probably my most mem-orable record would be the first one I ever bought with my own money in a stop at a record store after a movie date in Hempstead (a 78 RPM disc). I still love to listen to the great Gordon Jenkins arrangement and Peggy Lee vocal of "Lover."

IF THE PANTS FIT… Bob Merrill

An auction of jazz clarinetist Benny Goodman’s possessions brought me one of the “The King of Swing’s” black tuxes for $500 (heck, I needed a tux anyway, and at THAT price…). I wear those pants for playing dates to this day. I always say, I may not have been able to fill Goodman’s shoes, but I can still be comfortable in his pants.

MUSICAL POSSESSIONS - AMONG OUR FAVORITE THINGS

Debar - Continued from page 3 Some people can’t dance; others can’t carry a tune. You are a valuable member of the whole that we call the chorus. You may only be one spoke in the wheel, but without you the wheel goes off balance and can break! It may take many seasons of singing in the group before you are prepared to sing in a quartet. I joined my first quartet in my 10th year in the society. By that time I had earned two music degrees, spent many years playing in concert bands, played in musicals and sang in concert choir in college. I had sung in 7 Division contests, ten District con-tests and earned two medals on the International stage. Many members of the “Big Apple Chorus” who have had a similar background have never sung in a quartet. As you approach your first quartet experience, go slowly, especially if all or most of the members of your group are novices. Sing the five chord exercise, sing songs in unison and then explore the polecat book. These songs were selected because they are easy. They use the barbershop style but do not pose any major problems. They allow you to focus on creating a synergy within your quartet. Be aware that your choice of singers is important. You and your wives should “get along.” If you just chose a singer simply because he is “available,” you may not get the correct blend and you may find that your finished product simply does not jell. When you choose your first début selection, choose something easy. Ask if you are not sure. After some home preparation and a few rehearsals, ask for some coaching.



LATE NEWS OF INTEREST— A HEALTH REPORT FROM BOB ROTH

I thought giving you the complete story of my health issue may be of benefit to the members and clear up any misunderstandings about it. So here goes: While vacationing in Florida this past January through March, I grew more tired each time I tried to exert myself with volleyball, walking, or ping pong. Even for a guy who turned 79 on March 28, 2013, this. at times. surprised some of my companions, including my primary care physician who said "you play volleyball?" Upon our return to the north, I advanced my annual visit to my pulmonary doctor, to tell him of my tiredness. What followed was a routine breathing test and chest x-ray. He said I had pneumonia for a few months. Then a CT scan was taken to check further. The scan showed a pocket of fluid on my left lung, with cancer cells within the fluid. A subsequent PET scan showed cancer cells in a tumor on the lung. That led to a meeting with an oncologist who recommended a series of chemotherapy procedures, after he concluded surgery was not an option. First, I went to Winthrop Hospital for a lung tumor biopsy. This was to be an outpatient procedure but complications (deflating the lung) turned me into an inpatient. I was in Winthrop for four nights with a drain from the lung. The fourth day I was there, I was given a pleurodensis to re-inflate the lung. For 2 hours a drug was inserted into the lung. WOW did that hurt. The worst pain I have experienced throughout this whole ordeal. I guess it did the trick, as I was released the next day. So three days later I began the chemo starting with the drugs carboplatin and alimta and adding avastin for the third treatment. Your body is somewhat strengthened for these treatments with steroid pills the day before, the day of, and day after the infusions. Once four or five days pass, the tired feelings take over. I have now had three treatments. July 23 I get a CT scan to see what progress has occurred. Then a visit with the oncologist on July 30 and a fourth chemo treatment on August 6. The number of treatments is uncertain pending the success to date. Meanwhile each day is a chore with little sleep, constipation, tired body and lots of time lying down. That's me to date. Oh yes and my voice is very raspy with little volume. Hardly gets me to sing. More to come as things further develop.

Bob Roth WE ALL MISS YOU, BOB. GET BACK TO THAT VOLLEYBALL NET (AND REHEARSALS)

SOON, RASPY VOICE OR NOT. (FYI Bob’s E-Mail is [email protected])


THAT OTHER KIND OF BARBERSHOP (NOW HAIR THIS)

If you enjoy puns, then these names of barbershops should be right up your alley. (Try and resist the groans.) Here goes: Julius Sizzor, American Hair Lines, Comb One; Comb All, The Million Hairs, Ali Barber, The Hair - After, The Mane Attraction, and Hairforce One. Had enough?

WE’RE GROWING OLDER...BUT THEY ARE TOO!!

Two years ago, the time sometimes referred to as “retirement age,” (65), began being reached by “baby boomers” (born 1946–1964]. It has been estimated that boomers are achieving that status at a rate of about 8,000 a day. For some of them it will signal more time on their hands. For others, because of an economy that could force them to keep on working or perhaps a personal decision to simply keep active and continue as part as part of the work force (perhaps with a lighter load), retirement in the full sense of the word, is not an option. Whatever the case, boomers don’t like to be called old. They continue to be part of barbershopping’s future, minds active and productive in their community. If they love music like we do, if four-part harmony appeals, we welcome them as possible Chapter members. It is, of course, marvelous that more and more younger persons are finding their way into barbershop circles, but, umm, “maturing” adults are not being forgotten by a long shot. The welcome sign is always on the door for baby boomers, too.

CHAPTER QUARTETS

A erGloWorms Harold Verity, Tenor Bob Miraglia, Lead

Steve Stojowski, Bass Maurice Debar, Baritone

Contact: a [email protected]

All In A Chord Bill Ruth, Tenor

Steve Brausa, Lead Bernie Genzer, Bass

George Seelinger, Baritone Contact: [email protected]

Cloud 9 Jon Ayers, Tenor

Vinnie Colonna, Lead John Brolly, Bass

George Seelinger, Baritone Contact: [email protected]

Just Duckie Harold Verity, Tenor Steve Brausa, Lead

Maurice Debar, Bass George Seelinger, Baritone

Contact: [email protected]

Long Island Express Bill Ruth, Tenor

Gene Kammerer, Lead Joe Massaro, Bass Bob Roth, Baritone

Contact: bjr52@op mum.net

No Treble At All Bernie Genzer, Tenor

Bill Vesely, Lead Ken Wunsch, Bass

Wayne Lazar, Baritone Contact: [email protected]

Quatrain Bob Kelly, Tenor

Steve Marrin, Lead Al Fennell, Bass

Paul San no, Baritone Contact: [email protected]

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Current Photos - Bob Heim Old Photo From Chiz Bell

PERFECT “SWITCH” - Hal Verity (left), pictured with Joe Massaro, points to a thermostat setting the stage for cool summer-time conditions for Nassau Mid-Islanders...

...shifting Tuesday rehearsals to his Baldwin Church in July, August and early September. (Thanks Hal.)

WORK AND PLAY - Ulises Moreno (right), pictured with Nassau Mid-Islander buddy Gene Chang at a recent rehearsal, also works alongside Gene on projects at Clever Devices, a compa-ny in Woodbury . Ulises will soon join his co-worker as the Chapter’s newest member after successfully completing the audition process.

AND FROM OUR PHOTO ARCHIVES...

REMEMBERING WHEN: One of the of the quartets that sang with our Mid-Island Chapter in the ‘80s was called “The Islanders” (predecessor to “Long Island Express”). Here are its foursome (from left) : Ed Ramstek (tenor), Bill Ruth (lead), Harry Gaites (bari) and Hal Cruikshank (bass).

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