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Oregon Shakespeare Festival, 2010

We just returned from what we hope is the resumption of our yearly treks to Ahsland Oregon for the great Shakespeare Festival therein. These trips were interrupted by parenthood, but now that erin is of an age and inclination, we want to make this a regular pilgrimage once again.

It was amazingly gratifying to see [...]

BarberPole Cat

 

The Barbershop Harmony Society  has a collection of 12 standards that are collectively called the BarberPole Cat tunes. In theory, if you are a BHS member from a Swedish chapter, you could visit a chapter in Japan and be able to sing any of these songs with the local members. I say in theory, [...]

The Composing Career of Sulbert and Gillivan

This is from the program for this year's Barbershop show. I am a co-MC. I play Gillivan.

Sammy Sulbert is a relatively unknown American composer who has done some commercial jingles, and ring tones. In 2003, Sammy was nominated for a prestigious “Ringy” award, but lost because he was unable to get a taxi to [...]