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August 2000 Volume 23 Number 3 |
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August 2000 Volume 23 Number 3 |
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AMCA OFFICERS President Joe Love 1st Vice President Tom Mousseau 2nd Vice President Norm Goodling 3rd Vice President & Historian Robert Esko Treasurer Norb Lehmann Executive Secretary William Bates Past President Richard Harrison Legal Counsel Paul M. Hassett, Jr. Common Repertoire & Reviewer Don Crouch Music Contest Chair Harry Learoyd Scholarship Chair Tom Rayner Promotional Items Norm Goodling Meeting Coordinator Jim Egan Chorister Editor Dan Plunkett |
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and the livin' is easy We are attempting something new with this year with the Chorister: we are distributing a couple of issues exclusively on the Internet via e-mail and on our web site. This will enable us to save some money that we can use for other things to promote male voice singing and, if we get the content, to put a few more issues out. There will be some problems as not all of our members have access, but we hope that the contact in each chorus will print a copy for those members. For associate members, we will send a mailing to get their e-mail addresses or to see if they prefer a hard copy. This summer, I was hoping to do a lot more with the Chorister, but I got tied up with some tasks at work and (more importantly) spent some time with my family. My son and I spent a week at the Haliburton Scout Reserve (near Bill Bates). I was told to be the camp cook and so we started the Road Kill Grill offering dinner's more tender because they're scraped off the fender. The boys tend to eat everything if they think it's a bit disgusting. We sang every night and I hope that we have a few more choristers a couple of years down the road My Agency has been heavily involved in doing work with farmers on the Plum Pox Virus and I have done some sampling in that regard. We had to take 12 leaves from every tree in the sample area and send them to be tested for the virus. If the test is positive, all trees in an area have to be destroyed. It looks like 40,000 trees have to be destroyed in the Niagara Peninsula.
What I really need are your articles, comments and pictures. You will get pretty tired of my writing (if you aren't already) if that is all you get in the Chorister. Please send me anything.
Editor Receives Free CDOver the summer, I received a free CD from an agent in the UK promoting a Welsh artist named Mal Pope. The CD consisted of three treatments of the song Guide Me Oh Thou Great Jehovah and was entitled Bread of Heaven. There was almost a calypso feel to the song and I rather enjoyed it. The management firm was looking for potential venues for Mr. Pope to perform. The company is Elite Management (Sheila Willicombe) who can be reached at sheila.willicombe(A)swig-online.co.uk Mal Pope can be reached at http://www.malpope.com
Kawartha Chorister is a HamHow do people communicate in emergencies when the Internet is down and cell phones don't work? Bill Bode of the Kawartha Male Chorus of Lindsay, Ontario will tell you it is with HAM Radio systems. The Lindsay paper, Lindsay This Week, did a feature on Bill in June and Bill Bates sent it along for our information. Bill is a retired principal and the chair of the Victoria Haliburton Amateur Radio Association. The group assists police and emergency service providers in the Lindsay area during severe weather situations. I suspect they were also on hand at the turn of the odometer to 2000 in the event of other communication failures. To get on the air requires more than just purchasing equipment. You must undergo training and write an exam before getting a license to operate. Besides the service to the community, HAM operators enjoy the comradery of their fellow operators from around the world. Maybe Bill could arrange a BIG Sing on the Air for us some year?
Former AMCA Executive Secretary, Russell Fleharty passed away on June 14, 2000. He was 88. He is survived by his wife, Diana, two sons Dean and James and his grandchildren. Russ was a retired mathematics teacher at Ferndale High School and was active in community affairs before and after his retirement. He graduated from Hastings College in Nebraska and earned his Masters Degree in Mathematics from the University of Michigan. Russ was a member of the Michigan District of the Associated Male Choruses of America and served on the executive of the district as well as attending AMCA meetings as a delegate. His interest and expertise in investments led him to become involved in the establishment of the AMCA Scholarship Fund as a founding member and he served as an investment advisor for many years. Russ was Executive Secretary of AMCA from 1978 until 1985. He served under two presidents (Art Marskell and Robert Anderson Sr.). He will be missed by all his AMCA friends. Memorials may be sent to:
773 Cedar Glen Road RR1 Dunsford, Ontario Canada K0M 1L0
106 Maplefield Pleasant Ridge, MI 48069
Chorister Editor ApologizesThanks for your understanding and support.
E-Mail StuffYou can also find Bill at the following address http://amcofa.org/bates/
There is a new web site for the AMCA 2003 International Big Sing in Lansing. You can visit at http://amcachorus.org and click "Lansing 2003". Consider changing your home page to make some money for AMCA. Try using the following: http://www.4mycommunity.com/gw.asp?id=802635 We will have more stuff on e-mail in future issues.. Send me your stuff.
Big SingPlan to be there AMCA LOGO STUFF$0.65 - Salutation (Bentz) or You'll Never Walk Alone (Stickles) (per copy price only available to AMCA members)Send your order to: Norman Goodling, 160 Edgemoor Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49001, (616) 342-5011 ![[Chorister]](http:amcofa.org/images/chorissm.gif) The Chorister is the official newsletter of the Associated Male Choruses of America, Inc. You are encouraged to participate in the creation of this newsletter by submitting articles, letters, photographs and pictures. AMCA COMMITTEESScholarships |
I have also received a fair bit of e-mail regarding promotional activities of different organizations and I will be including links in this issue. These links will be a regular part of the Chorister in the future and I hope that you can send some that you might receive.