One of the interesting, and sometimes strange, things about the International Barbershop Convention is that it's always the week of 4th of July. While it usually means that we don't do much celebrating of Independence Day because we're wrapped up in our singing, when the host city has a big celebration, it sometimes makes the logistics a bit ( Read more... )

Well, I've made it safely to Nashville, and the chorus had a great first rehearsal this morning ( Read more... )

About a month ago, my friend Jerry started a new a cappella group, the Eclectic Company. It has the potential to be really good, but since we're all learning the music, we still have to imagine what the final product will sound like. We're starting to get close on a couple songs, and it's getting fun ( Read more... )

• The good:
  My chorus sang very well, improved our scores by 6 percentage points (to 86.4%), and took second (behind last year's international silver medalists). The buzz is that we may medal this year at international, after being together for less than 2 years ( Read more... )