[Finale] Mass barbershopping

2005-07-20 Thread Andrew Levin
But I gotta say that it's almost chill-making to be in a convention room with about 400 Sweet Adelines from 30 different choruses in a widespread region when somebody starts a song, and they all join in in perfect 4-part harmony! I was in St. Louis about 20 years ago during one of the internatio

Re: [Finale] Mass barbershopping

2005-07-20 Thread Horace Brock
It's not all that amazing. The standard arrangements of the standard songs are all well-known by all but the newest barbershoppers. And since almost eery barbershopper carries a pitch pipe with him at all times, especially at a convention, they can and do burst into song at the drop of a hint. Barb