Harborlites International Master Class
The goal of the Harborlites International Master Class, held in Detroit on Saturday, October 8th, 2006, was to introduce the Sweet Adeline audience to the Harborlites “Game Plan” – the in-house vocal and visual education programs we developed that ultimately brought us A level scores. The class also detailed the fitness program we implemented to give us the stamina we needed to do what we do. Finally, the class offered musical and visual demonstrations of how we execute our performance plans, and Pam shared her philosophy of the role of personal leadership, teamwork and passion in the success of the Harborlites Chorus.
If you’ve seen the movie “Miracle,” you know it is the story of the 1980 USA hockey team and its incredible gold medal victory over the Soviet Union. As they prepared for the Olympics, the USA hockey coach found himself with very talented college players who were not playing together as a team. In one memorable scene, he makes his players skate back and forth across the ice – again and again and again – asking each player “Who do you play for?” The kids kept answering the names of their college teams. Finally, one player answered “USA” … and a team was born.
Harborlites believes in miracles…Who do WE play for?
Harborlites!
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If you have questions regarding our class or our "Game Plan" please contact Carol Krenek
Barbershop 101: A Little History
Barbershop harmony is vocal harmony produced by four parts: tenor, lead, baritone, and bass. It is performed a cappella — without any instrumental accompaniment. Barbershop has its roots in the American gospel and minstrel quartets of the last century. It is one of the recognized indigenous American musical genres, along with country-western, dixieland jazz and the American spiritual.
Barbershop-style harmony is different from any other kind of choral or group singing. It is characterized by a “cone-shaped sound” where the broadest strength is at the lowest part of the chord and the lightest is at the top. Specific chord structures, delivery and interpretation all contribute to the “lock-and-ring”. This sound is created by a perfectly balanced and in-tune chord, which produces harmonic overtones. Listen closely to a barbershop-style song and you will often hear a note (or notes!) “ringing” above the highest tone – without anyone singing them!
Harborlites chorus is a member of Sweet Adelines International (SAI), headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. SAI was founded in 1945 and has grown to be one of the largest women singers' organizations in the world, committed to advancing the musical art form of barbershop harmony through education and performance. More than 30,000 members sing in either choruses or quartets located in Australia, Canada, England, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Wales and almost every state in America.
