Wight Harmony Barbershop Singers

Convention 2011

2011-05-31T11:30:00.002+01:00

Hi all,

Thank you to everyone who contributed in any way to what was a great weekend.

Looking at the pictures that were available the whole chorus was alive in the song and believing in what we were singing - long may it continue.

See you on Thursday.

Lilly!

Home page

2011-03-23T18:16:00.001Z

I think Paul has done a fantastic job with the Home page.

Well done.

Steve

PS Shame Dave didn't have his penguin hat though!!

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2011-02-14T00:00:00.003Z

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Harmony Collage 2010

2010-08-13T12:08:00.002+01:00

May I just wish, all those who are going to Harmony Collage this year, the best of luck and have a great time. Concentrate on what you are being taught and bring back to the chorus all that you have learned. It is by this professional instruction that your contribution to the chorus is vital in achieving a higher level of performance.
Over the past few months the standard of Wight Harmony has gone up quite a few levels, this has been achieved by each individual putting in extra effort in learning songs, ensuring lyrics, music and movement are in harmony with one another. Only you can make a difference..
I know it has to be said that those who don't put in the effort drag the rest down. I don't have to name names, you know who you are!! so you are left with only two choices, either work harder to come up to the standard or say goodbye. DB and section leaders can only do so much..
See you all on your return and all get ready for the Learn to Sing course.
Regards Eric

Great Performance

2010-08-07T12:46:00.003+01:00

A really good performance on Thursday Guys. The new songs went down a treat.

the future with choreography

2010-06-08T16:10:00.002+01:00

One thing strikes me after looking at hours of performances by Barbershop choruses throughout the world is that Choreography forms an essential part to a dynamic performance, a performance that gives a WOW factor and wins medals.
This I believe is not a mere gesture of an individuals attempt to bring the song to life but a well polished Military precision move orchestrated to match the performance.
Choreography or dance, whichever you prefer, has two main ingredients, one which involves the whole chorus to move as one as in a 'sway from side to side' and the other as an individual moving to form part of an overall picture such as a 'see-saw' move.
The latter being the hardest to orchestrate but has that special effect of dynamics which increases the visual power of the move. Although being a team effort, and to see the overall picture of the move, it is the individual that makes it happen, for example, if you have a five group word like (mis-be-hav-'in) and you require five moves during the course of that word, by five sets of people within the chorus, then each set of people should learn his own individual move for that part of the word, easy!!! To enhance the dynamics of the word even more then increase the sets to ten even taking set (1) and (10) for the first move, 9, and 8, as the second and so on.
I know that within the chorus you have "leaders" and "leaner's" but it is up to the "leaner's" to become "leaders" and not the other way around.
It is also my belief that GOOD choreography should be conceived right from the beginning. great thought should be given to each move and to each individual participating in the move, when and how. This should be handed out at the same time of the teach tape and music and form part of the learning process of the song. My thoughts that a dedicated Choreography team be formed within the chorus to achieve this goal.
Your comments please

What a great weekend!

2010-06-01T12:53:00.002+01:00

Hi All,

Just like to say that Jacqui and I had the most wonderful time (there's a song there somewhere?!) at convention. We have now set new benchmark standards for ourselves and the work starts again on Thursday. We now know what we are capable of achieving and with continued improvement through the guidance of the MD we can challenge ourselves with more complex songs and movements to match. I am looking forward to the challenges ahead.

Well done fellas - and a great vote of thanks to the supporters too, without whom many things would not be possible!

Steve

George Gershwin Show Rehearsal

2010-05-10T13:19:00.001+01:00

Good Wight Harmony showing at yesterday's rehearsal.
For those who couldn't attend but are interested next Rehearsal is next Sunday at 2:00pm

Last Nights Rehearsal

2010-03-26T12:31:00.000Z

Very successful evening. Some exciting changes to the songs, but none too difficult for us all to achieve. If we can crack it, our performance at Convention should be a huge improvement on last year.

The strange case of the dissapearing blogs!

2010-03-06T20:31:00.003Z

I was just looking at the blogs and making some comments. I have now come back to the blog and the most recent entrys have vanished!

Isle of Wight Musical Competition Festival Win

2010-03-06T14:00:00.001Z

Well done to all those who took part last night. A great performance!

Tomorrow Evening

2010-03-04T12:35:00.007Z

I'm looking forward to tomorrow evening. Let's hope we perform as well as we know we can.

Marked improvement

2010-02-28T11:39:00.002Z

Who am I to praise my fellow Barbershop singers. I spend my life criticizing people for singing duff notes, getting words wrong, sliding up and down like a skier on a slalom course or simply not staying in time with the chorus director. Well now I have to eat my words. For a month or two I have noted a marked improvement and as the assistant of the assistant choral director myself, had the pleasure of directing a couple of songs at a recent sing out in Newport. I say PLEASURE, because that is what it was, the tempo was perfect, the lights and shades were so clear, the performance was captivating, even the audience stayed awake. Poor dears.. It was a pity that DD wasn't there to witness it, even my poor old hearing aid went ballistic every time a chord rang. Repeat that performance at convention and surely a medal will be forthcoming but it will still need the commitment of every singer to put on his best effort, to concentrate 100% on notes, words and timings and show the big choruses what can be achieved. Once again lads, well done... and keep up the good work..

Avatar Film

2010-02-20T15:37:00.001Z

If you haven't been to see Avatar yet, I can highly recommend it especially the 3D version

Facebook Group

2010-02-15T12:44:00.000Z

We now have a "Wight Harmony Barbershop Singers" Group on Facebook

Baritone Section Rehearsal 16th Feb

2010-02-06T15:36:00.001Z

Just a reminder for the Baris (and half baris) that we are meeting at Paul Ms at 7.30pm on Tuesday 16th Feb for a section rehearsal.

Web site success

2010-01-31T14:15:00.002Z

Congrats to Paul G for all his work on the web site and this blog - must be good if he can get me blogging!

Interesting that the more he sings Bari the better the web site gets.....

Nick G

Social Evening Photos

2010-01-29T23:02:00.004Z

Click on the link in the scrolling marquee to see some of the social evening photos and post your comments here! All photos are courtesy of Dave Vodden (well done Dave)!

Mad Chef let loose in Rookley

2010-01-29T11:00:00.001Z

Somebody let a mad chef loose

Lead rehearsals

2010-01-27T20:17:00.002Z

We are up and running again!
Another worthwhile lead rehearsal was held at the Isle of Wight County Club on 26th Jan with DB (director and bari), PH (tenor) but no EH (bass) - perhaps next time?
Two more dates are provisionally arranged for 22nd February and 22nd March and all are welcome.

Our social evening

2010-01-27T17:34:00.002Z

Well, What can I say.. that had to be the best evening Wight Harmony has held since I joined. The humour, quality of singing and sheer guts were an inspiration, which goes to prove that with dedication anything can be achieved. I hope you liked my goat??

Sat Night

2010-01-26T16:35:00.002Z

What a great event. I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank Louis for the idea and his organisation of the event. Thank must also go to Dave D for his hard work with the various groups. Finally a big thanks from Jacqui and I to all those who made it a memorable evening with their performances.

See you Thurs!

Steve

Wight Harmony Barbershop Singers Blog

2010-01-26T16:17:00.003Z

The Wight Harmony Barbershop Singers Blog is now live on the Website!