Every year we say it, and every year we mean it…this year’s Leadership Academy promises to be one of the finest the Carolinas District has ever produced! And you can’t beat the return on investment – LEADERSHIP ACADEMY IS FREE TO ATTEND. The only cost to you is $10 for lunch. Join us at Richmond Community College in Hamlet, NC, in January for classes on core chapter officer positions, youth and outreach and barbershop craft. It is important to note that, although Leadership Academy is Continue Reading
Let’s Mix it Up! New Contest Rules, Ensembles and Mixed Quartets at Fall Festival?…Oh My!
It's not often you get an offer for something fun and free. I think you'll like this mix...Ensembles and Mixed Quartets. And for another Quartetting opportunity, we have the first major rule changes in four years. Know somebody who might qualify? Check it out... New Quartet Contest Rules Ensembles Mixed Quartets Thanks! -Paul New Quartet Contest Rules As you may recall, at our Spring Convention in Charlotte we qualified ten (10) quartets to compete in the Fall for the Continue Reading
Fall Festival Survey Results
Fall Festival 2017 was the fourth Festival in the new format and benefited from lessons learned, but suffered from lessons forgotten. Following the hugely successful Festival in Asheville, there were several questions that loomed: Would people be drawn to Raleigh? While it was central and convenient, does it have the cache of Asheville, Savannah or Charleston? Would the new Youth Quartet Contest and Mixed Quartet Contests be supported and favorably received? Or have we saturated the Continue Reading
Fall Festival 2017 is Now History!
The Carolinas District Fall Festival 2017 in Raleigh, NC, November 9-12, 2017, is now a memory! Hopefully it was a good one for you... Share your thoughts in the online survey. We have pics! Thank you Ken Thomas! Click here to see 'em. Share your pics on Facebook! We've been to three of the four corners of the District - Charleston, Savannah and Asheville, Now let's try something a little more central. A capital idea you say? Yes it is...it's Raleigh, the capital city of North Continue Reading