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In This Issue Spring District/NCENN convention at Sparks, NV, March 15-18 Spring Convention Classes District Logo Patch Sale Division Conventions and Contests BOTY reports wanted Harmony College West Aug 24-25 Bachelor of Harmony Awards Attention Chapter Secretaries Spring District/NCENN convention at Sparks, NV, March 15-18 The Far Western District Spring Prelims promise to be another exciting event where it is likely that six or more of our quartets will qualify for International. It is also the NorCal East/NorNevada division contest so you'll have lots of friends on stage to cheer on. But wait, it's also the High School Quartet Contest on Saturday afternoon, a "how can you miss that" event. There is no way to predict what these kids will come up with. And it's a convention too with lots of classes on Friday afternoon. Go to Spring District/NCENN Convention for all the latest scoop. If you are just looking for the weekend schedule, go to Convention Schedule. ========== Spring Convention Classes FIRST, the Harmony For Lunch Bunch is being moved to a new location. If the new location is decided by 11am Wednesday it will be posted on the FWD Website. You'll also find the information on posters all around the barbershop registration tables at the Nugget Friday morning. SECOND, be sure to take advantage of the classes held on the third floor at the nugget. There are excellent craft classes at 1pm and singing for fun classes at 3pm. Don't miss out. There'll be signs posted widely with times and locations, but to give you a head start: Time Class Title - Instructor Location 11:00AM Harmony For Lunch Bunch Details soon 1:00PM Vowel Matching Class - Ray Rhymer 3rd Floor – Southern Pacific E 1:00PM Vocal Production Class - Bill Pearson 3rd Floor – Southern Pacific C 1:00PM Woodshedding Class - AHSOW Team 3rd Floor – Southern Pacific F 3:00PM Tag Singing - Paul Eastman 3rd Floor – Southern Pacific C 3:00PM Group Singing - Jim Davis 3rd Floor – Southern Pacific E ========== District Logo Patch Sale The FWD has created a 3 inch patch of the district logo and you may purchase one to add to your chapter jacket at the House of Delegates meeting on Friday. After that you'll find them in the Barbershopper's Shop. They are $5 each and proceeds go to the FWD Youth In Harmony fund. ========== Division Conventions and Contests The annual Division Conventions and Contests will be here soon. The FWD website has most of the information already. Just go to the FWD home page at www.spebsqsafwd.org and click on Spring Convention Registrations on the upper left. ========== Report your chapter Barbershopper Of The Year Each year many of our chapters recognize a member for his outstanding efforts and accomplishments of the past year, or many years. You can read about BOTY accomplishments and you may Submit a BOTY report for any year. ========== Harmony College West 2007, August 24-25 Next August seems a long ways away, but if you don't mark your calendar now you may miss out. Over the last two years we have made huge changes in Harmony College West and its all due to your input. There are way too many changes to list here, so go to HCW is Evolving to learn how much has changed. This year our Headliner Quartet is Power Play, the 2003 International Gold Medal Quartet. They'll be coaching our quartets and will be on the Saturday night show. And Late Show will be joining us too. The POD coaching system used last year at Redlands was extremely popular and we'll use it again this year. Did you read Jerry Fairchild's article in the Winter Westunes and see the many enthusiastic comments about POD coaching? You can read it online at Westunes, Winter 2006. We are planning on more quartets to participate this year, but we do have a limit and you're going to need to sign up this spring before all the slots are gone. Our new program for individuals that has lots of classes to choose from was well received too. This year we'll repeat the popular classes such as Vocal Production, Arranging, Sight Reading, and Woodshedding. We'll also add the class that has been missing from COTS for years for the chapter Program Vice President. Come learn how to put on an exciting chapter meeting, even if you aren't currently the Program VP. We'll have some singing for fun classes too. How about a class on how to sing your particular part better? We're working on it. The HCW 2007 website is now open for registrations. See the link on the FWD Home page. If you have questions and/or suggestions, send Registrar Derick Sturke an email at fwsturke@pacbell.net. ========== Bachelor Of Harmony Award The BOH Award is given to men that have demonstrated their leadership and commitment to barbershop harmony over the years. The award includes a 3.5 inch jacket patch and a wall certificate. To apply for the award go to FWD Members Only Area and click on Apply for the Bachelor of Harmony Award. Take a moment to review the men in the district that have qualified for the Bachelor Of Harmony Award ========== Attention Chapter Secretaries Members of your chapter without E-mail will not receive this information and we ask you to print this and share it with them. ==========

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