2005 BIG THINGS COMMING
BUSY SPRING ANNUAL SHOW MAY 7,2005 2PM & 7:30PM
May 7 we are going to have our 58th annual show "The Phantom of the Barber Shop" at Chamizal Theater, starring Metropolis and assorted favorites get out and sell tickets and adds. On the weekend of Oct.21 the SOUTHWEST DISTRICT will hold its annual convention. We can go if we score enough points at DIVISION Contest so work hard.2005 THINGS WE HAVE DONE SOUTHWEST DIVISION SPRING CONTEST Took place on the weekend of March 18,2005. We did very well and took second in our group "A" , Tracer Matula and Manny Garza did great with rooms and transportation. We made points to enable us to go to district if you want to see our and "The Rogues' scores click on heading.
This Valentine's day February 14, 2005 5 quartets sang 114 Singing Valentines for a large group of satisfied customers.
2004 On Dec 18, 2004 we sang the National Anthem at the U.T.E.P. v N.M.S.U game we had three or four new guys for a total of 23 on the floor. John Teicher said we sounded great on the radio, others said the same. Dec 12, 2004 The combined Christmas show was a success, Celebration St. Pat's School and The Rogues entertained at Hanks High school at a Sunday matinee performanc of "HOLIDAY HARMONY". There was an afterglow at Great American on the west side. This Year we had our yearly Christmas party at Bob Calderon's new house we sang Carols and did the fun gift exchange had pot luck and had a great time. We had our normal election of officers in October, with Manny Garza President, Membership Vice Pres. Mitch Wilson, Performance VP Tracer Matula, and staying on Dave Meier for Sec & Treas. One of our old timers celebrated his 50th year as a barbershopper with us at our Tuesday Oct 5, 2004 meeting. Good to see Gene Roberts going strong. The International Museum of Art at 1211 Montona asked to sing for their open house Sept18, 2004. A bunch of the guys spent Saturday June 19 selling Raffle Tickets for our money raiser in front of Wal-Mart on the freeway. The kid from Las Cruces, Clint Woodward graduated from High School in May and asked us to come up and also to his party.
2003
BUSY SPRING ANNUAL SHOW MAY 10, 2003 Our 55th annual show was staged at the Eastwood High School Theater on May 10. Great work by the actors and actresses helped make "Remember Radio" a success. Frank Laverpool, a visiting John Grafe, Kerry King, Jorge Acevado, Jed Leachman, Hector Alvarado, Frank Rourke and even Dave Williams helped to put on the show. The Jingle Quartet showed a lot of class by infuriating the MC and doing a bang-up job. Frank Laverpool played a great Bart Holiday in the radio Play "The Rotten Spice Caper". Comments from the audience after the show indicated they were very pleased with the performance of GAS HOUSE GANG, the 1993 International Quartet Champions who headlined the show. And the Rogues of the Rio Grande demonstrated why they were Division Champions by performing their excellent portion. Guys and Dolls made a very skillful appearence early in the show and Celebration showed off new songs in an church style presentation with excellent harmony after the Intermission. Several patrons expressed their pleasure with comments like "This was the best I have ever heard the Border Chorders sing." The stage presence and the interpretation on the radio play and chorus presentation was an adaptation on a Harmony College written show. For all of us, the two performances were tiring,but we felt good about our work. Next year we are contracted with "GOTCHA!" another world champ quartet.