Carolinas District | Barbershop Harmony Society

Savannah Christmas Show
2021-11-27 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne Street, Tybee Island, GA, 31328, United States
Harmony Holidays

NSC House of Delegates
2021-11-20 09:30 - 14:00 | Richmond Community College, 1042 West Hamlet Avenue, Hamlet, NC, 28345, United States
Cost is for a catered lunch
Mtg is in Grimsley Hall Rm 102

2021 Fall Festival - Hendersonville, NC
2021-11-12 - 2021-11-13 | Blue Ridge Community College Conference Hall, 49 E. Campus Drive, Flat Rock
The contest venue is the Blue Ridge CC Conference Hall, located at 49 E Campus Dr., Flat Rock, NC. This is on the campus of Blue Ridge Community College.
The primary hotel will be Cascades Mountain Resort at 201 Sugarloaf Rd., Hendersonville, NC 28782.
To make room reservations members must call 828-595-8155 and press 0 to reach the front desk. Tell the hotel staff that you are with the Carolinas Barbershop Harmony convention, and you will be offered the nightly rate of $125/night.
Our hosts will be the Land of the Sky Chorus from Asheville, and the Palmetto Statesmen Chorus from Spartanburg.

Pinehurst Annual Show - Barbershop Goes Country
2021-11-06 19:00 - 20:00 | Pinecrest High School, 250 Voit Gilmore Lane, Southern Pines, North Carolina, 28387
Guest quartet: Round Midnight

CVE Rehearsal
2021-10-30 10:00 - 15:00 | Community Presbyterian Church, Pinehurst, North Carolina

Palmetto Vocal Project Show
2021-10-23 13:30 - 17:00 | Daniel Point Assisted Living, Daniel Island, South Carolina
These are two shows. 1:30 – 2:30 and 4:00 – 5:00. No admission charge, love offering accepted.

NSC BoD Zoom Mtg
2021-10-10 19:00 - 20:30
7:00 – 8:30

CVE Rehearsal
2021-10-02 10:00 - 15:00
Location TBD

CVE Rehearsal
2021-09-11 10:00 - 15:00 | Saint Anthony Catholic School, 2536 Hoffmeyer Rd., Florence, South Carolina

Lakeside Harmony Camp
2021-08-21 12:00 - 18:00
Imagine yourself at a Summer family cookout, singing tags and the old songs with friends you haven’t seen for a long time. Try to contain the joy as you catch up on new life events and reminisce the good times. Enjoy learning a new song and getting tips from top Carolinas quartets and a preview of their performance sets. That’s Lakeside Harmony Camp.
This is our first opportunity to get together as a District since coming out the other side of the Covid pandemic. Just as many of your chapters have begun meeting with a ‘soft start’ of just getting to know each other again, this cookout is a relaxed event where friends and families can reacquaint and share in the joy of singing together again.
So join us and your barbershop family on Saturday, August 21, 2021 from noon to 6 PM at the Durant Nature Preserve in Raleigh North Carolina. Mark your calendar now and reserve your spot at the picnic table. Harmony Camp in the Carolinas – – nothing could be finer!
Durant Nature Park
8305 Camp Durant Road
Raleigh, NC 27614-9671
Driving Directions
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

12:00 PM
Meet at Sassafras Shelter
Sassafras

12:30 PM
Official Welcome, grill starts
Sassafras

1:00 PM
Group Sing
Sassafras

1:30 PM
Cookout Buffet
Sassafras

2:00 PM
Best American Pie Contest – Youth Quartet
Sassafras

2:30 PM
Previews – Fall Festival, Spring Sing, Barbershop Revival, Charlotte International, Lakeside Harmony 2022
Sassafras

3:00 PM
Group Sing
Sassafras

3:30 PM
Quadraphonic
Sassafras

4:00 PM
General Singing, Tags
Sassafras

4:30 PM
General Singing, Tags
Sassafras

5:00 PM
Special Guest Singers
Sassafras

5:30 PM
Close; cleanup
Sassafras

6:00 PM
Break Camp
Sassafras

COOKOUT BUFFET 1:30-2:30 PM
Enjoy a cookout with your barbershop friends and family. Choose your entrée in advance to include hamburgers, hotdogs or a vegetarian dish, complete with slaw, potato salad, watermelon and tea. Preorder your meal with your registration. ONLY $10. Last call – August 14, 2021.
If you prefer, you may bring your own picnic. But don’t make it too good; your tablemates might want you to share!
BEST AMERICAN PIE CONTEST 2:00 – 3:00 PM
Looking for an opportunity to show off your culinary skills? Amaze and delight your friends with your pie entry. Entry is free, just sign up during preregistration. If you win, you’ll not only get bragging rights, you’ll get a FREE REGISTRATION to Fall Festival 2021.
GROUP SING 3:00-3:30 PM
Your registration gets you a copy of “Blue Velvet”. You will receive a link to download your part so you will be prepared when we all get together to sing.
QUADROPHONIC 3:30-4:00 PM
Carolinas Mixed Quartet champions QUADROPHONIC will entertain us selections from their show and contest sets. Take advantage of the Q&A afterwards to learn how the champs do it.
SPECIAL GUEST SINGERS 5:00-5:30 PM
Don’t miss our NextGen representative and a special musical treat. But enough talk. I’ts time to sign up…
So don’t miss out! Space is limited so REGISTER TODAY.

NSC HoD ZOOM MTG
2021-04-24 08:30 - 13:00

NSC BoD Zoom Mtg
2021-04-18 19:30 - 20:30, 2020-07-19 19:00 - 21:00, 2020-06-21 19:00 - 21:00

Virtual Leadership Academy
2021-01-30 09:00 - 15:00 | ONLINE

NSC House of Delegates - Virtual Meeting
2020-11-21 10:00 - 14:00
Agenda
Minutes from May 30 Special HOD Meeting
2020-09-30 Financials
2021 Budget
2021 Financial Narrative
2020 Vision Statement
NSC Statement of Inclusion
2021 NSC Board of Directors Nominees

Connection Details:
Topic: NSC Fall House of Delegates Mtg
Time: Nov 21, 2020 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/94874872660?pwd=[REDACTED]

Meeting ID: 948 7487 2660
Passcode: [REDACTED]
One tap mobile
+19294362866,,94874872660#,,,,,,0#,,629034# US (New York)
+13017158592,,94874872660#,,,,,,0#,,629034# US (Germantown)

Dial by your location
+1 929 436 2866 US (New York)
+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
Meeting ID: 948 7487 2660
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/adoCoEpGK4

Carolinas Virtual Barbershop Festival
2020-11-14 19:00 - 22:00
Join us for a celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the Carolinas District of BHS. The event will include quartet and chorus video contests with the winners determined by live audience vote, a video recap our our past winners and leaders, a live trivia contest, virtual singalongs, and a look forward.
Click here to join the livestream.

PVP 10th Year Celebration Kick-off
2020-10-31 13:00 - 15:00
We are beginning a year of celebration of our life as a singing group next Saturday, 31 Oct, during the early portion of our regular meeting. We invite everyone to join us for the celebration.

We’ll have some outstanding singers and celebrities helping us.
Members from Charleston Barbershop Chorus (sponsoring Chapter)
Robert Rund – Charter member, first Co-Director, arranger of many of our competition packages and one of several founders of PVP.
Let’s Sing Quartet – NSC Inaugural 2010 District Quartet and 2020 BHS 3rd Place Senior Quartet
Signature – 2019 BHS International Quartet Champion
And YOU!

Below is the Zoom invitation for this event. For those of you unfamiliar with Zoom, you should select the link just below “Join Zoom Meeting”. When you arrive, you will be asked to put in the Passcode below the “Meeting ID”.

There is a phone option for calling in too. It’s listed below the Passcode or individual call number at the bottom.

You’ll join us all in the room and for the fun!

Can’t wait to see you!

Cake and ice cream available at a later date.

Richard

PVP is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: PVP OCT SATURDAY REHEARSAL
Time: Oct 31, 2020 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/92851954288?pwd=[REDACTED]

Meeting ID: 928 5195 4288
Passcode: [REDACTED]

One tap mobile
+19294362866,,92851954288#,,,,,,0#,,415780# US (New York)
+13017158592,,92851954288#,,,,,,0#,,415780# US (Germantown)

Dial by your location
+1 929 436 2866 US (New York)
+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
Meeting ID: 928 5195 4288
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/adP27ckd1d

NSC BoD Virtual Mtg - Zoom
2020-10-18 19:00 - 20:30

Next Level Quartet Clinic - Chapel Hill - Cancelled
2020-09-12

NSC Board of Directors Meeting
2020-08-15 09:30 - 15:00
Community Presbyterian Church in Pinehurst
125 Everette Rd, Pinehurst, NC 28374

For those of you that have participated in Statesmen or CVE rehearsals, this is our Pinehurst location and the conference room is the area of the fellowship hall where most of us had lunch.
Agenda:

09:30 – Call to Order. Welcome. Agenda. -Paul
09:35 – Pledge and Anthem -Tom
09:40 – Quorum & Minutes -Richard
09:50 – President’s Report -Paul
10:00 – Treasurer’s Report -Ted
10:10- Officers Reports -Nick
10:20 – Academics -Bev
10:30 – Chapter Support -MIke
10:40 – Communications -Steve
10:50 – Contests&Judging-Warren
11:00 – Events -Bill P
11:10 – Marketing&PR -Erik
11:20 – Music&Performance -Bill A
11:30 – Youth&Outreach -Kenneth
11:40 – ‘Down Our Way’ -Nick
11:45 – LUNCH Recess
12:45 – Goals & Projects Status Review -Paul
13:15 – Breakout Session – 2021 Goals Review
Academics, Support & Communication Team – Bev, Mike, Richard, Seth, Steve
Events, Contests & Marketing Team – Bill, Erik, Kenneth, Ted
Music & Youth Team – Bill, Kenneth, MIchael A, Nick
14:15 – 2021 Goals Report & Review
14:45 – New Business

15:00 – ‘Keep the Whole World Singing”. Adjourn.

Officers, please submit your written report/outline to secretary@carolinasdistrict.org by Wednesday of the week of the meeting. Richard will in turn send them out on Thursday. This is especially important for those of you who will not be able to attend.

Spring Sing 2020 - Cancelled
2020-04-25 12:30 - 18:00 | Durham Academy, Durham, NC
Heart of Carolina A cappella is the 2020 Carolina District International Chorus representative and is hosting Spring Sing 2020 to raise funds for the trip.

They’ve planned a full day of fun, singing and fellowship for Barbershop choruses in the Carolina’s District. Spring Sing 2020 will be held at the Brumley Performing Arts Building at Durham Academy on Saturday, April 25. Come sing tags with your fellow Barbershoppers and join the MegaSing of the Barbershop classic ‘Blue Skies’, with coaching by Dr. Bill Adams. The day also includes a silent auction and opportunities to enjoy a round on the links at Durham’s Hillandale Golf Course and a guided private tour of the Duke Lemur Center.

YOU CAN DO IT. HCA is asking you to participate to make Spring Sing 2020 a success. Bring your chorus and quartets and be part of the Barbershop talent from across the District. Sing in Quartet Showcase, the MegaSing and the Showcase of Choruses.
Proposed Schedule for Spring Sing 2020:
9:00 Hillandale Golf (fee t.b.d.)
10:30 Duke Lemur Center Tour ($10 fee, contact Joe Simpson, joenc@mindspring.com)
12:30 Lunch, Tags, Silent Auction Opens
1:30 Blue Skies MegaSing & Coaching by Dr. Bill Adams
2:30 Quartet Showcase (public invited)
3:30 Social Hour, Tags, Silent Auction Ends (public invited)
4:30 Chorus Showcase (public invited)
6:00 Spring Sing 2020 Ends

NSC House of Delegates - Zoom
2020-04-18 09:30 - 15:00
Due to the impact of the Coronavirus outbreak, the face-to-face meeting at Richmond Community College is changed to a virtual meeting via Zoom.

This April House of Delegates meeting will be held via remote access thru Zoom. The meeting will run from 9am – Noon. You can attend via Zoom or by phone.

Click here to connect using Zoom. Note: you will need to have the Zoom app on your phone or computer. Alternatively, you can dial in by dialing (650) 667-2561, and entering PIN code 551278684

This meeting is open to all members in good standing. Each chapter is allowed one voting delegate. If your chapter does not plan to attend, or will send someone other than the Chapter President as it’s delegate please let District Secretary Richard Harris know.

Meeting Agenda

2019 Financials

1042 W Hamlet Ave, Hamlet, NC 28345

Barbershop Revival 2020 - Cancelled
2020-03-27 - 2020-03-28 | NC Central University, 1801 Fayetteville St, Durham, NC, 27707, United States
REVIVAL RETURNS!
Did you miss Barbershop Revival last year?
This important outreach to young African American singers will return to NC Central University in Durham, March 27-28, 2020.
Visiting quartets will be HALO and International Quartet Champion Forefront!
Barbershop Revival will once again:

Celebrate African American roots of barbershop harmony
Introduce young singers in the African American community to barbershop
Invite them to sing and experience barbershop

Come to the dynamite show at 7:30 Saturday night.
Better yet, sign up for the Master Classes and sing on the Saturday night show!
Contact Warren Fuson with questions or to sign up to volunteer.

2020 Spring Convention - Cancelled
2020-03-20 - 2020-03-21 | Charlotte Airport Hotel (formerly Renaissance Charlotte Suites), 2800 Coliseum Centre Dr,, Charlotte, 28217, United States

Triangle Harmony eXplosion - Cancelled
2020-03-14 08:00 - 17:00 | Daniels Middle School, Raleigh, NC, United States
Set your calendars and join us for this year’s Triangle Harmony eXplosion … Saturday, March 14 is the GO! date.

Triangle Harmony eXplosion, or THX for those in the know, is RTP’s annual young adult barbershop music camp, a full day of musical fun and excitement for middle and high school students from throughout Wake County. Set your calendars because you don’t want to miss the highlight of THX. After a full day of breakout sessions in vocal technique, performance skills, and barbershop harmony demos THX will culminate in a late afternoon concert featuring not only our attending students, but also headlining will be the quartet “Forecast” and the “Brunswick Bellas”, South Brunswick High School’s a cappella ladies extraordinaire.

We are extremely excited that Dr. Kenneth Tice will be spearheading this year’s THX. Dr. Tice is the current Director of the RTP Chapter and Oak City Sound. He has almost twenty years of choral conducting and music education experience and brings a uniquely enjoyable approach and personality to his conducting. Joining us this year and serving as our Teaching Quartet is Carolinas District’s own “Forecast“. Travis Murray, Tyler Rackley, Kevin Jones, and Mike Fitch join together to form this award winning quartet. Forecast is 2019’s 1st Place Champion of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Harmony Sweepstakes and 2nd Place Finalist in the National Harmony Sweepstakes competition. Also bringing us their wonderful barbershop and pop a cappella sound, the “Brunswick Bellas”. You may remember their debut at the 2019 Fall Festival in North Charleston, SC.

THX will feature a full day of professional voice and performance coaching for our attending students, and will include barbershop harmony demonstrations from some of the best talent in the Carolinas. THX thanks the Carolinas District for their generous grant, the RTP Chapter and the Central Carolina Chapter for their support enabling this Youth and Outreach effort to take place

So here is your recap:

What? Triangle Harmony eXplosion (THX), a one-day barbershop harmony musical camp for middle and high school boys and girls.
When? Saturday, March 14 … registration begins at 8:30 am. Culminating Concert doors open at 4:00 pm and the Concert begins 4:30 pm.
Where? Daniels Magnet Middle School, 2816 Oberlin Rd. Raleigh, NC
Who? Middle and High School boys and girls interested in additional professional voice and performance coaching.

NSC Board of Directors Meeting
2020-02-22 09:30 - 15:00 | Community Presbyterian Church, Pinehurst, North Carolina
Community Presbyterian Church in Pinehurst
125 Everette Rd, Pinehurst, NC 28374

For those of you that have participated in Statesmen or CVE rehearsals, this is our Pinehurst location and the conference room is the area of the fellowship hall where most of us had lunch.
Agenda:

09:30 – Call to Order. Welcome. Agenda. -Paul
09:35 – Pledge and Anthem -Tom
09:40 – Quorum & Minutes -Richard
09:50 – President’s Report -Paul
10:00 – Treasurer’s Report -Ted
10:10- Officers Reports -Nick
10:20 – Academics -Bev
10:30 – Chapter Support -MIke
10:40 – Communications -Steve
10:50 – Contests&Judging-Warren
11:00 – Events -Bill P
11:10 – Marketing&PR -Erik
11:20 – Music&Performance -Bill A
11:30 – Youth&Outreach -Kenneth
11:40 – ‘Down Our Way’ -Nick
11:45 – LUNCH Recess
12:45 – Goals & Projects Status Review -Paul
13:15 – Breakout Session – 2021 Goals Setting
Academics, Support & Communication Team – Bev, Mike, Richard, Seth, Steve
Events, Contests & Marketing Team – Bill, Erik, Kenneth, Ted
Music & Youth Team – Bill, Kenneth, MIchael A, Nick
14:15 – 2021 Goals Report & Review
14:45 – New Business
Society Board Nominees
15:00 – ‘Keep the Whole World Singing”. Adjourn.

Officers, please submit your written report/outline to secretary@carolinasdistrict.org by Wednesday of this week. Richard will in turn send them out on Thursday. This is especially important for those of you who will not be able to attend.

Leadership Academy 2020
2020-02-01 09:00 - 16:00 | Richmond Community College, 1042 West Hamlet Avenue, Hamlet, NC, 28345, United States
Richmond Community College
1042 W Hamlet Ave, Hamlet, NC 28345
We have some new, exciting tracks available for the day, plus come for the latest information and training on your current (or anticipated) Leadership position. It’s “Everything You Need to Know” for your chorus leadership in 2020. And then some.
WORDPLAY, our District Quartet Champs, will be there teaching too! So for those without a formal BoD title, we want you to come and enjoy too!

Question:
Wondering WHY you should spend your Saturday in Hamlet, NC at our 2020 Leadership Academy?
Answers:
• Leadership Training for Everyone
• Quartetting Up-Close with Wordplay
• Panel Discussion to answer your BIG Questions.
• Talk about Strategy and Succession Planning
• PoleCats
• BBQ and fried chicken
• And More!
Know you are all welcome, and bring someone new with you! You will learn more than you imagined, and will share the day with caring barbershoppers from the Carolinas district.

Mount Pleasant Chapter Show
2019-12-14 13:30 - 15:00 | Daniel Point Retirement Community
Palmetto Vocal Project Christmas Show
w/ Guest Quartets: Charleston Standard & Southern Transfer

NSC Board of Directors Meeting
2019-12-14 09:30
Due to several schedule conflicts, the Board of Directors meeting is rescheduled to January 4, 2020.
