BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com
THIS A MULTI INTERNATIONAL COMPETION AT THE MGM LAS VEGAS...ALL WEEK !
RECOMMENDED TO THE WORLD....A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE WORLDS BEST !
IN THE LAST MONTH TWO POLICE OFFICERS WERE KILLED IN LAS VEGAS AND I THOUGHT THERE WAS NO HOPE FOR THE WORLD.....TUESDAY I ATTENDED THE COLLEGE BARBERSHOP COMPETITION WITH YOUNG MEN FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND I NOW HAVE RENEWED HOPE IN MANKIND THAT THERE IS GOOD....THERE IS FELLOWSHIP....THERE IS TEAMWORK AND THERE IS HOPE FOR US ALL....THIS WAS SPECTACULAR !
FOLLOWING RANDOM THOUGHTS AND REACTIONS ABOUT THIS WEEKS EVENTS.
GREAT MANAGEMENT AND THEY STARTED ON TIME .....IF LONG.....CHORUS AND QUARTETS CONTINUE THRU THE WEEK ALONG WITH SEMINARS AND PROGRAMS AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE PURCHASES......
NICE SOUND SYSTEM AT THE MGM WITH THREE BIG HIGH DEF SCREENS....THEY WORKED FOR ALL BUT TWO OF THE 29 QUARTETS THAT SANG TUESDAY....ONLY ONE SOUND TIMEOUT....THEY MANAGED TO PUT A 17 MINUTE INTERMISSION IN A 5 HOUR PROGRAM WHICH HARDLY SEEMED NECESSARY IN A WAY TOO LONG PROGRAM...NEEDED TO BE TIGHTENED.
OF ALL THINGS A WOMAN WAS MC AND WAS INCAPABLE OF ENHANCING THE EVENT OR TIGHTENING IT UP.
MAYBE 15 JUDGES FOR THE QUARTETS AND AT THE END THEY GAVE THE TOP 5 NUMBER SCORES WITH "THE ACADEMY" FROM 4 COLLEGES ACHIEVING A... 1450ISH POINT SCORE...A 30ISH POINT VICTORY....WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW HOW THE SCORING WORKS....I THINK THE OFFICIATING WAS BETTER THAN THAT IN THE WORLD CUP !
I LIKED ALL 29 GROUPS SOME BETTER THAN OTHERS....LOTS OF NICE MUSIC...NO RAP AND ALWAYS A TREAT TO HEAR THE LYRICS RATHER THAN DRUMS IN ANY MUSIC EVENT.
SEEMS REGIONAL TO A DEGREE WITH LOTS OF NORTHWEST U S GROUPS...4 FROM SWEDEN.....LOTS FROM THE NORTHEAST AND THE SOUTH....QUITE A TRIP FROM NEW ZELAND ..THANKS FOR COMING.
NICE CROWD OF 5000ISH FOR THE OPENING EVENT.
GREAT AIR CONDITIONING IN THE VENUE...111 OUTSIDE!
THIS EVENT AND COMPETITION GOES ALL WEEK AND I DO TOO.....NEVER AGAIN IN MY LIFETIME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THIS.
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