BARBERSHOP HARMONY TODAY

By ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

MIDWINTER……     (NEW WORD TO ME) …..COMPETITION…RENO

FOLLOWING….  RANDOM THOUGHTS AND REACTIONS TO THE EVENT.

SENSATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT….YOUTH….WORLD CLASS….SENIORS.

AMONG THE TOP EVENTS COVERED BY LVEN …..NASCAR…PBR…AND CURLING RATE AT THE TOP OF  WORLD CLASS PRODUCTIONS…DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT….COMPETITION….MANAGEMENT…ON TIME STARTS AND PROVIDING SUPER ENTERTAINMENT…..THE BARBERSHOP HARMONY SOCIETY HAS BEEN ADDED TO THIS LIST.

SOME OF THE SINGING TODAY JUST BRINGS ME TO JOYFUL TEARS !

MUSIC SELECTION …WONDERFUL….OF COURSE IT WAS FRANKI VALLI WHO SAID 25 YEARS AGO…” ALL THE GREAT MUSIC HAS BEEN WRITTEN”…TRULY ILLUSTRATED HERE….NO NEW MUSIC…NO CURRENT NOISE …..NO BANG…NO DRUMS….LOVELY TO SEE TEENAGERS SINGING IRVING BERLIN AND COLE PORTER.

INTERESTING ON THURSDAY NIGHT AS I WENT TO THE PEPPERMILL IN RENO TO COVER THIS….I HIT THE TOP STEP OF THE SECOND FLOOR ARENA AND WAS BOMBARDED BY DRUMS AND HORNS…..THIS, AS I ENTERED THE BARBERSHOP ARENA LOBBY…..(IT CAME FROM A CASINO LOUNGE) ….THE AMBIENCE DID NOT SET THE MIND RIGHT FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL 3 HOURS OF SOUND.

THE ENTIRE EXPIERENCE A GREAT ILLUSTRATION OF THE CREATIVE ARTS.

NICE WHAT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE DO WITH GREAT LYRICS….CHOREOGRAPHY….TONE….MARRIAGE OF TUNES AND PERSONAL CREATIVE ADDITIONS.

HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE DEKE SHARON SAID….’THIS IS NOT COMPETITION…IT IS AN EXHIBITION OF SOUND”   NICE ALTHO IT IS COMPETITION…THERE ARE WINNERS AND RUNNERUPS….HOW WONDERFUL IS THIS GUY….NEVER HEARD OF HIM….MY LOSS….HE KNOWS EVERYTHING AND ADDED ON FRIDAY AS MC… MUSIC LESSON 101 AND MAYBE IN HIS CASE 1001….LOVE THE INSIGHT ON SOUND AND HISTORY.

SOUND IN THE ARENA….JUST PERFECT…

VIDEO ON THE BIG SCREENS…EXCELLENT QUALITY…..POORLY PRODUCED AS THE CAMERA OFTEN MISSED THE HIGHLIGHTED SINGER.

THE EVENT RUNS THRU SATURDAY AT THE PEPPERMILL IN RENO…A MUST SEE…RECOMMENDED TO THE WORLD.

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