Harmony Hawks Chorus

Special Recognition:

Congratulations to Tom Read for his renewal and 53 years of membership!

Tom Read accepts his membership renewal and a handshake from Secretary Darrel Herschberger at rehearsal Aug. 11, 2026. Tom had been a member of the chorus and the Barbershop Harmony Society for 53 years.

Review from tonight:

• Good work tonight on the church songs for this weekend. After a little work, both “It Is Well with My Soul” and “An Irish Blessing” sounded really good.
• Also all sections are singing with good unity of sound. The tenor section has made great strides in this respect.

Lead sectional next Tuesday, 6 -6:25 p.m.

The sectionals were helpful, and we are adding a 6 p.m. sectional for leads this week. Please try to attend.

Special home preparation this week:

Listen to the “Yes, Indeed” learning tracks, which are of excellent quality. Listen 3 to 5 times while reading your music; then sing along at least three times.

For next Tuesday

• “Yes, Indeed”
• “I Asked the Lord”
• “Operator” (No learning track available, but watching and singing to this will be helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WX87MLNAOs
• “Star Spangled Banner”
• “Armed Forces Medley”
• “Follow the Flag”

Upcoming Events

• Sing for St. Paul’s, Sunday, Aug. 16, 9 a.m. service; call time 8:15 music center. Dress: blue polos, black pants, etc.
• Golf Outing, Friday, Aug. 28, Twin Pines Golf Course, 3:30 with dinner following.
• Honor Flight Orientations, Sunday, Aug. 23, 12 and 3 p.m. at The Hotel at Kirkwood; Dress: Red shirts, white ties, black pants, etc.
• Friday, August 28 – Golf Outing Golf Outing, Twin Pines Golf Course, 3:30 with dinner following.
• Friday, November 6 – Gospel Concert
• Family Picnic – TBD (looking at February)

Rehearsal highlights:

• Good run-throughs of “Star-Spangled Banner,” “Armed Forces Medley,” and “I Believe.”
• We spent quite a bit of time introducing “Operator,” the old gospel hit song, and it was very fun. We’re looking at that as a possible Gospel Concert Song. To get an idea of the possibilities of this song, see this You Tube link.
• We also spent a good amount of time with “Yes, Indeed” last sung on the Gospel Concert by a VLQ several years ago. This is where you can commit practice time this week. Listen to the learning tracks and sing it several times. We’d like to consider it for the GC, but we’ll need to work hard on it between now and November.

For next Tuesday

• “It is Well with My Soul”
• “An Irish Blessing”
• “Yes, Indeed,” sectionals
• “Yes, Indeed” chorus
• “I Asked the Lord”
• “Operator”

Upcoming Events

• Sing for St. Paul’s, Sunday, Aug. 16, 9 a.m. service; call time 8:15 music center. Dress: blue polos, black pants, etc. Golf Outing, Friday, Aug. 28, Twin Pines Golf Course, 3:30 with dinner following.
• Honor Flight Orientations, Sunday, Aug. 23, 12 and 3 p.m. at The Hotel at Kirkwood; Dress: Red shirts, white ties, black pants, etc.
• Friday, August 28 – Golf Outing Golf Outing, Twin Pines Golf Course, 3:30 with dinner following.
• Friday, November 6 – Gospel Concert
• Family Picnic – TBD (looking at February)

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Tonight’s recap

• Star-Spangled Banner – Chad changed the end for everyone but the tenors. Ask someone from your part what they are, or be at rehearsal next week
• Hallelujah – In chorus 3, keep the consonants open. For example, measure 31: I did my beh—stit wasn’t mu—chI couldn’t. 
• Armed Forces Medley – review the tag.

Songs for the week

• “Star-Spangled Banner”
• “Armed Forces Medley”
• “I Believe”
• “It Is Well With My Soul”
• “An Irish Blessing”
• “I Asked The Lord”
• “Yes, Indeed”
• “Operator” – Chad will bring to sing a new song

Golf Outing

• Friday, August 28
• 3:30 PM first tee time
• Twin Pines Golf Course (3800 42nd St NE)
• Cost:
  • $28 seniors
  • $31 everyone else
• Daisy’s Garage following (5240 Edgewood Rd NE) (near Hy-Vee)
• Sign Up NOW – send Larry Hlavacek (larry.hlavacek@gmail.com) an email or sign up at rehearsals

Upcoming Events

• Sing for St. Paul’s, Sunday, Aug. 16, 9 a.m. service; call time 8:15 music center. Dress: blue polos, black pants, etc.
• Honor Flight Orientations, Sunday, Aug. 23, 12 and 3 p.m. at The Hotel at Kirkwood; Dress: Red shirts, white ties, black pants, etc.
• Golf Outing, Friday, Aug. 28, Twin Pines Golf Course, 3:30 with dinner following.
• Friday, November 6 – Gospel Concert
• Family Picnic – TBD (looking at February)

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