Archives October 2025

Arlene Newman Visitation Reset

Cliff has let us know that the visitation is now set for Thursday, Nov. 6 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. We will sing two songs about 6 p.m. The visitation is at Teahen Funeral Home, 3100 F Ave. NW. The obituary and service information is available here.

Performance time for November 11

We have been asked if we can sing at the Views at 11:00. Please look at your calendars and let us know on Tuesday. 

Rehearsal Plan for Tuesday 

Chorus songs for Gospel Concert (in order)

• There’s A Meetin’ Here Tonight
• Daddy Sang Bass
• Church Bells
• Gospel Medley
• You Raise Me Up
• Armed Forces Medley
• Irish Blessingplus
• Love Letters

Upcoming Events

• November 6 – Arlene Newman visitation sing-out
• November 11 – Sing-out at The Views of Cedar Rapids, 11:00 a.m.
• November 14 – Best of Cedar Rapids Gospel Concert, 7 p.m.
• April 10-11, 2026 – CSD Spring Convention
• April 18, 2026 (Saturday) – Spring Show 3 p.m.

Rehearsal Plan for Tuesday 

Chorus songs for Gospel Concert (in order)

• Love Letters (sectionals)
• There’s A Meetin’ Here Tonight
• Daddy Sang Bass
• Church Bells
• Gospel Medley
• You Raise Me Up
• Armed Forces Medley
• Irish Blessing

Upcoming Events

• November 11 – Sing-out at The Views of Cedar Rapids, time TBD
• November 14 – Best of Cedar Rapids Gospel Concert, 7 p.m.
• April 10-11, 2026 – CSD Spring Convention
• April 18, 2026 (Saturday) – Spring Show 3 p.m.

Fall Convention starts today 

The CSD Fall Convention is this weekend. Here is the text from an email you should have received about watching using a live stream.

The Central States District is using a new live stream company for the upcoming convention and it is now available to register on singcsd.com. The cost is $5/session or $10 for the whole weekend. As our DRCJ Carter Combs says, this is going to be one “barn-burner of a convention” and the live stream is one way that YOU can share barbershop with our community. Additionally, the link to contest queue is also live on singcsd.com. This is a web-based app that shows the order of appearance for the contests in real-time.

You can see the quartet No White Socks competes on Friday about 6:32 and the Old Capitol Chorus on Saturday morning at about 10:33. There will be a lot of great choruses and quartets competing, so you will get your money’s worth.

Election of officers was held last Tuesday night

Thank you to the officers who have stepped up to provide leadership for the chorus for the coming year:

• Gary Lindsay, President
• Larry Hlavacek, Past President, VP Music
• Al Huneke, Treasurer
• Darrel Herschberger, Secretary
• Jack Ray, VP Membership & Chapter Development
• Mary Huneke, VP Marketing & PR
• Tom Read, VP Program
• Lee Freie, Member-at-large
• Tom Zuber, Member-at-large

Rehearsal Plan for Tuesday 

Chorus songs for Gospel Concert (in order)

• There’s A Meetin’ Here Tonight
• Daddy Sang Bass
• Church Bells
• Gospel Medley
• You Raise Me Up
• Armed Forces Medley
• Irish Blessing
• Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

• October 9-12 – CSD Fall Convention
• November 11 – Sing-out at The Views of Cedar Rapids, time TBD
• November 14 – Best of Cedar Rapids Gospel Concert, 7 p.m.
• April 10-11, 2026 – CSD Spring Convention
• April 18, 2026 (Saturday) – Spring Show 3 p.m.