<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en"><head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title>Trails West Barbershop Chorus : Trails West Barbershop Chorus : Welcome!</title> <link href="/blog/atom.xml" rel="alternate" title="Trails West Barbershop Chorus" type="application/atom+xml"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/media/css/default.css" type="text/css" media="screen" charset="utf-8"> <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.2.6/jquery.min.js"></script></head> <body> <div id="menu"> <!-- <ul> --><!-- <li><a href="#" accesskey="1" title="">Blog</a></li> --><!-- <li class="active"><a href="#" accesskey="2" title="">Photos</a></li> --><!-- <li><a href="#" accesskey="3" title="">Links</a></li> --><!-- <li><a href="#" accesskey="4" title="">About</a></li> --><!-- <li><a href="#" accesskey="5" title="">Contact</a></li> --><!-- </ul> --></div> <div id="header"> <h1>Trails West Barbershop Chorus</h1> <h2>Located in Olathe, Kansas</h2> </div> <div id="wrapper"> <div id="content"><!-- <ul class="breadcrumbs"> <li> <a href="/valentine.html">Trails West Barbershop Chorus</a> </li> </ul> --> <div id="posts"> <h1>Welcome!</h1> <br> <p>We are the largest Men s Chorus in Olathe and we would like you to join us. You can find us at any of our upcoming events:</p> <iframe src="https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=q74q5s0a21jvj8dr6peng7jkak%40group.calendar.google.com&amp;ctz=America/Chicago" height="300" width="100%">The calendar is not supported by your browser.</iframe> <h2><br> </h2><big>Meeting notes 4/24/2012<br>Well, we had another good evening of singing and fellowship.&nbsp;<br>Attendance<br>Tenors--4<br>Leads-- 8<br>Baritone-- 4<br>Bass  8<br>24 plus Randy<br>&nbsp;<br>Welcome to our newest visitor: <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dallas Hainline<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;and welcome back to George West<br>&nbsp;<br>We started out with The Old Songs and Down our Way<br>Worked through--<br>Lida Rose<br>God Bless America<br>Cohen Medley<br>Over the Rainbow<br>Always<br>&nbsp;<br>Impromptu Quartet&nbsp;sang Sweet and Lovely<br>&nbsp;<br>Second Portion of evening--<br>Polecat Songs<br>National Anthem<br>It's a Grand Night for Singing<br>Darkness in the Delta<br>Keep America Singing<br>&nbsp;<br>Announcements: <br>Dale reminded us of the June program dates. T Bones and Olathe Arts Festival.<br>&nbsp;<br>Society renewal letters were presented to Bill Dodds, Byron Stephens and Jerry Beach<br>&nbsp;<br>Membership information  Volunteers were recruited to help with Operation Harold Hill programs we selected to pursue. Those volunteering were Bert Doll, Bill Dodds, Rob McWilliams, and Jim Silvers. Thanks guys. I will be contacting you soon on what we are doing. <br>&nbsp;<br>Director s corner:<br>Dates for our Fall Concert are not finalized yet, but will be one of the last two weekends of October or the first weekend of November, so please hold them open.&nbsp; Fall show will include Cohen Medley, Over the Rainbow, Grand Night for Singing, High Hopes, and some others.<br>&nbsp;<br><br></big> <h2>News Blog</h2> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<big><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); text-decoration: underline;"> January - February 2012<br> </span></big> <div style="margin-left: 40px;">&nbsp;Valentine's Day, our own National Holiday, was observed by singing good cheer and Valentine greetings all over the metro area. &nbsp;Many thanks to our chairman, Earl &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Martin, for his persistent and timely efforts to coordinate, promote, schedule and perform over this terrfic holiday event. &nbsp;Special thanks to all who worked so hard to put this event together and especially to those who contributed by way of purchasing our Valentines - all the way from Powell Gardens to DeSoto.<br> </div> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<big> </big><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><big>December 2011</big><br> </span></span> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">We have had a busy December, with appearances at the Mayor's Winterfest in Olathe, the Sportsmen's Club in Spring Hill, Vintage Park Nursing home, the Olathe Optimists, &nbsp;Redeemer Lutheran Church,&nbsp;Salvation Army Bell Ringing, Good Samaritan Nursing Home and the Gardner Lions Club. &nbsp;This was our busiest holiday season ever. &nbsp;Many thanks to our director Randy Schott for being with us for so many of these performances. &nbsp;Merry Christmas!</p> <ul> <li> <a href="#">11th Annual Fall Show: Heart</a> <p>The chapter hosted its 11th annual fall show entitled  Heart . The chorus&nbsp;featured inspiring songs including  Ya Gotta Have Heart ,  Always as well as some other looks at the theme like  Hard-Hearted Hanna and  Your Cheatin' Heart . The feature quartet was the  The Noise Boys , a district award winner in the Barbershop Harmony Society annual competition. Look us up next year&nbsp;and enjoy the inspiration and the hilarious comedy..</p> <p> Performances were held at 2:00 and 7:30 pm on October 1, 2011,&nbsp;at the Bell Cultural Events Center on the MidAmerican Nazarene University Campus. Located at 2030 E. College Way in Olathe, the Bell Center is one of the top performance venues in the entire city.&nbsp; </p> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/2011/valentine.html">Valentine 2013</a> <p>Valentine's Day will soon be here in a year. Be thinking about who and when for next Valentines. &nbsp;It makes for the most memorable Valentine you can give. &nbsp;It comes complete with a quartet, a rose, a box of candy and a card.&nbsp;</p> </li> <li> <a href="/blog/2009/ring_and_sing.html">Ring and Sing</a> <p>The Barbershoppers "Sang and Rang the Bell" for Salvation Army at the Walmart at K-7 and Santa Fe in Olathe on Saturday, December 12th, spreading holiday cheer with Chrismas&nbsp;carols.</p> <a href="/blog/2009/ring_and_sing.html">Read more</a> </li> </ul> <p>Please use the links at the top of each page to explore our web site and we hope you ll visit us in person. <a href="mailto:inquiries@trailswestbarbershoppers.com">Send us an email</a></p> <h2 id="q_where_did_barbershop_originate">Q. Where did barbershop originate?</h2> <p>A. Barbershop is a uniquely American music style/art form, created at the turn of the century by ear harmonizers, or  woodshedders, who sang without benefit of printed arrangements. It is largely the old songs because the kinds of melodies that are best adapted to the style are those written in the heyday of Tin Pan Alley, from 1890 to 1920. Most Vaudeville shows had a barbershop quartet, although the singers did not use that name.</p> </div> <div id="sitenav"> <ul> <li> <h2>Menu</h2> <ul> <li><a href="/valentine.html">Valentine's Day</a></li> <li><a href="/joinus.html">Join Us</a></li> <li><a href="/hireus.html">Hire Us</a></li> <li><a href="/aboutus.html">About Us</a></li> <li>Welcome!</li> </ul> </li> <li> <h2>Other Barbershopper Sites</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.barbershop.org/">Barbershop Harmony Society</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hoachorus.com/">Heart of America Chorus</a></li> <li><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PBMqoUMIvKzeiQ1C6Cn_pGFF23vhmM72wxxlZdKNar8/edit?hl=en_US#">Grapevine (Central States newsletter)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.barbershop.org/livewire/748-livewire-4-26-12.html">Livewire</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> <h2>Chapter Resources</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://trailswest.achievewith.us/learning_tracks/">Learning Tracks</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&amp;hl=en_US&amp;key=0AhiqERxSorifdHJIVDgwNFpBbFhWNGJtN1ZEdmtOMWc&amp;output=html">Current Repertoire</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;">&nbsp;</div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <p id="legal">Copyright © 2009 Trails West Barbershop Chorus. 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