<!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> <h2>Next meeting</h2> <h2><span style="font-weight: normal;">Valentines music preparation, a patriotic number and Swing Low. &nbsp;Impromptu quartet and double quartet practice - come prepared to sing and enjoy.</span><br> </h2> <big><br> <big style="font-weight: bold;">Next Performance</big><br> The chapter will perform at the Senior Follies on March 11 at the Polsky Theater on the campus of Johnson County Community College, 2 pm.</big> <h2>News Blog</h2> &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 2012</a> <p>Valentine's Day will soon be here. <a href="/valentine.html">Order your Singing Valentine NOW!</a> It comes complete with a quartet, a rose, a box of candy and a card. February 11 - 14, 2012. You can reserve your Valentine by emailing <a href="mailto:valentines@trailswestbarbershoppers.com">valentines@trailswestbarbershoppers.com</a>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.trailswestbarbershoppers.com/valentine.html"><br> Read more</a></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="http://www.centralstatesdistrict.com/serenades/2012FebruaryVol59No1_color.pdf">Feb 2012 Serenade Magazine</a></li> <li><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PBMqoUMIvKzeiQ1C6Cn_pGFF23vhmM72wxxlZdKNar8/edit?hl=en_US#">Grapevine (Central States newsletter)</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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