Meet Alex Kuen a great singer who sings Lead with the Heralds. He is a featured solist with the Heralds and he was honored this past summer to sing the National Anthem for the Rays. Way to go Alex and way to go United States Navy.
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Easy Street is having a great year with winning the Seniors District Championship this past April and then followed with winning the Sunshine District International Preliminary this past weekend. They have earned the right to represent our district at the Mid-winter convention, January 21st in San Antonio, Texas. These guys are totally on a roll and will be even better when the Mid-winter contest gets here. Paul Carter sings Tenor, Dave Cross on Lead, Bryan Hevel on Bass, and Charlie Nelson on Baritone, all are very experienced barbershoppers. We are proud you are Heralds.
Way to go Windsor Quartet! These four Sweet Adelines just finished second in the International Contest in Las Vegas and have a special place with the Heralds as they performed on our USF and Palladium Encore 16 shows. Ashley, lead of the quartet, is particulaly special as she is the wife of Christian Expinoza, a super singer in our Lead Section. At our rehearsal just after the contest, Christian had a springy step (strut even) as he walked to his spot on the risers, no doubt that he was pleased with Windsor. And, so are the Heralds.
Congratulations to Joseph De Rosa for being selected as September's Barbershopper of the Month. The Board chose Joseph as he has shown a high level of skill in his individual solo and acting performances on this year's shows culiminating with our latest September show. Joseph is the youngest member to receive the award at just age 13. The Heralds look forward to many more years of Joseph's contributions.
Over the years, the Heralds have been blessed with parents and siblings sharing their family time as members of the Heralds. Our 'History' has examples, not only of father and son/s but also grandfathers and brothers. In the beginning, two brothers, Sam and Fred Breedon, were members of the original charter in May 1945. And, this has continued throughout our history. This causes a family reunion each week at rehearsal and they are sometimes joined by their spouses and girlfriends.
Here are some of our current father and son combinations:
The annual Youth Harmony Workshop was held at the Van Dyke Church in Lakeshore, Fl. on Friday, October 14. And, what a fun time for over 300 Hillsborough middle and high schools from over 18 schools. The students had a wonderful experience in meeting other singers from other schools, forming two choruses - one each for boys and girls, learning new music, eating pizza for lunch, and then performing at an afternoon show.
The Heralds are grateful to Kevin for his sound set-up, engineering, and recording of our upcoming CD. Thank you Kevin.
Barbershopper of the Month for July 2016
Brian is not only our hard working secretary but he also carries the primary responsibility for providing our rehearsal videos in a timely fashion.
The latest recipient of this prestigious award is Paul Stiles. He was recognized for achieving the qualities of the award which are:
* Applying the knowledge from our Director for the betterment of your performance
* Being prepared with your music and choreography
* Commitment to plan and attend rehearsals and chorus performances
* Continued dedication to our Chapter goals and programs
