The Hawkseye 

June 2006 - page 9

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New Day, a new Harmony Hawk quartet, performs at the start of the second half of the show. Photo courtesy of Gary and Vicki Owens. 

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Downstate Express, the 2004 International Senior Quartet Champions, entertains the crowd with "Tiger Rag." Photo courtesy of Gary and Vicki Owens. 

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The Harmony Hawks perform "Swimmin' Hole with a Fishin' Pole."  Photo courtesy of Gary and Vicki Owens. 
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The Harmony Hawks, Downstate Express, and the actors take their curtain calls at the finale of the show. Photo courtesy of Gary and Vicki Owens. 

Answers to Barbershop History Quiz:

1- Singers from seven states competed on June 2-3, 1939, in Tulsa, OK. The registration fee was $3.00 per quartet.

2- Rupert I. Hall

3- Fifty dollars

4- Frank H. Thorne, who sang bass with the 1942 international champs, the Elastic Four

5- During Phil Embury's two-term presidency, 1944-1946, society membership grew 270 percent from 4,490 to 12,056; the number of chapters increased 249 percent from 96 to 239. 

Hawkseye Heroes

The following people have kindly contributed to the June  2006 issue of the HawkseyeBuzz Brown, Toban Dvoretzky, Jim Erbe, Allan Harms, Bob Kerdus, Jerry Kilgore, Gary and Vicki Owens, Mark Potter, J. Mark Roberts, and Sean Smith


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