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 Signup time for the
60TH Annual Central States Fall Convention –
Wichita, KS
by Chorus Manager – Buzz
Brown
For a number of the Harmony Hawks, the convention in
October is this year in Wichita, Kansas is a new experience,
The Central States District is made up of chapters in
Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and Kansas.
The Fall contest is normally held on the first weekend in
October at various sites within our district. Cedar Rapids has
hosted a number of these contests over the fifty-six year
history of the Cedar Rapids Iowa Chapter. The Quartet portion
of the Contest will be crowning the District Champion Quartet.
The competing choruses in the Fall contest are shooting for
the right to represent the District in Denver, Colorado next
4th of July week. St. Charles Chapter in Missouri
was the International Champion Chorus that was the last
Central States Chorus to win International.
As Chorus Manager, I will be handling the
registrations for members of the Hawks who are planning to
go to Wichita. There are registration forms in the center of
the last Central States Serenade which you should have
received in the mail recently. If you cannot locate your
Serenade, Larry Aspleaf has made copies of both the convention
registration form and the housing registration
form.
DO NOT SEND THESE FORMS IN ON YOUR OWN – BUT TURN
THEM ALL IN TO BUZZ BROWN. The registrations and hotel
requests will all be sent in electronically as a group.
The Chapter will be paying for your convention registration,
and if we are able to get the entire group registered before
September 15, we get a $5.00 discount on the fee we pay by
that date.
If you are bringing wife, children or friends with you to
Wichita, you will need to make a check payable to
Harmony Hawks for their fee. There are no individual
event tickets, and the fee you pay covers all competition
events, but not the Past District Champ show. That event is
part of the Super Registration for and additional $10.00 over
the regular $30.00 advance fee. This means that I need your
forms turned in to me on or before September
14th rehearsal.
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If you are a first time
convention attendee, you will get a free registration for
yourself. Others in your family pay the regular convention
fee. Additional information about the contest is also part
of the latest Serenade. The online version of the Serenade is
available at www.centralstatesdistrict.com.
Let’s all put for the effort necessary to do our very best at the
Contest. Remember, the Harmony Hawks haven’t been International
contenders since 1969. Let’s change that!
 Wow! A Guest night to
remember
Bob Kerdus, Chapter
Development
Thanks to everyone for a great guest night this past
Thursday!!! I don't know how many "visitors" we really had----they
were too numerous to count!! And a special thanks to Night
& Day quartet!! As far as "official"
guests that signed in, here's the recap:
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Alex Wisnousky----Joe's grandson, a Prairie 8th
grader involved in choir and show choir
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Jim Clover - our #1 Harmony Hawks fan!!
Guest
night continued on page 8
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