The bases met in sectional rehearsal tonight on “Operator” and “Yes, Indeed” and made good progress. All singers should continue to work on these two. The “Yes, Indeed” learning track is excellent, so hit that hard in your own practice time this week.
Photo of the week
Sunday, at the Hotel at Kirkwood, many of us ate brunch between performances. This is Codee, our server who asked for a song and was quite impressed with our serenade.
Songs for next week
“In My Room” We are OTM on this so review and be ready to roll
“Operator”
“Something”; also OTM so review
“Hallelujah”
“Yes, Indeed”
“I Asked the Lord”; new learning track coming soon
Golf Outing, Friday, Aug. 28, Twin Pines Golf Course, 3:30 with dinner following.
Family Picnic TBD
Aldrich Anniversary: Mary and Wendell are celebrating 60 years of marriage and Mary’s 80th Birthday with a reception / picnic and they have cordially invited us all. Mark your calendars, Saturday, September 5, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Atkins City Park, 320 2nd Ave., Atkins. Casual time with games, memories, shared and good picnic food.
Great work tonight on “Yes, Indeed” and “Operator”! As Chad said, work on “Yes, Indeed” often this week.
Kudos for Sunday
The Harmony Hawks sing “”It Is Well With My Soul” at St. Paul’s UMC, Sunday, Aug. 16
We received many “thank you”s for singing at St Paul’s United Methodist Church last Sunday. People said we sang better than we have in a long time. One person said that the congregation was moved by our singing, with some shedding tears. Thank you for making their service memorable!
Gospel Concert Committee volunteers needed
Gary Lindsay and Larry Hlavacek are leading the steering committee for the Gospel Concert this year and our work is well underway. We’ve expanded the committee a bit this year to include Mark Baumann of St. Paul’s and Storm Zeigler, the new coordinator for vocal music in the Cedar Rapids Community School. Larry and Gary had a productive meeting with Storm today, and he’s in support of including some top-quality young performers at the GC. Mark brings great knowledge of the area church music community to our committee.
We also need your contributions. If you’ve been on past GC committees, we need your experience. If you have not been on the committee before, this is your chance to get involved! Here is a great chance to step up to chorus leadership (and also include your spouse or SO if they’d choose).
Please let me know by text (319-721-0781) or email (glindsay711@mac.com) if you’d like to be part of the committee to help plan this year’s Gospel Concert.
Congratulations to Tom Read for his renewal and 53 years of membership!
Tom Read accepts his membership renewal and a handshake from Secretary Darrel Herschberger at rehearsal Aug. 11, 2026. Tom had been a member of the chorus and the Barbershop Harmony Society for 53 years.
Review from tonight:
Good work tonight on the church songs for this weekend. After a little work, both “It Is Well with My Soul” and “An Irish Blessing” sounded really good.
Also all sections are singing with good unity of sound. The tenor section has made great strides in this respect.
Lead sectional next Tuesday, 6 -6:25 p.m.
The sectionals were helpful, and we are adding a 6 p.m. sectional for leads this week. Please try to attend.
Special home preparation this week:
Listen to the “Yes, Indeed” learning tracks, which are of excellent quality. Listen 3 to 5 times while reading your music; then sing along at least three times.
