Harmony Hawks Chorus

Great Work last night

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 “”I Believe” 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.

Sectional – Bass 6:00 (“Yes, Indeed” & “I Asked the Lord”)

Honor Flight Singing

• Sunday, August 23
• Call Times: 11:15 a.m. AND 2:45 p.m.
• Programs Begin: 12:00 AND 3:00
• Singing
  • “Star Spangled Banner”
  • “Armed Forces Medley”
• Attire: Red shirt, white tie, black pants, black shoes

Golf Outing

• Friday, August 28
• 3:30 p.m. first tee time
• Twin Pines Golf Course (3800 42nd St NE)
• Cost:
  • $28 seniors
  • $31 everyone else
• Daisy’s Garage afterward (5240 Edgewood Rd NE-near Hy-Vee)
• Sign Up NOW

Tuesday Songs

• “Daddy Sang Bass”
• “I Asked The Lord”
• “I Believe”
• “It Is Well With My Soul”
• “Yes, Indeed”
• “You Raise Me Up”

Upcoming Events

• Golf Outing, Friday, Aug. 28, Twin Pines Golf Course, 3:30 with dinner following.
• Family Picnic TBD
• Friday, November 6 – Gospel Concert

Special Recognition:

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.

For next Tuesday

• “Yes, Indeed”
• “I Asked the Lord”
• “Operator” (No learning track available, but watching and singing to this will be helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WX87MLNAOs
• “Star Spangled Banner”
• “Armed Forces Medley”
• “Follow the Flag”

Upcoming Events

• Sing for St. Paul’s, Sunday, Aug. 16, 9 a.m. service; call time 8:15 music center. Dress: blue polos, black pants, etc.
• Golf Outing, Friday, Aug. 28, Twin Pines Golf Course, 3:30 with dinner following.
• Honor Flight Orientations, Sunday, Aug. 23, 12 and 3 p.m. at The Hotel at Kirkwood; Dress: Red shirts, white ties, black pants, etc.
• Friday, August 28 – Golf Outing Golf Outing, Twin Pines Golf Course, 3:30 with dinner following.
• Friday, November 6 – Gospel Concert
• Family Picnic – TBD (looking at February)

Rehearsal highlights:

• Good run-throughs of “Star-Spangled Banner,” “Armed Forces Medley,” and “I Believe.”
• We spent quite a bit of time introducing “Operator,” the old gospel hit song, and it was very fun. We’re looking at that as a possible Gospel Concert Song. To get an idea of the possibilities of this song, see this You Tube link.
• We also spent a good amount of time with “Yes, Indeed” last sung on the Gospel Concert by a VLQ several years ago. This is where you can commit practice time this week. Listen to the learning tracks and sing it several times. We’d like to consider it for the GC, but we’ll need to work hard on it between now and November.

For next Tuesday

• “It is Well with My Soul”
• “An Irish Blessing”
• “Yes, Indeed,” sectionals
• “Yes, Indeed” chorus
• “I Asked the Lord”
• “Operator”

Upcoming Events

• Sing for St. Paul’s, Sunday, Aug. 16, 9 a.m. service; call time 8:15 music center. Dress: blue polos, black pants, etc. Golf Outing, Friday, Aug. 28, Twin Pines Golf Course, 3:30 with dinner following.
• Honor Flight Orientations, Sunday, Aug. 23, 12 and 3 p.m. at The Hotel at Kirkwood; Dress: Red shirts, white ties, black pants, etc.
• Friday, August 28 – Golf Outing Golf Outing, Twin Pines Golf Course, 3:30 with dinner following.
• Friday, November 6 – Gospel Concert
• Family Picnic – TBD (looking at February)

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