THE POSTPONED 2023 BARBERSHOP HARMONY SHOW, “I BELIEVE IN MUSIC”, IS RESCHEDULED:
FRIDAY, JAN 26, 2024 IN LOS ALAMOS
SATURDAY, JAN 27, 2024 IN SANTA FE
“I Believe in Music” was postponed from October 20 and October 21, 2023 due to an outbreak of COVID. We apologize for the inconvenience to our friends in the audience. Both choruses are excited to perform after a three-year, COVID-induced absence. All previous ticket purchases are valid, or they can be refunded if desired by the purchaser. Thank you for your patience.
The Show: “I Believe in Music!”, Sharing Songs to Elevate the Spirit (The show program is outlined at the bottom of this page)
Presenters: The Los Alamos Lasses and Lads of Enchantment (LALOE) and The Santa Fe Harmonizers (SFH), both under the direction of Maurice Sheppard.
Special Guest Quartet: Sound Check (See below, beneath the Santa Fe Poster)
Ticket Prices: General Admission: $15; Students 15 and up $5.00; 14 and under: no charge.
TICKET PROCUREMENT: Advance Tickets can be purchased from LALOE or SHF members for the respective shows in Los Alamos and Santa Fe, they can be procured by telephoning the numbers listed below, or they can be purchased online from eventbrite at the URL’s listed below.
LOS ALAMOS SHOW (Friday Jan. 26, 2024) TICKETS Call 505-660-0484 or 505-672-9371, or click on the following URL for online purchase: https://bit.ly/3KpA4e7
SANTA FE SHOW (Saturday Jan 27, 2024) TICKETS Call 505-596-0350, or click on the following URL for online purchase: https://bit.ly/3rS6ck
NOTE: Online purchase of general admission tickets will have an approximate 12% surcharge, whereas there is no surcharge for student or youth tickets.
Tickets may also be purchased at the door on the night of the show.
LINK TO AN LA DAILY POST ARTICLE ABOUT THE SHOW: https://ladailypost.com/i-believe-in-music-with-lasses-and-lads-of-enchantment-barbershop-chorus-performs-oct-20-21/
Poster for the January 27, 2024 Santa Fe Show
Special Guest Quartet, “Sound Check”
Special Guest Quartet Sound Check is based in the Wasatch Front Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society. FYI: the Wasatch Front is a long narrow continuous urban area in north central Utah extending from the southern edge of Nephi to the northern edge of Brigham City. The area has a population of about 2.3 million and includes Provo, Salt Lake City and Ogden.
Sound Check’s members are experienced long-time barbershoppers and quartet singers who began singing together about three years ago. Mark Andromidas was the lead singer in four other quartets from the Wasatch Front during the last decade. Brothers Brian (bass) and Blair (baritone) Dowd began singing in quartets more than a decade ago when they lived in California, and tenor James Schofield is a veteran quartet singer in the Front and, previously, in Oregon of the Evergreen District.
Sound Check has excellent audience rapport and a nicely blended full sound, supported by their deep bass, Brian Dowd. They have performed at Temple Square and in numerous other venues in the Salt Lake City area, and they are medalists in Rocky Mountain District Quartet Competition. You can preview Sound Check at the links below.
SHOW PROGRAM
The first half of the show will be presented by the Lasses and Lads of Enchantment and the Santa Fe Harmonizers
I BELIEVE IN MUSIC Words and Music by Mac Davis. Arrangement by Joe Liles
CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT Words by Tim Rice Music by Elton John. Arrangement by June Dale
THIS IS MY COUNTRY Words by Don Raye, Music by Al Jacobs. Arrangement by Gene Cokeroft
YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE Words by Oscar Hammerstein II, Music by Richard Rodgers, Arrangement by Jon Nicholas
SFH chorus quartet: FRONT PORCH SINGERS Tenor: Marv Wetovsky; Lead: Lou Gavioli; Bass: Bill Clyde; Bari: Will Hobbs
LALOE chorus quartet: INFECTIOUS HARMONY Tenor: Maurice Sheppard; Lead: Jeremy Conlin; Bass: Dan Sheppard; Bari: Bear Schacht
ONLY YOU (AND YOU ALONE) Directed by Cora Harms, assistant director for SFH. Words and Music by Buck Ram and Ande Rand, Arrangement by Jim Kahlke
OVER THE RAINBOW Words by E. Y. Harburg, Music by Harold Arlen, Arrangement by Ed Waesche
THE 59TH STREET BRIDGE SONG (FELLIN’ GROOVY) Directed by Louise Mendius, assistant director of the LALOE, words and music by Paul Simon, Arrangement by Don Gray.
LALOE quartet; THREE NICE GUYS Tenor: Maurice Sheppard; Lead: Bear Schacht (for David Daniel); Bass: Dan Sheppard; Bari: Dick Heaton.
Intermission
15 minutes with refreshments in the lobby.
GUEST QUARTET PERFORMANCE
Conclusion of the Show featuring the SHF, the LALOE and Sound Check
I BELIEVE Words and Music by Ervin Drake, Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl, and Al Stillman, Arrangement by S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A
GOD BLESS AMERICA Words and Music by Irvin Berlin, Arrangement by Greg Lyne
THE IRISH BLESSING Traditional Song, Arrangement by Mel Knight
RIDE THE CHARIOT Traditional Spiritual. Arrangement by Barbershop Harmony Society
AFTERGLOW
Following the show in Los Alamos, you are invited to join the LALOE, the SFH and Sound check for a sandwich, refreshments, and more singing in the Gathering Room of Graves Hall. A small donation is requested to defray the cost of refreshments.
The Santa Fe Harmonizers will also have an Afterglow after the show in Santa Fe.