Useful info and links at the bottom of the page
Important News:
- By now you should be able to sing the first 8 songs at a run-through, and be working on the final 4.
- Run-Throughs: we've been having trouble with forming complete quartets at run-throughs. but they are the best possible mechanism for becoming prepared, and for improving the preparedness of others. Please make every effort to attend any run-through that you can.
- Travel logistics assistance: every year, NEHB does its very best to provide free rides to and from the airports for our out-of-town visitors. We will be doing so again. There are two forms for transportation information: Rides To The Rally, Rides Home From The Rally. Please fill them out as best you can. (When we get close to the rally, we will be asking people to assist with rides, but that can wait.)
- We've previously shared a document on basic quartet singing techniques - here is the Intermediate document.
- Reminders:
- If you are a new or returning attendee and want a sponsor assigned to you, someone who can help you prepare better or answer your questions, please ask.
- Additional part learning tracks are available for your personal use only. $20 per part, contact our Treasurer to purchase.
- Attend and host run-throughs - please attend or host. We are now on songs 1-8. To schedule a run-through, email Rob Sheridan. You can access the calendar on the web, add it to your own online calendar or find it on the NEHB web site.
- Current members - a reminder that to retain your membership you must have a current BHS membership and you must also attend at least every other year. Memberships expire after the second consecutive failure to attend. Future members - if this is your second consecutive NEHB you can apply for membership during the rally via a recorded audition. More details coming down the road.
Grow Old With You
Music and Lyrics by Adam Sandler and Tim Herlihy
Arranged by Kohl Kitzmiller
This is a lovely, singable and simple tune, penned by Adam Sandler. Sandler has been a successful actor, screenwriter, and songwriter. (You may have heard his “The Hanukkah Song”.)
Sandler is a local guy, raised in New Hampshire. He eventually made his way to Hollywood and New York where his meteoric rise began. You’ve seen him in comedies, serious films, Disney films, and on and on. (My favorite movie of his is Big Daddy.).
SPOILER for The Wedding Singer....
This song is from the film The Wedding Singer. It was a very popular rom-com. The story is the classic “two people meet-cute, they are engaged to the wrong person and slowly fall in love”. This song is part of a “big reveal” on an airplane where Sandler’s character surprises his love interest as she flies to finally reconcile with her fiance. Of course, it makes for a happy ending for the two of them. (The movie scene also includes a cameo by Billy Idol.) The movie was turned into a stage play (with a Broadway cast album).
The song is a classic AABA construction, deliberately simple and homespun, relying on concrete references and declarations of love. It’s a Jersey guy and his girl. He likes her, she likes him. It’s nice.
VIDEO LINKS
Voiceplay does a nice cover with a strong beat and some extra licks
Some guy sang it to his wife at their wedding - it’s cute
OC Times - because they do it well.
Useful Info And Links
- The Preparedness Blog
- Geomap of participants
- Our Guest Quartet and Judges will be Rooftop Records! Get to know them on Facebook, their website, or their most recent performance at the SUN District this spring.
- The New England Harmony Brigade Home Page
- The NEHB Application Page
- A Video Retrospective of the 2018 Rally (credit Jim Schumacher)
- Getting Rides To The Rally, Rides Home From The Rally.
- Run-throughs
- Volunteer by sending email to Rob Sheridan
- See the calendar on the NEHB web site
- Add the calendar to your own.
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