The Acorn – July 9, 2025 – OCS Weekly News

Type of post: Chorus news item
Sub-type: The Acorn
Posted By: Evie Snapp
Status: Current
Date Posted: Wed, Jul 9 2025
The Acorn – July 9, 2025 – OCS Weekly News

1. High Notes
  • July 7:  Welcome to our many new guests and returning friends! Great to meet Alexander, Andy, Annie, Brandon, Briana, Donald, Kara, and Tiffany.
    • We hope to see you next week! If you’d like to keep singing with us, we can give you access to the learning tracks we use.  
  • Coaching Session request is being pushed further out due to the International slowing down communications and also to allow our new attendees/members more time to get used to the chorus before we bring in a coach.
  • July 14 (Monday):  Regular rehearsal @ The Templeton (our summer location).
    • Usual times: 6:45p for Mixed, 8pm business, and 8:15p Men’s.
  • July 17 (Next Thursday) – Fundraiser: Panda Express (all day/nationwide!).
    • Code is 9003971. You MUST order online/through the app and use the code!
    • Go for lunch or dinner or both. This works at ANY location around the US.
    • OCS gets 28% back!!
  • July 21 – Confirmed performance at The Overture in Cary!
    • New singers are welcome to come and watch.
2. Overtures
  • July 28 (Monday) – Fundraiser & Social!  Chick-fil-A @ Waverly Place, 4p-7p (just a block from The Templeton). This location ONLY. Must order in the APP ONLY (but can drive through, pickup or eat inside). CFA will also send a message to app users, hopefully adding additional orders. We will earn 10% during our time block. Let's make this a chorus social and meet for dinner before our rehearsal!
  • Save the Date:   Oct. 17 (Friday) – Oak City Sound’s 50th Anniversary Celebration. Crabtree Park. Tentative times: 4p – 8p. More details soon!
  • LET GARY KNOW your availability for the DATES for N.C. State Home Game Concessions – We passed around a paper sheet on Monday, but not everyone was there in person. Reminder: This is our KEY fundraiser for the year! Please check your schedules to see if you can commit to AT LEAST one or two games. To work the game, you will need to complete an online training ahead of time. (For newbies, see a board member for more details.)
    • Aug. 28 (Thurs), 7pm
    • Sept. 6 (Sat), 12 pm noon
    • Sept. 27 (Sat), time TBD
    • Oct. 4 (Sat), time TBD
    • Nov. 1 (Sat), time TBD
    • Nov. 21 (Sat), 8pm
    • Nov. 29 (Sat), time TBD
  • Meetup Group – Remember to RSVP for each rehearsal and afterward, RATE us on Meetup. We are listed under Oak City Sound or “Raleigh Area A Cappella Singing Meetup Group.”
  • Fundraiser or Concert Suggestions? – Contact a member of the board and let us know.

3. Carol's Cadence
  • I hope the review of how barbershop harmony works was helpful for everyone!
  • What a night!! 5 returning guests (counting Percy as a guest, though he's quickly becoming a regular!) and 8 FIRST TIMERS!! Holy Moly!! With nearly 40 singers in the room, Heater Hall was HOT!! (literally and figuratively)
  • Let's keep riding this wave and growing our chapter!
  • Keep working on our newest songs so we can add them in our later summer performances.
  • Enjoy the sound we are making together while remembering to avoid singing louder than beautiful!
  • Get ready for Christmas in July. We will start on some of our holiday music on July 28 - right after we all fill up on Chick-Fil-A!
  • For REHEARSAL this Monday, July 14:
    • MIXED
    • Hey Good Lookin’
    • I Didn’t Want to Fall
    • What a Wonderful World
    • I Only Have Eyes for You
    • Lion Sleeps Tonight
    • You’ve Got a Friend in Me
    • MEN’S
    • Happy Together
    • All songs on the program for July 21 (see below)
  • For PERFORMANCE on July 21 (at Overture Cary):
    • You've Got a Friend in Me - Mixed
    • I Only Have Eyes for You - Mixed
    • Lazy Day - Men
    • 59th Street Bridge Song - Men
    • Yesterday - Men
    • Quartet #1 – who has something to sing?
    • Almost Like Being in Love - Men
    • Over the Rainbow - Men 
    • Desperado - Men
    • Two Less Lonely People - Men
    • Quartet #2 – who has something to sing?
    • I Didn't Want to Fall - Mixed
    • What a Wonderful World - Mixed
    • Lion Sleeps Tonight - Mixed
    • I Didn’t Want to Fall

4. Accelerando
  • CONFIRMED! July 21 (Mon): The Overture (Cary)
  • UPDATED Aug 25 (Mon), 7pm: The Cardinal
  • Sept. 15 (Mon), 7pm: The Oaks at Whitaker Glen
  • Nov. 10 (Mon): CONFIRMED for The Forest at Duke
  • December 1 (Mon): Whispering Pines
  • December 8 (Mon): The Cardinal
  • December 15 (Mon), 7pm: Springmoor
  • December 16 (Tuesday): Holiday Show (public concert) – Halle Cultural Arts Center (downtown Apex)
  • December 22 (Mon), 7pm: Waltonwood (Lake Boone Trail)

5. In Harmony  (Around the BHS World)
  • Upcoming events:
  • July 18 – 20:  Lakeside Harmony Weekend, Furman University, Greenville, S.C. Registration still open! https://lakesideharmony.org/
    • Larry Hill, Paul Martin, Ashley Vernon, and Sean Li are going!
  • July 27 – Aug 3:  BHS Harmony University, Denver, Colorado.  
  • Jan 13 – 18, 2026:  BHS Midwinter, Pasadena, California.
  • March 20 – 21, 2026:  Carolinas District Convention & Contest (2026), Location TBD
  • June 28 – July 5, 2026: BHS International (2026) – St. Louis, Missouri.
  • Future International locations: 2027 – Minneapolis, MN; 2028 – Chicago, Ill.; 2029 – San Antonio, Texas

6. Major & Minor Moods
Please send our friends your prayers & best wishes!
  • Want another way to get BHS news? Search for channels or discussion groups on social media. Our district is under “Carolinas Barbershop Harmony” on Facebook.
    • Though not an official channel nor an official OCS recommendation, Evie recommends checking out “Let’s talk (barber)shop” on Facebook. There are some big name barbershoppers on there!
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