1. High Notes

• Feb 5: Our first meeting in our new location at Glenaire Retirement Village. We had 22 singers, which is a new post-pandemic record! We had Mike Stehlik, long-time barbershopper and former member of RTP, from Florence, SC visiting. Great to see Mike again.
• Feb 12 (Monday): Regular weekly meeting at our new (regular) location and our usual time. 
  • 6:30: Mixed Chorus. Please prep on both songs. Tracks and scores are available on the web site.
  • 7:45: Men's chorus rehearsal. Please prep on the following songs:
    • Honesty 
    • Yesterday 
    • Almost Like Being in Love
    • Lazy Day
    • Over the Rainbow
    • Two Less Lonely People
• Valentine's Day is coming up! February 12, 13, and 14 (Monday through Wednesday.) Direct people to our web site (OakCitySound.org) to order a Singing Valentine. 
• Register now for the Carolinas District Convention, to be held in Southern Pines NC on April 19 to 20, 2024. Go to https://www.tickettailor.com/events/carolinasdistrictbarbershopharmonysociety/1134374#  
  • Click on the Big Purple Box in the upper right to register. If you are going to compete with us, you must purchase a Full Registration (early Bird).
  • LInks to reserve a hotel room are on the same page. 

2. Carol's Korner

The Mixed Chorus is already sounding great! It is clear that many of you are working on your music between rehearsals. Let’s work toward getting off of the paper in the next few weeks.
Men, you made some FANTASTIC changes this week that will really help us sing as a group, express our music, and ring some chords. Keep practicing with your index fingers on each side of your mouth to stay aware of when you are wanting to go wide instead of tall with our vowel and consonant shapes. If we sing everything tall, unified vowels will be much more frequent.
 

3. Future Notes

• March 18 (Monday) 6pm: Oak City Sound in Concert at The Cypress of Raleigh, 8801 Cypress Lakes Dr, Raleigh, NC  27615. 

4. Long Range

• April 19 to 21: Carolinas District Convention in Pinehurst NC. Quartets will compete on Friday evening. The Mixed and the Men's Choruses will compete, separately, on Saturday! So far, we know that Oak City Sound's 7th Dimension Quartet will be competing on Friday night. Any other quartets?

5. Champagne Room

• Congrats to Oak City Sound: we set a post-pandemic record on Feb 5 for the number of singers! Keep inviting good singers to come and try us out.