June 2005
Chris and Brandee are proud to announce that their family will be a little larger in the near future! A new bundle of joy will join the household by Christmas 2005.
No word on the sex of the baby yet, but if it is a boy, Peyton and Chris will then be ¾ of the way to a new quartet…3/5 of the way to a basketball team…3/11 of the way to a football team…Heck, they have more people than they need to be a world-class yacht captain. (WHAT IN THE WORLD DOES THAT MEAN???!!!) Congratulations to the Wood Family!
March 2005
A new web site and a new Domain (AfterThoughtQuartet.com) - all part of larger new happenings throughout the Barbershop Society.
Our Web Master
has done a nice job on this site. He said he'll do it for a song
- Literally! So, we're going to meet up with him in Salt Lake City,
Utah during the BHS International Convention in July. This site is
worthy of lots of singing, don't you think? This
is just fantastic! Thanks, Lyle!
January 2005
The Afterthought
A cappella Quartet announces the production of their first CD Recording “Same
Old Saturday Night” to be released in 2005. Many of your favorite
Afterthought songs will be on the recording, including “Goodnight
Little Boy of Mine”, the heart-warming “Tumble Down Shack
in Athlone”, the swinging favorite, “You’re Nobody
Till Somebody Loves You” and a variety of new tunes including
the haunting “Sweet Roses of Morn” and the contemporary
Van Morrison hit, “Moondance”, and many more!
Ask
how you can pre-order your copy in the spring of 2005!
September 3, 2004
Chris and Tracy welcomed
a new addition to their family! Riley Steven Gelb was
born 5:44 pm. The newest barbershopper checked in at 7lbs 13 oz., and
21 inches long.
Sidney has a new brother to torment and Chris is
now 3/4 of the way to singing bass in his own quartet!
Congratulations to the Gelb Family!
On August 17, 2004
Warren and Lori welcomed Emma
Corrine Weitkamp into the world. The beautiful baby
girl weighed in at a healthy 8 lbs - 5 oz, and was 21 inches long.
Mom and baby are doing great and Warren is now finding that he is
now outvoted in everything that he does!
Congratulations to the Weitkamp family!
Afterthought was honored to receive an invitation to the Midwest
Barbershop Showcase in Galesburg, IL. The annual event was held
on August 6-8,
and brought together top district quartets from the Cardinal, Central
States, Illinois, Land ‘o Lakes and various regions from SAI.
The quartets wandered the historic downtown district during the day
on Saturday and that night Afterthought was honored to open for the
incomparable Gas House Gang. The next day the invited quartets competed
against one another in front of a panel of certified BHS and SAI
judges and after the scores were tabulated, Afterthought was crowned
Quartet Grand Champion! It was a wonderful event and Afterthought
cannot wait until they can return to Galesburg next year to defend
their title.
We encourage anyone who might have an opportunity to attend; either
to compete or to just listen, to do so. It is a wonderful event!
August 2004
The 2002 Cardinal District Champion Quartet, Afterthought has undergone some dramatic changes over the past 6 months. None more dramatic than the difficult decision to make a personnel change. After 2 1/2 years, Sean Maloney, the original tenor of Afterthought moved to South Bend to continue his schooling. After much conversation and deliberation, and due to an increasing school schedule, Sean would step down as the tenor of Afterthought. As difficult of a decision as it was to make, Warren, Chris and Jeremy would like to thank Sean and his wife Jess for many wonderful memories and to wish them the best of luck in the next leg of their journey.
