THE BARBERSHOP HARMONY SOCIETY

PROBEmoter online
The quarterly newsletter for Public Relations Officers and Bulletin Editors
Steven Jackson, Editor

Vol. 45, No. 1   January - March  2008


PROBE

The Association of
Public Relations Officers
and Bulletin Editors
of the
Barbershop Harmony Society


PRESIDENT
Lowell Shank
2413 Stonebridge Ln
Bowling Green KY 42101
Tel. (270) 202-0515
lowell.shank@wku.edu

Public Relations VP Bruce T. Anderson
2010 So. 26th Street
Lincoln, NE 68502-3025
(402) 435-0974
job60@ix.netcom.com

VICE PRESIDENT FOR BULLETIN EDITORS
John Elving
6806 Peaceful Pines Rd.
Black Hawk, SD 57718
(605) 718-4292
leaderman@earthlink.net

VICE PRESIDENT FOR MEMBERSHIP
David Haase

4142 Fillmore Lane

Davenport, IA 52806

(563) 391-6426

quartetmanDH@netscape.net

SECRETARY-TREASURER
Dick Girvin
34888 Lyn Ave
Hemet, CA 92545
Tel. (951> 926-8644
dickgirvin@juno.com

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Bruce T. Anderson
2010 So. 26th St.
Lincoln, NE 68502-3025
Tel. (402) 435-0974
job60@ix.netcom.com

PROBEmoter

EDITOR
Steven Jackson
215 Cheyenne Street Lot 18
Golden, CO 80403
(303) 384-9269
sjjbullead@comcast.net

PUBLISHER
BHS, Inc.
110 7th Ave N
Nashville, TN 37203-3704
Tel (800) 876-SING (7464)
www.barbershop.org

PROBEmoter is published quarterly and distributed to all PROBE members. Membership in PROBE is open to anyone. Dues, $10.00 per year, are managed by the secretary-treasurer, and are payable by individuals or chapters.

Correspondence about PROBEmoter, content and contributions for publication should be sent to the editor.

Important notice

Beginning with the July-September 2003 issue, only a brief summary of the content of articles will be available online. The executive board made a decision to distribute full content only to PROBE members, and they will receive a copy by e-mail in color. For the time being, other content on the PROBE site will remain available to all. Those interested in the full text of articles can join PROBE by contacting Dick Girvin (contact information at the left), or online (link is on the main page of this site).

(in this issue)

  • How to enter
    • President Lowell Shank reminds us how to enter the Online Bulletin and PROTY contests

  • Is Your Bulletin Part Of The Bulletin Exchange Program?
    • Alexander Edwards reminds of this available resource

  • So You Wanna Be A Judge
    • VPBE John Elving discusses opportunities in bulletin judging

  • PROBE Membership is Everyone’s Concern!
    • Membership VP David Haase speaks of how to sell PROBE

  • Our twenty year climb to the stars
    • Owen Herndon, 2006 IBC winner discusses their journey

  • Nobody Knows the Trouble We Got… or...
    • From a 1960 Harmonizer - Professor Stirling Wilson talks about... well, I'm not quite sure, but it is entertaining.

  • Bulletin editors craft
    • Lloyd Davis, G&S Judge, provides some helpful tips

  • I learned two songs
    • Member Bart Bartholomew talks about the benefits of really learning the music

  • Online Marketing for Chapters and Quartets
    • Dave Baker, Spirit of Phoenix, Glendale, Arizona, has tons of advice about getting noticed

  • Three Members Added to MAD Hall of Honor
    • John Hohl, Chairman Hall of Honor Committee introduces us to three outstanding barbershoppers

  • Gang Sing — With Quality!
    • Dave Gunther, editor, Whittier Choralaires, “SHOWCASE” reminds us that practice makes permanent

  • How Does All That News Get On the Pages?
    • Two good articles from the Bulletin Editors Manual, edited by Herb Bayles

  • List of judges by district
    • Have a question? Editor Steve Jackson gives us one of those ever-helpful handy dandy lists

  • Acronyms We Live By
    • Did you ever wonder? Harvey Kiser, VP Marketing and Public Relations, Manhattan, Kansas fills in the blanks on acronyms (and a few other terms)

  • Your dues are due
    • Dick Girvin provides another reminder (and it is a chapter expense)

  • Guidelines for headline type
    • Grant Carson passes on helpful hints

  • Answers to the Crossword Puzzle in the last issue
    • Rusty Williams, Associate Editor, In Tune, Sept. 2007, editor Linda Williams, Hunterdon Harmonizers bails us out

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