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
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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).
(in this issue)
- PROBE annual meeting agenda
- President Lowell Shank lets us know what's coming up
- The “New” Why Publish A Chapter Bulletin?
- (and other things) by VP-BE John Elving
- PROBE Hall of Honor nominations now open
- Dick Girvin calls for nominations
- PROBE Launches Cartoon Contest
- Dick Girvin explains (Hey! This could be something!)
- PROTY
- Bruce Anderson calls for nominations
- Increasing Laughter in Your Chapter Meeting
- Kirk Roose offer ways to make every week a reward for members
- Improving our organization
- John Elving shares thoughts about approaches to bulletin contests
- Getting more free publicity
- A 2004 "blurb" by Lorin May is still timely
- Pittsburgh Editor Tom Koch honored as chapter BOTY for 2007
- "One of our own" makes it big (actually, not as rare as you might think)
- When Headaches Start,, Pain Mounts Up OR They Never Would Be Missed
- Professor H. Stirling Wilson, revisited again from a 1962 Harmonizer article
- HARD COPY VS. ON-LINE?
- No, this debate won't die. VP-BE John Elving provides more thoughts
- From Where I’m Sittin’
- Editorial by Steve Jackson
- PROBE Getting Promoted at the District Level
- David Haase, PROBE Membership VP talks about District activities
- Some Commandments of Chorus Rehearsals (1991 Version)
- Jon Wagner provides a look back
- Online Marketing for Chapters and Quartets
- Dave Baker, Spirit of Phoenix, Glendale, Arizona provides great information
- Words of Wisdom (Continued from last issue)
- And worth the price of admission all by itself - everything else is free
- Singing Tips
- Jon Wagner, Sun City Center, Florida continues to provide useful information
- It's Not WHAT You Write - It's HOW You Write It
- Great stuff lifted from "Rest Notes," edited by Art Bush, Berkeley, Calif.
- How to write with style
- Copyrighted article by Kurt Vonnegut, 1982
- Mentors
- Grant Carson (and Steve Jackson) remember some recognizable greats (and some who should be)
- Have you heard the one about the singing fish
- Tina Gunther revisits a bad joke (for shame, Tina - I love it)
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