PROBE
The Association of
Public Relations Officers
and Bulletin Editors
of the
Society for the Preservation and
Encouragement of Barber shop Quartet
Singing in America, Inc.
PRESIDENT
Lowell Shank
2413 Stonebridge Ln
Bowling Green KY 42101
Tel. (270) 842-3214
lowell.shank@wku.edu
VICE PRESIDENT FOR MKT/PR
Open
VICE PRESIDENT FOR BULLETIN EDITORS
Bruce Anderson
2010 So. 26th Street
Lincoln, NE 68502-3025
Tel. (402) 435-0974
job60@ix.netcom.com
VICE PRESIDENT FOR MEMBERSHIP
David Wagner
248 E. Southwest Pkwy #1122
Lewisville, Tx. 75067
Tel. (972) 221-0260
dwwagner@aol.com
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
probemotereditor@comcast.net
PUBLISHER
SPEBSQSA, Inc.
7930 Sheridan Road
Kenosha, Wisconsin 53143-5944
Tel (800) 876-SING (7464)
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is open to anyone. Dues, $10.00 per year, are managed
by the secretary-treasurer, and are payable by
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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 in the mail, as always. 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)
- Help Needed in the PR Area!
- President Lowell Shank puts out a call for VP - PR -- again
- P.R.O.T.Y Contest
- Lowell Shank reviews the entry process for 2006 contests
- Not So Random Thoughts
- Editor Steve Jackson discusses contests, PR, and introduces a new columnist for PROBEmoter
- Thoughts about PROBE’s Bulletin Contests
- More from President Shank about both paper and online contests
- Meet Krisp Communications
- An introduction for Kristine Parkes, Communications professional and new contributer
- Make a Name for Your Chapter in 2007
- Kristine asks some probing questions and provides plenty of food for thought in marketing your chapter
- In Memory of Roger Payne
- Reprint from “MID'L ANTICS,” Linda Williams, editor
- What Should We Charge?
- Lee Roth, DVP Marketing and Public Relations, discusses factors to consider when quoting prices for performances
- When you're “Number Fun” Things happen!
- Ray Ashcroft. Marketing and PR VP, reacts to winning the P.R.O.T.Y. Single Event award
- Your dues are DUE!
- Dick Girvin, PROBE Secretary/Treasurer, issues a reminder
- Design Checklist
- Editor Steve Jackson presents some items adapted from a checklist presented in the Newspaper
Design Notebook, the official publication of the Society of Newspaper Design
- Involve Chorus Members in the Membership Program and Publicity
- The article below was lifted with permission from the Sweet Adeline website; I’m always looking for a fresh angle — Editor
- Super Duper Glows And How To Build Them
- Stanley Tinkle shares thoughts from the Orange, CA Quartet Chapter
- Want Some Fillers For Your Bulletins?
- Jon Wagner of Sun City Center FL provides short tips regarding better singing
- Just Browsing, A Forum for our Readers
- Jerry Schrunk, FWD, White Mountains Chapter, pulls together various thoughts on Bulletin Publishing Software
- Editorial Musings By Dick Cote, Editor
- Reprint of a column from Dick, three time IBC Winner,
- Barbershop friends
- Raleigh Bloch, AHSOW Executive VP reflects on one of the benefits of membership
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