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SAN MARCOS, TX
Heart of Texas Chorus by Steve Keiss |
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Heart of Texas Chorus, Charter Show - Eddie Martinez, Director
| After an initial meeting in early December, 1993, to determine
interest in forming a new barbershop chorus, Jan Scofield, John Lovitt,
Eddie Martinez and Sam Tweedy met at Sam's house to put together an organizational
meeting. Craig Timmerman came through with a great meeting place and on
December 30, information packages confirming their commitment to attend
the January 7 and 8 sessions are sent to approximately 25 people.
The day-and-a-half session is a huge success! Orchestrated by John Lovitt, 22 men learn and discuss paradigms, Deming's principles and the philosophy of continuous improvement. We work together on ground rules and mission and vision statements. We seem to favor the name "Heart of Texas Chorus". We discuss "Leadership Opportunities" and generate a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and excitement. We began to plan for our next meeting . . . and we sing, too! Not much, but very well. (This is also the first meeting for "Mooz".) It is significant that Jan Scofield met Chuck Waits. Chuck was president of the Alexandria (""A) Chapter when they reorganized with a five-year plan to go to International competition. Chuck, an active leader of the H.O.T. Chorus, secures the San Marcos Southside Community Center for our next organizational meeting on February 19. This all-day meeting includes sessions on leadership, |
communication skills, more team building and such
specifics as: meeting night, location, dues structure, teams and leaders,
approval of ground rules, mission and vision statements, and the format
for the first three months of rehearsals.
Jan also establishes a very important relationship with Dr. John Johnson of the Music Department at Southwest Texas State University. (We are truly fortunate to have Dr. Johnson's support and the Music Building as our meeting place.) On February 23, Jan sends a letter announcing our first chorus rehearsal for March 3, with Eddie Martinez as our director and three songs are already available on learning tapes. We are off and running! We start our first rehearsal with "The Old Songs" and begin learning three new songs! "The H.O.T. Line" makes its first appearance with star reporter, "Mooz", commenting on "care-frontations". Our resident Presentation Judge, ~rry Clemons, begins showing us how to be more natural, ready to perform and heartfelt in our presentation, as Maestro Martinez takes the musical helm and deffly begins teaching us better singing. We plan our first "guest night" for April 21 and rehearse like crazy to put on a good show for our guests. We are overwhelmed when 34 guests show up and we all get delirious singing with a 50-plus man chorus! Fearless leader Martinez introduces his now infamous "circle & triangle". We get media |
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