Golden Memories  Brazos Barbershoppers Chapters Brazos Barbershoppers - Dennis Driscoll, Director    on "polecat" songs. Ed McKenzie did a great job keeping the program interesting and we all pitched in to work toward the charter. Again, with John Schneider's help, the paperwork was completed and 31 names were sent in with the charter application in June 1989. The charter members were: Claude Skinner, C. S. "Bo" Allen, Pete D. Teel, Dennis M. Driscoll, Daniel M. Marks, Joseph G. Massey, Darrell P. Freeman, Ed A. McKenzie, Norman D. Homburg, Mike M. Lewis, Donald H. Lewis, John M. Lewis, Donald T. Wackwitz, Merrill L. Green, Brian Magouirk, Henry G. Wickes, Jr., Johnathan C. Marner, Bud Sutton, Bob Miess, Scott Norris, F'red Maddox, Robert A. Wattenbarger, Greg Harvey, Brent Hairston, Arthur L. Wright, Frank Shannon, Timothy P.S. Birdwell, Bill Hamilton, Ronnie Woods, Jack T. Madeley, and D. Michael Holmes. The italic names continue as active members of our chapter. With the chorus starting to learn a few notes and most of the words to most songs and Dennis Driscoll getting a little more comfortable with our sound, we performed in several churches and for a district Kiwanis convention. That performance thrilled us so much, we decided to start working on a show for the next year. Since our sponsoring chapter, Houston Tidelanders were available on April 7, 1990 and wanted to help us out on our first show, that is the day we selected.  Our officers for 1990 were headed by President Pete Teel and we rolled up our sleeves getting ready for "Harmony Holiday" on April 7, featuring the Tidelanders. Ed McKenzie was our first show chairman and did a superjob getting the new chorus ready to perform. Merrill Green got the Bryan High School baseball caps which were a different color for home and away games and we had two teams on stage April 7 for It's a Beauttful Day for a Baligame. Also on that show we performed Row, Row, Row and I'd Love to Live in Loveland. The Sounds in Accord (Ed McKenzie, Merrill Green, Bo Allen, Dennis Driscoll) sang a couple of numbers and then we turned to show over to the Houston Tidelanders. Boy, what a show they put on!. They had over seventy on stage plus four quartets. They just did a super job. Perry Baker, Southwestern District President, presented the Bryan/College Station Chapter charter during this show. At the afterglow, all the quartets got another shot and it was good. In addition, Asa and Bonnie Hoffpauir came over from Lake Charles, LA and brought a quilted bear toy made to look like a barbershopper. Sixty-one barbershoppers bought $1.00 chances and Henry Wickes took the bear home. The $61.00 was sent to the Institute of Logopedics. We decided to enter regional contest that year in Houston and started getting ready to compete with Yankee Doodle Dandy and I'd Love to Live in Loveland. Our front row got their first taste of choreography for Yankee Doodle Dandy and for three months we spent more time laughing at each other           Previous Page Table of Contents Next  Page Sections: How It All Began   Chapters    Chapter  Histories   International Quartet Champions   ChorusesAdministration Contests and Conventions   Registered Quartets   Publications  Recognitions  In Conclusion