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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1988-06-14, Page 3• PLAYING FROM FRIDAY ` A SHOWTIMES, FRIDAY ANO AT SUNDAY To, THIIRSPAY ONE . Tide ' first was f', HERE COMES® TREBLE, a Tees water-based barbershop quartet, whose members reap ' wean,..,. as they look in this "barnyard" segment at last Friday evehing's Red'Letfer aarbersho E. Madill Secondary School in Wingharn. Members of the quartet are Ben Blackwell, Dog i glis; Byron and Gary Ballagh. Red Letter iraersnop`«�r a gives audience just that By Robert Murphy The Mount Forest Harmonaires promised a red letter performance of -barbershop singing and delivered every bit of that to a Friday night audience at F. E. Madill Secondary School in Wingham. "Red Letter Barbershop" is the title of the program presented by the 40 -member chorus of the Mount Forest Chapter of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber . Shop Quartet Singing m America, and featured two of its own quartets in addition to one from the Like good neighbor; State Farm is there. See me for car, home, life and business insurance. RICHARD GIBBONS 318 Josephine St. Wingham 351-3280 STATE FARM ,tu to Fi 1NStIP N State i`arrri trisot"ante Com Mos . Canadian Head Offices: St atbOttrU9h, Otitatto Scarborough Dukes of Harmony. The show celebrated not only the 20th anniversary of the Mount Forest Chapter, but also recognized the golden anniversary of the SPEBSQSA. Catch 44, the Scarborough quartet, thrilled the audience with a demon- stration of tight four-part harmony. Particularly effective were ren- ditions of "Sonny Boy" and "I Ain't Got Nobody". As good as Catch 44 was, however, one of the "local" quartets, Here Comes Treble need not take a back seat to any group as the four singers stole the show with their unique blend of music and humor and their musical range from barbershop to bluegrass gospel harmony. _.. Opening with the delightful "I Wonder Who's Milking Her Now" and "Carolina Cow", Here Comes Treble added yet a few more Bar- bershop numbers before picking up instruments and entertaining with some rousing bluegrass gospel tunes. Lead Doug Inglis of Wingham, and tenor Ben Blackwell, baritone Gary Ballagh, and bass Byron Ballagh all of Teeswater, deserved full marks for the eve- ning's performance. This 1987 Ontario second place quartet is no doubt in store for greater accolades in the future. The second quartet of the Mount Forest Chapter, The Chordial.Four, also performed admirably and in- cluded lead Ron Faulkner and tenor Don Gibson of Harriston, and baritone Ron Fallis and bass Paul Krauter of Listowel. During a medley of Disney tunes, The Harrnonaires Chorus displayed its musical magic ai the strains of "M -I -C -K -E -Y" had any former Mouseketeer in the audience drifting quickly back' to the black and white televisions in living rooms of much arlierdays, Textbook perket ii y■ y'i'iAlSOt oariAd M}' the chorus simultaneously per- formed "It's a Small World After All" and "Supercalafragilisticex- pialidocius Other numbers of note by the chorus include "When the Saints Go Marching In",. "Alexander's Rag- time Band", and a medley of old time turn -of -the -century hits in- cluding "In the Evening By the Moonlight':', "Hello My Baby" and "When You Were Sweet Sixteen". Director of the Harmonaires is Byron Ballagh while Mr. Paths is the assistant director. Section leaders are: lead, Mr. Faulkner; tenor, Ken Babey of Mount Forest; baritone, Ralph Moran of Mount Forest; and bass, John Capell, also of Mount Forest. Midland's Vince Evenden acted as master of cere- monies. Music lovers would do well to take in any future performance of this talented groupof; singers. Those who don't will have lost out on anevening of fine entertainment. Department gets praise for action Fire Chief Harley Gaunt told members of the Wingham Area Fire Board he has received glowing reports on the department for the way it handled a recent fire at a Wingham dwelling. During his report presented at the board's regular June meeting, Mr. Gaunt said he has heard "nothing but good reports from the people who live in the house, the people who own the house, and the public about how well our firefighters did." He Said he feels that firefighters don't receive such recognition often enough and he was taking advantage of an opportunity to enlighten the board of the favorable reports. 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