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President’s Message
Welcome to the Tidesmen 2017 Christmas Show!
It is a pleasure to be here with our many friends and supporters. On behalf of the Tidesmen, I wish you all a joyous and blessed Holiday Season. We have exciting plans for 2018!
In February, Tidesmen SINGING VALENTINES will spread thoughts of Love and Friendship to sweethearts, friends, staff, and our program sponsors. In April, we will host the Barbershop Harmony Society Division 1 Convention and Competition at the Port Theatre. The Pacific Northwest’s premier Choruses and Quartets will be featured in a SHOW OF CHAMPIONS on April 28 as we present four-part harmony at its finest. Save the date! That same weekend, THE GREAT NANAIMO SING-OUT 2018 will see the Harbour City ring with soaring harmony as groups of singers fan out through the downtown core. AND! We are in the planning stages of a LEARN TO SING program for those who have always wanted to express themselves in song. In the meantime, we will continue to support the important work of the NANAIMO CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTRE with a portion of all show profits ($2000 last year). As always, Tidesmen continue to welcome new members at our weekly Monday meetings at Costin Hall in Lantzville. For more information at www.tidesmen.com. Thanks for joining us and may our “Old- Fashioned Christmas” ensure that your days will be merry and bright…
Mike Patterson President Tidesmen Chorus
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Director’s Message Thanks for coming, we’ve been working like elves all year to bring you the best music we can. I hope to have you walk away fully immersed in Christmas cheer! Thanks to our friend Elise for joining us in song. I’m so proud of our chorus, and our teams behind the scenes. Enjoy the show!
Alex McDonald Director
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Welcome to the Tidesmen’s Christmas 2017 Show AN OLD FASHIONed CHRISTMAS
With Special Guest: Elise Boulanger accompanied by Robert Bradford Tidesmen Directed by Alex McDonald MC: Barry Jones Elise Boulanger will perform: Santa Baby Still, Still, Still Ave Maria O Come, O Come Emmanuel Tidesmen will perform: I Saw Three Ships Do You Hear What I Hear? Silent Night – featuring Elise Boulanger Angels We Have Heard on High Go Tell It on the Mountain Deck the Halls We Need a Little Christmas Joy to the World Christmas is coming (Sing-along) Quartets/VLQ will perform: Fouray - Mary Did You Know Four on the Isle - O Holy Night FROGS - The Man with the Bag Vintage Style - Lullaby Rising Tide - Jingle Bell Rock
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DIRECTOR Alex McDonald
BARITONE Bob Bevis Kent Cronin Mac Dallman Padraig Hogan Dallen Masters Jim Mick Dave Price Doug Roszmann Roy Sage Evan Barker James Chappell Don Dickson TENOR Jay Cousins Robert Ellis Alex Grant Wayne Newport
BASS Dave Atchison Jim Cameron Gary Carlson Peter Cole Bruce Currell Ron Dodd Mike Gibbs Glen Harvey Terry Holland Bert Jacobs Ed Jobson Barry Jones Rod McDonald Chris Potter Dave Roberts Blake Taylor Shawn Wright ASSOCIATES Sandy Walsh Chelsea McDonald
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LEAD Steve Anderson Mel Bellefontaine Dale Berry Max Bertram Ray Bertram Robert Bradford Harry Cameron Harry Crispens Brian Cullingworth James Dunn Ken Hockin Gord Gamble David Johnston Brian McCormack Mike Patterson Steve Price-Francis Jim Ross Patrick Simpson Gerry Steff Chris Winslow
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Do You Love to Sing? Want to be a better singer?
The Tidesmen A Cappella Chorus provides a wonderful group singing experience, where you learn to be a better singer, and also enjoy the camaraderie and encouragement of other men who love to sing. We meet every Monday night from 7 to 10 pm at the Costin Hall in Lantzville, where we work on both new songs and old songs under the direction of Alex McDonald, a dynamic young director who teaches us everything we need to know about singing freely, with both joy and vocal control. Call 250 323-1227 to learn more....
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The Tidesmen Thank You! We would to thank the City of Nanaimo for its generous support through a Culture and Heritage Grant.
A special thank you also to Thrifty Foods, for contributing to our travel expenses through their Smile Card Fundraising Program
The Tidesmen Chorus is proud to support the Nanaimo Child Development Centre. The CDC is a community-based, non-profit organization whose mandate it is to provide individualized services for children, from birth to age 19.
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“Learn to Sing A Cappella” with the Tidesmen Starting in Spring 2018!
The Tidesmen will offer a six-week course in singing a cappella (without musical accompaniment). The course will be freeof-charge and open to both men and women. No prior singing or musical experience is required. Many people have the secret desire to sing, or to improve their singing, and a core component of Tidesmen culture is encouraging everyone to sing to the best of their ability. The course will comprise six one-hour sessions over six weeks, each covering a different topic related to the voice and singing technique. The “Learn to Sing A Cappella” program has already been effectively delivered in a supportive and relaxed environment to thousands of participants across North America. Experience shows that, just by applying some basic and easy-to-learn techniques related to Posture, Breath Control, Warmup and Dynamics, vocal production can be improved enormously. The Program will be held at Costin Hall in Lantzville. For more information, please contact: James Dunn at: vpmembership@tidesmen.com or call (250) 323-1227.
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The Tidesmen
The award-winning Tidesmen is the premier male a cappella chorus on Vancouver Island, and one of the leading choruses in the Pacific Northwest. Our music features soaring voices, ringing chords, and thrilling close harmony. Our uplifting repertoire includes Broadway Standards, The American Song Book, Blues, Rock and Roll, medieval hymns, inspirational songs, and Barbershop favourites. We take pride in serving our community. Each year, a proportion of our show profits supports the important work of the Nanaimo Child Development Centre, and we perform on the CDC’s annual fund-raising telethon. We also provide bursaries each year to one or more deserving music students to help fund their further education. We are especially pleased to perform at low or no charge for worthy causes, including retirement homes and charity benefits, and we participate in community events throughout the midIsland. The Tidesmen is a chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society, the world’s largest all-male singing organization, with more than 70,000 members worldwide — including close to 2,000 members across Canada. In April 2018, we will proudly host hundreds of fellow singers in Nanaimo, for our Divisional Convention which will culminate in a must-see “Show of Champions” featuring the very finest a cappella male choruses and quartets from the Pacific Northwest. We warmly welcome new members to our chorus, and we invite guests to join us on the first Monday of each month at Costin Hall, in Lantzville.
To book the Tidesmen for your private, corporate or community event, please go to www.tidesmen.com.
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Our Guest Artist Elise Boulanger Elise Boulanger has a Diploma in Classical Vocal Performance from the Victoria Conservatory of Music. She is a driven singer who has performed several times as a soloist for the Malaspina Choir; sung in the VIO’s Rigoletto, VCM Opera Studio’s Captain Lovelock, the Pacific Baroque Music Festival, and for Olympic ceremonies. In the spring of 2017 she composed and premiered “The Warming,” a choral piece drawing attention to climate change. This is a common expression behind her own music, under both her self-titled project, Elise Boulanger, as well as her symphonic-pop duo, The Blooming. The Blooming played at multiple festivals this past summer, and is in the process of recording. Elise is tickled to be special guest for The Tidesmen’s Christmas concerts this year. For her, it is impossible not to smile anytime she is around them. She marvels in their harmonies. For more information about her music, or to sign-up for her newsletter, search www.facebook.com/eliseboulangermusic, or other social media outlets.
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Please look through the program to learn more about tonight’s quartets and the Tidesmen Barbershop Chorus. 24
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FEATURED QUARTETS
FOURAY: Rod McDonald (bass), Jay Cousins (tenor), Brian Cullingworth (lead) & Jim Mick (baritone).Crowned the 2016 Barbershop Harmony Evergreen District Division 1 Senior Quartet Champions, FOURAY continues to ring even bigger chords and having more fun than ever! We share our love of “four-part harmony with others at all special occasions. “
Vintage Style
Vintage Style is a new quartet comprising Glenn Harvey, bass, Chris Winslow, lead, Roy Sage, baritone and Alex Grant, tenor. We are delighted to be singing together, and look forward to making harmonious music for ourselves and of course for others to enjoy, this Christmas and we hope for many more years to come.
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Singing Valentines
Around Valentines Day 2018 the Tidesmen will be spreading
thoughts of Love & Friendship to sweethearts, friends, staff and more from Duncan to Qualicum Beach with Singing Valentines! Show that special person in your life, friend or staff that you are thinking of them on this notable day. The package includes: a Tidesmen Quartet in formal attire to serenade your loved one with two songs, a rose with a Valentines card with your personalized message plus a digital photo of the event will be emailed to you!
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FEATURED QUARTETS
Four On The Isle
What would you call four guys who travel from as far as Victoria, Parksville, and points in between to meet and sing rich chords of harmony together? Four On The Isle of course! From L-R Kent Cronin, baritone; Alex Grant, tenor; Robert Bradford, lead; and Glenn Harvey, bass. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas! (in four part harmony, of course!)
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FEATURED QUARTETS
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Mike Gibbs - BARITONE, Ron Dodd - BASS Mac Dallman - TENOR, Ray Bertram - LEAD
Their ages add up to 291 years. Collectively they have 163 years of barbershop singing experience. Three of them are former chorus directors. They have sung in 11 different choruses. They love to sing, entertain and have fun. Ray, Ron, Mike and Mac are certainly: Four Really Old Guys Singing!
Rising Tide is a “mini-chorus”
within the Tidesmen, formed two years ago with these goals in mind: 1) to create a performing group representing the chorus in smaller venues, and 2) to build singing skills and confidence on stage for newer members, and 3) to provide more frequent performance opportunities.
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Happy Holidays!
Thank you for coming to our show - we hope you enjoy it! Without the support of our patrons who bought tickets to the show or the advertisers in this program, our musical showcases would not be possible. When shopping throughout the year at any of these fine merchants and service providers, please mention that you saw their ad in one of our Tidesmen’s Show Programs.
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A DATE NOT TO BE MISSED!
Saturday, April 28, 2018 “Show of Champions” The Tidesmen are privileged and excited to be hosting the Barbershop Harmony Society Evergreen District 2018 Division 1 Convention & Contest bringing the very best male a cappella choruses and quartets from the Island and lower mainland to Nanaimo’s Port Theatre. And in a welcome break with tradition, mixed choruses and quartets will also be invited to participate. The event will feature two judged Contests – one for Quartets, the other for full Choruses. Tickets will be available to the public for the Contests which will culminate in a “Show of Champions” to celebrate the winners and their close competitors. The Show will also feature a headlining guest act, to be announced. And, in another innovation, on the afternoon of Saturday, April 28th, multiple choruses and quartets will fan out around the Nanaimo area to participate in The Great Nanaimo Sing-Out 2018. You may be at your favourite store or enjoying lunch at a pub or restaurant and you will suddenly hear soaring voices and ringing harmonies as groups serenade you. So, to hear some of the greatest voices around, the Nanaimo’s Port Theatre is the place to be on April 27th & 28th, 2018. Here is an outline of events (details are to be finalised):
April 27th evening: April 28th morning: April 28th afternoon: April 28th evening:
Quartet Contest Chorus Contest The Great Nanaimo Sing-Out 2018 Show of Champions
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