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Central Presbyterian Church will be the site of the 2007 Good News! Gospel Sing in Denver. The date will be July 5th, and the time is from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. The church is located at 1660 Sherman Street, which is 3 blocks northeast of the Adams Mark (HQ) Hotel. We look forward to seeing you there! |
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| This is a view of the sun-splashed interior of Central Presbyterian Church, the site of the 2007 Good News! Gospel Sing. Let's warm this beautiful church up even more with some great barbershop gospel singing! See you there on Thursday, July 5th, from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. |
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This excellent Sweet Adelines quartet, Expressions, attended the Land O' Lakes District Harmony College in Clear Lake, Manitoba. The Happiness Emporium was on the coaching staff, and we enjoyed singing with them on the Saturday night show. |
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| Saint John Catholic Church was the site of the 2006 Good News! Gospel Sing in Indianapolis. It is across the street from the RCA Dome and the Convention Center. The address is 126 W. Georgia Street. The date was Thursday, July 6, 2006, and the time was from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. |
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Inside from the rear of Saint John Catholic Church. Seating capacity is about 1,000 using the balcony and setting up chairs. No columns to obstruct views. Concerts are held in the church on a regular basis, and it is air-conditioned. |
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| This picture of Saint John Catholic Church was taken from the steps of the RCA Dome across the street. The Convention Center is directly across from the church and the parking ramp. Other major hotels are also very close. |
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The Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City was the site of the 2005 Good News! Gospel Sing, which was hosted by the Happiness Emporium (the Good News! Quartet). Check the inside photos to see that it was a full house...plus!! |
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| Our guests this year at the Good News! Gospel Sing included the Great Northern Union Chorus. Later in the week they were once again winners of a bronze medal in an extremely tough chorus contest. Is that Bob Dowma in the back row out of uniform? |
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A big day each year for the Happiness Emporium is hosting and performing on the Good News! Gospel Sing at the International Convention of the Barbershop Harmony Society. On July 7, 2005, there were an estimated 1,200 attendees at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City. Seating capacity was rated at 950! (Note: Bob paid the quartet a $1.00 fine for forgetting to wear his medal during the event!) |
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| The Happiness Emporium with Glenn Van Tassell at his Sarasota, Florida home in February of 2004. We dedicated our newest gospel album, "Beneath the Cross II", to Glenn for his courageous and inspirational struggle with ALS. On September 13, 2005, Glenn's life on this earth ended. The Heavenly Choir is singing much better now. Thank you, Glenn, for all you meant to so many people. |
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The Minnesota Twins' mascot, "T.C." wants to join the act as the Happiness Emporium prepares to lead the fans in, "Take Me Out to the Ballgame." |
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| The Happiness Emporium is shown here perfoming on the 2004 AIC Show in Louisville, Kentucky with the AIC Chorus as our "high priced backup group." |
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The H.E. did an impromptu performance at The Abbey Tavern while touring in Ireland. They just happened to have four mic's on stage for us to use. |
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| One of the benefits of performing is the opportunity to meet dignitaries. Here we are pictured, in October of 2003 during our tour of Ireland, with the Lord Mayor of Dublin and the Chairperson for the 15th Annual Irish Association of Barbershop Singers Convention.
Performers were from the countries of England, Scotland, Wales, Sweden, Netherlands, Israel, United States and the host country, Ireland. We found Ireland (including Northern Ireland) to be a wonderful place to visit, with many outstanding sights and very friendly people. |
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This photo was taken in December, 2004, during the Christmas Cantata performed by Inspiration. They are the praise choir of Lamb of God Church in Estero, Florida. The H.E. sang a benefit show for the Lamb of God Church building program with Inspiration on March 11, 2005, in Estero. |
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| Can you find Bob Dowma and Rod Johnson in the photo? Hint... They're both tall, so they would be in the back row. The picture is of the Great Northern Union singing the National Anthem at the 12/24/04 Vikings/Packers game. |
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Cameo performance during 2005 AIC Show in Salt Lake City. |
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| 2005 AIC Show in our AIC Chorus blazers. |
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Singing in the AIC Chorus in the LDS Conference Center. The theater was magnificent! |
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| Rick in the front row and Rod in the back row during 2005 AIC Show performance. |
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Rehearsing on stage for the 2005 AIC Show in Salt Lake City. |
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| Inside jokes and grins during AIC Show preparation. |
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AIC vowel shapes seem to be working. |
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| The "fearsome foursome" teamed up at the HarmonyWorks Make-A-Wish Golf Tournament at the Elk River Country Club on August 8, 2005. Results? Not bad... 6 under par with 20 putts. Maybe there's hope! |
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The bass cleff more than held up their end of the golf team. In fact, Rick eagled one par five hole all by himself! Jim's drives were much improved this year. His new driver must have cost him big bucks!! Don't tell Kay. |
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| The treble cleff practicing their golf gestures. The quartet sponsored a hole for the tournament, but couldn't find their own cart, so they bummed a ride in the Commodores' cart. Notice the Golden Gopher head cover on Rod's driver? Bob may want to buy the driver, but he'll likely wait until it's depreciated a little more. |
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