Chapter Name: Barbershop Harmony Society - Kitsap County Chapter
(C027)
Chorus Name: Kitsap Chordsmen Barbershop Chorus
Affiliation: The chapter is a member of the Barbershop Harmony
Society (formerly known as the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement
of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America (S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A.). Kitsap County
Chapter is a part of the Societys Evergreen District covering Alaska,
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, British Columbia and Alberta.
Size: The Kitsap County Chapter currently has 49 members.
Membership in the Evergreen District is about 1,992 members in 61 chapters.
Membership in the society is about 30,000 in more than 820 chapters in the
United States and Canada.
Date Founded: Kitsap County Chapter was founded in 1978.
Quartets: Current chapter quartets include:
Americas Most Wanted contact
Jim Betteley (360-779-7415; jabetteley@msn.com
)
Most Happy Fellows contact Bob
Hodge (253-857-5910)
Daytimers contact Jon Powless
(360-674-2021; mailtenor@renesmailings.com
)
Activities: The Chordsmen have an active schedule, with at least
one major show each year, plus several smaller shows at various locations.
Recent performances include a full show for the Port Ludlow Community,
sponsored by the Port Ludlow Arts Council. Other performances include singing
for the Puget Sound Blood Bank in Silverdale, Military Appreciation Day at
Kitsap Mall, benefits for Bremerton Foodline and Capri Heart & Lung
Institute, joint shows with the Tacoma Totemaires, Navy Band NW at Winterfest
at the Seattle Center House, Bremerton Symphony and the Kitsap Chorale, plus
two chorus competitions, many singing valentines and many Christmas Carols at
local nursing homes and retirement centers.
Charitable Support: The Kitsap Chordsmen is a nonprofit
organization and supports other organizations including The Harmony Foundation
and The Bud Lebo Memorial Fund. You can read about these charities at http://www.singkitsap.org/charities.html . We also help young men and women learn to sing by providing
scholarships to Harmony Explosion Camp held each summer in Tacoma.
2007 Officers:
President
Butch Boad (360-275-3301; bboad@hctc.com
)
Immediate
Past President Jim Geiger (360-876-4718; jageiger@hotmail.com
)
Secretary
Ben Zlateff (360-373-5125; bjclz_1@msn.com
)
Treasurer
Mike Donahue (206-842-4009; forumshopper@hotmail.com
)
VP
/ Chapter Development Ric Cederwall (206-855-0900; ric@stanfordalumni.org )
VP
/ Marketing & PR Jon Powless (360-674-2021, mailtenor@renesmailings.com )
VP
/ Music & Performance Chuck Roegiers (360-515-3456, croegiers@wavecable.com )
Member
at Large Mike Donahue (206-842-4009; forumshopper@hotmail.com
)
Member
at Large Frosty Foust (360-437-2836; frost@olympus.net
)
Member
at Large Corey Countryman
Other 2007 Leaders:
Director
Mike Menefee (360-698-3416, menefees@wavecable.com
)
Asst
Director Rob Nitz (360-779-1047, robertnitz@hotmail.com
)
Asst
Director Chuck Roegiers (360-315-3456; croegiers@wavecable.com )
Asst
Director / Coach Bob Hodge (360-857-5910)
Chorus
Manager Tom Condon (206-842-7376, tom@condonia.org
)
360-337-SING