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 (BHS) (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 Society’s Evergreen District covering
Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, British Columbia and Alberta.
Size: The Kitsap County Chapter currently has 45 members.
Membership in the Evergreen District is about 1,678 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:
Agate
Passage – contact: Tom Condon (206-842-7376; tom@condonia.org )
Jaybirds – contact: Marshall Starkenburg (360-509-9068; mstarkenburg@wavecable.com )
The Infourmants –
contact: Jon Powless (360-674-2021; mailtenor@renesmailings.com )
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 Pavilion, 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.
2011 Officers:
President
– Marshall Starkenburg (360-697-6249; mstarkenburg@wavecable.com )
Immediate
Past President – Butch Boad (360-275-3301; bboad@hctc.com )
Secretary
– Ben Zlateff (360-373-5125; bjclz_1@msn.com )
Treasurer
– Scott Sand (360-297-7263; sltsand@centurytel.net
)
VP
/ Chapter Development – Mark Thoreson; (360-286-6114;
kwaking6@gmail.com )
VP
/ Marketing & PR – Jon Powless (360-674-2021; mailtenor@renesmailings.com )
VP
/ Music & Performance – Ralph Scheving (360-479-3125; ralph.scheving@navy.mil )
Member at Large – Arlo Bower (360-895-6005; abower@q.com )
Member
at Large – David Nance (360-895-0512; m8z4life@msn.com
)
Member
at Large – Tony Jones (360-437-7638; tonyjones-1@hotmail.com
)
Other 2011 Leaders:
Director
– Mike Menefee (360-698-3416, menefees@wavecable.com
)
Asst
Director – Rob Nitz (360-779-1047, robertnitz@hotmail.com )
Asst
Director / Coach – Bob Hodge (360-857-5910)
Chorus
Manager – Open
360-337-SING