Barbershop Festival, Aug 9 @ Horizon
Posted on August 3, 2008
Filed Under South Tahoe Events
It’s the First Annual.
The Valhalla/Gatsby Barbershop Festival takes place Saturday, Aug 9.
Barbershop quartets are coming from San Francisco and Reno to compete in the all day competition.
Valhalla/Gatsby Barbershop Festival
Saturday, August 9
1pm to 7pm
Sequoia Ballroom at Horizon Casino Resort
- 1pm – Men’s Barbershop choruses and women’s Sweet Adeline choruses
- 3pm – Men’s, women’s and mixed quartets
- 7pm – Grand Finale and Awards
The Grand Finale will feature awards and cash prizes to the top three choruses and quartets, and you’ll hear encores of their afternoon performances.
The Judging:
Chorus and quartet performances will be evaluated by a panel of judges using “Festival Scoring.” Music performance quality will be considered, but the judges will also evaluate the overall entertainment impact of the performances, including colorful costumes, humor, and choreography.
Yikes!
Only $25 for an all day pass.
For more information, contact the Tallac Association at (530) 541-4975.
What is Barbershop Music?
(Wikipedia)Barbershop harmony, as codified during the barbershop revival era (1940s-present), is a style of a cappella, or unaccompanied vocal music characterized by consonant four-part chords for every melody note in a predominantly homophonic texture. Each of the four parts has its own role: generally, the lead sings the melody, the tenor harmonizes above the melody, the bass sings the lowest harmonizing notes, and the baritone completes the chord, usually below the lead.
The melody is not usually sung by the tenor or bass, except for an infrequent note or two to avoid awkward voice leading, in tags or codas, or when some appropriate embellishment can be created. Occasional brief passages may be sung by fewer than four voice parts.
