Gleanings From The Mailbag

A good photo and article by Parade Chairman Marty Garner tell about the Minot, N.D., Chapter's participation in the North Dakota State Fair Parade. The Nodakord Notes, edited by Bob Hankins, features the chapter's public exposure and the hard work by chapter members and their families to make the activity a big success.

The San Diego, Calif., Chapter, has something to talk about. The members spent a day on an aircraft carrier with 2,700 crewmembers and over 3,000 dependents and guests of the crew. It was a public relations cruise and demonstration and the Sun Harbor Chorus was included to perform and entertain. Editor Lu Quinney reports in the Sun Harbor Light about the chorus performing for over 2,000 visitors and crewmembers, and quarteting was also a part of the day's activities.

The coffers of the Chorus Line, the ladies' auxiliary of the Milwaukee, Wis., Chapter, grew by $500.00. Writing in the Festival City Chords, Jim Rapp, editor, Cliff Zobel reports how all items were overbid. The wide range of delicacies included a gingerbread house, "completely suitable for consumption, or if you wished, preservation for all time."

In an editorial in the Hays, Kansas, Chapter's High Notes, Editor Virgil Quint tells it the way it is to keep egos out of the picture and sell our hobby. "I understand that our performance at the Ness County Fair on July 30 was canceled because of some problems among the fair board and later were asked to do the show anyway. We then turned down the invitation. This seemed to me a great opportunity to get exposure and in a way thank the people for supporting our show by purchase of ads and tickets. It is my opinion that if we want to get exposure and grow, we must seize every opportunity to be seen and heard."

Dick Johnston, editor of Tempo, a bulletin from Canada, I think Montreal because of the references to that city, reports on the director's wedding. Right after the honeymoon, Director Denis LaFlamme went to Harmony College.
[Now that's what I call good planning and dedication to our hobby. Ed.]