2011 LOL Harmony Brigade (Jan. 7-9, 2011, River Falls, WI)

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2011 LOL Harmony Brigade (Jan. 7-9, 2011, River Falls, WI)

On January 7-9, 2011, about 50 guys from several states and provinces gathered in River Falls for the LOL District's annual Harmony Brigade. We all learned our part to ten difficult barbershop quartet songs on our own, using sheet music and high-quality learning tracks, so by the time we first met each other Friday night, we could sing those songs in quartets and VLQs (very large quartets) and as a big chorus. We competed in informal quartet and VLQ contests, and then put on a benefit concert open to the public Saturday night at a church in River Falls.

After the concert, we sang a few songs at the afterglow back at UW-River Falls, attended by participants in the "Top Gun" program and the LOL Leadership Academy (formerly "COTS"). And of course there was a lot more singing in hallways, elevators, hotel lobbies, and anywhere four parts were gathered. It was a great weekend!

Here are a some photos I took with my FZ50 camera.