Winnebagoland Barbershop Chorus

Winnebagoland Barbershop Chorus presents Spring Time Show on March 21

1/12/2020

Written by Peter Wood

The Winnebagoland Barbershop Chorus, under the direction of Chris Vander Pas, will hold its annual “Barbershop Songs through the decades” on Saturday, March 21, at The Grand Oshkosh, 100 High Avenue. This year we have one evening show starting at 6 p.m.

Tickets are $18 available at The Grand Oshkosh box office (920-424-2350), or directly from the The Grand’s website at thegrandoshkosh.org. Other ticket sources can be found on the chorus website at barbershopsingers.org.

An Afterglow will be held following the evening performance with local quartets and the featured quartet closing out the evening.

The theme of the show is “Barbershop Songs through the Decades” featuring popular songs, arranged in our unique style, throughout that time frame.

The featured quartet will be Upper Deck from Michigan's BHS Pioneer District.

Winnebagoland Barbershop Chorus presents Annual Show on April 6

1/30/2019

Written by Doug LaPoint

The Winnebagoland Barbershop Chorus, under the direction of Chris Vander Pas, will hold its annual “Album of Barbershop Harmony” on Saturday, April 6, at The Grand Oshkosh, 100 High Avenue. Two shows will be held during the day, a matinee show starting at 2 p.m. and and evening show starting at 6 p.m.

Tickets are $18 and are good for either show. Tickets are available at The Grand Oshkosh box office (920-424-2350), or directly from the The Grand’s website at thegrandoshkosh.org. Other ticket sources can be found on the chorus website at barbershopsingers.org.

An Afterglow will be held in The Grand Lounge following the evening performance with local quartets and the featured quartet closing out the evening.

The theme of the show is “BHS Television in Harmony.” The program takes a look at the old TV shows we used to see and love with songs of that time. Clicking through the channels, we remember days gone by that gave us joy and laughter.

The featured quartet will be Kordal Kombat, who were founded in the fall of 2009 on the Morris campus of the University of Minnesota. The quartet has test driven the entire spectrum of a cappella music genres from classical to gospel, pop, doo-wop, jazz, and everything in between.

In the fall of 2012, they discovered their true love was for the barbershop style of singing. Soon after that discovery, Kordal Kombat joined the Willmar chapter of the Land O’ Lakes (LOL) District of the Barbershop Harmony Society. Now all four members are proud, first generation barbershoppers.

In October of 2013, Kordal Kombat made LOL District history by becoming the first quartet ever to win both the Novice Quartet Championship and the District Quartet Championship in the same year. Since then, they went on to win the 2014 LOL Collegiate Quartet Championship, and competed two more times in the International Collegiate Barbershop Quartet Contest, placing as high as eighth. In the summer of 2017, Kordal Kombat competed in the International Barbershop Quartet Contest for the first time, and placed 27th in the world.

Winnebagoland Barbershop Chorus presents annual show March 24

3/15/2018

Written by Roger LaPoint

The Winnebagoland Barbershop Chorus, under the direction of Chris Vander Pas, will hold its annual "Album of Barbershop Harmony" on Saturday, March 24, at the Alberta Kimball Auditorium, 375 N. Eagle St., Oshkosh. Two shows will be held during the day, a matinee show starting at 2 p.m. and and evening show starting at 6 p.m.

Tickets are $15 and are good for either show. There will be an afterglow following the evening show, just down the hall from the auditorium. Tickets are available from any chorus member, by calling 920-231-6542, or at the box office in the auditorium.

The theme of the show is "Heroes of Harmony." The deliciously evil Blade Storm is on a rampage to steal all the keys on the pitch pipe from the chorus members, leaving them with no music left to sing. Join them as they create their troupe to get the keys back. At the beginning of the show, only the keys of A, C, D, and F sharp are taken, but more dastardly developments by the diligent dude of destruction will continue the carnage. Find out who will go after Blade Storm and what will ultimately come out of the battle that takes place.

Frontier Quartet, which has been singing together since March 2015, will be the featured quartet. The members of the quartet come from different musical backgrounds and expertise, after singing with numerous other quartets through their early years in the Barbershop Harmony Society. The quartet took ninth place in the 2015 Collegiate Barbershop Quartet Contest in Pittsburgh after securing the district college qualifier in April of that year. In October 2015, the young men each attained a lifelong dream together when they captured their first Pioneer District Championship in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

All ages will thoroughly enjoy this show.

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