Cardinal District — Barbershop Harmony Society
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Cardinal District — Barbershop Harmony Society
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The Cardinal District Spring 2012 ConventionThe Cardinal District's Spring 2012 Convention and Contests were held March 23 - March 24, 2012 at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center in Columbus, IN. Contest Results and Scoresheets:The Summit City Chorus from Fort Wayne, IN was the Plateau AAAA chorus contest champion, and they are the Cardinal District Most Improved Plateau AAAA Chorus. Here is the official scoring summary from the Chorus contest. Congratulations to Forefront, (Garry Texeira, tenor; Kevin Hughes, lead; Aaron Hughes, baritone; and Brian O'Dell, bass), who won the Spring 2012 Cardinal District International Quartet Preliminaries contest. Congratulations also to Replay, (Steve Bogaerts, tenor; Kelly Andrews, lead; Bob Kendall, baritone; and Adam Winans, bass), and to TNS (Rick Spencer, tenor; Ryan Killeen, lead; Dusty Schleier, baritone; and David Carden, bass) from the Dixie District, who competed out of district. All three quartets qualified to compete at the International Quartet Contest during the International Convention in Portland, OR July 1 - 8, 2012. Further congratulations are extended to Vintage Airstream (Scott Anderson, tenor; Josh Motley, lead; Aaron Barber, baritone; and Steve Burke, bass) who received the Cardinal District Novice Quartet award. Here is the official scoring summary from the Quartet Semi-Finals and Finals. Additionally, congratulations to It's Time (Mike Jones, tenor; David Schroeder, lead; Joe Uveges, baritone; and Mike Ehringer, bass) who won the Cardinal District Senior Quartet contest. Here is the official scoring summary from the Senior Quartet Contest. Congratulations also to The Ultimate Package (Patrick McAlexander, tenor; Brad Kieper, lead; Brock Jarrett, baritone; and Michael Pugh, bass) who won the Cardinal District International Preliminary Collegiate Quartet contest. Here is the official scoring summary from the Collegiate Quartet Contest. Thank you to everyone who competed in all the contests, and to everyone who attended the convention! Proposed design for the Cardinal District's web siteThe Cardinal District is redesigning our web site. We'd appreciate your comments on the proposed design. See http://cd.1618design.com/ then send an email to the District President, Ron Brumleve. "Bush League" - quartet coaching and contestsIf you have missed the Bush League Coaching opportunities in the past, here is another chance to take advantage of the Bush League coaching program. Additional information will be available soon, but why not get it on your calendar now! There will be two (2) Bush League programs each year for the benefit of all district quartets: a coaching only program in the early spring and the Bush League Coaching & Contest in August. These two programs are just one more step by the district toward the promotion of quarteting by offering craft development and presentation techniques to participating quartets while allowing quartets to tune their skills for their individual performances and/or in preparation for District Convention and Contest. Quartets (registered and non-registered) are invited to participate. Harmony Explosion Camp 2012!We are already planning the 2012 Harmony Explosion (HX) Camp, which will be held June 20, 21, 22, and 23 at Indian Wesleyan University in Marion, IN. Our 2012 clinicians will be Mr. Bryan Hughes from our own Cardinal District, and Ms. Anna-Lisa Glad from Salt Lake City, Utah - two FANTASTIC directors for your chorus and quartet experiences. We encourage each of you to spread the word to your local high school and college age students, and to come see the HX Camp SHOW on Saturday, June 23rd. You'll be amazed at how well the boys and girl sing and perform after just a few days of being together. Click on the link for more details, including forms for parents to sign to register students for the HX Camp. Scholarships may be available for students to attend the HX camp! Check with the camp coordinator, Colin Craig (email: Leafylane.1@netzero.net ) for more information. IRS Form 990 filing and reporting is due!Chapter Presidents and Chapter Treasurers: If you haven't yet completed your chapter's Form 990 filing please do this as soon as possible. Each chapter must report to the IRS annually on some version of IRS Form 990 (either a full Form 990, or a 990-EZ, or a 990-N) depending on the chapter's annual gross receipts. (See the Chapter Treasurer's Manual for detailed information). NOTE: After completing the appropriate version of IRS Form 990, your chapter must use EBiz and click the "Financial Filings" link for your chapter to report to the Society the fiscal year and the date the IRS Form 990 was filed. Financial Review and reporting is due!The Society Board of Directors requires that every chapter perform a complete financial review by May 15th every year. Chapter Presidents and Chapter Treasurers: Please undertake to initiate and complete this required financial review as soon as possible. The Chapter Treasurer's Manual states that you must: "Submit a copy of the chapter financial review and year-end financial statements (Statement of Assets and Liabilities, and either a Balance Sheet or a cash account reconciliation report for chapters using the Cash Basis of accounting) to the Society office."
The Financial Review is typically done by a committee appointed by the Chapter President. Preferably, chapter officers or board members for the year in review should not be a part of the financial review committee. The chapter does not need an independent auditor to do this report. A past treasurer or anyone with accounting experience may prepare the report. See the Exhibit in the Treasurer's manual for the financial review form, which is also available as a PDF file here and as an Excel document here. NOTE: After completing and sending in the Financial Review form, your chapter must use EBiz and click the "Financial Filings" link for your chapter to report to the Society the fiscal year and the date the financial review was completed and submitted to the Society. Having a Chapter Show? Have you gotten your show approval?Is your chapter planning a show for which you will charge a ticket price? If so, your chapter needs to obtain a "Show Approval" from the Cardinal District Secretary (who is currently Kurt Vogel, email: vogel-family@sbcglobal.net) before you advertise or sell tickets. To obtain a Show Approval from the Cardinal District Secretary, your Chapter President, Chapter Secretary, Chapter Treasurer, or Show Committee Chairman needs complete and submit this APPLICATION FOR SHOW CLEARANCE BMI AND SESAC LICENSE form, which is also available from the Society's web site at http://www.barbershop.org/document-center/category/71-show-clearance-and-legal-ascap-etc.html, and also at http://www.barbershop.org/news-and-events/upcoming-concerts/add-performance-to-calendar.html (Click on the the "SESAC Form" link on the right hand side of the web page). Please note that the SESAC form must be accompanied by a check payable to SPEBSQSA, Inc. which represents your chapter's fees for the BMI License and for the SESAC License. (See the rate schedule on the form to determine the amount of the fees to be paid. Here is an example: Suppose you do one show at a venue with a seating capacity of 800, and your ticket price is $12.00. According to the schedule, you would need to submit a payment of $28. If you did your show in a venue that seats 1,600 people, your BMI/SESAC payment would be $38). Once your SESAC fee payment has been received and your SESAC form has been signed by the District Secretary, your show is considered to be approved. After your show has received a Show Approval, your show will be listed among the Approved Chapter Shows on the Cardinal District web site at http://www.cardinaldistrict.org/chapter_shows.htm. After your annual show (or at the end of the year after your final show, for example if you do a spring show and a fall/winter show) you will also need to fill out and submit the ASCAP form and pay the ASCAP fee, again by a check made payable to the Barbershop Harmony Society. (You will most likely only need to fill out SECTION A of the form, and mail it with a check to BHS for the minimum ASCAP licensing fee amount of $222.00). Please note that you need to complete a SESAC form before each chapter show for which you charge a ticket price, but you only need to make one ASCAP payment per year. If you have any questions or need any assistance please contact the Cardinal District Secretary (Kurt Vogel), or the Cardinal District President (Ron Brumleve). Thank you. Quartet RegistrationIs your quartet registered? Have you renewed your quartet registration? The Society's Information Manual for Barbershop Quartets states that each Society quartet must maintain registration with the Society headquarters. This means that not only must a quartet register when it is first created, but also that each quartet must renew its registration on an annual basis. The annual quartet registration fee is $40.00. The Information Manual for Barbershop Quartets and the Quartet Registration Renewal Form are both available on the Society's web site at http://www.barbershop.org/document-center/category/17-quartet-singing-and-renewal.html Mail in your Quartet Registration Renewal Form and the $40.00 annual registration fee to: QUARTET REGISTRY, Barbershop Harmony Society
If you have questions you may Phone 615-823-3993 or Fax 615-313-7619 or Email quartet@barbershop.org Cardinal Notes! - a new flash email service, to keep you informedMany of you are probably familiar with LiveWire, the Society's weekly email newsletter, created and sent out using "Constant Contact". The Cardinal District is happy to announce that we too now have a subscription to "Constant Contact" through which we have created Cardinal Notes, a monthly email newsflash that will be sent out to all barbershoppers in the Cardinal District for whom we have an email address. Ron Brumleve, the Cardinal District EVP, created Cardinal Notes as a supplement to the INKY Notes bulletin. We plan to use the Cardinal Notes to to share with you information and links from the Society, the Cardinal District Board of Directors, and the Operations Team, and to keep in contact with Chapter Presidents and other chapter officers. You and your Chapter Secretary can help us by logging in to the Society's EBiz service (just click on the "Members Login" link on the Society's web site) to make sure that your chapter's roster shows your correct current email address. Cardinal District Mission Statement:We are committed to provide chapters the support and assistance they need to meet or exceed their mission and goals. For problems or questions or suggestions regarding this web site contact
Ron Brumleve.
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