The Choo Choo Chorus Newsletter For June 23

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June 23, 2022

Mel White

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Script For Thursday's Meeting
Directly Speaking
Mel White Profile
For the Good of the Chapter

Charlotte Send Off Show, Thursday, June 23, 7:30 PM. No rehearsal tonight. If you would like to go, we are going to see the Send Off show for the Sound of Tennessee. To join the car pool, meet in the parking lot of the Morris Hill Baptist Church (1804 Morris Hill Road) at 6:30 PM. If you are driving, the address is 200 Inman St E, Cleveland, TN.

Chapter Meeting, Thursday, June 30, 7 PM, Due to the A/C problems at Ponders, we will likely meet somewhere else. Check back.

Chattanooga Lookouts, Friday, July 22, . Please indicate your availability by clicking HERE.

Dixie District Fall Convention, Friday-Sunday, Sept 23-25. 100 Choccolocco St, Oxford, AL 36203. Details

Directly Speaking

Please off the music as much as possible on "Blue Skies" by Thursday, June 30th. We'll work especially on the last two sections. Thanks for your hard work on this song! Jimmy

For the Good of the Chapter

DanB passed the Gandy to Jimmy for improving our singing.

Script For Thursday's Meeting

7:00 PM - No meeting tonight. Instead those who would like to go see the Cleveland Chorus Charlotte Send Off Show.

Repertory: America the Beautiful, Armed Forces Medley, California Here I Come, Can You Feel the Love Tonight, Darkness on the Delta, Georgia on My mind, God Bless America, Hello Mary Lou, I’m Sittin’ on Top of the World, It’s the Music that Brings Us Together, Let’s Get Away from it All, Old Folks at Home, Star Spangled Banner, Welcome Song, When She Loved Me, When There’s Love at Home, Yesterday, and You Tell Me Your Dream

Mel White Profile

I am an Army-brat born in Detroit, MI. My family moved around so much that by the time I graduated high school I had attended 10 different schools. During my senior year, I joined the Army on delayed entry and spent the next 20 years being all I could be, with a focus on helicopter maintenance and Quality Control. After my military retirement in 1999, I moved back to the Huntsville area to find employment with the US Army's Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM), where I currently work supporting Apache helicopters.

Between us, my wife and I have 7 children and (so far) 6 grandchildren. We have both been active in community theater in Huntsville. I have appeared onstage in over 20 plays. Although Gina has been onstage a few times, she prefers to direct or work backstage. Gina is currently a board member for Theater Huntsville.

I joined the Barbershop Harmony Society in 2004. I have been a member of 5 Dixie District choruses; I am an honorary member of the 13th Colony Sound chorus in Savannah, GA; and I once sang in a chapter gig as a guest member of the Sea Breeze Singers in Corpus Christi, TX. I have been on the competition stage with 7 registered quartets in the Dixie District (best finish was 9th). I competed 4 times at Internationals with the Music City Chorus, and twice with the Dixie Seniors Chorus at Midwinter.

I am currently a member of the Sentimental Gentlemen quartet in Birmingham but I'm very happy to be a member of the Choo Choo Chorus and I'm looking forward to big things in the future. Mel