The Choo Choo Chorus Newsletter For July 14

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July 14, 2022

Daniel Randolf and Amber

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Script For Thursday's Meeting
From The Prez
Daniel Randoph Profile
For the Good of the Chapter

Calendar
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Board Meeting, Monday July 11, 6 PM, East Ridge Church of Christ, 951 McBrien Rd.

Chapter Meeting, Thursday, July 14, 7 PM, Due to the A/C problems at Ponders, we will meet at Morris HIll Baptist Church, 1804 Morris Hill Road

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

For the Good of the Chapter

Music City Chorus, under the direction of Dusty Schleier, competed at the Barbershop Harmony Society International Contest in Charlotte this past week and won Gold. Congratulations to Dixie’s own Music City Chorus and to one of our members, David Murphree, who is now a gold medalist.

Daniel Randolph Profile

Daniel Randolph was born in Chattanooga in 1987. He grew up singing accapella with his mother and grandparents in the Church of Christ. Soon after starting elementary school, he joined the Chattanooga Boys Choir and began rehearsing with them at All Saints Academy. He traveled with them to Hawaii, Prague, the Bahamas, and Canada. He watched his grandfather, Bob Mills sing with the Big Chicken Chorus at the 1999 Internationals in Anaheim, California.

Script For Thursday's Meeting

7:00 PM - Meeting at Morris Hill Baptist Church

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

From The Prez

Our monthly meeting is this Monday, July 11th, at 6 PM. With Ponder’s still without A/C, let's meet at East Ridge Church of Christ in the Fellowship Room. Send me Agenda items if necessary for discussion. Finding a new meeting hall will be high on the list. See everyone there. SteveG

Daniel Randolph Continued

While at Chattanooga High school, he was a part of several musical productions including The Wiz, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and The Toyshop. Paul Blazek visited a Boy Choir Cantabile rehearsal in 2005. Cantabile was making some moves towards barbershop harmony, but had yet to embrace the entertainment aspects of barbershop. He began singing with the Choo Choo Chorus soon after.

When Daniel graduated in 2006, he spent a year at Lee University and began singing with the Cleveland Scream Machine. Brandon and Chad Guyton were leading the group and developing the high quality sound that Cleveland is still known for today. Bob Mills drove down from Murphy to sing with Cleveland during this time.

After spending a year at Lee, Daniel decided that the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga was a better fit. He also insisted on working through college. As a result his time as a Barbershopper was less than he wished. Daniel graduated with a B.S. in Secondary English Education in 2010. The following Spring, Daniel sang with Cleveland at Internationals in Las Vegas. He taught English as a Second Language and Special Education in Hamilton and Walker Counties for nine years. During this time, Daniel sang with the Christmas Chorus many times. He always intended to stay and sing more, but teaching always seemed to demand very long hours.

Daniel met Amber in 2016. He ordered her a Singing Valentine and somehow won her heart. They married in September of 2017 and invited the Chattanooguys to come and sing. Amber and Daniel have travelled to central America, Iceland, Rome, Spain, London, Norway, and many others. The world is more amazing together. Amber supported Daniel through two difficult teaching positions before Daniel realized that it was time to strike out on his own.

Daniel has always had a passion for fixing things. He took his first 1099 job setting up computers at Chattanooga Middle School at 17. He has dabbled as an arborist, landscaper, and painter ever since he was able. After buying a house in 2014, he began taking on bigger and bigger home improvement projects. He began laying flooring for others and built ramps, all the while building a successful small business based on the happy people that he was able to help.

Daniel is proud to have rejoined the Choo Choo Chorus in 2022. Music can be life changing. Throughout many of life's changes, music makes life more brilliant and precious. Daniel Is happy to have encouraged Seth Jackson, his cousin, to sing barbershop. It is a privilege and an honor to make music with all of you.