Galax, Hillsville, Carroll County, Grayson County Virginia, VA Events, Festivals

Those who yearn for a time when television sets had "rabbit
ears" and the Beatles sang "64" will enjoy "Remember When," a
barbershop-style musical by Wilderness Road Chorus of Sweet Adelines,
Sunday, May 18, 4 p.m. at Pulaski Elementary School.
Jeff McCoy, of the Pulaski High School Drama Department, will
be featured guest in the show.
"Tickets are the 1950s prices," said Lavelva Stevens,
Pulaski, director, of the women's chorus.  Tickets are $5 and they
will be available at the door the day of the performance and from any
chorus member or call 951-2478.
Wilderness Road Chorus sings barbershop-style music.  It is
part of Sweet Adelines International, an educational organization of
more than 30,000 women worldwide.  Barbershop-style harmony has four
parts: lead, a solid sound that usually sings the melody; tenor, a
light, sweet, harmony part, sung above the lead; bass, a rich mellow
part singing the lowest notes of the chord; and baritone, a harmony
part crossing above and below the lead.
Each part blends to create the unique sound.  Barbershop-style music
is described as "ringing."  When all the notes in the chord are sung,
the audience hears a fifth note ringing through the room.  That sound
is called "ringing" the chord.  Barbershop, along with jazz is an art
form developed in the United States.  The singers in the chorus sing
as a hobby and enjoy learning about harmony and presenting their
music as entertainment at community events.