Canton Chapter hosts Harmony Foundation golf outing
On Sept. 20 the Canton, Ohio Chapter will host the first annual "Harmony in Fore" charity golf outing, supporting the Harmony Foundation. The Quarry Golf Club is one of the best courses in Ohio; all proceeds will be used to spread our love of barbershop to the next generation of singers.

Here's where you can sign up yourself or your foursome on-line.
 

The Allies earn 5th place medal in Philly
At the International Contest in Philadelphia, The Allies took the 5th Place bronze medal. Maverick placed 23rd, Hot Air Buffoons finished 37th and Class Ring was 43rd.

In the chorus contest, The Alliance took 6th place and Southern Gateway finished 11th.

In the collegiate contest, Prestige took the silver, and Steel City Incline finished 21st.

Here's where you'll find the Official Scoring Summaries for all of the International contests.
 

Is there a link to your chapter's Web site on SingJAD?
We think that there are still a few JAD chapters that have developed their own Web sites but haven't notified the SingJAD Webmaster. In the chapter contact listings here on SingJAD, there's an entry for every JAD chapter - and if the chapter's name is underlined, a click on that link will take you to the chapter's own site. If your chapter doesn't have a site, or if we don't know the URL of your chapter's site, your chapter's name won't be underlined. You're hereby urged to go to the listing for your site, find your chapter, and verify that if you do have a Web site, the link is correct. Please to the listings and links here. And if your chapter doesn't have a Web site yet, find a member with even minimal Web-site-development skills, and browbeat him into creating one for you!

Here are the JAD chapter listings by state:

• Kentucky
• Ohio
• Pennsylvania
• West Virginia
   

Updated listing of JAD's registered quartets
As the latest in an ongoing series of steps to provide more current information here on SingJAD, we've tried to bring the listing of JAD's Registered Quartets all the way up to June 2009 (yep, over a year ago). Starting with a listing received from the Mother Ship in Nashville, I've purged from the list all quartets whose registrations have expired, and added the quartets that were missing from the list here on SingJAD.

But...here's the thing: the information I've received from the Society does not include either contact phone numbers or Web-site addresses, and the contact listed in the Society's info (including e-mail address) is the guy who registered the quartet, not necessarily the guy you currently want to be your representative for the purpose of receiving inquiries about singing gigs. Plus, I have a nagging suspicion that the Society's listing may not be 100% accurate, but I'd never admit that publicly.

So...if you're a member of a JAD quartet that's registered with the Society, here's your responsibility: go to the JAD Registered Quartets page, and review your quartet's entry. If you see something you'd like to add or update, drop me an e-mail note by clicking the link that you'll find at the top or bottom of the page. Don't forget phone numbers and Web URLs, if you want them included. I'll update your entry right away. If you're registered but don't find your quartet listed here, first get in touch with Becca Box, Manager of Membership Services for the Society, and find out why your quartet wasn't listed on the "official" list that they sent me (current as of 19 June, according to them), then drop me a note with the required information, and I'll add your quartet right away. And if your quartet has disbanded (even if the name is still registered) and you'd like to have your listing removed from the JAD table (so you can stop getting those pesky phone and e-mail inquiries), drop me a note and I'll delete it, right away. Deal?
 

District Officer job descriptions
Just added to the site are job descriptions for all current JAD district officers, plus a proposed new position. In the future you can also access these descriptions via the left-hand menu on any page: just go to "District / Admin Info."

• Current descriptions:
  • District President
  • District VP Chapter Support and Leadership Development
  • District VP Chorus Director Development
  • District VP Contest and Judging
  • District VP Events
  • District VP Marketing and Public Relations
  • District VP Membership Development
  • District VP Music and Performance
  • District Young Men In Harmony (YMIH) Committee
  • District Secretary
  • District Treasurer
     
• Proposed new position:
  • District VP Chapter Programming

And just so you know who's who, here's the latest listing of current JAD board members.