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Clipper City Chordsmen shine at Minneapolis barbershop event
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MANITOWOC – The Clipper City Chordsmen recently participated in the Land O’ Lakes District Barbershop Convention and Competition in Minneapolis.
The event, held Oct. 10-11, drew more than 500 barbershop enthusiasts from parts of five states and three Canadian provinces, according to a community announcement. A total of 382 participants from 15 choruses competed, along with 34 quartets.
Chordsmen performed songs from ‘Toy Story’
Twenty-four members of the Manitowoc-based Clipper City Chordsmen and their quartet, Quandary, took part in the competition.
Another quartet, Lake Effect, did not compete but received three hours of intensive coaching in performance, musicality and singing.
The Chordsmen performed two songs from the animated movie “Toy Story”: “I Will Go Sailing No More” and “You’ve Got a Friend in Me.”
“The first song is about the moment you realize you are not able to do what you thought you could do,” Chordsmen member Don Lewellen said in the announcement. “Chorus members found themselves represented in this song. However, despite our limitations, we still have great friends to rely on.”
Chordsmen welcome new members
The Clipper City Chordsmen is an all-male a cappella singing group with 36 members of all ages. The chapter is in its 80th year and welcomes guests to its rehearsals, which are held from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays at Grow It Forward on the corner of 15th and Marshall streets in Manitowoc.
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