Barbershop Articles

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Our "collective nouns for posties" search has gone off at a tangent, as we knew it would, courtesy of Wayne Davies, of Gordon, who writes: "While on collective nouns, the other night at barbershop rehearsal we inadvertently came up with the definitive term for a minority part of the chorus:..read more

Out Of The Blue To Hit The Right Note In Us

WOLLONGONG'S Out of the Blue Singers are off to the United States next week to join a chorus of about 140 women competing in an international Sweet Adeline Barbershop competition.

Something New In Vogue As Mags Taste Healthy Success

Magazines for diabetics and for barbershop blokes are leading the way, writes John Elder.

No Nudes But A Boom In Busts

THE old-fashioned barbershop magazine is making a comeback with the blue jokes, bosoms, drongo trivia and more bosoms. Or as Zoo Weekly bills itself "sex, sport and stupidity".

Heavenly Harmonies Your Majesties

MENTION "vocal harmonies" and small-minded people would either envisage the Seekers, a barbershop quartet, or have hideous flashbacks to school choir. But those of us still in the throes of a passionate relationship with popular music know only too well the strange magic that can be woven by multiple voices..read more