Friday, September 21, 2012

Celebrating 90 Years of Dan Gillespie!

On this day, 90 years ago, our buddy and beloved tenor Dan Gillespie was born. The years that have followed have been nothing less than legendary. An active member of our chorus for many, many years, Dan has been a staple of barbershop harmony here in Savannah.

When I first started with 13th Colony Sound, Dan was the tenor in one of our most prominent chapter quartets--Driftaway. As I began to settle into my new-found hobby of barbershop singing, Dan's sly smile and witty sense of humor were among the ever-present mainstays affirming that this is the hobby for me.

Not long after I began singing with Dan and the other 13th Colony Sound members, I learned something else about this remarkable man. In WWII Dan didn't fight in Europe. He didn't fight in the Pacific either. Dan worked on the Manhattan Project. His responsibility was making the initiator mechanisms for the first atomic bomb in human history as well as the one used on Nagasaki--the one which ultimately ended the war.

At that time, my own grandfather was preparing to invade Japan--a task he doubted he would live to see to the end of; a task that, thanks to my buddy Dan, never began. And so, I count it among the greatest honors of my life, that I have not only gotten to meet this man, not only gotten to sing with him, but have also gotten the privilege of naming among my friends my dear friend, Dan Gillespie.

So, Dan, we, your friends and fellow barbershoppers, wish you the greatest and happiest 90th birthday ever!

Happy birthday, Dan!

Nathan P. Daniel
VP Marketing & Public Relations
13th Colony Sound

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

TCS Fall Show - "Witness for the Defense"


A trial is  beginning. The plaintiff charges that barbershop harmony as practiced by the 13th Colony Sound and Moon River Choruses violates the rules of classical harmony and seeks to prohibit them from that style of singing. Both the plaintiff and the defense present arguments supporting their positions, principally through songs sung in the barbershop harmony style. The defense calls the Ghost of O. C. Cash, the founder of the Barbershop Harmony Society as a witness. He explains the origins of barbershop harmony with many examples. A trial ends with shocking, surprise evidence.


Come enjoy this night of barbershop harmony with us, Savannah's barbershop chorus, 13th Colony Sound, as we present to you...



WHERE: Lucas Theatre
WHEN: October 5th & 6th at 7:08 PM
COST: $15 Advanced Tickets; $20 at the Door

Check out our website for more information: http://savannahbarbershoppers.org.
Or call 912-525-5050