First Joseph Shows

Realtime did two shows these past two weeks with our newest member, tenor Joseph Livesey. First we gave away the Northwest Harmony Sweepstakes trophy in Olympia, WA, which was funny because Joseph's old group Soundstage also won their region. So yes, Joseph gave away two regional trophys! (Soundstage by the way is nothing short of awesome - you must check them out!) Then we sang on the Toronto Northern Lights show in beautiful Toronto, Ontario. TNL is such an amazing chorus, and ranked first going into the BHS finals this Summer. Really a privilege to sing on their show, and a treat to know them.

Stay tuned! We're going to Italy in June, and will bring back pizza for everyone.

Brubeck likes it!

This is really cool - we sent a copy of "Take 5" to Dave Brubeck himself, and he sent back the following autographed letter:

Dear Tim, Doug, Tom and Mark,

Thank you for sending me an autographed copy of your "Take Five" CD. I have not had time to listen to the entire album but naturally tuned in to "Take Five" first and found it to be amazing. The track that really got to me emotionally was "Over the Rainbow." Your group has a touch of the barbershop, which I've always loved, taken a few steps further with better harmony and sung in tune.

Wishing you great success,
Dave Brubeck

Is that not the coolest thing??

Front Page News

OK check it out - we are on the front page at Primarily A Cappella! That's just cool. Also I like what they wrote about Take 5, and about us being an "Early favorite" to win the national Sweeps.

Forest Grove was Awesome

Realtime sang three shows as headliners at the "Ballad Town USA" barbershop quartet contest this past weekend in Forest Grove, Oregon. We've been there many times together and in other quartets, and it's always a great time.

It was our first show where we had Take 5 available, and we sold out! I guess we should have tried to pack more into the Cessna. Also a big moment - Doug signed *his own picture* on a Realtime CD for the first time!

Thanks to the West Side Singers for putting on such a fantastic event.

Take 5 DONE!

Yup, it's done, and we've got them in our hands, ready to ship! Take 5, our third CD, is no longer an abstract notion. It is tiny pits on plastic circles.

Nice reviews from sweeps

Looks like the audience liked us!
http://www.harmony-sweepstakes.com/reviews/2010pacnw.html

Northwest Sweeps Results

And the final standings for NW Sweeps, in reverse order:

3. V-Chords
2. Baudboys
1. Realtime

Yup, we won! I was really impressed with the performances of both the V-Chords, who sang really well, and the Baud Boys who sang better than ever and won audience favorite. Both truly awesome music groups, and great guys to hang around with. And that goes for all the groups really - the Sweeps is a terrific place to hang out with other musicians and just have a great time.

Looking forward to the national finals in May! Predictions anyone?