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FUSION News Archive
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Darryl Marchant steps down as
Lead of FUSION
by
fusionqt
@ Wednesday, May. 31,
2006 - 02:33:21 pm
FUSION received
some sad news recently when we learned that Darryl
Marchant would have to leave the quartet for
personal reasons. Our lead singer, one of the
original members of the quartet, and the most
experienced quartet singer in the group, Darryl was
obviously a key component to our success to date.
Even with all of those reasons, the hardest part of
Darryl leaving is that the four of us are good
friends first and foremost, and to be able to sing
with your friends is a great gift. Of course,
Darryl, along with wife Nancy and daughter
Charlotte, are always going to be good friends of
ours, and there will be many afterglows and
campfires where we'll get to sing together again.
Brent, John and Pat want to thank Darryl for over
two years of great quartet memories and we look
forward to seeing one of Ontario's best leads in a
quartet sometime in the future.
Speaking of
the future, the remaining members of FUSION are
looking towards ours. We are currently on the
lookout for a new lead singer to continue our
musical journey, and you can be sure once we've
found our guy, you'll hear about it right here - so
stay tuned!
Wow, what a weekend!
by
fusionqt
@ Wednesday, Apr. 26, 2006 - 11:16:01 pm
Wow, what a
weekend! We would like to thank Ontario District for
another great convention this past weekend. We had a
lot of fun and enjoyed sharing the stage with the
best Ontario District has to offer, as well as
Gordon Lightfoot. Fusion is proud to have had the
opportunity to chat with this legend in Canadian
music, former barbershopper, and now lifetime member
of the Barbershop Harmony Society.
Other than
preparing for and attending the convention, Fusion
has been very busy on other fronts.
Fusion looks
back fondly on a busy first 1/3 of 2006, including:
Top Gun, a trip to Germany, several shows with the
Toronto Northern Lights, our Mini.ca commercial, and
Ontario District's Spring Convention. We look
forward to the balance of the year which will start
this weekend as we headline the St. Thomas Chapter's
annual show.
Thank you to
all of our families and friends for their support,
and especially to all of you babershoppers out there
who continue to inspire us. We look forward to
performing for you in the near future!
FUSION is Famous!!!
by
fusionqt
@ Tuesday, Apr. 04, 2006 -
08:54:04 am
Well maybe not famous but we are featured on the Mini.ca
website. A few weeks ago, FUSION was contacted to record
a few songs and other "sound clips" to be used for
MINI's new ad campaign, "The MINI Family - A Quartet
with Attitude". We had a blast recording all the
material and once you take a look at MINI.ca, you'll
know why!
There are several "easter eggs" that you will only hear
if you move your mouse over the right spot, so have fun
trying to find them all.
Also, this past weekend FUSION had the honour of
singing on the TNL show which also featured Realtime. We
have to say that not only are they a great quartet with
an incredible sound, but they are also some of the
nicest guys to just hang out with. Now go checkout
MINI.ca and come back and let us know what you think!
FUSION to appear on TNL show this
Saturday ... and other news
by
fusionqt
@ Tuesday, Mar. 28, 2006 -
10:15:47 am
FUSION was thrilled to be able to perform this past
Saturday for a great audience at St. John the Evangelist
Catholic Church in Whitby. This was extra special for
our Baritone Pat as this is his home parish.
FUSION shared the stage with Surround Sound and
the Toronto Northern Lights. Speaking of TNL
... FUSION
will be appearing on the Toronto Northern Lights Annual
Show - "Mime, Music and More!" this Saturday, April 1st
... and we're not foolin'! For tickets, please visit
www.northernlightschorus.com.
Also, check back soon as we have loads more pictures
from our BinG trip to Germany that we are preparing to
put
up! April is a busy month for FUSION. We start the
monthwith the TNL show and end with the St. Thomas show
on Saturday April 29th, with tons of cool stuff in
between. Check back next week for a HUGE
announcement!!!
FUSION goes to Germany
by
fusionqt
@ Wednesday, Mar. 08, 2006
- 11:22:02 pm
FUSION, travelling as part of Toronto Northern Lights,
recently returned from Dortmund, Germany where we were
participating in Barbershop Musikfestival 2006. This is
BinG's (Barbershop in Germany) bi-annual contest and
convention, and Fusion was lucky enough to be mike
warmers for the Friday night quartet contest.
Performing in Konzerthaus Dortmund was a treat, one of
the finest halls in the world. Even more of a treat was
meeting and singing with so many wonderful people, not
only from Germany, but Holland and England as well. It
was an incredible and incredibly humbling experience we
will never forget. Congratulations to The Harmunichs
(can you guess where they're from?) on winning the
chorus contest, and Inflagranti for winning the quartet
contest. To
everyone we met and had a song with, stay in touch, drop
a note in our guestbook and thank you for such a
fantastic experience! (See the photos page for more)
FUSION to appear in 2 upcoming shows
by
fusionqt
@ Tuesday, Dec. 06, 2005 -
11:13:01 pm
FUSION will be appearing Saturday, January 8th, 2006 at
the Orillia Opera House at 8:00pm. The show features the
North Metro Chorus and MegaCity Chorus.
FUSION is also thrilled to have accepted an
invitation to appear on the St. Thomas Elginaires Annual
Show on Saturday, April 29th, 2006. Check back for more
details and the addition of a calendar coming soon.
FUSION Judges Novice Contest in St.
Thomas
by
fusionqt
@ Thursday, Nov. 24, 2005 -
11:43:01 pm
Last week FUSION had the honour of judging the 11th
William R. Morton Memorial Novice Quartet Contest in St.
Thomas. This was a great night of quartet encouragement.
It was extra special for our tenor Brent as the contest
is named after his grandfather. Brent was a winner of
the contest in 1990 with his dad Gary, back when he
lived in and sang with St. Thomas.
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