The University of Idaho Argonaut

Music will be in the air this Saturday night.
“Hey Look Me Over,” which is presented by the new Palouse Harmony Chorus, will be a night of song and fun for all ages.

Featuring a line-up of four barbershop quartets and six barbershop choruses from around the area, this event also marks the debut show for the Palouse Harmony Chorus.
The group, which was first created back in April 2007, is composed of 17 men, ages 30 to 72.
John Mix, a member of the Palouse Harmony Chorus, said every barbershop chorus in the country has an annual show, and since they’re brand new, the time has come for them to have their first show.
He said the other groups from around the northwest that are coming to sing at the show are doing so completely on their own, which was a nice gesture.

“Each group will sing two or three songs. It will be one of the more varied shows we’ll be able to have,” Mix said.
Ross Brickelmyer, the president of the Palouse Harmony Chorus, said when he and his wife moved to Pullman last January he found that within a month or two he was going through withdrawal from barbershop singing.

While Brickelmyer lived in Bozeman, Montana he was an active member of a barbershop chorus, and when he went to Clarkston shortly after moving he heard the Pages of Harmony, a quartet from Spokane, playing with the Sweet Adelines, a female chorus from the Quad Cities.
He said that is when he knew he had to get involved.

Shortly after that he helped form the Palouse Harmony Chorus.
“It’s been a fantastic experience,” Brickelmyer said. “Bringing something from nothing and reintroducing men’s harmony chorus to the Palouse has been great.”

Brickelmyer said that he’s excited for the show in general, but he’s looking forward to hearing the Moscow High School Bearitones, which is a girls quartet made up of three seniors and one sophomore.
“I heard from my voice coach that they’re going to steal the show and that they have a great sound. They’re young and full of energy and just cute as a button, so I’m excited to see what they’ll do,” he said.
He said that “Hey Look Me Over” will be a parade of choruses and quartets and fun for everyone who comes.

Orrin Iseminger, vice president of the Palouse Harmony Chorus, said the past nine weeks of planning for the show have been pretty intense.
“It’s our charter show, and all of these other groups of fellow barbershoppers have come and volunteered to sing and it will be very exciting for us,” Iseminger said. “We’re inviting the Palouse country to come and look us over.”