The Ballard Chorale

Mountain Dew!

2009-09-30T10:42:00.000-07:00

The old songs live! Here are Bob and Kaj singing Mountain Dew on Clark Island in the Broken Group islands on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

1969

2009-02-23T19:44:00.000-08:00

Hi!
Just wanted to add to the web site! The Ballard Chorale Tour of 1969 consisted of:

Valerie Johnson, Joanne Hill, Kathy Kaestner, Georgia Benfield, Barbara Hofstad, Kathleen Gwin, Kathy Anderson, Barbara Ferguson, Robin Cornwall, Marcia Geving, Rita Clarke, Barbara Knapp, Erik Selland, Ron Lee, Mike Ramar, Paul Mueller, Ken Earlywine, Ron Larson, Axel Schattauer, Peter Nelson, Jim Raemer, Mike Israel, Randy Johnson, Candee Cain, Dorothy Holvik and myself.

I took the "No Entry" pic with a very old Brownie (black box) camera!

Kathleen Smith (Dolsen)

Bob's Collection: Ireland '79

2008-08-31T10:50:00.000-07:00

Bob's Collection: Ireland '79

2008-08-31T10:48:00.000-07:00

Bob's Collection: Blarney Castle '79

2008-08-31T10:45:00.000-07:00

Bob's Collection: Caesarea '79

2008-08-31T10:44:00.000-07:00

Israel '79: Visiting with the locals

2008-08-31T10:41:00.000-07:00

Bob's Collection: Negev Desert '79

2008-08-31T10:38:00.000-07:00

Bob's Collection: Negev Desert '79

2008-08-31T10:32:00.000-07:00

A hot day in the desert of Israel.

Bob's collection continued

2008-04-28T20:37:00.001-07:00

Bob's collection continued

2008-04-28T20:33:00.001-07:00

Bob's collection continued

2008-04-28T20:29:00.001-07:00

Bob's collection

2008-04-28T18:01:00.000-07:00

The scanning of Mr. Bune's photo collection has begun. More posts to come.

House cats in Homer

2008-04-13T18:35:00.001-07:00

Bunny Boots on the Bering Sea

2008-04-13T18:22:00.000-07:00

SAS and the Ballard Chorale, 1971

2008-03-16T23:28:00.000-07:00

Another great image from Kathy. Wow!

1971 Newspaper Clippings

2008-03-16T23:16:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Kathy Adolphsen for these great newspaper clippings from 1971.

The Next Generation

2008-03-13T08:47:00.001-07:00

BHS Fundraiser 2008

2008-03-13T08:45:00.001-07:00

Zermatt/Matterhorn 1979

2008-03-10T20:45:00.000-07:00

More from Daryl. If you look closely at the Matterhorn you can see the Hornli Hut on the bench at the base of the east ridge. Some of us spent the night in the hut and came down the next day. Great fun and some tense moments too. Some folks found that coming down a mountain is a bit more intimidating than going up. I've since found this to be repeatable phenomenon.

BHS Fundraiser 2008

2008-03-10T20:43:00.001-07:00

Bavaria 1979

2008-03-10T19:40:00.001-07:00

An image from Daryl Heinzerling from '79. Sounds like Daryl is cranking up a slide scanning project that will bring us many more like this in future months.

Thanks in advance Daryl!

BHS Fundraiser 2008

2008-03-09T13:31:00.000-07:00

BHS Fundraiser 2008

2008-03-09T13:21:00.001-07:00

Ballard High School: April 28, 2007, continued

2007-11-18T20:13:00.000-08:00

Ballard High School: April 28, 2007

2007-11-18T20:10:00.000-08:00

I'll try to post more often...sorry

2007-10-27T21:40:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the radio silence gang. I've been a busy boy. I'll try to
add some to the blog more often through the fall and winter.

Selecting songs for SoundFalls in Carnation

2007-10-27T21:35:00.001-07:00

In December my father and I, along with a couple of paddling buddies, will sing a few songs at SoundFalls in Carnation. I'm looking forward to singing The Parting Glass, Wild Rover and a few others.

Comments Now Open

2007-07-19T20:41:00.000-07:00

As I learn more about the blog I find some silly things that lead to confusion.

Apparently the "comments" were not available to everyone. That is now changed. Everyone can comment now. Unless we get a lot of spam I'll leave it that way.

Israel 1977: Michael Ben Avi

2007-07-15T20:21:00.000-07:00

Not sure we could have had a better tour guide than Michael...

Alaska 1976: Nome

2007-07-15T19:25:00.000-07:00

I've always liked this shot. This was taken at Frieda Larsen's house.

Alaska '76: Ninilchik?

2007-07-15T19:17:00.000-07:00

I think this was a sing at the high school in Ninilchik. Can anyone verify?

Masada "Downers"

2007-07-15T18:46:00.000-07:00

TJ commented on the Masada "uppers" photo so I thought I'd
post a shot of the "downers." That was a hot day!

Caesarea 1979

2007-06-17T15:13:00.001-07:00

The day we spent in and around Caesarea was a fascinating one. As with everything in Israel, history is thick there on the coast of the Med. For a little of this history, check out this website.

Matterhorn 1977

2007-06-15T23:12:00.000-07:00

Some of us on this trip hiked up to the Hornli Hut on the Matterhorn. It was a spectacular day in the mountains. I think at least one person went skiing on the glacier on the other side of the valley. It is a magical place indeed.

Did we spend the night in the hut? I can't remember.

A very good friend

2007-06-15T07:57:00.000-07:00

Digging through the archives

2007-06-14T21:33:00.000-07:00

I've been rooting around in my piles of photos and finding some gems. Over the next few months I'll try to scan a bunch of them and get them dropped in here for your viewing pleasure. Please feel free to comment whenever you are in the mood.

Israel 1979

2007-06-14T21:19:00.000-07:00

Does anyone know where we were?

Kissing the Blarney Stone...1979

2007-06-14T21:12:00.000-07:00

Masada 1979

2007-06-14T07:49:00.000-07:00

Germany 1977

2007-06-14T07:42:00.000-07:00

The Solitude of the Land

2007-06-09T18:48:00.000-07:00

Ask Bob about the great song he wrote about one of his wilderness paddle trips in northern Canada. Written in the style of Gordon Lightfoot.

The Brothers Four

2007-06-09T18:42:00.000-07:00

In the spring of 2007, The Ballard Chorale opened for The Brothers Four. Here's a shot of the last note of the concert.

Floating on the Dead Sea 1977 and 1979

2007-06-09T14:32:00.000-07:00

A conversation at work the other day got me remembering the great feeling of floating on the Dead Sea. Same day as our visit to Masada. As I recall, we did this both years.

Ballard Chorale List of Adventures...

2007-06-09T14:28:00.000-07:00

On the right side of this page is a list of Chorale adventures with the year and the destination listed. Please comment here and tell me which ones need to be added. I'll check this post and update the list once in a while.

Practicing for the BHS Fundraiser 2007

2007-06-09T13:59:00.000-07:00

Hard at work in the heart of Ballard...

Will you go, lassie, go?

2007-06-09T13:15:00.000-07:00

I can't wait to read the recollections of all the Choralees out there. Please spread the word of the Ballard Chorale Blog (BCB) and we'll get this thing started. I'm just now working out how to open the posting to everyone. I'll keep you in the loop...