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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1957
Page
6
The piece argues that time seems endless to children and teens but is truly finite. It notes how youths view time through spinach and rivers, while adults face a sobering realization of a dwindling, checkered life. A friend’s waking each morning to another day hints at time’s fragile gravity.
A quoted snippet on time management and life choices prompts readers to consider how they spend their hours. It references a barber shop setting and a society devoted to barbershop quartet singing, urging reflection on personal priorities and the value of time.
The SPEBSQSA chapter in Linn County Iowa uses the term parade for a non parade event inviting quartets to perform. Members emphasize fun over formality, predicting a memorable show eight years after the group began with a lighthearted stance that keeps fans laughing and the audience humming.
Harold A. Miller, chairman of the Barber Shop Quartet parade slated for Saturday night in Memorial Coliseum, questions why the event is called a parade. He suggests the term woodshed or woodshedding better fits a gathering for harmonizing, yet the title persists.
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