BinG! invites you to the 15th Barbershop Music Festival
From 3rd to 5th of April 2020 BinG! organises the bi-annual, international Barbershop Music Festival for the 15th time. This time again in Dortmund's Konzerthaus!
More information here.
Modern, structured and clearly arranged
Spring cleaning... is too small an expression for the general overhaul of the new BinG! web presence. "The impression we want to give visitors of our web pages is to be more modern and the information presented in a clearer way. Also the member area is quite dusty, the structure rather confusing and the maintenance awkward ", explains webmaster Thomas Wardin.
Against this backdrop, the web experts have chosen a completely new approach: A modern design, which also enables a clean presentation on smartphones and tablets, is achieved in conjunction with a powerful content management system. Some of the functions are being expanded, but some dead branches of the past are being trimmed back. "We listened to the members and took up their suggestions with preference," says Thomas.
New BinG! membership model
The time of the revision coincides with a change in the BinG! membership model, which will of course be implemented in the new environment. "As a very welcome side effect, we finally expect neatly maintained data from all members, be they ensembles or individual members," Thomas says happily. This is intended to eliminate a crucial deficit in today's landscape and, among other things, to support smooth communication.
A detailed description of the concept can be downloaded here.
At the moment, a detailed test is being run by pilot users so that teething problems will no longer occur when the system is bound to go live at the end of the year. The use of the system will be as intuitive as possible based on these users' feedback. Individual pages will soon be made available to the public in order to also familiarize non-members with the new design.
Feedback or suggestions to webmaster@barbershop.de are still welcome.
From 3rd to 5th of April 2020 BinG! organises the bi-annual, international Barbershop Music Festival for the 15th time. This time again in Dortmund's Konzerthaus!
More information here.
On 05.10.2018 the BinG! general meeting has elected a new BinG! board. After the 2-year term of General Manager Franziska Dickhut ended, she did not let herself be put up for election again. President Gabriele von Rauch and treasurer Anna Taferner resigned outside of their term of office.
Every year, BinG! Harmony College requires a great deal of organization, loads of time and lots of know-how. Fortunately, we’ve always been able to find dedicated, diligent helpers, who provide for a structured concept, detailed preparation, and keep everything running smoothly. Most of this happens in the background.
The Barbershop Music Festival in spring 2018 only lasted 3 days, but these 3 days seem to have left a lasting impression on the a cappella scene in Germany.
BinG! gehört seit dem 24. Februar 2018 zum Deutschen Chorverband (DCV). Und damit hat der deutsche Barbershop Verein auch einen Platz am Tisch der Deutschen Chorjugend (DCJ) beziehungsweise in ihrem Beirat. Maximilian Hilz, zweiter BinG!-Vorsitzender, nahm dementsprechend an der diesjährigen DCJ-Beiratssitzung teil.