{"product_id":"on-the-sunny-side-wynn-w-gadkar-wilcox-9780692973219","title":"On the Sunny Side: The Danbury Mad Hatter Chorus, 1966-2016","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen a group of five singers gathered in Danbury, Connecticut in 1966 to discuss forming a barber- shop chapter called the Mad Hatters, they could scarcely imagine that in less than a decade, that group would grow to nearly one hundred men and would be among most talented, irreverent, and exciting choruses in the northeastern United States. Yet by the early 1990s, less than fifteen years from its heyday in the mid-seventies, the Mad Hatters almost ceased to exist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy did this chorus grow so quickly, and then devolve into near oblivion, only to rise again like a phoenix from the ashes? Eschewing simple answers, Gadkar-Wilcox weaves together the changing inter- personal dynamics among the men of the chapter, the demographics of the Danbury area, and the impact of broader social change in the United States. He demonstrates that barbershop singers struggled to adjust to the social, racial, and cultural changes of the 1960s and 1970s, but that they also rose and fell based on the individual personalities of their leaders. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn the Sunny Side \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eshows that even though organizations are bound to reflect, and be constrained by larger social, economic, and historical forces, they also come to embody the spirit of the individuals who comprise them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wynn W. Gadkar-Wilcox\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0692973214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780692973219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mad Hatter Chorus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d","brand":"Wynn W. Gadkar-Wilcox","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483637723391,"sku":"9780692973219","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2fe622d4-3156-4e46-ac70-c5b00981b640.jpg?v=1778039693","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-the-sunny-side-wynn-w-gadkar-wilcox-9780692973219","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}