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Essentials in
Contest and Judging System
Essentials in
Contest and Judging System
Antique Gold Wins Seniors' Quartet Contest
Updated: 1/22/2006 5:51:20 AM
Like sons, like father: Bringing home the gold
VANCOUVER QUARTET WINS SENIORS SINGING CONTEST
Sacramento, Calif. (Jan. 21) …Antique Gold of Greater Vancouver, B.C., took the gold this afternoon in the hotly contested Barbershop Harmony Society’s international seniors quartet competition.
Only two points separated Antique Gold, with a score of 856 points, from the second place Vintage Gold of California’s Bay Area. Only four points made the difference between first and the third-place Chicago Times of the greater Chicago area. A total of 26 quartets from the U.S., Canada, Sweden and England competed in the annual contest.
This may be the first time a father and sons won their respective competitions within months of each other. Members of Antique Gold are tenor Tom Bates, 70; lead George Wakeham, 63; baritone Charlie Metzger, 59; and his brother bass George Metzger, 58. Charlie and George are father and uncle, respectively, of Tom and Mark Metzger, two members of Realtime, the quartet that swept the regular quartet internationals last July.
Members of Vintage Gold are tenor Ron Bass, 64; lead Gary Bolles, 58; baritone Pat Henley, 69; and bass Jim Sherman, 67. Chicago Times members are: tenor Ray Henders, 77; lead Eugene Koth, 61; baritone Dave Cowin, 67; and bass Dave Boo, 59.
Rounding out the top five medallist positions are:
• Fourth place: Play It Again! from Ottawa, Ontario—tenor Rod McGillivray, 67; lead Jim Whitehead, 71; baritone Andre Carriere, 65; and bass Bill Vermue, 57.
• Fifth place: Silver Chords of Bellevue, Wash.—tenor Dave Brasher, 70; lead Les Walter, 63; baritone Barry Knott, 59; and bass Dick Swanson, 76.
Quartets that place in the top five receive a medal and bragging rights. Like all members of the Barbershop Harmony Society, competing quartets sing as a hobby. No member of any competing seniors quartet may be younger that 55, and the cumulative age of the quartet must be 240 years or more. They are judged on presentation, singing and music.
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About barbershop-style a cappella music: Barbershop harmony is a uniquely American musical art form. It is known for its four-part harmony and the “expanded sound” created by its unique chord structure.
About the Barbershop Harmony Society: Founded in 1938 in Tulsa, Okla., the Barbershop Harmony Society is the largest all-male singing organization in the world. There are eight official foreign affiliates of the Society, but barbershop harmony is sung in more than 40 countries including Japan, Russia and China.
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