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HEAT Wins Collegiate Contest
Updated: 9/10/2003 11:11:00 AM
Press Release Contact Reed Sampson: 514-392-5015 or prmedia@spebsqsa.org
Bob Ebers: 514-892-3203 or (pager) 514-480-7686
Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc.
6315 Harmony Lane, Kenosha, WI 53144 • 800.876.7464 • www.spebsqsa.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PLEASE
Collegiate quartet champ selected
HEAT captured the gold today (July 4) in the 2003 MBNA America Collegiate Barbershop Quartet Contest held in Montreal as part of the Barbershop Harmony Society’s weeklong 65th annual international convention.
Twenty-one quartets competed in the contest. All had qualified in preliminary rounds held in the 16 Society districts in the U.S. and Canada. The 2002 champion, Catfish Bend from Bowling Green University, sang their swan song package then presented the gold medals to the new champions. All competitors had qualified in preliminary rounds held in the 16 Society districts.
Members of HEAT are Julian Vazquez, tenor; Paul Saca, lead; Matt Swann, baritone; and Ronny Izquierdo, bass. All are students at the University of Miami. The quartet champion receives gold medals, trophies and a cash prize of $3,500.
The silver medal and a cash prize of $2,500 went to Vocal Tonic. Members are: Aaron Alexander, tenor; Gregory Lee, lead; Matthew MacFadyne, baritone; and Paul Saeger, bass. They hail from Concordia University, Harper College, Northwestern University and University of Illinois.
Three bronze medal winners were also chosen, and those groups will receive cash prizes of $1,000 each. Those winners are:
Third place: Last Call—Kurt Campbell, tenor; Patrick Michel, lead, Dave Carducci, baritone, and Jared Wolf, bass—students at Bowling Green State University and Michigan State University.
Fourth place: Fortissimo—Daniel Cochran, tenor; Juan Amarilla, lead; Julian Osorio, baritone; and Amos Velez, bass. They are students at Palm Beach Atlantic University, Forest Hill High School (West Palm Beach, Fla.), Palm Beach Community College and Dreyfoos School of the Arts.
Fifth place: Trade Secret—Myles Glancy, tenor; Michael Snow, lead; Robert Mahone, baritone; and Greg Adams, bass. All are students at Mille E. Godwin High School in Richmond, Va.
The Barbershop Harmony Society, found in 1938 in Tulsa, Okla., is today the world's largest all-male singing organization. Membership numbers about 33,000 throughout North America. There are eight official foreign affiliates of the Society, but barbershop harmony is sung in more than 40 countries around the world, including Finland, Japan, China, Russia and Israel.
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