Here's our top five quartets:

5. Starburst (543)
4. Prelude (566)
3. Flash! (572)
2. Cross Country (582)
1. Oasis (608)

The regional awards were:

Bel Canto - Most Improved
High Five - Novice Quartet

The weekend started off with the Thursday dinner/quartet reception at
which we saw a nice retrospective for Natural High, who were
celebrating their tenth anniversary. You may remember them as the
quartet with mom and her twin daughters (and three different tenors).
Mom and one daughter competed this weekend in Starburst!

Our contest pretty well rocked today. Lots of good singing! In order
of appearance, here are the quartets, with personnel and songs.

1C. THE ELEMENTS
Mary Seward, Gloria Crum, Lorna McCullough, Janet LaBoskey
Alamo Metro and Magic Valley Choruses
Sisters; All the World and Its Gold

1B. SWAY'd
Marsha Smith, Wendy Woodward, Brenda Anderson, June Yagiela
Houston Horizon Chorus
How Many Hearts Have You Broken; Memories Only Now

1A. RAMBUNXIOUS
Natasha Callaway, Mary Lou Spencer, Judi Sanders, Juanita Stone
Texas Harmony Chorus
It's Opening Night on Broadway; Are You Lonesome Tonight?

1. I, ME, YOU, HER
Donna Reeves, Dedra Schwenkler, Gayle Lowell, Teresa Block
Texas Harmony, O.K. City and Lone Star Choruses
I'll Never Say 'Never Again' Again; If I Give My Heart to You

2. STARBURST
Marché Marquis, Sasha Nunnally, Marguerite Reavis, Ronda Perez
Alamo Metro Chorus
Fit as a Fiddle; The Girl I Used to Be

3. KOPY KATZ
Kitty Behrends, Linda Kittchner, Zee Tuck, Betsy Billinger
Alamo Metro, Austin Harmony & Fiesta City Choruses
Bye, Bye, Blues; Are You Lonesome Tonight?

4. BEL CANTO
Katie McClellan, Janet Brown, Susan Murphy, Carol Scherer
Chisholm Trail & Lone Star Choruses
The Moment I Saw Your Eyes; Oh, How I Miss You Tonight

5. CROSS COUNTRY
Carolyn Hudler, Sheri Strawther, Pam Parish, Kerri Mauney
Spirit of Southeast Texas & Houston Horizon Chorus & CAL
Cry Baby; At Last

6. FLEUR de LIS
Judy Lotz, Jeannine Thibodaux, Susan Domangue, Sheryl York
Crescent City Sound Chorus
The Trolley Song; My Romance

7. FLASH!
Heather Harmon, Robin Parsons, Bebe Caldwell, Cynthia Fossum
Alamo Metro Chorus & CAL
You Turned the Tables on Me; Melancholy Baby

8. OASIS
Janet Burnett, Vickie Dennis, Kellie Gareri, Karen Johnson
Houston Horizon Chorus
I'm Singing Your Love Songs to Somebody Else; It's a Sin to Tell a Lie

9. HIGH FIVE
Shasta Gaither, Karla Callaway, Laura Jenks, Marlys Nelson
Texas Harmony Chorus
Old Songs, Old Friends; Oh, You Beautiful Doll

10. OUT OF CONTROL
Cindy King, Yvette Morgan, Margaret Young, Darline LeJeune
Spirit of Southeast Texas Chorus
Who's Sorry Now; All the World and Its Gold

11. ENTOURAGE
Katie Curry, Carol Herman, Carol Mathews, Kathy Parker
Houston Horizon Chorus & CAL
That Tumbledown Shack in Athlone; I'm All Bound 'Round with the Mason
Dixon Line

12. TIME & AGAIN
Yvonne Richards, Kathy Buck, Lori Avery, Judy Stallknecht
Houston Horizon Chorus & CAL
For the Sake of Auld Lang Syne; Lulu's Back in Town

13. SASS ‘n CLASS
Debbie Whitehead, Ladonna Bingham, Marlene Snare, Darlene Rogers
Texas Harmony Chorus
He Was There (at the Mardi Gras); The Moment I Saw Your Eyes

14. MONTAGE
Kathy Walden, Nita Myers, Carole Carmichael, Julie Jones
Chapter at Large
Okay, this one cannot be just song titles. They came out in long black
capes with vampire teeth. After removing the teeth, they sang a parody
of "You Gotta Have Heart" as "We Gotta Have Dark." Then they turned
their backs on us and were fiddling for a bit, and they turned around
and dropped the capes, revealing various black evening wear with loads
and loads and LOADS of extra embellishments and tons and tons and TONS
of jewelry, and sang a parody of "Over the Rainbow" I called "Somewhat
Overindulgent." They were hilarious!

15. REUNION STREET
Pat Fenton, Vicki Wyont, Anna Mae Garner, Carin Williamson
Houston Horizon Chorus
I Love to Sing that Old Barbershop Style; Over the Rainbow

16. INTRIGUE
Kathy Pillmore, Nancy Bourell, JoAnn Flanagan, Gloria Eddy
Austin Harmony Chorus
Every Day of My Life; I Can't Give You Anything But Love Medley

17. COUNTERPARTS
Karen Mulkey, Mindy Butler, Jane Rousseau, Linda Knight
Houston Horizon Chorus & CAL
Original Dixieland One Step; For the Sake of Auld Lang Syne

18. PRELUDE
Paula Chrisman, Jane Schlinke, June Deiser, Lisa Deiser
Alamo Metro Chorus
Red, Red Robin; Oh, How I Miss You Tonight

19. MAGIC MIX
Lee Tayon, Becky Loveday, Trudie Case, Marilyn Hanna
Lone Star Chorus
I'm All Bound 'Round with the Mason Dixon Line; My Buddy

Several other notables... contestants 12 and 13 had the exact same red
outfit, which I am told they ordered from Coldwater Creek. It was
pretty and now they need to learn some eight-part stuff, even though
rehearsing will be hard since they live about 5-6 hours apart!

I am torn for my favorite outfit choice between Oasis, with a plum
colored pants outfit with one of those shiny, sequiny tops, and Flash!
- wearing a copper colored bustier with a sheer fitted blouse over it
and black "car wash pants." I mean, everybody looked great, but those
two stood out for me.

Becky, lead of Magic Mix and a member of the steering committee, was in
a terrible accident just a few weeks ago, so we were VERY happy to see
her singing up there with just her arm in a sling.

A wonderful tribute to Jackie Hall was presented by Vickie Dennis (her
"sis) and it included the establishment of the Region Ten HALL of Fame
(get it?) Award, with Jackie as the first recipient. A beautiful
plaque with appropriate engraving is being sent to Jackie's family, and
a large traveling plaque was started with her name at the top and room
for many more people to be recognized in the future.

Marti Lovejoy
Proud Owner of SING which raised $9315 for YSF in 2008
Score Collector for SING (and the site below)
Life Member, Reg 10, TX, USA - 36 years so far
http: //groups.yahoo . com/group/SweetAdelinesScores
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