Who'd a thunk it.............. WOWEE and congrats to Jim Henry and gang.
Obviously the judges thunk it.....

And a new quest begins for the fantastic VM and Jim Clancy the leader man.
Scoring less than an average half-point per judge than AOH at 96.3 vs 97.5
will bring back that old saying "DONT MESS WITH TEXAS" ;-)


And, talk about Gold Medal quartetters involved in their Chorus......
Will Jim Henry make it 2 golds tonite with CROSSROADS??

Two streak records broken VM at 11 consecutive Gold medals,
TNTat 18?
consecutive medals (finished 17th)

And took better than 90.0 to get a medal this year.

Cant wait to see AOH and VM both in Philadelphia next summer.

Cant wait to hear how many perfect 100 scores by category.

So much to say, so little time.
See below.... one for the ages.
Joe

AOH new world record by 61 points I believe, but VM also beat the old
record by 24 points.?
If the score archives are right the old record has stood since 1996 by MOH.
Jim Gordon

Also new world record for two Affiliates in top 10..... Sweden
(7th) and New Zealand (10th).

>http://www.barbershop.org/anaheimresults.aspx <<<<< click for
>full score sheet


go to this link for full score sheet, but here's top 11.

OFFICIAL SCORING SUMMARY, BHS, International Quartet and Chorus Convention
International, Chorus Finals, Anaheim, California, July 3, 2009
Chapter / Nickname Song mus
prs sng Total Avg men
1 St Charles, MO If You Love Me, Really Love
Me 486 485 487 2926 97.5 158
Ambassadors of Harmony Seventy Six Trombones 491 498 479

2 Dallas Metro, TX Georgia On My Mind 479
478 480 2889 96.3 142
The Vocal Majority Sweet Georgia Brown 486 490 476

3 Hilltop, MN Blame It On My
Youth 456 464 459 2764 92.1 86
Great Northern Union Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey 461 468 456

4 Denver Mile High, CO On The Street Where You Live 451
462 452 2744 91.5 117
Sound of The Rockies My Lady Loves To Dance 462 471 446

5 Toronto, ON I'll Get By (As Long As I Have
You) 448 454 449 2706 90.2 39
The Northern Lights Alexander's Ragtime Band 445 459 451

6 Greater Central Ohio, OH Cheer Up Charlie 446
458 443 2700 90.0 53
The Alliance Willy Wonka Medley
II 448 472 433

7 Stockholm, Sweden I Will 443
451 444 2692 89.7 31
zero8 I Wanna Hold Your
Hand 445 468 441

8 Bay Area, CA Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square 449
448 444 2669 89.0 80
Voices In Harmony Running Wild 438 454 436

9 Alexandria, VA You Tell Me Your
Dream 438 442 436 2647 88.2 81
Alexandria Harmonizers Clap Yo Hands 443 456 432

10 Wellington, New Zealand You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves 433
438 427 2645 88.2 40
Vocal FX Cheer Up
Charlie 449 463 435

11 Western Hills (Cincinnati), OH South Pacific One 438
451 430 2637 87.9 72
Southern Gateway South Pacific
Two 436 459 423

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