Cardinal District -- Barbershop Harmony Society

Fall 2007 Convention

Scores Are Here!

FRIDAY NIGHT AUDIENCE FAVORITES - A Big Success

By Trep Treptow, Director of Contest & Judging

What was intended to be an experiment to get the audience more involved turned out to be a heck of a lot of fun for everyone, with many requests to hold this event again in the future. As soon as the awards were made for the Audience’s Favorite tenor, lead, bari, and bass, the audience began calling out for the four of them to sing together. Eventually, all of the Audience Favorites winners sang a tag to conclude the first ever presentation of Cardinal District’s “Friday Night Audience Favorite” awards.

Approximately 150 members of the Friday night audience cast votes in eight categories for their favorite Lead, Tenor, Bari, Bass, Up-tune, Ballad, Swing Tune and Performing Attire. The individuals or quartets receiving 20 or more votes as the Audience Favorite were given “Honorable Mention.”

Audience Favorite Tenor: Jeremy Conover – Half-Ton Pickup
Honorable Mention: Robb Heady – Big Dog’s Last Hoorah
Honorable Mention: Mike Savarin – Strike Four
Honorable Mention: Will Mudd-Simmons – Southern Spark

Audience Favorite Lead: Logan Horn – The Edge
Honorable Mention: Jon Nicolas – Strike Four

Audience Favorite Bari: James Pennington – Southern Spark
Honorable Mention: Bob Kendall – Half-Ton Pickup

Audience Favorite Bass: Adam Wheeley – Past ‘N’ Present
Honorable Mention: Terry Wence - Interchange

Audience Favorite Uptune: Southern Spark – Hey, Good Lookin’
Honorable Mention: Bid Dog’s Last Hoorah – Wonderful Day Medley
Honorable Mention: Strike Four - Firefly

Audience Favorite Ballad: Past ‘N’ Present – If I Had My Way
Honorable Mention: - Strike Four – Beautiful Dreamer

Audience Favorite Swing Tune: Past ‘N’ Present –Love Me
Honorable Mention: The Edge – Ain’t Misbehavin’

Audience Favorite Performing Attire: Southern Spark
Honorable Mention: The Edge
Honorable Mention: Light Brigade

Winners each received a “cardinal” red baseball cap embroidered with “Audience Favorite,” a certificate, and unlimited bragging rights, including the opportunity to make themselves impossible to live with at quartet rehearsals for the next two months. We hope to repeat some version of this event at future contests.

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