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2010 Regional Champions
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The year was 1995. Bill Clinton was the President of the United States, Tom Hanks won an Oscar for Forrest Gump and Boyz Nite Out had a great time competing in the Harmony Sweepstakes!
From that beginning at the sweeps fifteen years ago Boyz Nite Out has had the opportunity to work with artists like the Righteous Brothers, Michael McDonald, Jay Leno and the late great bayarea Ray Charles! They’ve released five full length albums selling over 20,000 copies in the United States and Japan and have toured extensively throughout the United States performing for festivals, corporate and private events. After 15 years, 400 shows, 12 pitch pipes, dozens of national anthems, jingles and trips from to New York to Spain and from Miami to Marin, Boyz Nite Out is back where it all started. It’s good to be home.
Members: Bud Anderson, Jon Moore, Mark Baldi,, Eugene Rocha, Bill Craig 
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While serving as court musicians/crepe chefs at the court of Charles VII in the 13th century (they were not allowed to serve as the Royal Plumbers, since plumbing was at that time considered to be a form of witchcraft) the Plumbers of Rome invented a device to hurl food and concert T-shirts into the starving peasant section of the King's Concert Hall. Adapted for military use, and named the Trebuchet, this modest invention lead the French army to many victories, as well as adding to the festive atmosphere of French wedding receptions and modern day Renaissance Festivals. While history has all but forgotten the inventors of the Trebuchet, the Plumbers are commemorated in the traditional French carol ballade de l'arme romaine aim'e de plombier.
Members: Randy Jackson, Ron Gilgamesh, Ernie Stuckowitz
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Fresh off their 75 city national tour, Home Free is a distinctive combination of comedy and music featuring five male vocalists with extensive theatrical and musical training. Each performance showcases a new, animated, and electrifying experience that draws audiences in, and leaves them amazed. With a genre of music that covers an expansive mix of pop, jazz, classical and country, all songs are done with only the human voice and microphones, resulting in a truly unique and incredible sound.
Home Free has performed for a diverse and extensive clientele, ranging from the Minnesota Vikings, to Fortune 500 companies, Celebrity and Norwegian Cruise Lines, Allied Concert touring services, the Dutton Family from America’s Got Talent and many, many more. It also devotes its time to educating and encouraging music in the public schools through innovative workshops and concert fundraising. To date, its programs have already raised tens of thousands of dollars for schools in Minnesota.
Members: Rob Lundquist, Matt Atwood, Tim Foust, Adam Rupp, Chris Rupp
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Something Old. Something New. Something Else. Great talents from the area's award-winning groups come together to pay homage to Denver's great a cappella history. Listen for funk and R&B influences from the old-school where Confidential brings original pieces, cutting-edge sounds, and modern style for a sweet sound that aims for the future of a cappella.
Members: Peter Driscoll, Marc Johnson, LaDamion Massey, Matt Murphy, Richard Steighner, Isaac Troiano
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SoundStage constantly impresses audiences both at home and abroad with their tight, unexpected harmonies and passionate delivery. Founded in 2006, their 2008 win of the LA Regional Harmony sweepstakes has catapulted them to appear on ABC's "The View" as well as a touring headline performance for the 2009 International Contemporary A Cappella Festival in Taipei, Taiwan. Their consistent jazz sensibility (with an infusion of funk) has taken them from shopping malls, to professional sporting events, to international conferences, to high school auditoriums, to county fairs, and local churches, where they have been described as "the white, suburban step-child of Take 6 and Earth, Wind, and Fire." "SoundStage is the most exciting new a cappella vocal ensemble I’ve heard since Sixth Wave debuted back in 2001. Their charts are creative & musical and their voices are excellent, both in ensemble and as soloists. In addition, they have an energy that’s very infectious & exhilarating. I hope they keep providing musical thrills for a long time.".
Members: Jammie Hampton (Soprano), Kim Reed (Alto), Bradley Hampton (Tenor I), Joseph Livesey (Tenor II), Kyle Bowen (VP/Baritone), Ryan Williams (Bass)
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The West Side Five is a vocal jazz quintet based in New York, NY. Influenced by vocal jazz ensemble greats like the Real Group, Manhattan Transfer and the New York Voices, West Side 5 performs original interpretations of jazz, pop, and bossa nova standards at various venues in the New York/New Jersey area. Each member brings a unique voice and specialty to the group’s complex sound. They have proven themselves, whether traveling the world with various ensembles, recording a dozen or so CDs amongst them, or performing on some of the world’s most recognizable cities and stages: Carnegie Hall, L’Opera Garnier, Notre Dame, and more.
Members: Lara Hirner, Sara Wajnberg, John Shumway, Eric Hughes, Will Fithian
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b vocal has been working for the last twelve years in a surprising and innovative style: with just the use of their voices. - these five Aragonese musicians can recreate the soundscape of any musical piece (drums, guitars, brass, rhythm, etc.). With their entertaining shows, they have managed to popularize a cappella as a musical style in Spain through a perfect combination of voice and humour and a repertory of high quality music from both national and international sources. With a career of more than twelve years behind them, and thanks to their quality and originality, b vocal has become one of the main reference points for a capella music in Spain.
Members: Fermin, Juan Luis, Alberto, Augusto, Carlos
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Pacific Northwest
Realtime
Realtime is a four-part a cappella group from Vancouver, BC and Lynden, WA., that has been singing their music all over the world since 2003. The group includes brothers Mark Metzger and Tom Metzger on baritone and bass, and father-and-son Doug Broersma and Tim Broersma on lead and tenor. They have previously won the Northwest Sweeps, as well as the world championship of barbershop harmony in 2005. They have recorded three award-winning CD's: Four Brothers in 2004, Ain't That A Kick in 2006, and Take 5 in 2009.
Members: Tim Broersma, Doug Broersma, Mark Metzger, Tom Metzger
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Your Emcee for the Evening
| Angie Doctor - A studio singer and live performer who began her career in Chicago doing commercials, voice-overs and recording projects, Angie Doctor has been a part of the Bay Area vocal music community since 1995. Angie is the soprano in the Bay Area based jazz vocal quartet Clockwork. Her vocal work can be heard on a number of recordings including her own original songs, as a guest artist on Richard Bob Greene’s solo album “Low? Bottom? Me?” and on the newly released Clockwork CD, “Every Voice Counts”. She has performed with Sufjan Stevens, Sweet Honey in the Rock, John Zorn, Meredith Monk, and is a founding member of the Grammy-nominated PM Singers. Angie has brought her extensive experience in solo and small-group harmony singing to workshops and festivals as a judge and clinician over the past fifteen years. |
The Judges
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Jesse Hamlin has been covering the Bay Area music scene for decades as senior music writer for the San Francisco Chronicle. |
Michelle McNulty has been a Casting Director in Los Angeles for the last 10 years. She is proud to have cast shows such as America’s Best Dance Crew, The Contender, Rockstar INXS and Supernova, Star Search, P Diddy’s Star Maker, On The Lot with Steven Spielberg and most recently The Sing – Off on NBC....Get ready for season 2!!! Before starting her casting career she was a professional dancer working with recoding artist, in commercials, video’s, industrials, and in Las Vegas reviews
Michelle would like to give a special Congratulations to her Auntie Linda who is in a Sweet Adeline’s small chorus called “Northern Gateway Chorus.” Although they are not competing in the Harmony Sweepstakes they did just win 1st place at their region competition “Nice Job Auntie Linda!!
Michelle is looking forward to seeing all the incredible talent that will grace the stage here at the Harmony Sweepstakes.
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Scott Mathews - Music Producer, Composer, Arranger, Song Doctor, Multi–instrumentalist & Tiki God. PRODUCED, RECORDED and/or PERFORMED WITH:- The Beach Boys * The Blind Boys of Alabama * David Bowie * Zac Brown * Jimmy Buffett * Johnny Cash * Rosanne Cash * Glen Campbell * Eric Clapton * Elvis Costello * Ry Cooder * Robert Cray * Dick Dale * Dave Edmunds * Roky Erickson * Jefferson Starship * Jerry Garcia * Billy Gibbons * Sammy Hagar * Herbie Hancock * John Hiatt * John Lee Hooker * Etta James * Mick Jagger * Booker T. Jones * Patti Labelle * Huey Lewis * Nick Lowe * Taj Mahal * The Mamas & Papas * Steve Miller * Eddie Money * Van Morrison * Aaron Neville * Roy Orbison * Van Dyke Parks * Steve Perry * The Pointer Sisters * Bonnie Raitt * Joey Ramone * Keith Richards * Todd Rundgren * Carlos Santana * Joe Satriani * Boz Scaggs * Ringo Starr * Barbra Streisand * Allen Toussaint * Trip Shakespeare (Semisonic) * The Tubes * Joe Walsh * Robin Williams * Carl Wilson * Brian Wilson * Bobby Womack * Stevie Ray Vaughn * Dwight Yoakam * Neil Young... |
| Ken Malucelli is ASCAP-affiliated, award-winning composer, established A Cappella Central (div. of Prince/SF Prodns.) in 1995, to help coordinate bookings for many of the international celebrity artists on that roster: Take 6; Nylons; Basix; Rajaton; Swingle Singers; Persuasions; Rockapella, etc., plus many of its fine national artists, and currently is working on bringing Harmony Sweepstakes’ 2008 National Champs, Germany’s vocaldente, over for a U.S. tour. He has been manager or exclusive agent for the EDLOS, House Jacks, m-pact, Talk of da Town, Mighty Prince Singers and Merrie Olde Christmas Carolers (world’s largest costumed caroling org); has executive produced CD’s for Kai, m-pact, House Jacks, Gospel Girls, Mighty Prince Singers and MOCC; has had works commissioned and/or performed by both San Francisco Opera and Symphony Choruses, Symphony Silicon Valley Chorale, San Francisco Boys and Girls Choruses, Pacific Mozart Ensemble, San Francisco Choral Artists, Musaic and others, and recorded, amongst others, by Chanticleer, including that group’s internationally acclaimed theme song, “King Chanticleer.” “Oh Mr. Sousa!”, his original musical bio on “The March King,” tours the national fine arts market...and of course contains an a cappella number. |
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Deke Sharon - Heralded as "The father of contemporary a cappella," (Pitch Perfect) and "a one man a cappella revolution" (Boston Globe), Deke Sharon has his a cappella fingers in many pies, directing and performing internationally with the House Jacks, producing albums for groups like Straight No Chaser, publishing arrangements with Hal Leonard, choosing songs for BOCA, helping to run CASA, teaching workshops at festivals worldwide, and arranging and coaching for NBC's "The Sing Off." |
Interested in Competing?
We are always seeking groups who would like to compete in our events.
Groups of any style are welcome, but you must have between 3 and 8 members. We have a rule book which explains many of the details of the event, which you can see by clicking here. All groups must audition in order to compete. Generally this is done by sending a current tape and photo, although live auditions are sometimes arranged. The purpose of the audition is to make sure the group is appropriate for the Festival and to help the Director determine the performance order. If a group has competed previously, the audition process may be waived.
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The Frank Lloyd Wright designed Marin County Civic Center is a national-and state-designated historic landmark. Wright's 770th commission, the Civic Center is the last and one of the most important works by this internationally acclaimed architect who has been described as "one of the most creative architectural geniuses of all time" and "the most original architect the United States has ever produced." The Marin Center is an outstanding venue for entertainment, meetings, and special events. The 55-acre campus includes a park and a 14-acre lagoon. Photos - More photos - Wikipedia
The Marin Veterans Auditorium is located at 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, California. There is plenty of free parking. Yahoo map - Google map - Directions - A virtual tour of the venue
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