December 10, 2008

Barbershop Harmony Society - Top Choruses & Quartets 2008

The Barbershop Harmony Society returned home in 2008, converging on what is arguably the music capitol of the South, Nashville, TN. Top quartet gold went to Orange County, CA's OC Times, (here singing "You're 16, You're Beautiful and You're Mine"); the Silver to Crossroads (singing their excellent "Mobile/Down Mobile Medley"), 3rd Place Bronze to State Line Grocery (singing "East of the Rockies"), 4th Place Bronze to Redline (singing "Paper Doll") and 5th Place Bronze to Old School (singing "I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl that Married Dear Old Dad"). Sixth through 20th place finishers, Storm Front and Glory Days through Vocality and Hotshots, each have one song on this CD. An exciting live collection of the top International Quartets in the world from the heart of Nashville! The Masters of Harmony from Santa Fe Springs, CA, took home the chorus gold, winning their 7th championship! Here they sing "Wonderful One" and "Yona from Arizona." Ambassadors of Harmony took the Silver, singing "Love Walked In," "Voices of Harmony took 3rd Place Bronze with "In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town," Sound of the Rockies got 4th Place Bronze with "You're from Heaven and You're Mine," and New Tradition won 5th Place Bronze withtheir "This is the Army Mr. Jones"/"Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning" medley. Sixth through twentieth place, The Alliance through Brothers in Harmony, are each represented by one song. These are all live cuts from the stage of the Nashville finals, and you can feel the excitement in the air! "2008 20 Top Choruses" brings us a powerful sampling of Barbershop's best! 5852 DVD 39.95

Posted by acapnews at December 10, 2008 12:17 AM