SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
At the 2010 Spring Central States District convention, one of the songs
the Choir Boys sang during the first night of competition, "Get Me to
the Church Medley", was chosen by the audience as the "Most Entertaining
Song Performance" of the contest! (Awesome!) Even better: Our “second”
chorus, Linn County Metro, won the chorus contest! (Super-Double
Awesome!)
Vital Statistics: THE
CHOIR BOYS BY THE NUMBERS
The percentage of Choir
Boys who are...
available for
your performance, party or event– 100%;
over 6’
tall-75%; brothers-50%; married-60%; singing in quartet just to meet
chicks-40%; parents-25%; teenagers-25%; AARP Members-25%; hooked on
phonics- 17%; native Iowans-50%; native Wisconsinites-25%; native
Illinoisans-25%; salesmen-25%; carpenters-25%; Rescue Squad
voluteers-25%; teachers-50% (currently Music Teachers-25%,
former Music Teachers-25%); Celine Dion fans-0%; University of
Wisconsin-Whitewater Alumni-25%; Wartburg College Alumni-25%; McMurray
College Alumni-25%; Western Illinois University Graduate School
Alumni-25%; NICC Alumni-25%; “Family Guy” fans-75%; barbershop singers
for less than 3 years- 75%; barbershop singers for more than 25
years-25%; members of Barbershop Harmony Society- 100% (Dubuque
Chapter-75%, Davenport Chapter-25%, Linn County Metro Chapter-100%);
barbershop chorus directors-25%; associate barbershop chorus
directors-50%; Church Choir veterans-100%; dog owners-25%; cat
owners-25%; allergic to bee stings: 25%; allergic to shellfish- 25%;
enrolled in Federal Witness Protection Program-25%; frequently
gassy-41%; attractive in
tuxedos-65%; country music
lovers-50%; guitar players-25%; piano players-25%; trumpet players-25%;
unable to play a musical instrument but can pick stuff up with their
toes-25%; sensitive and caring-75%; insensitive, egocentric, and
condescending-25%; Friends-84%; .
Margin of Error: +/- 5%.
THE CHOIR BOYS
are dedicated to
affordable family-friendly entertainment and the performance of songs
which appeal to both Barbershop and General Audiences.
CURRENT REPERTOIRE:
Heart (from Damn Yankees); Breakin’ Up Is Hard
To Do (Neil Sedaka); Unchained Melody (Righteous
Brothers): The Lion Sleeps Tonight (The Tokens);
When That Great Day Comes (Gaither Vocal Band); Accentuate
the Positive (Bing Crosby); Hello Mary Lou (Ricky
Nelson); That’ll Be The Day (Buddy Holly); I’m
Getting Married in the Morning (from My Fair Lady); Crazy
(Patsy Cline); SOLD-Grundy County Auction (John Michael Montgomery): Trickle,
Trickle (The ManhattanTransfer); Armed Forces
Medley (Saluting our Nation’s Military); Irish Blessing
(Traditional).
COMING SOON: The
Impossible Dream (from “Man of
La Mancha”); From this Moment (Shania Twain); Come
Go With Me (the Del Vikings); Can’t Buy Me Love
(The Beatles).
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