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ROADTRIP TAKES
COLLEGIATE TROPHY IN BARBERSHOP CONTEST |
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DENVER, COLORADO. (July
7) — Roadtrip took the gold in today’s Bank of America
Collegiate Barbershop Quartet Contest held in
conjunction with the Barbershop Harmony Society’s 69th
annual convention and contests.
The quartet from City University of New York and
Whittier College in California beat out a field of 23
other collegiate quartets from Australia, New Zealand,
the U.S., and Canada. Members are: tenor Larry Bomback;
lead Anthony Colosimo; baritone Sam Papageorge and bass
Joseph Ekert. |
ID from left on the photo:
tenor Larry Bomback (kneeling), lead Anthony Colosimo,
bass Joseph Eckert, and baritone Sam Papageorge
(kneeling). |
Other
medalists include:
Second place: The Crush. Members are: tenor Matt Gray;
lead Patrick Headtler; baritone John Brockman; bass Paul
Tabone. They are students at California Polytechnic
State Institute and Pepperdine University.
Third place: Last Minute. Members are: tenor Arjun
Chandy; lead Greg Owens; David Webb; bass Sam Lowrance.
They are students at University of North Texas and
Tarrant County College in Fort Worth, Texas.
Fourth place: On Demand. Members are Tenor Paul Saca;
lead Shawn Thomas; baritone Jamie Breedon; bass Amos
Velez. They are students at Jacksonville Community
College; Cuyahoga Community College and DeVry
University.
Fifth place: The Goods. Members are tenor Mark Lewis;
lead Theo Hicks; baritone T.J. Poliskie; bass Kyle
Kitzmiller. They are students at Ball State, Anderson
and Purdue universites.
Like their counterparts in the Society's regular quartet
contest, these groups have come through qualifying
competitions to earn a spot in the finals. Medals and
trophies await the top five finishers.
The college quartet contest is judged under the same
rules and criteria as regular Society quartets in
international competition. Previous collegiate champions
have enjoyed touring careers and continued to be active
in the barbershop world. Vocal Spectrum, the collegiate
winner from 2004, won the gold in the 2006 regular
contest, becoming only the second quartet to achieve
such a feat. The 1996 collegiate champion—Four
Voices—won the gold in the 2002 regular contest, and was
the first-ever former collegiate champion to do so.
About barbershop-style a cappella music: Barbershop
harmony is a uniquely American musical art form. It is
known for its four-part harmony and the “expanded sound”
created by its unique chord structure.
About the Barbershop Harmony Society: Founded in 1938 in
Tulsa, Okla., the Barbershop Harmony Society is the
largest all-male singing organization in the world.
There are eight official foreign affiliates of the
Society, but barbershop harmony is sung in more than 40
countries including Japan, Russia and China. |
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