Gale Force

Gale Force, Moncton, NB

Gale Force, from Moncton, NB won the quartet contest with their renditions of the songs, "Memories" and "Nevertheless".  Congrats, guys.

Port City Sound

Port City Sound, Portland, ME

The highlight of the quartet contest was the performance of this quartet, Port City Sound, from Portland, ME.  They were competing out of their own Division just to obtain a qualifying score for the next higher level of competition and as such were not eligible to win this contest.  This quartet regularly competes at our International Contest as a Seniors Quartet and brought the house down with their parody of the song "The Masquerade is Over" which poked fun at themselves for being old.  

Valley Harmony

Valley Harmony, Kentville, NS

Novice Quartet Champions

This quartet has only been singing together for about 6 months.  They have never competed together as a quartet, and was awarded the novice quartet championship.

Men of Fundy

Men of Fundy

Janet Kidd, Director

In what was considered to be an upset, the Men of Fundy from Saint John, NB won the chorus championship in this contest.  They were far from the largest chorus in the contest which goes to show you you don't have to be a big chorus to win, you just need to sing well.  They deserved to win

City of Lakes Chorus

City of Lakes Chorus

Paul Stubbington, director

You might be more familiar with barbershop quartet singing, and there are clearly a lot more than 4 guys on stage here.  Even though the ensemble is larger, they still sing 4-part harmony in the barbershop style.  This chorus from Dartmouth, NS placed second in the chorus contest.

River Valley Chorus

River Valley Chorus

Christine Freeman, director

I'm a long time member of the Barbershop Harmony Society and have sung in many choruses and quartets over the last 40 plus years or so.  This past weekend I attended one our divisional contests in Fredericton, NB, Canada and since I was not competing or had any other official duties for the weekend, I thought I'd try to capture some of the competitors.  We strictly prohibit the use of flash photography during our contests, so I was limited to use the available lights on stage.  I think I got some good but not great shots.  It's hard to judge exposure.  This particular chorus not only competed, but organized the convention and served as our hosts for the weekend.  They did a great job both on and off  the stage.