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BRITIS
H ASSOCIA
TION O
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BARBERSHOP SIN
GERS
40TH A
NNIVERSARY C
ONVENTION
HARROGATE SIN
G 2014
AWARDS-ANNIVERSARY DINNER
A formal Awards Dinner with invited BABS guests. All clubs to be represented.
A Royal Guest and Local Mayor have been invited.
Venue: The Royal Hall has a banquet style seating capacity for 350Thursday evening 1930-2230Entertainment: Selection of AIC & British Quartets.
DRAFT-CONTEST TIMETABLES
Quartet Final
TIME ONSTAGE
MW1 12:00
MW2 12:12
1 12:24
2 12:34
3 12:44
4 12:54
Interval
5 13:14
6 13:24
7-int 13:34
8-int 13:44
9-int 13:54
MC1 14:04
BQC TRIBUTE
14:16
Presentations 15:16
Clear by 15:31
Chorus Finals session one
ON STAGE
MW1 10:001 10:12
2 10:22
3 10:32
4 10:42
5 10:52
6 11:02
7 11:12
8 11:22
INTERVAL
9 12:00
10 12:10
11 12:20
12 12:30
13 12:40
14 12:50
15 13:00
16 13:10
17 13:20
INTERVAL
18 14:00
19 14:10
20 14:20
21 14:30
22 14:40
23 14:50
24 15:00
25 15:10
26 15:20
INTERVAL-1HR
Chorus Finals session Two
ON STAGE
27 16:30
28 16:40
29 16:50
30 17:00
31 17:10
32 17:20
33 17:30
34 17:40
35 17:50
INTERVAL
36 18:30
37 18:40
38 18:50
39 19:00
40 19:10
41 19:20
42 19:30
43 19:40
44 19:50
INTERVAL
45 20:30
46 20:40
47 20:50
48 21:00
49 21:10
50 21:20
MC1 21:30
Presentations and Awards
22:00
• Still on target for 50 competing chorus• 40 confirmed contest entries to-date • 3 N/A- Bolton-Mike cooling. BQC & Don Amos both non contestable choruses• 7 advised as not competing • 7 to reply• 3 new prospective choruses• All contest timings calculated on a 10 minute contest cycle• Extended intervals during chorus contest used for 25-30-40yr & HoF presentations.
QUARTET SEMI FINAL
TIME ON STAGE
MW1 13:15MW2 13:27
1 13:392 13:493 13:594 14:095 14:19
INTERVAL6 14:497 14:598 15:099 15:1910 15:2911 15:3912 15:49
INTERVAL13 16:1914 16:2915 16:3916 16:49
17-int 16:5918-int 17:0919-int 17:19Draw 17:29
Clear by 18:00
SATURDAY NIGHT RETRO SUPPER
Venues: Hall H, Hall G, Saturday evening following Chorus contest. Retro Supper & first drink. Capacity for 1800 covers -1200 pre-sold as part of EB registrationsEntertainment: AIC & British Quartets. Storm Front to host the evening
Pre-bookable tables set up in different areas of the convention centre.
Includes a retro supper and first drink £8.50
AIC QUARTETS
Old School 2011
Storm Front 2010
OC Times 2008
Crossroads 2009
*The Gas House Gang 1993
Vocal Spectrum 2006
A selection from the above AIC Quartets to be used throughout the weekend: Thursday night Awards Dinner; Friday evening Show; Saturday Master Classes and Sing with the AIC; Saturday night Cabaret Show and two Sunday Shows. *Baritone Brandon Guyton.
SHOWS
Friday NightSaturday
NightSunday Matinée
Sunday Evening
Monday Morning
2013 BABS Champions &
Guests
• 2014 Men's Chorus• 2014 Men's
Quartet• European Groups• LABBS champions • EU Guests• AIC Quartets
Cabaret Show&
Retro Supper
AIC Quartets timetabled on a
Cabaret style circuitincludes bookable
retro supper and first drink
Storm Front to host as unable to perform as a
quartet on Saturday evening.
AIC Chorus Show
•OC Times•Crossroads•Old School•The Gas House Gang•Storm Front•Vocal Spectrum
Anniversary Champs& Guests
•2014 Men's Chorus•2014 Men's Quartet•European Groups•LABBS champions •AIC quartets
Comedy Hour +Hosted by Storm
Front
• Meet your new 2014 champs
• Community singing
• Convention closing
Show acts to keep non singing time to a minimum. Show emcees to congratulate the weekend contestants and trophy winners on behalf of all show acts.
PARTY NIGHT
• Tribute band
Sunday Night Party Time… Dancing the remainder of the weekend away to a 70’s style tribute band-Abba-Yab-a-Doo
WEEKEND AT A GLANCE-PROVISIONAL TIMINGSThursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday
19:30-22:30Anniversary Awards Dinner
13:00-17:30Convention openingQuartet Semi-Final
10:00-15:30Chorus Finals-session one
10:00-12:002015 Early Bird on sale
11:02-13:00Comedy Hour and sing with
your weekend champs 20:30-22:30
Retiring Champs Show16:30-21:45
Chorus Finals-session two10:00-10:30
Church Service13:00-13:15
Convention Closing
Afterglow21:45-22:00
Contest Results11:00-11:30Mass Sing
22:30-24.00Cabaret Night
12:00-14:00Men’s Quartet Final
Afterglow
14:00-15:00BQC Tribute
15:00-1530Contest results
16:30-18:30AIC Show
20:30-22:302014 Champs and AIC show
22:30-24:00Party TimeTribute Band
Afterglow
Main Delegate activities for the weekend
CONVENTION COLLECTABLES
Pin Badges
Registration Name Badge
Tribute DVD
BQC
BQC Tribute DVD
• 2014 Pin Badge• Larger Registration Name Badge • Tribute DVD featuring archive material of all past Quartet
Champions• Competitor- supporters Polo -Tee shirts