16th Annual

2000 Denver Champions

All-Star Vocal Band

In 1995 the All-Star Vocal Band began rebuilding their vocal ensemble around the talents of the two exceptional voices of Jackie Farrell and Rita Dean. With the addition of seasoned a cappellans, tenor, Jimi Alexander and, baritone, Tony Huerta and the continuing participation of, bass, Norm Silver, the All-Star Vocal Band has moved forward to bring a new style and a fresh perspective to the group's sound. Powerhouse percussionist, Zach Freeman, adds the drive and the beat to make the new All-Stars really rock.

2000 Results
1st	All-Star Vocal Band
2nd	Baby Needs Shoes
3rd	The Other Side of Soul
Audience Favorite	All-Star Vocal Band
Best Original Song	Baby Needs Shoes

Previous complete results - 1999 - 1998

 

2000 Partcipating groups:

 

The All-Star Vocal Band
In 1995 the All-Star Vocal Band began rebuilding their vocal ensemble around the talents of the two exceptional voices of Jackie Farrell and Rita Dean. With the addition of seasoned a cappellans, tenor, Jimi Alexander and, baritone, Tony Huerta and the continuing participation of, bass, Norm Silver, the All-Star Vocal Band has moved forward to bring a new style and a fresh perspective to the group's sound. Powerhouse percussionist, Zach Freeman, adds the drive and the beat to make the new All-Stars really rock.

 

Baby Needs Shoes
This female trio is from Lincoln Nebraska, they are sweeping the midwest with their warm audience appeal and breathtaking harmonies. Close your eyes when they sing in unison and you will believe it is one voice! Baby Needs Shoes is known for their entertaining singing in the style of the Andrews and McGuire sisters, but they are also comfortable singing folk, jazz, blues and gospel, making for a very versatile show. Baby Needs Shoes is three beautiful voices, three talented women and three exhausted moms!

The Fleeners
Fleener - what does it mean? No one can say for sure. Entertaining? Outrageous? Spontaneous? Funny? These guys are all that and more. The Fleeners - five men who are natives of Fort Collins with one goal - bring quality a cappella music and genuine enjoyment to all audiences. Audiences from Cheyenne to Denver have found out exactly what a Fleener is and what a Fleener can be - a wild, crazy, hilarious good time that will leave you laughing in your seats and loving the music. Their motto "A Cappella....and then some" means anything can happen!

 

Graffiti Tribe
Graffiti Tribe was founded in 1990 by Dan Perkins and has had an interesting decade. They took home the awards of Regional Champions in 1995 and again in 1997 for the Denver Regional Harmony Sweepstakes A Cappella Festival. Since touring most of the country as one of America's most popular college acts, The Tribe has signed an exclusive record deal with Jakarta Records and will soon be touring and distributing their CDs on an international level. The Tribe is working on a new CD project which will somewhat stray from their a cappella roots. Fear not a cappella fans! This group won't leave their first love all together. Be on the lookout for the Tribe to be doing bigger and better things than ever before in the new millennium!

The JazzKatz
This group took the award as 1st Runners-up in last years Denver Regional Harmony Sweepstakes A Cappella Festival. They discovered their musical chemistry two years ago when these four singers decided to combine their talents. Rob, Ben, Linne and Rosemary stylize their music after such groups as Manhattan Transfer, Singers Unlimited, The Arbors and the Hi-Lo's. Each member of this group is devoted to entertaining their audiences with great tunes from the past and present.

The Other Side of Soul
Rudy, Mike, Brian, Jake, Scott and Adam are TOSOS! These gentlemen exploded into the a cappella scene in 1996 as a five part, male group from the Denver metro area. Now, as their voices and their college careers mature, they are happy to introduce their newest member, Brian. He has made their sound complete as they progress into the future with a new six-part sound! Their backgrounds in rock, jazz, musical theatre, doo-wop, opera and gospel meld together to create their unique a cappella style. TOSOS will amaze you while their harmony and rhythm will get you dancing in your seats!.

Our Mothers' Daughters
Probably best known for their inspired arrangements of fully orchestrated music, Our Mothers' Daughters have "a cappella-ized" tunes from The Beatles and Amy Grant, to Queen and Friedrich Handel, just to name a few. This four woman vocal group has energized audiences with their diverse arrangements and creative harmonies for over ten years. Our Mothers' Daughters will tickle your eardrums whether you're eight or eighty!

Raging Harmonies
This group is from Westminster High School where they blend their unique personalities and styles to create their own a cappella arrangements. They have opened for such groups as Graffiti Tribe, M-PACT and Toxic Audio. For the last two years, Raging Harmonies has hosted the Colorado American Choral Director's Association A Cappella Festival. In the 1999 Denver Regional Harmony Sweepstakes they won the award of Audience Favorite. We hope you'll agree that their harmonies are RAGING!!!

 

 

JUDGES:

Mary LouiseLee.....is one of the the few natives of Denver! She is a resource specialist and internship coordinator at Manual High School in the city. Her theatrical credits include: Crystal in Little Shop of Horrors, Charlaine in Ain't Misbehavin', Diana Ross in Dancin'' in the Street, the Motortown Revue, the Narrator in Beehive, the 60's Musical, which toured nationally, Marge in SUDS, Sister Robert Anne in Nunsense, A Brief History of White Music, which recently toured nationally and Up On The Roof, for which she was awarded Best Performance By An Actress In A Musical by the Denver Drama Critics Circle 1989-90. Mary Louise has also toured Korea, Japan, Johnston Island, Honduras and Panama singing for the American troops. She is married to Michael Hancock and they have two children; Jordan, 4 years and Janae, 1 1/2 years old. A Cappella audiences may remember Mary Louise from her reoccurring role of "Taco LaBell" in the award winning group Minimum Wage.

Kip Kuepper
Kip is currently the co-owner of Coupe Studios Music Inc. in Boulder. He is a multi-instrumentalist and has composed, produced for and toured with the vocal group Rare Silk, multi-woodwind artist Nelson Rangell and new acoustic guitarist Danny Heines. Kip resides in Boulder with his wife Barbara Reeves, a musical theatre performer and also formerly of Rare Silk

Chris Starkey

Jerry Barnett

Jake Schroeder

1999 Results - 1998 Results