Crossroads is the
barbershop quartet
A barbershop quartet is a group of four singers who sing music in the barbershop style, characterized by four-part harmony without instrumental accompaniment (a cappella). The four voices are: the lead, the vocal part which typically carries t ...
that won the International Quartet Championship for 2009 at the
Barbershop Harmony Society's annual international convention, in
Anaheim
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,
California
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.
Bass singer
Jim Henry also directed the
Ambassadors of Harmony chorus to their international championship at the same event with the highest chorus score ever obtained.
All four members had previously won the gold in other quartets. Henry had his first win with the 1993 champion
Gas House Gang,
while baritone Brandon Guyton previously sang in the 2002 champion quartet
Four Voices.
The lead part is sung by Mike Slamka, formerly of 2003 champion
Power Play while tenor Fred Farrell won previously singing with 1989 champion
Second Edition.
This quartet should not be confused with the unrelated
gospel
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quartet of the same name, founded in 1960 in
Russell Springs,
Kentucky
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, which includes
Vernie McGaha, a former member of the
Kentucky State Senate, as its lead singer and
pianist
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.
Crossroads was awarded "Quartet of the Year" in May 2018 by the inaugural A Cappella Music Awards program.
Discography
* ''Crossroads'' (
CD; 2009)
* ''That Lucky Old Sun'' (CD; 2011)
* ''The Simple Life'' (CD; 2014)
* ''How Can I Keep From Singing'' (CD; 2018)
References
External links
Official websiteAIC entry
Barbershop Harmony Society
Barbershop quartets
Professional a cappella groups
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