Fun City Chorus holds awards banquet, prepares for Valentines

Submitted photo ANNUAL BANQUET: Fun City Chorus recently installed its officers for 2018 and presented awards at its annual banquet. Members are preparing for their upcoming "Singing Valentines" program.
Submitted photo ANNUAL BANQUET: Fun City Chorus recently installed its officers for 2018 and presented awards at its annual banquet. Members are preparing for their upcoming "Singing Valentines" program.

Fun City Chorus recently held its annual awards banquet and officer installation.

The chorus is affiliated with the Barbershop Harmony Society and consists of around 35 men from the area.

Outgoing President Doug Calloway welcomed more than 50 members and guests at Smokin' in Style BBQ Restaurant, and introduced chorus Director Steve Spakes.

"Spakes reviewed the great year experienced by the chorus in 2017 and noted how the chorus is growing with many new quality singers," a news release said.

He presented directors' awards to Morgan Weston, Chuck Fish, Bill Stiebing, Doug Calloway and Mike Blackwood. The chorus' two major awards, which are voted on by the membership, were presented to Vic Hotho as Newcomer of the Year and Mike Blackwood as Barbershopper of the Year.

Special guest Jacqueline Beaumont, the local singer and actress who has performed with Fun City on several occasions, was introduced to install the chorus officers for 2018, including Mike Blackwood, president; Bill Stiebing, secretary; Chuck Fish, treasurer; Dennis Ford, executive vice president; Morgan Weston, membership vice president; and Andy Hemphill, Lenny Robertson, Will Williams, Elmer Tornquist, Bart Hampton, Doug Calloway, Vic Harrington and Steve Spakes.

The chorus is preparing for its "Singing Valentines" program, which involves quartets delivering live Valentines, including a love song, rose and chocolates.

To order a "most unique Valentine gift" for a sweetheart, call Spakes at 282-6081 or Harrington at 922-5805 in Hot Springs Village, or visit http://www.funcitychorus.org.

Entertainment on 01/19/2018

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