EVG Contest Program 2025 – Silent Knight Productions

Program Directory

Welcome
About “Season of Harmony”
Schedule of Events
How a Contest Is Judged
Meet The Judges
National Anthems – Lyrics
Quartet Contest Session 1
Quartet Contest Session 2
Chorus Contest
Quartet Finals
Watch the Contest Replay!
Important Information for All Participants!
- Warmup Rooms and Staging
- Event Locations and Parking
- Bus Schedule
- Meal-Breaks / Restaurant Info
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Welcome to the 2025 Evergreen District Convention!

Welcome to the 2025 Evergreen District annual convention and contest. We are so glad you have joined us for “Season of Harmony” at the beautiful Chandos Pattison Auditorium in Surrey, British Columbia. It is wonderful to return to Canada for the first time since 2013.

With the return of Division contests in the Spring of 2026, this contest does not include qualifying quartets for BHS International in July 2026. We will still be choosing a Senior Quartet to represent EVG at BHS’s Midwinter convention in Pasadena, CA, a chorus or choruses to represent EVG for BHS International in July 2026, and a new District Quartet Champion.

Our headquarters hotel is the Civic Hotel. You do not want to miss the Saturday night President’s Reception and Afterglow on the 2^nd floor of the Civic. During intermissions and breaks at the Chandos, make sure you check out the tables set up in the lobby of the auditorium. There is Evergreen History as well as opportunities to get more information about the Bud Leabo Memorial Fund, Harmony Foundation International and other upcoming events!

I want to give a huge thank you to the individuals on the District Events team who have been working hard to make this happen. Jay Krumbholz, our DRCJ making sure all judging things are working well. Don Cain, who worked with the Civic. Donavan Skaggs our technical champion, videographer, live streamer. Rob Macdonald who handled awards, transportation and worked with Donavan on the program. Greg Kronlund who kept you up to date on all thing’s convention. Larry Breitbarth, “the money guy” handling all things money. David Dobson worked on Zeffy and helped registration along. Kevin Robertson was our volunteer coordinator extraordinaire. Joanne Lacroix and all of the volunteers from Westcoast Harmony (SAI) – they filled most of the 90+ volunteer positions needed to make the Convention run smoothly, along with others from the District. If you see someone with a “volunteer” tag, make sure you say a big thank you to them. Thank you to Bill Hickman, president of the Evergreen District Board for his support and encouragement to our team!

Music is a bridge which brings us together, especially in these challenging times. May this weekend be filled with harmony, joy, and laughter as we share this “Season of Harmony” Take time to sing tags or woodshed with friends old and new from across the district on Thursday or Friday nights on the 2^nd floor of the Civic.

Thanks for your participation – as a singer, contestant, and audience, and save the dates for the 2026 District Convention October 2-3 in Boise, ID

Deena Wolfe, Convention Chair
EVG District Events Director

Why “Season of Harmony”?

This year’s theme draws on the splendors of the fall season, calling our members to come together across the lines and distances which separate us. With incredible diversity in our membership throughout the states, provinces, regions and chapters, we create rich, colorful harmonies from what others might perceive as random or chaotic. And weathered walls.are not a barrier to separate us, but a musical staff to unite us, as we sing the old songs together.

2024 EVG District Convention Schedule of Events

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Thursday, October 2

5:00-8:00pm	Registration	Civic 2^nd floor (outside Boulevard Ballroom)
7:00-9:00pm	Bud Leabo Board Meeting	Sheraton Four Points
7:00-10:00pm	Harmony Platoon	Civic Boulevard Ballroom
10:00pm-1:00am	Woodshedding	Civic Boulevard Ballroom

Friday, October 3

9:00am-Noon	Harmony Platoon	Civic Boulevard Ballroom
9:00am-Noon	9:00am-Noon	Civic Plaza Meeting Room B
9:00am-2:30om	Registration	Civic 2^nd floor (outside Boulevard Ballroom)
10:00am-1:30pm	Judge/Tech Set up	Chandos Auditorium
1:30-2:30pm	Sound Check	Chandos Auditorium
2:30-3:00pm	QT Walk Through	Chandos Auditorium
3:00pm START	Shuttle Buses Run	From Civic and Holiday Inn Express
3:30-7:30pm	Registration	Chandos Auditorium Lobby
3:30pm	DOORS OPEN	Chandos Auditorium
4:00-6:30pm	Quartet Contest Session 1	Chandos Auditorium
6:30-7:30pm	DINNER BREAK
7:30-10:00pm	Quartet Contest Session 2	Chandos Auditorium
10:00pm-1:00am	Woodshedding	Civic Boulevard Ballroom
~10:30pm – 12:00am	QT Evaluations (40 min)	Civic

Saturday October 4

8:30am START	Shuttle Buses Run	From Civic and Holiday Inn Express
9:00am	Registration	Chandos Auditorium Lobby
9:30am	DOORS OPEN	Chandos Auditorium
10:00am-1:00pm	Chorus Contest	Chandos Auditorium
2:00-4:00pm	Chorus Feedback Sessions	Various rooms (Auditorium/School)
6:30pm	DOORS OPEN	Chandos Auditorium
7:00pm-9:30pm	Quartet Contest Finals	Chandos Auditorium
10:00-11:00pm	Quartet Evaluations	Judges Rooms (Civic)
10:00pm – ?	Woodshedding/Tags	Civic Ballroom
10:00pm-1:00am	President’s Reception/Afterglow	Civic Ballroom

How Does a Contest Get Judged?

We have a double panel of Judges for the contests, assigned by the Barbershop Harmony Society, so each judging category has three judges. Results are based on aggregate scores from each category, for each song performed. Here are the categories being judged:

Musicality (MUS)

Musicality is defined as the song and arrangement, as performed. The Musicality Category judges the suitability of the material to the barbershop style and the performer’s musicianship in bringing the song and arrangement to life.

The Musicality judge is responsible for adjudicating the musical elements in the performance, judging the extent to which the musical performance displays the hallmarks of the barbershop style and the degree to which the musical performance demonstrates an artistic sensitivity to the music’s primary theme(s).

The sensitive handling of musical elements, such as melody, harmony, and embellishments, demonstrates musicality in a performance. A strong musical performance is one in which everything provided by the composer and arranger is skillfully delivered and effectively integrated in support of the musical theme.

Performance (PER)

The Performance judges evaluate how effectively a performer brings the song to life. They judge the entertainment value of the performance, the art of the performance.

One significant goal of any art form is communication. A barbershop performance refers to how the artist communicates his/her message and vision via the transformation of a song into an entertaining experience for an audience. The performance of a song is the artist’s gift to the audience; whose experiences, memories, and imagination transform that gift into an emotional experience. The performers’ goal is to create a high level of entertainment through the performance. The means to that end are as varied as the personality, abilities and creative skills of the performers.

Singing (SNG)

In the Singing category we judge artistic singing in the barbershop style – listening holistically for ringing in-tune voices that use a free, beautiful and rich vocal quality, which is wonderfully unified and vocally expressive.

Judges in this category evaluate the degree to which the performer achieves artistic singing in the barbershop style: the production of vibrant, rich, resonant, technically accurate, and highly skilled sound, created both by the individual singer’s use of good vocal techniques, and by the ensemble processes of tuning, balancing, unity of sound and precision. They listen for a sense of precise intonation, a feeling of fullness or expansion of sound, a perception of a high degree of vocal skill, a high level of unity and consistency throughout the performance, and a freedom from apparent effort that allows the full communication of the lyric and song.

Meet The Judges

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JUDGE	CATEGORY	DISTRICT
Jeremiah Pope	MUS	EVG
Dan Wessler	MUS	FWD
Elizabeth Davies (Friday only)	SNG	EVG
DC Nash	SNG	SHD
Steve Scott	SNG	SHD
Marty Lovick	PER	EVG
Theresa Weatherbee	PER	FWD
Naud Berhuizen (Candidate)	PER	HH
Rob Arnold	PC	ONT
Bill Vermue	ADM	ONT
Don Shively (Candidate)	ADM	FWD
Jay Krumbholz	DRCJ	EVG

National Anthem Lyrics

The Star-Spangled Banner

Oh, say can you see by the dawn’s early light
What so proudly we hailed
at the twilight’s last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars
through the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watched
were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket’s red glare,
the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night
that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

O Canada

O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love
in all of us command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

Quartet Semi-Finals, Session 1

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Presenters:
Mark Metzger, 6-time EVG District Quartet Champion, EVG Hall of Fame member
Tom Metzger, 5-time EVG District Quartet Champion, EVG Hall of Fame member

All Sing: National Anthems (lyrics on previous page)

##	QUARTET NAME	MEMBERS (T, L, Br, Bs)	CHAPTER(S)
MT	(Mic Tester)	Harmony Platoon Champs	Various
01	New Groove	Coen Valk, Kerry Davis, Matt Astle, Dane Chevassus	Bellevue, WA
02	Machu Pitches	Sam Dabrusin, Nick Marriott, Daniel Liaw, Ryan Bird	Southwest British Columbia; The Squares
03	Sounds Familiar	Sarah Sinclair, Frances Lunder, Christopher Kaetzel, John Bradford	Seattle, WA; Frank Thorne
04	Brotherhood of the RING	Wade Pengilly, Jim Kirschner, Coby Foster, Loren Corner	Eugene, OR; Keene, NH
05	The Squares	Corey Dries, Sean Huston, Daniel Liaw, Alvin Lau	Southwest British Columbia
06	Top Of the Hill	David Rice, Andy Kopser, Drew Robinson, Billy Gard	Seattle, WA
07	DERP	Edward Looby, Pat English, Doug Green, Rob Nitz	Kitsap County, WA
08	Second Inversion	James Brown, Dave Vincent, Kathy Griffin, Damon Harper	Vancouver, BC
09	Moments of Goodness	Dan Keating, Jamie Peterson, Larz Hommel, John Ludeman	Bellevue, WA; Seattle, WA
10	Mugshot	Maria Burri-Ketchum, Katie Roman, Rob Roman, Scott Fewell	Portland, OR; Aloha, HI
11	Bewitched	Nicole Rahiman, Cara Bedford, Leila Msadek, Jennifer Champagne	Frank Thorne
12	Noteworthy	Brad Lathrom, Chris Cone, David Foss, Bill Esworthy	Bellevue, WA; Federal Way, WA; Olympia, WA; Frank Thorne
13	Double Trouble	Naomi Caster, Jane Newman, Katy Rollings, Breann Jones	Portland, OR
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Quartet Semi-Finals, Session 2

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Presenters:
Mark Metzger, 6-time EVG District Quartet Champion, EVG Hall of Fame member
Tom Metzger, 5-time EVG District Quartet Champion, EVG Hall of Fame member

##	QUARTET NAME	MEMBERS (T, L, Br, Bs)	CHAPTER(S)
15	7th Heaven	Todd Dignan, Chris Gabel, Chris Watkins, Kevin Bier	Portland Metro, OR; Portland, OR; Frank Thorne
16	Pinkies Out	Chelan Bressers, Steve Hanft, Sean O’Brien, Tom Martin	Bellingham, WA
17	Second Wind	John Adamson, Darren Dirk, Ken Graber, Chuck Axelton	Coos Bay, OR; Frank Thorne
18	Wicked Pitch of the West	Tom Bates, Eric Federkeil, Jeroen Beudeker, Kevin Robertson	Calgary Foothills, AB
19	Timeless	Chase Cullen, Michael McCormic Jr, Mike McCormic, Ben McGowan	Salem, OR
20	House Blend	Martin Ketteringham, Alex McDonald, Alex Grant, Rod McDonald	Nanaimo, BC; Southwest British Columbia
21	RainCity 4	Cheryl Ng, Joanne Gillespie, Carla Mandy, Ben Lewis	Vancouver, BC
22	CHORDer to 4	Kevin Radesh, Brian Key, Gord Giesbrecht, Willie Follette	Edmonton, AB
23	Vocal Vintage	Jim Civarra, Dan Meyer, Aaron Con, Bob Thomas	Bellevue, WA
24	Hybrid Harmony	Jill Wiechert, Laurie Paul-Fishleigh, Holly-Jean Kadonaga, Greg Verhappen	Calgary, AB
25	Mixed Emotions	Kristi Maschhoff, C.C. Camisa, Andy Kopser, Gideon Shavit	Seattle, WA
26	Hot Notes	Shelly Membry, Melanie McGuire, Anna Chamberlain, Ted Chamberlain	Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; Frank Thorne
27	Electric Boogaloo	Angela Bautista, Frances Lunder, Emerson Hough, Tyler Bosma	Seattle, WA; Frank Thorne
28	Top Spin	Dane Chevassus, Jake Bailey, James Williams, Kevin Javier	Bellevue, WA; Portland, OR

Chorus Contest

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Presenter:
Sid Brown, Incoming 2026 EVG District President

##	CHORUS NAME	CHAPTER	DIV.
MT	(Mic Tester) West Coast Harmony
01	ACAPPELLA ROAD	Calgary Foothills, AB	III
02	The Squares	Southwest British Columbia	I
03	Northwest Sound Men’s Chorus	Bellevue, WA	II
04	Rain City Voices	Seattle, WA	II
05	Lilac City Voices	Spokane, WA	V
06	Stampede City Chorus	Calgary, AB	III
07	Mount Baker Toppers	Bellingham, WA	I
08	Thunderbirds	Vancouver, BC	I
09	West Sound Chorus	Kitsap Co., WA	II
10	Grove City Chorus	Edmonton, AB	III
11	Bridgetown Singers	Portland Metro, OR	II
12	Tidesmen	Nanaimo, BC	I
13	One Night Only	Calgary Foothills, AB	III
14	EVG Harmony Platoon Chorus	Various
	(Special Guests) Van City Chorus

Quartet Finals

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Presenter:
Rob Macdonald, EVG District Past President (2016-17)

##	QUARTET NAME	MEMBERS (T, L, Br, Bs)	CHAPTER(S)
MT	Double Trouble	Naomi Caster, Jane Newman, Katy Rollings, Breann Jones	Portland, OR
01	Hot Notes	Shelly Membry, Melanie McGuire, Anna Chamberlain, Ted Chamberlain	Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; Frank Thorne
02	Timeless	Chase Cullen, Michael McCormic Jr, Mike McCormic, Ben McGowan	Salem, OR
03	New Groove	Coen Valk, Kerry Davis, Matt Astle, Dane Chevassus	Bellevue, WA
04	Bewitched	Nicole Rahiman, Cara Bedford, Leila Msadek, Jennifer Champagne	Frank Thorne
05	Moments of Goodness	Dan Keating, Jamie Peterson, Larz Hommel, John Ludeman	Bellevue, WA; Seattle, WA
06	The Squares	Corey Dries, Sean Huston, Daniel Liaw, Alvin Lau	Southwest British Columbia
07	Mugshot	Maria Burri-Ketchum, Katie Roman, Rob Roman, Scott Fewell	Portland, OR; Aloha, HI
08	Electric Boogaloo	Angela Bautista, Frances Lunder, Emerson Hough, Tyler Bosma	Seattle, WA; Frank Thorne
09	Sounds Familiar	Sarah Sinclair, Frances Lunder, Christopher Kaetzel, John Bradford	Seattle, WA; Frank Thorne
10	Top Spin	Dane Chevassus, Jake Bailey, James Williams, Kevin Javier	Bellevue, WA; Portland, OR

A Message from Donny Rose, Harmony Foundation International

Hello friends,

I’m Donny Rose, and I’m glad to be here with you at the Evergreen District Convention this weekend in Surrey.

Barbershoppers have always looked beyond themselves. Back in Tacoma, my chapter passed the hat every week for the Institute of Logopedics and sang Joe Liles’ “We Sing That They Shall Speak.” Thousands of barbershoppers gave, and together we changed lives.

Times have changed, but the question is the same: how do we secure the future of this music we love?

That’s where Harmony Foundation comes in. Through Donor’s Choice, HFI has returned hundreds of thousands of dollars to chapters, districts, brigades, and BHS—keeping doors open and chords ringing. We also support programs that spread harmony everywhere: youth events, scholarships at Harmony University, AIC quartets visiting schools, and even the Power of Harmony program bringing music into juvenile prisons.

Just like in the days of Logopedics, these efforts make the world better—but they depend on all of us. The good news? Even a little goes a long way. Most of us spend more on coffee or streaming each month. For as little as $10 a month, you can strengthen your chapter, fuel programs for the next generation, and help make sure barbershop keeps thriving.

Barbershop has given us friendships, joy, and those goosebumps from a ringing chord. Now it’s our turn to give back. Let’s be the ones who make sure the song never stops.

—Donny Rose
Harmony Foundation International

Learn more about Harmony Foundation International at THIS LINK

Watch the Contest Replay!

The EVG District sponsored a LIVE STREAM of the contests, providing the opportunity for our members who could not travel to Surrey to be a part of the fun! The REPLAY of the contests will be available for viewing approximately one week after the contest ends. A pass or subscription is required, but gives you access to EVG contest replays from the previous several years, plus several regional chapter shows and special barbershop content. CLICK HERE TO WATCH!

Important Information for All Participants!

Warmup Rooms, Staging and Photos

Quartet and Chorus Warmup rooms are located in the High School that is just northeast of the rear stage door to the auditorium. Volunteers will help to guide you to the rooms and into the stage area of the auditorium according to the Quartet and Chorus Matrix.

QUARTETS: Don’t forget to take your “Selfie” at the backstage photobooth before you enter the stage.

CHORUSES: After your last song and bow, please PAUSE for at least 5 seconds before you exit the stage for your chorus photo. You may strike a pose if desired. The photographer will capture the moment as the crowd cheers, and then you may exit the stage normally. THERE IS NO NEED TO WAIT FOR A COMMAND TO EXIT THE STAGE.

Event Locations

The primary hotel for the convention is The Civic which will host Harmony Platoon, Quartet Evaluations, and the President’s Reception/Afterglow. The Four Point Sheraton and Holiday Inn Express are secondary hotels along 104th Ave on the way to Chandos Auditorium. The Four Points Sheraton and Holiday Inn Express hotels are located across the street from one another.

Parking

If you have your own vehicle, Chandos Auditorium is located at 10238 168 St, Surrey, BC. There is plenty of parking close to the auditorium on the Pacific Academy campus. CHANDOS PARKING MAP LINK. There also is plenty of parking available at the Civic Hotel if you are driving to the afterglow. CIVIC PAKING MAP LINK.

Bus Schedules

Competing quartets and choruses: Arriving at Chandos Auditorium ahead of time allows time in the rehearsal room before going on stage. Come early and enjoy the performances of other competitors!

Bus #1 loops from Holiday Inn Express to Chandos every 30 minutes – from the Four Points Sheraton, cross the street to catch the bus.
Bus #2 loops from The Civic to Chandos every 60 minutes
Bus #3 starts at The Civic, to Holiday Inn Express, to Chandos, back to Four Points Sheraton, and to the Civic on a 75-minute loop. Cross the street from Four Points Sheraton for pick-up at the Holiday Inn Express – drop off is at Four Points Sheraton and Holiday Inn Express guests will cross the street.
An Accessible Bus will travel the same route as Bus #3 but will have a longer loop for loading and unloading.

Friday, Oct 3:

Buses start at 3:00pm with the last bus leaving Chandos Auditorium at 11:00pm
If you are not staying at The Civic, buses are not available after quartet evaluations- we recommend Uber or Lyft or personal vehicle.

Saturday, Oct 4:

Buses start at 8:30am with the last bus leaving Chandos Auditorium at 4:30pm
Quartet Finals: bus routes start at 6:00pm with the last bus leaving Chandos Auditorium at 11:00pm
No Buses run after the Afterglow – we recommend Uber or Lyft.

Restaurant Info

There are no restaurants located near the Chandos Pattison Auditorium
There is a 1hr break in the middle of the Friday Quartet Semi-Finals but this is not enough time to travel on the bus to get to a restaurant and back The break after the Chorus Contest and before Chorus Evaluations (at Chandos) will also not be long enough to use the bus to get to a restaurant and back
For the Friday Quartet Semi-Finals and for the break after the Chorus Contest, we recommend that you either bring your own snacks/meals or use delivery services such as Uber Eats so that you do not need to leave the Chandos Auditorium.
The Chandos will have snack food/drink items for sale. Please only have food or drinks in the lobby of the auditorium.
There are a few fast-food restaurants located just east of The Civic hotel and in Guildford Town Centre (along 104th Ave at 152 Street).