BABS Convention 2004

2004 is BABS 30th birthday, the association having been formed in 1974, and convention this year was a big one! It was held in Harrogate from Friday 28th - Monday 31st May 2004.

Chorus Results

First place
CAMBRIDGE CHORD COMPANY
from Cambridge
81.4% (1465 marks)

Second place
COTTON TOWN CHORUS
from Bolton
77.3% (1391 marks)

Third place
THAMES VALLEY CHORUS
from Reading
73.4% (1322 marks)

Our Result

Anvil Chorus, under the direction of Victor Wong, achieved 20th place with 53.8% (968 marks)

Official photograph, supplied by John Ellis

Quartet Results

Gold
Prime Time
from Cambridge & Portsmouth
73.2% (2636 marks)

Silver
By Appointment
from Bournemouth and East Dorset
71.9% (2590 marks)

Bronze
Gentleman Jack
from Cambridge
71.6% (2576 marks)

Accord

Anvil Chorus and Gentlemen Songsters quartet Accord were competing at convention for the first time. They achieved 15th place with 51.1% (920 marks)

Photograph supplied by John Brough

Full score sheets, including the breakdown of marks by judge can be viewed at the BABS Guild of Judges webpage

International Qualification

Matrix were also competing at Harrogate to attain the necessary qualification score of 76% to represent BABS at the International convention 2005 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

They achieved this!

Our new director

Victor Wong directed Anvil Chorus for this competition. He took on the job only a few weeks before convention.

John Baker got a polo shirt specially embroidered with "Victor (in at the deep end) Wong" and "Anvil Chorus - Virgin Director"

Photograph supplied by John Edlin

First-time convention

For John Edlin (left) and Paul Lee, the 2004 convention was their first.

They are pictured here on chorus competiton day - and it looks like they enjoyed it!

Photograph supplied by John Edlin

Previous conventions: 2003 2002

Unless otherwise stated, the photos are taken from the choruses and quartets own websites or the BABS website - credit is due to original photographers