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AWARDS-ANNIVERSARY DINNER

A formal Awards Dinner with invited BABS guests. All clubs to be represented.

A Royal Guest and Local Mayor have been invited.

Venue: The Royal Hall has a banquet style seating capacity for 350Thursday evening 1930-2230Entertainment: Selection of AIC & British Quartets.

DRAFT-CONTEST TIMETABLES

Quartet Final

TIME ONSTAGE

MW1 12:00

MW2 12:12

1 12:24

2 12:34

3 12:44

4 12:54

Interval

5 13:14

6 13:24

7-int 13:34

8-int 13:44

9-int 13:54

MC1 14:04

BQC TRIBUTE

14:16

Presentations 15:16

Clear by 15:31

Chorus Finals session one

ON STAGE

MW1 10:001 10:12

2 10:22

3 10:32

4 10:42

5 10:52

6 11:02

7 11:12

8 11:22

INTERVAL

9 12:00

10 12:10

11 12:20

12 12:30

13 12:40

14 12:50

15 13:00

16 13:10

17 13:20

INTERVAL

18 14:00

19 14:10

20 14:20

21 14:30

22 14:40

23 14:50

24 15:00

25 15:10

26 15:20

INTERVAL-1HR

Chorus Finals session Two

ON STAGE

27 16:30

28 16:40

29 16:50

30 17:00

31 17:10

32 17:20

33 17:30

34 17:40

35 17:50

INTERVAL

36 18:30

37 18:40

38 18:50

39 19:00

40 19:10

41 19:20

42 19:30

43 19:40

44 19:50

INTERVAL

45 20:30

46 20:40

47 20:50

48 21:00

49 21:10

50 21:20

MC1 21:30

Presentations and Awards

22:00

• Still on target for 50 competing chorus• 40 confirmed contest entries to-date • 3 N/A- Bolton-Mike cooling. BQC & Don Amos both non contestable choruses• 7 advised as not competing • 7 to reply• 3 new prospective choruses• All contest timings calculated on a 10 minute contest cycle• Extended intervals during chorus contest used for 25-30-40yr & HoF presentations.

QUARTET SEMI FINAL

TIME ON STAGE

MW1 13:15MW2 13:27

1 13:392 13:493 13:594 14:095 14:19

INTERVAL6 14:497 14:598 15:099 15:1910 15:2911 15:3912 15:49

INTERVAL13 16:1914 16:2915 16:3916 16:49

17-int 16:5918-int 17:0919-int 17:19Draw 17:29

Clear by 18:00

SATURDAY NIGHT RETRO SUPPER

Venues: Hall H, Hall G, Saturday evening following Chorus contest. Retro Supper & first drink. Capacity for 1800 covers -1200 pre-sold as part of EB registrationsEntertainment: AIC & British Quartets. Storm Front to host the evening

Pre-bookable tables set up in different areas of the convention centre.

Includes a retro supper and first drink £8.50

AIC QUARTETS

Old School 2011

Storm Front 2010

OC Times 2008

Crossroads 2009

*The Gas House Gang 1993

Vocal Spectrum 2006

A selection from the above AIC Quartets to be used throughout the weekend: Thursday night Awards Dinner; Friday evening Show; Saturday Master Classes and Sing with the AIC; Saturday night Cabaret Show and two Sunday Shows. *Baritone Brandon Guyton.

SHOWS

Friday NightSaturday

NightSunday Matinée

Sunday Evening

Monday Morning

2013 BABS Champions &

Guests

• 2014 Men's Chorus• 2014 Men's

Quartet• European Groups• LABBS champions • EU Guests• AIC Quartets

Cabaret Show&

Retro Supper

AIC Quartets timetabled on a

Cabaret style circuitincludes bookable

retro supper and first drink

Storm Front to host as unable to perform as a

quartet on Saturday evening.

AIC Chorus Show

•OC Times•Crossroads•Old School•The Gas House Gang•Storm Front•Vocal Spectrum

Anniversary Champs& Guests

•2014 Men's Chorus•2014 Men's Quartet•European Groups•LABBS champions •AIC quartets

Comedy Hour +Hosted by Storm

Front

• Meet your new 2014 champs

• Community singing

• Convention closing

Show acts to keep non singing time to a minimum. Show emcees to congratulate the weekend contestants and trophy winners on behalf of all show acts.

PARTY NIGHT

• Tribute band

Sunday Night Party Time… Dancing the remainder of the weekend away to a 70’s style tribute band-Abba-Yab-a-Doo

WEEKEND AT A GLANCE-PROVISIONAL TIMINGSThursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday

19:30-22:30Anniversary Awards Dinner

13:00-17:30Convention openingQuartet Semi-Final

10:00-15:30Chorus Finals-session one

10:00-12:002015 Early Bird on sale

11:02-13:00Comedy Hour and sing with

your weekend champs  20:30-22:30

Retiring Champs Show16:30-21:45

Chorus Finals-session two10:00-10:30

Church Service13:00-13:15

Convention Closing

Afterglow21:45-22:00

Contest Results11:00-11:30Mass Sing

  22:30-24.00Cabaret Night

12:00-14:00Men’s Quartet Final

 

   Afterglow

14:00-15:00BQC Tribute

 

    15:00-1530Contest results

 

      16:30-18:30AIC Show

 

      20:30-22:302014 Champs and AIC show

 

      22:30-24:00Party TimeTribute Band

 

     Afterglow

 

Main Delegate activities for the weekend

CONVENTION COLLECTABLES

Pin Badges

Registration Name Badge

Tribute DVD

BQC

BQC Tribute DVD

• 2014 Pin Badge• Larger Registration Name Badge • Tribute DVD featuring archive material of all past Quartet

Champions• Competitor- supporters Polo -Tee shirts