2023-2024 KTS Sweet Adeline of the Year
Awarded to Marilyn Trabold
I do hereby nominate Marilyn Trabold for the above honor. Marilyn is a true lady and represents what a sweet Adeline should be! Not only was she at retreat this year even though she was ill but she has been adedicated member for years at KTS and before. Having known Marilyn for several years she definitely IS the epitome of a Sweet Adeline.
Edna
Marilyn Trabold joined Sweet Adelines while still living in Texas. She started out as a Baritone. I’m not sure how long she has been a member, but she brought to KTS a strong knowledge of what is means to be a Sweet Adeline. By the time she joined our Chorus, Marilyn had changed to singing Bass. And she sang such a beautiful smooth bass, too. It was Marilyn’s sound that made me want to try singing Bass (which I do now in Scenic City Chorus). And what a memory she has for music! Marilyn knows most of the songs that she has learned in her years in Sweet Adelines without having to refresh her memory. I was afraid that this might have been some of the early memory loss that she might be experiencing now, until I went with Valerie Culpepper and Linda Sicard to visit her last week. We played the video recording of our performance at our Regional Contest and she sang both songs with us without missing a note or word.) I wonder if she will still remember so well when we go there to sing. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if she could? Marilyn has offered her home to quartets and others as a place to practice, even when she wasn’t singing with the group. Several of us set up sewing machines in her house one day to make the blue and black costume we “affectionately” refer to as the Garbage Bag Costume(!). She even offered her home for PVI’s with members of the chorus when Jenn Cooke coached KTS one weekend several years ago. She has also been the person to always send out get well, happy birthday, sympathy, we miss you cards. We became good friends as soon as she joined K-town
Sound. We quickly started traveling together, as well, to regional events and our yearly contest. I’ve lost count of the times we’ve stopped at The Boone Tavern Hotel in Berea to have a fancy White Linen table cloth lunch on our way to or from our regional contests in Covington To me, Marilyn has been the heart and soul of our chorus for many years. I can think of no one better this year to get this award. I nominate my sister-in-song, Marilyn Trabold, to be K-town Sound’s Sweet Adeline of the Year.
Andy Lyle
2022-2023 KTS Sweet Adeline of the Year
Awarded to Diane McGrath
· Her musical experience in other courses, and also many positions that she has held and experience in being an assistant Director and advising the Director has been extremely helpful and I do not think that we could’ve gotten where we are today without her!· We were down to nine members at the end of April and she jumped in and quickly volunteered to be our Assistant Director.
· She is one of the main reasons our sound is getting so much better every week.
· Her warmups are so amazing!
· She assists Kenny so much so our chorus always runs smoothly.
· She gets our music for us and makes sure Janet gets it promptly for posting.
· She is our liaison for all our coaching dates.
· She stepped up and took over heading up the chorus makeup.
· She's also a tremendous addition to our Bass Section.
· She also sang Bass in Good News Quartet in 2022, and Southern Sapphire in 2023
2021-2022 KTS Sweet Adeline of the Year
Awarded to Bobbie Daniels
As Treasurer and member of the Board she has worked hard tracking all of the funds for the chorus. She keeps our events page up to date and keeps the chorus informed via email communication. She is always on top of everything and wants to get things done.
2020-2021 KTS Sweet Adeline of the Year
Awarded to Cathy Bilbrey
Cathy gives all our new members such a warm welcome when they visit. She follows up to let them know they are wanted in our group and encourages them to keep coming. She has also done several TV spots to let people know about our chorus to grow our membership.
2010 - 2022 Former Master 500 Director
Awarded to Kellie Phifer
K-Town Sound was incredibly proud and blessed to have Kellie Phifer as our original director. Kellie joined Sweet Adeline's in 1993, and has devoted her time and talents to mastering the art of Barbershop, including Master 500 director with K-Town Sound at 2019 Region 4 Contest. She continues to sing in medal winning quartets and choruses to this day,
2019-2020 KTS Sweet Adeline of the Year
Awarded to Janet Brockman
Janet always gives her 110% to the chorus and has been our very successful Singing Valentines coordinator for several years.
2018-2019 KTS Sweet Adeline of the Year
Awarded to Valerie Culpepper
For her tireless efforts of getting us singing "gigs." Congratulations Valerie!
2015-2016 KTS Sweet Adeline of the Year
Awarded to Donna Carnduff
First K-Town Sound award for Sweet Adeline of the Year.2011 Chorus Star Award
Awarded to Donna Carnduff
At the 2011 Region 23 Summer Singsation event, Donna Carnduff was awarded the Chorus Star Award for her dedication and work with K-Town Sound Show Chorus.
