University of Mobile Quartets Place In Competitions

The University of Mobile Center for Performing Arts’ three barbershop-style quartets—RamBunctious, Ramalettes and RamTonz— all placed at competitions in March.

RamBunctious placed first and Ramalettes placed fourth out of nine groups in the Rising Stars of the South Quartet Competition, the Barbershop Quartet Contest for Young Women on March 27 in Chattanooga, Tenn. The competition was sponsored by the Region No. 23 Heart of Dixie Sweet Adelines International.

RamBunctious will compete in the 2008 International Education Symposium in San Antonio, Texas, July 16 through 19.

Members of RamBunctious are Lydia Bru, tenor; Maggie Woodlief, lead; Nikki Ellis, bass; and Kourtney Campbell, baritone.

Members of Ramalettes are Kalyn Pilcher, tenor; Jenna Housh, lead; Bethany Case, bass; and Catherine Odom, baritone.

RamTonz placed second in the Barbershop Harmony Society at the International Quartet Preliminaries and District Chorus Convention as part of the Dixie District during the College Quartet Finals and International Collegiate Preliminaries on March 14 in Greenville, S.C.

Members of RamTonz are Luke Veazey, tenor; Andrew Lowe, lead; Scotty Lawrence, bass; and James Berrian, baritone.

For more information about the UM Center for Performing Arts, visit www.umobile.edu or call 251-442-2420.

Nearly 1,600 undergraduates and graduate students are enrolled at the University of Mobile, a private Christian university affiliated with the Alabama Baptist State Convention. RamBunctious, Ramalettes and RamTonz are part of the university’s Center for Performing Arts under the direction of Roger Breland, a member of the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and founder/director for 31 years of the internationally acclaimed contemporary Christian group Truth.

For more information about the University of Mobile, contact Enrollment Services at 251-442-2273 or 1-800-WIN-RAMS, or visit www.umobile.edu.