| International Preliminary Competition and turns a profit
for itself and SWD.
1978- President: Kent Cornwell
1979- President: Weldon Jones
Membership hits an all-time low of about 25.
1980- President: Ed Ward
The chapter begins a rebuilding program
1981-84- President: Bernie Hecht
Meetings at the Sheraton Skyline Hotel and Gucrease Hills Baptist Church.
Music directors are Ed Ward, Cliff Taylor, Ted Cobb
1985- President: A.B. Moses and Wally Loerch
1986- President: Ed Dooley
Music Directors: Curt Angel and Jeff Veteto
1987- President: Wally Loerch
Meetings move to the Fellowship Lutheran Church. Music Director: Frank
Friedemann
1988- President: Wally Loerch
The Spring 1988 Southwestern District Convention was held in Tulsa
on the Society's 50th anniversary. With many Headquarters and District
dignitaries in attendance, a memorial plaque was dedicated and placed in
a small park on the site of the Alvin Plaza Hotel. (The park was later
turned into a parking lot, and the plaque was removed for safe-keeping.
Tulsa manned a booth at the Tulsa State Fair to generate membership. (This
successful approach to membership recruiting continues today).
1989-91- President: Don Crowi
The Founders Chorus begins an annual tradition of turning on the Christmas
lights at Utica Square on Thanksgiving night, opening the holiday season.
Membership continues to grow, under an aggressive program of recruitment
and new-member training. THE ROCKERFELLERS are 1989 Southwestern District
Champs, (Frank Friedeman, tenor; Curt Angel, lead; Brian Hogan, bari; and
Doug Crowi, bass) The 1990 Southwestern District champs are THE TULSA TRADITION
(Tim Ambrose, Curt Angel, Doug Crowl and Don Conner). The chapter moved
to the Sandusky Avenue Christian Church. |
1992- President: Kent Cornwell
Membership exceeds 100! Eddie Wright is once again Music Director.
1993- President: Steve Regouby
Curt Angel directs the Founders Chorus.
1994- President: Jerry Cornelius
The 1994 Southwestern District convention and contest was once again
held in Tulsa with a mass singout held at the site of the Alvin Plaza Hotel
and the memorial plaque was re-dedicated and placed in the sidewalk. In
1994 the Tulsa chapter established its own Hall of Fame, inducting Co-Founders
Rupert Hall and O.C. Cash; Bob Greer,
N. T. "Doc" Enmeier, Bob Holbrook and Tom Masengale of the CHORD BUSTERS;
and John Loots, Morris Rector, Howard Rinkel and Harold Jones of the GAYNOTES.
In 1994 and 1995 Tulsa held weekend retreats at Shepards Fold Ranch in
Avant, Oklahoma for coaching and camaraderie. Music Director: Don Ford.
1995- President: Jerry Cornelius
Music Director: Doug Crowi. In 1995 the Tulsa Chapter produced its
own unique Valentine card for delivery with each singing valentine. The
chorus sang and donated blood in conjunction with the Red Cross Holiday
Hero campaign. We saw GREEN COUNTRY quartet (Jack Tubb, Gary Stice, Don
Conner filling in at bari, Doug Campbell) on the table donating while they
sang. Dale Radford, Lloyd Zumwalt and R. D. McCullough, Sr. were inducted
into the Tulsa chapter's Hall of Fame.
1996- President: Charles Bogie
Meetings moved to St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church. Some other recent Tulsa quartets:
OKLAHOMA SOUND (Curt Angel/Tim Ambrose, Dr.
Bob McCullough, John Loots, Cliff Taylor/Dale Nefi)
THE PRIME TIMERS (Curt Angel, Dale Radford,
Larry Pate, Jeff Veteto) EASY STREET (Ben Whitney,
Bernie Hecht, Jim Kahike, Cliff Taylor) THE "NEXP'
QUARTET (Ben Whitney, Bill Mclntire, Mike
Rodehaver, and Jim Kennedy) NELLIE'S BOYS (Ken
Ackley,Kevan Judah, Bud Cannon, Keith Shipman)
GAZETTE FOUR (Don Staires, Wally Loerch, Rick
Haines, Orb Whaley) THE FOUNDERS KEEPERS
(Tim Ambrose, Burdette Blue, Jack Wilhelm, Gerald
Pollard) THE FINAL FOUR (Ray Frick, Charlie Bogie,
Jack Wilhelm, Kent Dittmer) |