Our most recent and only gold medal quartet still actively performing is Acoustix from Dallas. This "Cinderella story" is unique and interesting when one considers what they accomplished in such a short amount of time. These guys can boast of winning the International quartet championship just six months after first singing together. There is, however, a Paul Harvey-like "rest of the story". You have to trace their family tree back to a quartet called the Class of the 80's. Through several personnel changes ,the originals were Greg Clancy, Dan Bell, David

Kenner, and Mike Tolley) the 80's finally consisted of Greg Clancy on tenor, Dan Bell on lead, Jason January on bari and Todd Wilson on bass. They were a very popular show quartet with many innovative arrangements and even sang a few songs with accompaniment. In 1987 Class of the 80's did a huge show of their own, selling out the Majestic Theater with the Dallas Jazz Orchestra and the Rich-Tones. Their influence and devotion to the Four Freshmen was evident that night with their performance of Freshmen original charts. When gold medalist Jeff Oxley moved to Dallas

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