Everything New Is Old Again
June 9, 2005 - Tulsa,
Oklahoma - Cooligans have decided to sing the best of both worlds
and wish to announce they will now be TWO quartets in one. They will
continue doing "barbershop" shows with Curt and also lean toward
singing Doo-Wop and Gospel with Ron Mallow. Some smart show
producer should call and book TWO quartets for the price of five
guys. More info later on the songs the "new" combinatoin will
have available.
News Flash -
Everything Old Is New Again
January
19,
2005 - Tulsa, Oklahoma - 2003 SWD Quartet Champs, Cooligans, are looking forward
to a great
new year in 2005 with lots of new music, an exciting new show package
and a
"new" lead singer. Please welcome veteran quartet man, Ron Mallow of Tulsa. A 12-year barbershopper,
Ron has
performed with "Vocal Attraction" and "7th & Main" quartets and was actually
the
original lead of Cooligans back in 2002. He left the
quartet due to business conflicts and now
returns totally recommitted to the "new" combination and future top
notch shows, recording projects and competitions.
Cooligans, Kent Cornwell, Eddie Wright
and Darrell Davis will continue to fulfill
their show schedule with lead Curt Angel through June and be ready with
a new
entertainment package, including original custom, never heard
arrangements of
Mo Rector, soon thereafter. Curt leaves the quartet with all
still good
friends and his support for their future success. The quartet
will bypass
Prelims as they re-tool.
Their trend
setting CD, "Just Cool Again" is still available via their
website, www.CooligansQuartet.com
.
The "boys" are also still booking shows for the 2005 spring and fall
show seasons. See the website for details or call (918) 402-2965 or
email CooligansQuartet@aol.com
.
Cooligans hope you have a
harmonious new year and look forward to singing for
you soon.
July
5th, 2004
Cooligans
Place 36th in Looovul
What a week. The great
International Barbershop convention was held in Louisville, Kentucky
and our
boys did a fantastic job representing the SWD and Tulsa by singing
their hearts
out on the huge International stage. They
placed 36 out of 52 of the best
quartets in the
world. Singing their two best numbers, "That's Life"
and "Shoo-Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy" they
scored 2322
points (77.4%) and were only 38
little points out of making the cut to the next
top 20 round. For all you math majors out there;
that's only one and two-tenths
points per song. It was a tight contest
and Cooligans knew it would be tough to crack the top 20 on their first
time
out.
In the
end, they
were very pleased with the trip and the effort. The reaction they got
from the audience and fellow competitors was inspiring. Singing on that
stage is the
ultimate dream of EVERY quartet and Cooligans saw a dream come true. This was the first time for Kent, Eddie and
Darrell to walk out on that stage. All
four plan to do it again next summer in Salt Lake City.
Tenor
Kent Cornwell says, "This has been a wonderful experience and
we learned a great deal. We now know what to do to be better
prepared next year."
Our congrats to
the guys, as you can see from the photos on the photo page, they had a
blast.
Cooligans
To Sing 30th, Ranked 31st
The official draw and order of
appearance has taken
place and our boys are scheduled to sing in the 30th position at the
upcoming International Quartet Competition to be held in Louisville,
Kentucky on June 30th. They will join five other quartets from
the
Southwestern District as they represent Tulsa.
The others include
McKinley Street Function (singing 10th / ranked 44), Sterling (singing
13th / ranked 8), L'Audible (singing 45th / ranked 22), MaxQ (singing
46th / ranked
#1) and Saturday Evening Post (singing 51th / ranked 6). Cooligans look
forward to the week and wish their fellow barbershop buddies the very
best.
New CD Just Released
The boys have recorded
their
FIRST CD project and NOW have it ready to ship If you'd like to order
it
NOW see the CD page.
Cooligans
Qualify for Int'l
Quartet Competition
Our boys have made it
to the "big dance".
Cooligans recently
qualified for the 2004 International Barbershop Harmony Annual
Convention
& Competition. Only about 50 out of the thousands of
barbershop quartets of the Barbershop Harmony Society (SPEBSQSA Inc.)
qualify each year so this is an important milestone for the
quartet. The
competition will be held in Louisville, Kentucky this summer (June
28-July 4).
They accomplished this feat the weekend of March
19/20 in San Marcos,
Texas during the Southwestern District Spring convention and Int'l
Quartet Preliminary Competition placing third in the overall
contest. Joining Cooligans in Louisville and representing the
Southwestern District will be Saturday Evening Post (Colorado Springs,
CO), Sterling (Central Texas/San Antonio, TX), McKinley Street Function
(Lafayette, LA)
and Max Q (Dallas/Ohio/Florida). Of course, Cooligans will be
representing Tulsa, OK.
