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March 2008...Spice heads to its 3rd Region 23 contest - unfortunately, we'll be spectators this go 'round! Wish us luck to remember to "stay out of the pattern"!

February 2008...Spice is working hard to come to grips with not competing in March at Regional! We are excited for the invitation from Song of Atlanta to sing with them on their show on February 24th at Reinhardt College!

December 2007...Spice ...well, we'd tell ya, but then we'd have to kill ya :-)!

November 2007...Spice had the priveledge of singing on Metro Nashville's Fall Show - Kickin' It Up a Notch - alongside their fabulous chorus and Jason Floyd Coleman, grandson of piano legend Floyd Cramer. What a FUN, FUN show!!

October 2007...Spice boarded (and almost missed) many planes to CALGARY and landed in the TOP 20 best quartets in the WORLD! Thank you to our coaches, Ken Delaney, Carolyn Sexton, Debbie Connelly, Karen Breidert, Sandy Robinson Marron and Dale Syverson! Thanks to all our SOA friends, our WebCasted SPICE RACK members, Region 23 members and our Saddledome cheering section! Lah you, Momma Spice and Gail O'Spice! An especially hearty thank you to our sisters in the TuneTown Show Chorus (who scored an amazing 13th PLACE their very first time competing on the International stage, by the way) who pulled us in, wrapped us up, fed us, made us Honorary Calgarians and treated us as if we were their very own members!! YEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAA!! Oh, and a Big 'Ol Genuine Tennessee SNIFFFFFF!

September 2007...Spice is ready to pack up and board many planes to CALGARY! Is it October yet??

July 2007...Spice had the privilege to coach with one of our favorites, Queen Carolyn Sexton (Tenor of International Quartet Champions, The Piper-ettes!), for an ENTIRE weekend! What a phenomenal experience for all of us! Thank you, Carolyn, from the tips of our training crowns :-)!

June 2007...Spice had a fabulous weekend at Region 23's Summer Singsation with The Buzz Quartet!! This was one fantastically (is that a word?) chock-full of barbershop secrets weekend!! Check out our photos page to see our "Queenly" moment!

April 2007...Spice is working like dogs to learn some new tunes for some regional chorus shows we're very proud to be invited to be a part of: Song of Atlanta on June 24th and Metro Nashville in November, 2007.

March 2007...Spice celebrates its 2nd First Place Regional Championship! Congratulations to everyone who participated in this contest. How nice to be in such amazing company! We had the privilege to sing for the judging panel in their suite following Saturday's Chorus contest. A truly surreal experience!

February 2007...Spice had the privilege to deliver singing valentines! Mostly to elementary and preschool teachers whose students ordered for them! We L-O-V-E this hobby!

January 2007...Spice celebrates their first year together! Check out photos for a one-year recap collage. Spice coached with the beyond fabulous, Sandy Robinson Marron. Let's just say we were well "Marron-ated"!

December 2006...Spice is honored to sing on the Big Chicken Chorus shows on December 1st @ 8:00pm and December 2nd @ 3:00pm and 8:00pm. Spice will be ringing in the new year together with the Allisons, Diamonds and Spice-a-licious Hine and her Honey! We can't wait to find out what 2007 holds for us.

November 2006...Spice helps out with Region 23's Quartet Workshop November 10-11. What a fun time we had with our Regional friends entertaining and educating! Spice gets a HUMMER!! Well...actually, Lead Spice and Spice Daddy got a Hummer, but we've adopted it for our own. The tag should read... SPICDHUM...

October 2006...It's over....and we DID it!! Spice is the 16th best quartet in the WHOLE world! We're ecstatic, but it's not over...it's only the beginning!!! Thank you to everyone who lost their voice screaming for us at contest or at your computer from home. We totally felt the vibes all the way to the stage!!! Some fabulous "input" from Int'l contest this year:

Here are the comments (according to our sources) from those fabulous SAI Webcast Commentators:

"Wow. They've only been singing together for 9 months and put
in a championship performance like THAT? I quit."
"I'm not a judge this year, but if this quartet doesn't place
very, very high in the competition I'll be shocked."
"Lots and lots of 'ringing' during those songs"

Here are the comments from Marti Lovejoy's yahoo e-groups:

.34...Spice, RC, #23...............................613...76.63
Stacy Llamazales, Alexis Nicoletta-Delaney, Janet Poley, Susan Milani
Song of Atlanta, Marietta, GA
Stage Attire: Black pants outfit, sheer overlay on pants, sheer jacket over gold and black shell.
Song #1: Two Tickets Medley - THIS is the song of the day... I misspoke earlier. This is another good job on a very difficult song, however.
Song #2: My Buddy - This is a really nice blend of voices with lots of life and richness.

Go to this link below for pictures of contestants #31-#35:

***** S P I C E *****

To the girls of Spice who are really so nice,
I send you this message to start.
Couldn't be prouder or yell even louder,
This message comes straight from my heart.

To Vegas you went, well wishes were sent,
You sang till your hearts felt complete.
Then when you were done, had had lots of fun,
The audience sprang to their feet.

You fabulous four whom we love and adore,
You knew that your job was well done.
Sweet sixteen is quite grand so I'll give you a hand,
In my heart the contest you won!

What a fabulous job all four of you did. I couldn't be prouder of SPICE.
CONGRATULATIONS!

Cindy

September 2006...what a HUGE month we've had - with just a little more than TWO weeks until the International contest...sequinned buckets anyone? Spice sings on the High Country Harmonizers show in Blue Ridge, Georgia along with FRED. We were definitely lacking in slapstick compared to those guys - but then again, FRED has one up on the Three Stooges! Those HCH men (and their wives) sure know to make a girl feel welcome. Thank you for that!!

On the 23rd of this month, our dearest friends put on the PARTY OF ALL PARTIES - SPICE-A-PALOOZA!! We can't begin to thank the SPICE RACK for putting this together for us. Talk about overwhelming. Our friends and families came by the THOUSANDS...well, the HUNDRED, but who's counting?...to celebrate our pending International competition appearance. We were completely feeling the love and are taking THAT on stage with us! Thank you to the SPICE RACK: Georgia "Spice-a-licious" Hine, Patti "O' Spice" Lampru, Anita "Momma Spice" Johnston, Brandi "Official Sumpin' Sumpin'" aka "The Reverend Cayenne Peppah" Diamond, Traci "Sistah Spice" Allison and Gail "O' Spice" Potts. You girls ROCK!!! Thank you to everyone who came out and donated to our very first International competition! Thank you to our AVP (Atlanta Vocal Project) friends who switched parts and provided additional entertainment - you guys are fabulous!! Thank you to our very dear Song of Atlanta Show Chorus sisters who also sang their hearts out for the crowd - it was a STELLAR dead-cold-start performance! (For those who aren't singers - that means they sang with NO warm up whatsoever.) You girls are going to be fabulous in VEGAS! Can't wait to share that stage with you. We'll warm it up for you!

August 2006...Spice is working...working...working and ringing some curds*...

* Our lead, Alexis, is a mid-western gal and her accent comes out sometimes - like during rehearsal. You betcha!

July 2006...Spice coaches with the infamous DALE SYVERSON (THAT was fun!!) and appears in the July issue of Sweet Adelines International's quarterly publication of The Pitch Pipe as a Regional Winner! We continue to work on our repertoire!

June 2006...Spice performs on Region 23's Summer Singsation evening show. A fabulous follow-up to our regional competition. Three quarters of the quartet coached with the FABulous Sandy Robinson Marron!

March 2006...Spice wins! Spice wins! Spice wins! What a wonderful first regional contest together! We had such great time sharing what we love to do and getting the ultimate reward for it! First place! Spice Daddy says we only have two weeks off until it's back to the grindstone (SLAVEDRIVER!!) preparing for Las Vegas! And we have a mascot! Spice welcomes 10-week old, Vegas, to the mix. He's a 35 pound Great Dane puppy!! Sometime in October, we'll be offering pony rides...at the Delaney Compound!

February 2006...Spice is on its way, preparing like mad for March's Region 23 contest! What?!? No clothes?!? No problem! Who needs clothes on stage? DOH!!

January 2006...Spice Daddy Delaney is "hired". Spice is honored to be his own personal "project"!! Fortunately, we settled on an uptune fairly quickly... Added to our Performance Advisory Committee is Brandi Calhoun Diamond, OSSS....Official Spice Sumpin' Sumpin'

December 2005...Spice begins its journey. What fun! What a sound! What the...?!? A new husband and 2 kids? The husband is a 2nd Generation Barbershopper?!? SSSSWWWEEEEEET!