Meet the Members of the Good News! quartet

All four of the members of this quartet have earned gold medals in International Champion Quartets in SPEBSQSA.

Jerry Fairchild is the tenor. He lives in Redlands, CA., and won his medal in the Sidewinders quartet in 1964. Jerry has 40 years of barbershopping experience and has actually sung in quartets for over 43 years. Dr. Fairchild is a lifelong educator and owns a Sylvan Learning Center. He has 15 grandchildren and likes to golf with his wife, Maureen. Maureen also sings with the Sweet Adelines.
Email: mjfair@empirenet.com
Joe Mazzone is the lead (second tenor) and lives in Punta Gorda, FL., with his wife Peggy. Joe began singing at eight, won the Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts award in 1956, and has been quarteting for 27 years. He won with the Regents quartet in 1974 and also won the Senior's International Quartet Contest in January , 1997. He is a retired airline pilot, has 13 grandchildren, and likes to sail and play golf.

Dale Deiser is their baritone and makes his home in San Antonio, TX., with his wife June. Dale has been quartetting for 45 years and won with the Mark IV quartet in 1969. He and his wife sing together in a quartet called Mixed Company and June also sings with the Sweet Adelines. Dale is a small business owner, likes to fly and is grandpa to three.

Jim Foy sings the bass part. He resides in Minneapolis, MN., and the quartet uses his ice-fishing house when they rehearse in Minnesota. Jim has been barbershopping since 1969 and won his gold medal in 1975 with the Happiness Emporium. Jim sings in an active quartet in the Twin Cities called the River City School Board and also in a mixed quartet with some friends singing for church services. He's also active in his church choir. In real life he's a mechanical designer for an agricultural equipment manufacturer. Jim and his wife Kay have seven grandchildren and if that were not enough fun in itself, he just took up golf.
Email: HEQbass@Compuserve.com

So, here are the totals. Thirty-eight grandchildren, 132 years of quartet experience, and well over two centuries of living for the Lord. Enjoy the Good News! as they blend their voices in never-ending praise of God's blessings.


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