The 1998 Society winners hail from Southern California, proving that beaches, bikinis and barbershop do go together, and can indeed flourish! What immediately catches the ear is how smooth, unified and cohesive their sound. Old friends David Briner, Gene Cokeroft, Ed Waesche and other equally auspicious cohorts are on hand with the arranging talent. The stately "Tennessee Waltz" is as elegant as it's refined antebellum origins would indictate; "Sentimental Gentlemen from Georgia" revs up the tempo, downshifting in and out of the swiftly inverting chords like a race car on a curvaceous road, crossing the finish line on a blazing barbershop chord!