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OC Times is a barbershop quartet affiliated with the Barbershop Harmony Society
; they received second place silver medals at the International Barbershop Quartet Contest at Denver's Pepsi Center
on July 7, 2007, and won the International Quartet Championship on July 5, 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee
. The quartet combines traditional barbershop harmonies with contemporary music styles.
The quartet's run for the title is featured in the 2009 feature film American Harmony
.
The quartet has earned several other awards and accolades, including being chosen as the society's Far Western District champions in 2004. The group won the 2008 CARA Awards (Contemporary A cappella Recording Awards) for Best Barbershop Song and Best Barbershop Album for their sophomore release, Let's Fly.
All of OC Times are members of the Masters of Harmony
, the 8-time gold medalist chorus (including 2011), and the 2007 and 2010 gold medalist Westminster Chorus
.
Barbershop Harmony Society
The Barbershop Harmony Society, legally and historically named the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. , is the first of several organizations to promote and preserve barbershop music as an art form. Founded by Owen C...
; they received second place silver medals at the International Barbershop Quartet Contest at Denver's Pepsi Center
Pepsi Center
Pepsi Center is a multi-purpose arena in Denver, Colorado, United States. The building is home to the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association, the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League, and the Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League...
on July 7, 2007, and won the International Quartet Championship on July 5, 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
. The quartet combines traditional barbershop harmonies with contemporary music styles.
The quartet's run for the title is featured in the 2009 feature film American Harmony
American Harmony
American Harmony is a 2009 documentary film directed and produced by Aengus James, produced by Colin Miller, and edited by Kate Amend.American Harmony, the documentary, was initially screened at the Barbershop Harmony Society’s 2008 International Convention in Nashville.The film is a tribute to the...
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Background
OC Times formed in the spring of 2003 and placed 18th out of 52 quartets in their first Barbershop Harmony Society international quartet competition. The quartet updated its image in January 2005 when Cory Hunt replaced Drew Harrah as the bass singer. With coaching by barbershop veteran Mark Hale, they dressed more casually and broadened their repertoire with non-traditional songs. OC Times' subsequent international competition placement jumped to 5th, 3rd, then 2nd before they won the championship in 2008.The quartet has earned several other awards and accolades, including being chosen as the society's Far Western District champions in 2004. The group won the 2008 CARA Awards (Contemporary A cappella Recording Awards) for Best Barbershop Song and Best Barbershop Album for their sophomore release, Let's Fly.
All of OC Times are members of the Masters of Harmony
Masters of Harmony
The Masters of Harmony are a 135-member men's barbershop chorus, based in Santa Fe Springs, California. They are the current SPEBSQSA International Chorus Champions. Founded in 1986 with a few dozen men, they rose to stardom under the tutelage of director Dr. Greg Lyne...
, the 8-time gold medalist chorus (including 2011), and the 2007 and 2010 gold medalist Westminster Chorus
Westminster Chorus
The Westminster Chorus is a men's a cappella chorus based in Westminster, California. International Chorus Champions of the Barbershop Harmony Society in 2007 and 2010, they are composed almost entirely of men under the age of 30.-History:The town of Westminster, in Orange County, CA has supported...
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Members
- Shawn York - tenor; originally from Rescue, CaliforniaRescue, CaliforniaRescue is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. It is located north-northwest of Shingle Springs, Rescue consists of primarily farmland and ranches with a few residential neighborhoods and businesses. Downtown Rescue is quite small, with only a post office, fire station, two...
and earned his bachelor's degree in Music Education from Vanguard University. He also owns a Chick-fil-AChick-fil-AChick-fil-A |"fillet"]]) is a quick service restaurant chain headquartered in College Park, Georgia, United States, specializing in chicken entrées and is known for promoting the company founder's claims of Christian values. Long associated with the southern United States, where it has been a...
restaurant in Corona, CaliforniaCorona, CaliforniaCorona is a city in Riverside County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 152,374, up from 124,966 at the 2000 census...
. - Sean Devine - lead; originally from Hershey, PennsylvaniaHershey, PennsylvaniaHershey is a census-designated place in Derry Township, Dauphin County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The community is located 14 miles east of Harrisburg and is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. Hershey has no legal status as an incorporated municipality...
and a graduate of Azusa Pacific UniversityAzusa Pacific UniversityAzusa Pacific University is a private, inter-denominational, evangelical Christian university located near Los Angeles in suburban Azusa, California. It was founded in 1899, with classes opening on March 3, 1900 in Whittier, California. It began offering degrees in 1939...
with a degree in Organizational Leadership. Also sang in the quartet Sam's Club and the doo wop group The Alley CatsThe Alley CatsThe Alley Cats are an American doo-wop group singing in a cappella.The group originated in 1987, when a doo-wop revival program was occurring at Fullerton College. Two men, also the group's future founding fathers, Mando Fonseca and Royce "The Voice" Reynolds, decided to start an a cappella group...
. Accepted a job with the Harmony Foundation in Nashville in July 2008. - Patrick Claypool - baritone; works as a server at the Yard House Restaurant in Costa Mesa, CaliforniaCosta Mesa, CaliforniaCosta Mesa is a city in Orange County, California. The population was 109,960 at the 2010 census. Since its incorporation in 1953, the city has grown from a semi-rural farming community of 16,840 to a primarily suburban and "edge" city with an economy based on retail, commerce, and light...
, and as an Orange Coast CollegeOrange Coast CollegeOrange Coast College is a community college in Orange County, California. It was founded in 1947, with its first classes opening in the fall of 1948. It provides two-year associate of art and science degrees, certificates of achievement, and lower-division classes transferable to other colleges...
student. - Cory Hunt - bass; a May 2008 graduate of the University of Nevada, RenoUniversity of Nevada, RenoThe University of Nevada, Reno , is a teaching and research university established in 1874 and located in Reno, Nevada, USA...
, and member of the Reno Silver Dollar Chorus. Landed a job with Environmental Incentives, a consulting firm in Lake Tahoe.