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Alumni Updates
Duncan Ballard ('04), Christopher Maze ('04), and Andrew Wong ('03) competed in Opera Pacific's 17th annual Laila S Conlin vocal competition on May 12th. Duncan won 2nd Place, Andrew won 3rd Place, and Christopher won honorable mention. Way to go guys!
Tom O'Toole ('86) and wife Hillarie currently live in Western Massachusetts. Both have been singing opera professionally for the past couple of years. Tom appeared most recently in Opera Boston's critically acclaimed production of Kurt Weill's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. Other recent appearances include Escamillo in Carmen (Granite State Opera), Gazella in Lucrezia Borgia (Opera Boston), and Alcindoro in La Boheme (Sarasota Opera).
Phil Rios ('74) is an engineer living in Tucson, AZ and working for the Raytheon Company. He manages a team of 14 engineers who produce logistics products for weapon systems used in the Gulf. His eldest daughter just had a baby--so is Phil our first AABC granddad?
Paul Rios ('73) just finished his Master's degree in Horticulture at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and is teaching.
Welcome new Alumni! Our spring concert on May 20th saw some marvelous boys graduate into our esteemed Alumni Society . . . Weston Butera, Christopher Ebner, Christopher Ellis, Jonathan Fung, Sean James, Colin Jordan, Daniel Kim, Sam Kim, Albert Maldonado, Doug May, Gianni Multari, Toren Nakamura, Matthew Ogata, Christopher Ramos, Zackary Richards, Kevin Rosetti, Sean Scott, Vincent Susa, Eric Travis, Zackery Zumbek.
Thank you gentlemen for your hard work and dedication. Congratulations from the entire AABC family. We look forward to seeing you at upcoming AABC events and concerts!
We want to know about the milestones and major events in your life. Concerts, performances, new jobs, new kids . . . Visit the AABC website and update your info via the Email sign-up on the home page or the Alumni sign-up on the alumni pages. |
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The 22nd Annual AABC
Instrumental Recital
Featuring
AABC Members & Alumni
Sunday, June 10th at 3:00 PM
Sign-up today! Email Tony at a.manrique@taabc.org or call him at 714 708-1670 x11.
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May Birthdays!
Happy Birthday to . . .
Thomas Batterton, John Bradford, Ryan Broccolo, DeJohn Brown, Colin Browne, Ben Byassee, Steve Camacho, Erik Carlson, Christopher Carrillo, Jerry Chang, Dan Chapman, Nathan Cottrell, Joey Devin, David Dietterle, Tyler Duff, Joe Engelke, Kevin Fuhrmann, Mario Garibotti, Jeff Garvin, Patrick Green, Ron Griswold, Rick Griswold, Tyson Hellmich, Joseph Heron, Ryan Hoffman, Sam Houghtling, Ryan Howard, Jonathan Huer, Thomas Ito, Josh Kelley, Tim Kline, Bob Kovacev, Jeremy Krater, Kurt Leingang, Chris Lento, Brett Lomeli, Adam Luckey, Tony Manrique, Adam Mitchell, Morgan Moody, Clark Moore, Chad Moore, Vincent Nguyen, Ryan Nguyen, Mike O'Hara, Matthew Okoorian, Stephen Petracca, Whit Plummer, Joe Powell, Nick Raboy, Peter Raia, Scott Ratner, Michael Ristrom, Lou Romano, Paul Scherz, Sean Scott, Andrew Sinajon, Kevin Sporman, Brian David Stambaugh, Jeff Strupp, Marcos Suarez, Lee Tagaloa, Adam Toledo, Eric Travis, Cameron Voss, Mark Williams!
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AABC Family Picnic
Come Join us on June 9th!
We are pleased to announce and especially to invite our esteemed AABC alumni to our 2007 Family Picnic. This year the picnic will take place on SATURDAY, June 9th, at TeWinkle Park in Costa Mesa.
The picnic is a wonderful opportunity for our current and alumni families to gather in an informal and enjoyable atmosphere.
The picnic will begin at 1:15 PM and will end at approximately 5:15 PM with the awarding of prizes for our 2007 Jog-A-Thon.
There'll be fun and exciting games and events for the children, choristers and alumni in varying age groups; and prizes will be awarded!
Do come! You'll have a great time hanging out with old friends and renewing acquaintances.
Please RSVP to Tony Manrique at a.manrique@taabc.org or (714) 708-1670 x11. |
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AABC Alumni Bus Fund
$5 a month will help keep us "on the road"
In an effort to keep up with ever-rising costs of operating and maintaining our bus, we've started an Alumni Bus Fund.
Even though having our own AABC bus is cheaper than renting busses, it's still a big part of our budget. We have to pay for fuel, insurance, maintenance, repairs and drivers.
Each year bus costs go up. Fuel has gone from $1.50 to $3.00 a gallon. Insurance is also up along with the cost of maintenance (repair facilities keep increasing labor rates).
We got to thinking about the bus costs, and came up with the idea that if each AABC alumnus donates $5 a month to our Bus Fund, it would be an enormous help with the increasing costs of the bus. And yet $5 a month is really pretty affordable. It's about the cost of a frappuccino at Starbucks, a Big Mac meal at McDonald's, or a few songs from I-tunes.
Multiplied by all of our alumni, $5 a month would be a HUGE help to the Chorus.
The problem is the 80/20 rule. If AABC alumni are like members of other organizations, then only 20% will give the $5 a month - and that won't be enough to meet the increasing costs of the bus.
But we don't think AABC alumni are like members of other organizations. We're confident that having ridden on the AABC bus many times during your years as a singer, you understand the value and importance of the bus to the Chorus's success.
Sending $5 a month to our Bus Fund is a great way for alumni to support the Chorus. By making sure our boys, now and in the future, will always have a safe, reliable and FUN way to get to and from concerts and go on tours.
You can send your donation monthly, or give it all at once ($60 for the year).
The easiest way is to go to the AABC website: www.taabc.org, click on the DONATE button at the top right of the home page and donate via PayPal. OR email Tony Manrique at a.manrique@taabc.org and he'll send you a set of pledge envelopes.
It'll be marvelous to tell our boys that it's the alumni of the Chorus, the guys that came before them and who shaped the AABC into the great organization it is today, who are still "riding along" with us on the bus to each concert!
Our thanks to the following allumni who have already made donations or pledges to the Alumni Bus Fund:
Gabe Ayala ('97), Juan Ayala ('92), Aaron Cassaro ('95), Kevin Gustafson ('97), Tony Manrique ('72), Fr. Bob Pipta ('82), Scott Rogers ('94), Greg Smet ('72), Matthew Uyesugi ('89), Mark Williams ('87) |
| AABC Alumni at Opera Pacific's
Laila S Conlin Vocal Competition 
(L-R) Duncan Ballard ('04), Christopher Maze ('04) and Andrew Wong ('03) | |
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