Director Trivia

Most medals of any kind won by a director: 18
Number of directors to win 18 medals: 1

18 =  Jay Giallombardo w/ New Tradition 1988-2008

14 =  Jim Miller w/ Thoroughbreds and Southern Gateway: 1965-1995
      Jim Clancy w/ Vocal Majority: 1975-2010
      Jim Henry w/ Ambassadors of Harmony 1994-2016
      Steve Armstrong w/Northern Lights 2000-2017

13 =  Greg Lyne w/ Lombard, SF Springs, Lake County, Bay Area 1982-2008
     
12 =  Lou Laurel w/ Border Chorders and Phoenicians: 1964-1988
      Scott Werner w/ Alexandria Harmonizers 1978-2002
      
10 =  Tom Gentil w/ Southern Gateway 1969-1981
     

 

Most gold medals won by a director: 11
Number of directors to win 11 gold medals: 1

1.  Jim Clancy (11) w/ Vocal Majority: 1975, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1988
                              1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006

2.  Jim Miller (7) w/ Thoroughbreds: 1966, 1969, 1974, 1978, 1981, 1984
           w/ Southern Gateway Chorus: 1992

  1. Scott Werner (4) w/ Alexandria Harmonizers: 1986, 1989, 1995, 1998

Greg Lyne w/ West Towns Chorus: 1987
        w/ Masters of Harmony: 1990, 1993, 1996
    Lou Laurel w/ Border Chorders: 1964
            w/ Phoenicians: 1972, 1976, 1983
    Mark Hale w/ Masters of Harmony 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011
    Jim Henry w/Ambassadors of Harmony 2004, 2009, 2012, 2016

 

Most silver medals won by a director: 8
Number of directors to win 8 silver medals: 1

  1. Jay Giallombardo (8) w/ New Tradition: 1993-2000

 

2.    Steve Armstrong (5) w/Northern Lights: 2001-05
      Chris Arnold w/Northern Lights: 2001-05

  1.   Jim Clancy (3) w/Vocal Majority 1978, 2009-10

  Allen Hatton w/ Thoroughbreds: 1988-1990
  Jim Henry w/Ambassadors of Harmony: 2007-08, 2015   
      Greg Lyne w/ West Towns Chorus: 1984-86
      Scott Werner w/ Alexandria Harmonizers: 1979-80, 1992
     

 

Most 3rd-place bronze medals won by a director: 5
Number of directors to win 5 3rd-place medals: 2

1.    Tom Gentil (5) w/ Southern Gateway: 1969-71, 1976, 1978
      Jim Henry w/ Ambassadors of Harmony: 1995-98, 2003

3.    Scott Werner (4) w/ Alexandria Harmonizers:
                           1993-94, 2001-02
      Jay Giallombardo w/ New Tradition:
                           1989-90, 2004-05

 

Most 4th-place bronze medals won by a director: 5
Number of directors to win 5 4th-place medals: 1

1.    Darin Drown (5) w/ Sound of the Rockies: 2008-10, 2013-14

2.    John Devine (3) w/ Tidelanders: 1970, 1981, 1983
      Jim Henry w/ Ambassadors of Harmony: 1994, 2001-02
Steve Armstrong with Toronto Northern Lights: 2007, 2016-17

5.    Al Burgess (2) with Muskegon: 1959, 1961
Jim Turner with London: 1958, 1967
Greg Backwell with London: 1967-68
Joe Liles with Chordsmen: 1971-72
Lou Laurel with Phoenicians: 1979, 1986
Greg Lyne with West Towns: 1982, with Masters 1989
Dean Haagenson with Great Northern Union: 1992-93
Jim Miller with Southern Gateway: 1990, 1995
Jean Barford with Southern Gateway: 1997-98
Richard Lewellen with Alexandria Harmonizers: 2004-05
Jay Giallombardo with New Tradition: 1988, 2006
Chris Vaughn with Sound of the Rockies: 2011, 2013

 

Most 5th-place bronze medals won by a director: 4
 Number of directors to win 4 5th-place medals: 1

1.   Bob Mucha (4) w/ Middletown, OH 1959,
                  Southern Gateway 1983, 1987, 1996

2.   Doug Miller (3) w/ Arlington Heights: 1973-75
     Jay Giallombardo (3) w/ New Tradition 1992, 2007-08

 

Number of medalist directors who are also quartet medalists: 34

     Greg Backwell
     Buzz Busby
     David Calland
     Greg Clancy
     Don Clause
     John Devine
     Sean Devine
     Darin Drown
     Jerry Fairchild
     Royce Ferguson
     Jay Giallombardo
     Mark Hale
     Doug Harrington
     Allen Hatton
     Ken Hatton
     Jim Henry
     Clay Hine
     John Hohl
     Fred King
     Richard Lewellen
     Doug Miller
     Dave Mittelstadt
     Earl Moon
     Jonny Moroni
     Jeff Oxley
     Doc Ruggles
     Jim Sikorski
     David Smotzer
     Bob Spong
     Gary Steinkamp
     Jim Turner
     Chris Vaughn
     Scott Werner
     Harlan Wilson

 

Number of medalist directors who are also quartet champions: 21

     Buzz Busby
     Greg Clancy
     John Devine
     Sean Devine
     Darin Drown
     Jerry Fairchild
     Royce Ferguson
     Jay Giallombardo
     Mark Hale
     Doug Harrington
     Allen Hatton
     Ken Hatton
     Jim Henry
     Clay Hine
     Fred King
     Jonny Moroni
     Jeff Oxley
     David Smotzer
     Bob Spong
     Chris Vaughn
     Harlan Wilson

 

Number of champion directors who are also quartet medalists: 11

     Buzz Busby
     Greg Clancy
     Royce Ferguson
     Jay Giallombardo
     Mark Hale
     Jim Henry
     Fred King
     Dave Mittelstadt
     Jonny Moroni
     Jeff Oxley
     Scott Werner

Number of champion directors who are also quartet champions: 9

     Buzz Busby
          Quartet = Confederates 1956
          Chorus = Dixie Cotton Boll 1958

     Greg Clancy
          Quartet = MaxQ 2007
          Chorus = Vocal Majority 2014

     Royce Ferguson
          Quartet = Revival 1998
          Chorus = Westminster 2007

     Jay Giallombardo
          Quartet = Grandma’s Boys 1979
          Chorus = New Tradition Chorus 2001

     Mark Hale
          Quartet = Michigan Jake 2001
          Chorus = Masters of Harmony 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011

     Jim Henry
          Quartet = Gas House Gang 1993, Crossroads 2009
          Chorus = Ambassadors of Harmony 2004, 2009, 2012, 2016

     Fred King
          Quartet = Oriole Four 1970
          Chorus = Chorus of the Chesapeake 1971

     Jonny Moroni
          Quartet = Vocal Spectrum 2006
          Chorus = Ambassadors of Harmony 2016 

     Jeff Oxley
          Quartet = Rapscallions 1984, Acoustix 1990, MaxQ 2007
          Chorus = Masters of Harmony 1999