Yes, indeed, everybody was a winner at the Mid-Atlantic District Quartet competition! Everybody, except us, that is. Yes, Indeed (our quartet) came in last, dead last! It's a tough job being last, but somebody's got do it; and who is better suited than we four amiable, deferential and pathologically positive guys anyway?

The truth is: Losing isn't all it's cracked up to be. None of us died. In fact, it wasn't lost on us that we had already competed adequately at the Division contest to get to the District level competition; for which we are happy campers. It's not just a matter of making lemonade out of lemons to appreciate that we were stopped by many friends and fans (yes, we have fans- right Ma?) who said they loved what we did and would look forward to our next performance.

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Sure we felt like we left our best in the rehearsal room (and who doesn't); but we were thrilled to have a chance to be up there singing for the crowds, blinded in the spotlight and under the judge's paternal but watchful glare. What better way to temper the steel than in the flames of the fire!

If we had to lose, who better to lose to than to ALL the wonderfully talented competitors, friends, fellow BACmen and exBACmen who unwittingly trounced us and made the night so right! We could never hope to be thrown out of a classier place.

Yes Indeed has proudly been together since 1997. To paraphrase Sinatra's song of determination, "We've been up and down and over and out and we know one thing," besides getting back in the race, we will continue to improve as singers and performers -even if they keep raising the bar on us.

We'll be back, but, no matter what, we had a heck of a good time losing!

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