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When The Ideals [[Media:The Ideals (1970).jpg]]won the state quartet championship in 1970, all were employees of State Farm Insurance Companies at the Corporate Headquarters in Bloomington, Ill. The quartet performed at many company functions, including regional office groundbreakings and employee anniversary parties. Members were: Jim Stahly, tenor;Jack Aldridge, lead; Al Draper, baritone; Chuck Lewis, bass. A quartet known as Sound Design, aka State Farm Four, sang at the groundbreaking of the company's Tulsa, Okla., office, affording the opportunity to visit the site of the birth of barbershopping [[Media:Sound Design aka State Farm Four.jpg]]. | When The Ideals [[Media:The Ideals (1970).jpg]] won the state quartet championship in 1970, all were employees of State Farm Insurance Companies at the Corporate Headquarters in Bloomington, Ill. The quartet performed at many company functions, including regional office groundbreakings and employee anniversary parties. Members were: Jim Stahly, tenor;Jack Aldridge, lead; Al Draper, baritone; Chuck Lewis, bass. A quartet known as Sound Design, aka State Farm Four, sang at the groundbreaking of the company's Tulsa, Okla., office, affording the opportunity to visit the site of the birth of barbershopping [[Media:Sound Design aka State Farm Four.jpg]]. | ||
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With David Davenport and Dave Shields doing the song-writing, and Clay Johnson offering his in-home studio for the recording, the album included State Farm Public Affairs Director Jim Stahly (now retired) singing a duet with another State Farm employee, Theresa Hering, on Insure the Reindeer. | With David Davenport and Dave Shields doing the song-writing, and Clay Johnson offering his in-home studio for the recording, the album included State Farm Public Affairs Director Jim Stahly (now retired) singing a duet with another State Farm employee, Theresa Hering, on Insure the Reindeer. | ||
In 2016, the album was placed on iTunes where an MP3 version could be downloaded free: An artilcle in the Dec. 17 edition of The Pantagraph carried an article about the effort. | In 2016, the album was placed on iTunes where an MP3 version could be downloaded free: An artilcle in the Dec. 17 edition of The Pantagraph carried an article about the effort. | ||
== '''Daily Pantagraph Connection''' == | == '''Daily Pantagraph Connection''' == | ||