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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]].
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+State Farm Companies Foundation, which provided Good Neighbor Grants based on volunteer hours contributed by its employees, agents and retirees, is a long-time supporter of The Sound of Illinois.  Fromm 1999 through 2022, SOI received more than $80,000 through this program.
-State Farm Companies Foundation, which provides Good Neighbor Grants based on volunteer hours contributed by its employees, agents and retirees, is a long-time supporter of The Sound of Illinois.  Since 1999, SOI has received more than $80,000 through this program.