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The Sound of the Foothills Chorus

The North Valley Chapter, SPEBSQSA

530-343-1353 865-5435

E-MAIL SingingValentines@sbcglobal.net

Contact: Patrick Lynch

Director of Public Relations

(530) 343-1353 or (530) 865-5435

Chico CA - February 2, 2006 - Barbershop quartets from the award-winning Sound of the Foothills chorus from Paradise, California will deliver free Singing Valentines by telephone to loved ones of service men and women posted overseas. The Sound of the Foothills chorus voted in early December to provide this free service in support of US troops. Jeff Layne, Valentine Coordinator, said, "The Chorus is really excited to deliver these messages of love to family members here in the United States. We realize it can be difficult to arrange a special valentines surprise from overseas. We think it is an important service." Along with the two songs Service Members can include a personal message too.

Don Franklin, chorus and California Army National Guard member, said, "I hope the people stationed overseas will take advantage of our offer. When I was deployed for Desert Shield, I would have loved to send one to my wife."

Interested service members can email contact information to SingingValentines@SBCGlobal.net. They should include loved ones name, telephone number, a time the recipient can be reached (include time zone) and personal message. The chorus will also send a photo of the singing quartet to the service member who made the request. Singing Valentine deliveries are not limited to spouses, girlfriends and boyfriends, they can also be delivered to parents and grandparents too.

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The award-winning Sound of the Foothills is associated with the Barbershop Harmony Society and was formed in 1994. Delivering Singing Valentines is their biggest fundraiser of the year.

Website: http://www.harmonize.com/northvalley/

~G: Sounds like a good deal to me. Let your active duty friends know about this.