Bob Larson of Minneapolis, Minnesota, received the Lillian Williams Award. The Hall of Fame Award honored Don Robertson and Fred Lowery.
Whistlers in Public Schools
Marge Carlson, Fullerton, California; Robert Larson, Minneapolis, Minnesota; David Harp, San Anseimo, California, who was MC, were the guests of honor in 1990 at the 17th Annual Convention. Marge Carlson was the concert performer. The judges were Edith Anderson, Louisburg, North Carolina; Cenieth Elmore, Campbell University, North Carolina; Charles Johnson, Greensboro, North Carolina; and James Marshall, Raleigh, North Carolina. Gregory N. Smith of Raleigh, North Carolina, was the Grand Champion for 1990 and Sean A. Lomax of Los Angeles California, was the second-place champion. Amy Rose of Louisburg, North Carolina was the National Teenage Champion and Tawonda Glover, Franklinton, North Carolina, was second-place champion. Marge Carlson, of Fullerton California, received the Lillian Williams Award for 1990. The Whistlers Hall of Fame Award went to Purves Pullen of Nut Tree, California.
The guests of honor in 1991 were Scott Alburger, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Milton Briggs, Carmichael, California; Robert F. Larson, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Kenneth Woodward, Raleigh, North Carolina; Cenieth Elmore, Campbell University, North Carolina; Edith Anderson, Louisburg, North Carolina; and Bob Vernon, WRAL-TV, Raleigh, North Carolina, who was MC. Greg Nye Smith, Raleigh, North Carolina, was the National Grand Champion and Mimi Drummond, Horsham, Pennsylvania, was the second-place champion. Suzanne Stafford was the National Teenage Champion and Mark Hodge was the second-place champion both from Louisburg North Carolina. The Children’s Champion in 1991 was Jeff Tillitt, Las Vegas, Nevada, and second-place champion was Carrie Murry, Castalia, North Carolina. Barry Rector, Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada, was the International Division Grand Champion, and Danny Gain, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was the second-place champion. Recipient of the Lillian Williams Award was Bob Larson and of the Hall of Fame Award was Elmo Tanner, Sr.
National School for Whistlers
On April 23-24, 1992, the NWC opened the National School for Whistlers in Louisburg, North Carolina, under the direction of Milton Briggs of Carmichael, California. | | Thirteen lucky whistlers enrolled and completed the courses. The NWC, April 23-26, was the largest ever in attendance and contestants. For the first-time, Masaaki Moku, from Osaka, Japan, attended with Mr. and Mrs. Hal Gold of Kyoto, Japan. The Grand Champions for adults were Sean Lomax, Murrieta, California, first-place; Tanguay Desgagne of Quebec, Canada, second-place; and Margot Solberg, Brooklyn, New York, third-place. Other adult winners in classical were first-place, Patty Ediger of Dayton, Oregon; second-place, Michael Cooney, Edmonton, Canada; and third-place Dan Bell of Sunnyvale, California. In popular categories were Madeleine Deslisle of Quebec, Canada; second; Kilgour Shives of Vancouver, Canada; and third, Peter Bennett of Cortland, New York. Allied Arts: first, William Bartley of Kittery, ME; second, L’Vai Kildow of Olympia, Oregon; and third, Dick Shaw of Apopka, Florida.
Young whistlers from the Louisburg area were teenage champions: Suzanne Stafford, first-place; and Anthony Alson, second-place. Other teenagers were Mark Hodge, first in classical and Billy Tillitt, first in popular. For the children, the National Champion was Jeffrey Tillitt, and second-place went to Kirsten Davis (age 7). Other children were Latoia Harris, first in classical, and Sarah Shearon, first in popular. The Lillian Williams award went to Barry Rector of Vancouver, Canada. He was the distinguished guest for the concert on April 24. The highest honor went to Bob Larson, Minneapolis, Minnesota, who received the Whistlers Hall of Fame Award.
Honored guests and judges were Mike Caplan, MC, from Durham, North Carolina; Barry Rector from Vancouver, Canada; Roy Thoreson, from Calgary, Canada; Robert Larson; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Edith Anderson, Louisburg, North Carolina; Milton Briggs, Carmichel, California; James Marshall, Raleigh, North Carolina; and Cenieth Elmore Franklinton, North Carolina.
International Champion
The national grand champion for the NWC, April 22-25, 1993, was Tanquay Desgagne, a Canadian from Sherbrooke, Quebec, and the first whistler outside the United States to receive top honors in the history of the NWC. He had been the second-place grand champ in 1992, a prelude to his eminence. Second-place champion in 1993 was Jason Serinus, Oakland, California, and third-place champion was Michael Cooney, Edmonton, Canada. The teenage national champion was Amy Rose, | |
