Vocalists

Angie Harrison- Vocalist 

Photo Courtesy: Dan Royer, Photographer Dixon, IL

Angie is new to the band in 2006.  Before that she was very involved in musical theatre in the Sauk Valley, IL area.  She has performed in productions in Sterling , Byron, Dixon and Timberlake Playhouse.  She has been the alto soloist for Handel’s Messiah and is a performer in Seeing Stars each year, a fundraiser for Lutheran Social Services.  Angie has a Bachelors in Business Administration from Mount St Clare College in Clinton , IA. and is currently a Realtor®  for Mel Foster Co in Sterling IL .  She is married and has two boys. 

Eileen Quest ~ Vocalist

Eileen joined Class Act in 1996. Her interest in music began as a child when she and her sister started entering talent shows and contests. She was thrilled to have the opportunity to perform on the Jerry Lewis Telethon to help raise money for Jerry’s Kids. She was a member in the Country Playboys Country Band doing shows in several states. Eileen also traveled to Europe, where she performed 7 concerts in several European countries. She has lived in the Amboy area all of her life. Eileen says that even though she loves music, her greatest love is her husband of 36 years, her three children, and best of all, her seven grandchildren.

Eileen has been a featured singer with Class Act II and audiences love her Patsy Cline renditions during the band's breaks.

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Tom Rose

Tommy Rose has been with Class Act II Big Band since 2003.  He is diggin' the chance to sing as many Sinatra songs as possible!

Starting playing guitar at age 18, joining a 50's and 60's rock 'n roll band, the first of countless groups since then. Besides Class Act II, Tommy currently
fronts "Groupe Therapy", a blues-rock trio, and is a member of "The Ringles", a British Invasion style pop group; has been a pinch-hitter for many other bands as well. Tommy by day is Morning Host and Program Director for radio station WZOE-AM (1490) in Princeton, IL...where he lives with wife and two
children.

                    TOM SLOTHOWER, Vocals/Trombone 

Tom devoted full-time to music after retiring from teaching. He taught himself how to play trombone and earned a chair in Class Act II Band.  Tom also sings some male vocals with the Band. He also plays drums and sings with a trio.  

Tom started playing drums at the age of 8. By the time he was 14, he played drums for 3 years with a 7-piece dance band called “The Stardusters”. He enlisted in the Air Force to be a Cryptographer by day and a musician by night with The Blue Dons, a 4-piece group which emulated the Shearing Sound. Tom was head drummer in the USAF band while stationed in Tokyo , Japan . After the Korean War, Tom studied voice at Illinois Wesleyan, changed majors and graduated with a Master' s Degree from Northern Illinois University .  Tom's day job was education but he never stopped singing.  He sang the leading role in The Pajama Game, sang the bass baritone roles in Handel's Messiah 3 times and has sung hundreds of times in religious and social events, including singing with the Sterling, IL Municipal Band.  

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