2008 Woodie Awards
'Team Lachey' sings way to victory
Erica Flint
Issue date: 1/15/08 Section: Front Page
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Nick Lachey's 20-member choir, made up of individuals from Cincinnati, won the $250,000 prize, which went to the Children's Hospital of Cincinnati-Lachey's charity of choice.
Clash of the Choirs was a four-night live competition that began Dec. 17 and featured five celebrities directing choirs from their respective hometowns to benefit a hometown charity. Other celebrity directors included Michael Bolton (New Haven, Conn.), Patti LaBelle (Philadelphia, Pa.) Blake Shelton (Okalahoma City, Okla.) and Kelly Rowland (Houston, Texas).
Helping to bring home a win for Cincinnati were three Miami University students-senior Lisa Baldwin, senior Christy Ledden, and junior Jordan Thompson-all who describe the relationship that grew between the choir members as one of the best parts of being on part of the show.
"The best part for me was performing with people who were so goal oriented and actually cared for each other," Ledden said, who referred to the other choir members as a second family.
Ledden also emphasized that the choir continues to support one another, even though the show is over.
"I have my senior recital Wednesday night and I think 18 of them are coming," Ledden said. "It is neat to see how people are so supportive."
Thompson echoed Ledden's thoughts.
"There were so many wonderful things about (being a part of the show) but for me forming relationships with the other people in the choir, making new friends … sharing the journey that started six weeks ago and becoming a family was the most enjoyable part," Thompson said.
Also ranking high among memorable experiences for the Miami students was the excitement of winning.
"Winning in itself, that was a great memory right there," Baldwin said. "All week long Patti's choir received all this hype and everyone just assumed her choir was going to win … We never assumed we would win, but our goal was just to get to Thursday night and sing all our songs. Standing on the risers when they announced Blake had come in third and then announced us as the winner, it was such an unbelievable moment, it was just so surreal, it was like all my birthdays and Christmases rolled up. It was a great moment and we ran into the center of the stage … it was kind of like a riot. We were all just crying and just so emotional that the journey had come to an end."
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