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Yvonne was introduced to the world of Barbershop in 1985 when Peter Hughes (her husband) joined The Anvil Chorus and she has attended every BABS Convention since 1998 when Alan Hughes (her son) sang at his first competitive Convention with the Telfordaires (whilst piloting an aeroplane).

For several years she was the only non-singing member of the family (Katy, her daughter, sang with Cheshire Chord Company) until she finally decided that “if you can’t beat them, join them” and for a short time sang with Second City Sound. 

She has been an official, certified member of the Contest Administration Team since 2017 (although she had helped them at Conventions and Prelims for several years before then).

Since certifying she has held several different roles in the Contest Administration and is the current Contest Administration Category Director - a role that involves her  overseeing the General aspects of all Contests, monitoring the work of the Contest managers, and liaising with members of the Board and Judges on Contest Matters. As such she is a member of the Executive Committee of the Contest and Judging Team, where she works closely with the Category Directors of the Music, Performance and Singing Judges. More recently Yvonne has been working with a website developer to create a new Scoring Program.