The year the lead of Classy turned fifty she opened a gift she had been waiting on for twenty-five years, a quartet. It truly has been the gift that keeps on giving and they so enjoy sharing that gift with you.

Tenor - Rusty Peterson has been singing barbershop in the Wichita area for over ten years and before that in Oklahoma, where she was a bass. She and her husband Jerald have two grown offspring. Rusty is an aircraft electrician with Hawker Beechcraft Corporation.

Lead - Jan Hopkins has been involved in a variety of things musical, from a community theatre production of "Little Shop of Horrors" to cantoring at her church. In charge of the elementary science lab in Douglass, she works with K-5th graders. She and husband Dave have two sons, one who graduated from K-State and another who is a junior Wildcat.

Baritone - Katie Whitmer is originally from San Francisco. She moved to Kansas in 1979 and has been involved in barbershop since 1993. She puts in many hours at Spirit using her talents on the computer to help keep things running smoothly.

Bass - Marilyn Turner, a barbershopper since 2004, has an extensive musical background in piano and once taught music to children on Guam. A retired Wichita State University psychology professor she and husband Jim live just outside of Rose Hill and enjoy visiting their six children, fifteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Besides singing in Classy they are members of the Emerald City Chorus Sweet Adelines in Wichita, Kansas.

For performance information contact Jan at 316.776.0782 or email: