2009 Tops in Blue selectees include Goodfellow Airman

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  • By Senior Airman Stephen Musal
  • 17th Training Wing Public Affairs
GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE, Texas --  Randolph Air Force Base recently announced that thirty-one Airmen were recently chosen for the world-renowned Tops in Blue team for 2009, including Team Goodfellow's own Senior Airman Jennifer Bone.

For 10 days, 80 Air Force singers, dancers, musicians and comedians competed for the Tops in Blue slots during January's Air Force Worldwide Talent Contest at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.

After completing a training regimen at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, the 2009 touring squad will hit the road in May for a 10-month tour that includes over 120 shows in more than 20 countries.

Meanwhile, the 2008 season of Tops in Blue continues, stopping in San Angelo Monday, 7 p.m. at the City Auditorium. The show is free and open to the public.

Members of the 2009 Tops In Blue team are:

Vocalists
- Staff Sgt. Wendell Boone, Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
- Senior Airman Timothy Womble, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C.
- Airman 1st Class Shen-Chia Chu, Dover Air Force Base, Del.
- Airman 1st Class Sheila Smith, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska
- Senior Airman Johnny Magbanua, F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo.
- Senior Airman Megan Kelly, Fort Meade, Md.
- Airman 1st Class Joanell Jacques, Fort Polk, La.
- Senior Airman Jennifer Bone, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas
- Tech. Sgt. Alison Bruce-Maldonado, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii
- Airman 1st Class Malcolm Hudson, Kunsan Air Base, South Korea
- Master Sgt. Herbert Ancog, Lackland Air Force Base
- Staff Sgt. Naomi Keen, Lackland Air Force Base
- Staff Sgt. Aisha Smith, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.
- Airman 1st Class Tarryn Holyfield, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
- Airman 1st Class Jeffery Collins, McGuire Air Force Base, N.J.
- Tech. Sgt. Octavious Hill, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.
- Airman 1st Class Jennifer Frost, Robins Air Force Base, Ga.
- Senior Airman Demetrius Johnson, Shaw Air Force Base
- Staff Sgt. Robert Kalert, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C.

Instrumentalists
- Senior Airman Victoria Howard, Andrews Air Force Base
- 2nd Lt. Angela Waterworth, Brooks City-Base, Texas
- Airman 1st Class Shane Jones, Hickam Air Force Base
- Staff Sgt. Robert Washington, Langley Air Force Base, Va.
- Airman 1st Class Brian Rickard, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho
- Airman 1st Class Simon Lahn, Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England
- Lt. Col. Brian Reno, Scott Air Force Base, Ill.
- Airman 1st Class Paul Sims, Yokota AB, Japan

Technicians
- Airman 1st Class Aaron Elliott, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
- Staff Sgt. Christina Wells, Lackland Air Force Base
- Staff Sgt. Guillermo Gonzalez, Langley Air Force Base
- Airman 1st Class Scott Robinson, Robins Air Force Base

For tour schedules, details on how to join next year's team and other information, contact Air Force Entertainment at (210) 652-6566 or visit www.topsinblue.com.

(Editor's note: An article from the Air Force Personnel Center contributed to this story)