Meet BLEND

From Left: Johnathan Estes, Adrian Fox, Aaron Chamness
and Nik Berry consist of BLEND. This is their second time
to the Henry County Fair

Nine years ago at John A Logan Community College in Southern Illinois, a talent competition was being held. The curriculum in the competition was to put together four people and songs from the 1950's in acappella. The band that won really didn't have a name but went by the name "The Do Oppers."  A former member of the group later decided on the name BLEND because all of how the members bring their voices together to create acappella music. The group consists of Aaron Chamness on tenor, Nik Berry on bass, Johnathan Estes on lead and Adrian Fox on baritone. Johnathan has been with BLEND for nine years, and is the only original member while Aaron has been with the group for four years, both Adrian and Nik have been with BLEND for a year.

BLEND sings acappella from original songs from both the 1950's and 1960's this is their second time at the Henry County Fair. Their favorite part of preforming is something all of the members agree on:

"Putting a smile on people's faces and making people happy" says Aaron.

Outside of preforming in multiple cities across Illinois and throughout the Midwest, Johnathan, Aaron, Adrian and Nik are just normal guys. Johnathan is a 4th grade teacher, Aaron works part-time at a local gas station, and Adrian and Nik work at a local restaurant in their hometown. They don't get asked to sing very much, except for Johnathan

"I have sang some spelling words for my 4th grade class" he says. 

You can catch BLEND for their final performances in the MEC tent tonight at 5 pm and 8 pm.