Final Round 

Preliminary Round

Judge's Assistant / Score Keeper

Joan Colee

Joan Colee founded the Oklahoma School of Performing Arts in Tulsa, Oklahoma which boasted 450 students and a staff of 9 teachers.  In 1985, after earning her Master of Performing Arts Degree, Ms Colee relocated to the Brentwood area in Los Angeles and became a member of the teaching faculty at Estelle Harmon Actors Workshop... a springboard to Brentwood Studios.  She currently serves as a Board Member of the Los Angeles School of Entertainment Arts & Technology.

Having studied singing since the age of 8, she is quite adept at working with children and adult voices.  Many of her vocal students have been awarded full music scholarships and have gone on to successful singing careers.  In fact, she herself has been seen in the top clubs throughout the midwest before moving to the Los Angeles area.  Her television spots include "The Yoga Hour" on KTUL-TV, commercials, as well as appearances in "The Perfect Bride" and "Boiling Point," starring Dennis Hopper and Wesley Snipes.  While in Los Angeles, Joan has starred in major productions of "Funny Girl," "No No Nanette," "Me and My Girl," "The Boyfriend," "Sound of Music," etc.

Colee has combined technical precision with a profound sense of visual and oral imagery to develop a unique, and astounding, effective coaching style.  Her true talent as a teacher lies in the ability to transform the "ordinary average singer into a veritable found of pure vocal energy."

This is Joan's second year as a June Bug Jam Judge.  In addition to being an outstanding Judge, she has recruited talented individuals for the show.

Tod Barrett

Tod Barrett grew up in Norman and graduated from Norman High.  He was a classical trumpet player growing up, playing in several groups, including principal trumpet in the All-State Orchestra and the Oklahoma Youth Orchestra.  He attended college on a music scholarship where he was principal trumpet in the wind ensemble and the orchestra.  He also toured Europe, performing at Saint Mark’s Cathedral and throughout Austria, Italy, Switzerland and Germany, with an orchestra lead by OU’s Dr. Irv Wagner. 

He went on to graduate from law school, after which he served as a federal civil rights prosecutor in Dallas, then as a federal administrative judge in Dallas.  He subsequently moved back to Norman, and practiced with a large law firm, until turning his attention to other interests, including songwriting, in addition to practicing law, beginning in the late 1990s. 

He has written, recorded and produced 2 CDs.  He has had two songs promoted to secondary radio through Nashville promotion companies, each reaching well over 100 stations.  He is a winner of the 5^th Annual CMT Songwriting Contest, also sponsored by the Nashville Songwriters’ Association.  His song “new Mexico” was the second place song, and is currently under a publishing contract with Warner Chappell.  He also had two other songs place in the contest – a top ten runner up, and an Honorable Mention. 

More recently, this past Fall, he was selected by hit Nashville songwriter Jeffrey Steele—writer of such hits as “What Hurts the Most”; “My Wish”; “Hell Yeah”; and numerous others—as one of only 12 songwriters from around the country to travel to Nashville and participate in Jeffrey Steele’s first ever writing workshop.  Robert Oermann, well-known music critic for Music Row magazine in Nashville, has said Tod Barrett is a “fine producer and a promising writer.”  He has performed many times in Nashville, acoustically at such venues as the Bluebird Café for Sunday Writer’s Night, as well as with his band, at such venues at Douglas Corner, The Sutler, and The French Quarter Café.  He is currently an ASCAP writer, but will be moving to BMI in January 2008.  He is also a member of the NSAI—the Nashville Songwriters’ Association International.    

Randy Heavin

RANDY HEAVIN (hey-vin) was born in Columbia Missouri. At the age of two, his family packed up and moved to Rockford Illinois, that's where he and his love for music grew. Randy's father Jess, was the bass player and lead singer for a very popular country band which regularly practiced in the basement, and Randy was there for every second, always hoping that one day he would get his chance to sing. When Randy turned eleven years old, his parents divorced, leaving him, three brothers and four sisters to be cared for solely by their Mother. Unfortunately there wasn't enough money for a guitar, or music lessons, yet Randy did his best to keep the music alive. According to Randy, his father was his all time favorite entertainer. Some of Randy's other more notable favorites were Elvis, Johnny Cash, Cal Smith, and Farron Young. In 1984, Randy joined the United States Air Force where he became an aircraft pneudraulics mechanic. His duties have taken him all over the world. His dedication to the service earned him an incredible list of awards and decorations such as two Meritorious Service Medals, three Air Force Commendation Medals, seven Good Conduct Medals, the National Defense Service Medal, the Southwest Asia Service Medal, and the Humanitarian Service medal just to name a few. After 21 years of service to our country Randy retired from the USAF as a Senior Master Sergeant. Randy has been and remains very active in the local country music community. He is a former Vice-President of the Oklahoma Country Music Association (OCMA) and regularly performs on the OCMA Monthly Jubilees. Randy has performed at The Oklahoma Opry, The Trolley Town Music Hall, and even performed on a local TV program in Nashville. Randy's most memorable performance was the time he and his good friend Clay Davidson played and sang together in the lounge of a Holiday Inn immediately after Clay had opened for Kenny Chesney. Randy's love and dedication to country music show in many ways and are reflected by some of his more notable accomplishments so early in the pursuit of his career. The OCMA awarded Randy the Male Rising Star Award for 2003, and again in 2004. He also received the Male Vocalist Award for 2004. Although still learning, Randy's instrument of choice is the acoustic guitar, but is also very talented with a harmonica. In addition, Randy is an excellent songwriter. His excellent songwriting ability is reflected in his song titled STUCK BETWEEN A ROCK AND NO PLACE, which won the May 2005 round of the Song Of The Year competition, supported by VH1. His song titled KICK IT AT THE CASA is also a finalist in the prestigious John Lennon International song-writing contest. Randy has a Black Belt in Chinese Kempo and his hobbies include, working out, and bass fishing. Randy shares his home with his loyal and best friend Opry, a 7 year old Black Lab that he found hiding in the doorway of the Oklahoma Opry on a cold rainy night. If you would like to know more about Randy, or would like to get together for a good old fashion garage hootenanny, email him at Rockford8@aol.com.

Randy has been a contestant and winner in past June Bug Jams as well as an All-Star and Judge.  He has also been a strong supporter of this event and has brought many other talented stars to the show.

Barbara Wymore

Barbara received her BA in Music and English from University of Minnesota, MA in Applied Linguistics from The American University in Cairo (Egypt, not Illinois!).  Barbara has taught music in California, South Dakota, Washington, New Jersey, Michigan, Cairo, and Oman (next to Saudi Arabia).  She sang with the Pro Arte Singers in N.J. and N.Y., directed a Chamber Choir in Oman, accompanied Gilbert and Sullivan productions for 10 years, was musical director of British Pantomimes for 6 years, director of the Oman Children's Choir for 2 years, prepared choruses for the operas Hansel and Gretel and La Traviata with soloists from London, and played for, many private concerts at the homes of various ambassadors in Egypt and Oman.  She also accompanied students for their Royal College of Music exams, and taught and conducted her 125-piece band in Oman .  During her long (!) career she has taken part in many other musical activities, such as judging the Yamaha Young Musician Contest yearly in Oman , playing the organ in church for many years, singing in various groups at "Musical Evenings" in Oman , and the list goes on and on.

Denise Johnson

Denise has served as a judge for June Bug Jam for almost every year since it’s inception. She has sung in several Cimmarron Circuit/OU opera productions in the past and now enjoys singing in the choir at First Christian Church in Norman. She currently serves on the Board of Transition House and is the co-chair of the June Bug Jam organizational committee.