About Us

A little bit about us


 


Kim Hudson
BARITONE


Kim is the co-founder of MAXX Factor. Her talent, humor

and enthusiasm comes from her championship barbershop

family. Kim began quarteting as a baritone with the Sweet

Adelines Region 19 medalist quartet Vanity Fair before

jumping to the lead slot with MAXX Factor from 2005 to 2007 

and winning three regional medals. With the addition of

Leslie to MAXX Factor, Kim is now back singing baritone, her

true hearts desire! Kim brings humor and her experienced 

 barbershop ear to quartets she coaches. Kim won a Sweet

Adelines International chorus silver medal singing with the

Pride of Baltimore Chorus in 2005. Kim  works for Brandywine

Technologies in Delaware.  She resides in Newark, DE  with

her husband Jim and their two children, Jimmy and Beth and

their turtle, Harry. 

 

   


 


Molly Dalton Plummer
TENOR
 

Prior to joining MAXX Factor in 2005, Molly won five Sweet

Adelines Regional medals with RhythmWorks quartet.

Molly is a certified dance aerobics instructor and has

created choreography in one form or another from

flag twirling to synchronized swimming!

She has created choreography that has led several

Sweet Adeline quartets and choruses to Regional

and International medals.  She has been singing and

dancing with the three time International silver medalist

chorus the Pride of Baltimore since 1999.  Molly has

also created choreography for the Pride of Baltimore 

since 1999 but retired as full-time chorus choreographer to

spend more time with her family.  Molly, a Certified Medical

Assistant, resides in Port Deposit, MD. She currently works as

the Financial Coordinator for a Plastic Surgeon in Baltimore.

 

   


Leslie Wodday
LEAD
 

Leslie joined MAXX Factor in June of 2007.

Prior to singing with MAXX Factor, Leslie was

the Lead in Signature Sound, the 2000 Sweet Adelines

International Quartet Champions! Leslie, currently

Chapter-at-Large, has been a Sweet Adeline since she was

a mere teenager! The experience and wisdom Leslie brings

to MAXX Factor as well as to all she coaches, is incomparable.

She sang with the Arundelair, Elkridge and Pride of Baltimore

choruses for many years, earning regional and international

accolades. Leslie lives in Annapolis, Maryland with her dogs

Maggie and Toby and works as the Operations Manager for

The Artemis Group at the Franklin House in historic Annapolis, MD.

 


Valerie Hadfield-Rasnake
BASS


Valerie, a barbershop brat, is the founder of MAXX Factor.
 
Since 1996, Val has been a member of the three time Sweet
 
Adelines International silver medalist chorus the Pride of Baltimore.
 
Besides MAXX Factor, Valerie has competed in Sweet Adeline
 
Region 19 medalist quartets Ritz-Carleton and Vanity Fair.
 
Valerie loves to teach "selling" a good ballad along with coaching
 
choreography. Her years of barbershop exposure created her
 
expert ear for barbershop music.  Val works as a retail
 
coordinator for Perry Ellis Menswear and she uses her
 
professional clothing knowledge to outfit  MAXX Factor
 
as well as quartets she coaches.  Val and her husband Bill 
 
reside in Joppa,MD with their two children Greer and Griffin
 
 and dogs Bailey the dachsund and Patch the "abnormally"
 
large beagle.  


 
   
         
2010


Contact

MAXX members have coached several quartets and choruses to regional and international awards. Please email us to inquire about our coaching availability and fees.


 

Upcoming Performances

 

March 13 Romulus NY - see Events page.

 


 

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