The Mid-Atlantic District is one of 17 districts of the Barbershop Harmony Society[1] (formerly known as SPEBSQSA or the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America). The district, with three regional divisions, has approximately 90 chapters in the following states: VA, MD, PA, NJ, DE, DC, WV, NY.[2]
Notable choruses edit
Delaware edit
- First State Harmonizers; Milford, DE
Maryland edit
- Chorus of the Chesapeake – Dundalk, MD (2-time International Champions – 1961, 1971)
- Harmony Express Men's Chorus – Germantown, MD
- Pride of DelMarVa – Queen Anne's County, MD
- Sons of the Severn – Annapolis, MD
New Jersey edit
- Brothers in Harmony – Hamilton Square, NJ (2013 6th place International Finalists)
- East Coast Sound – West Caldwell, NJ
- The Pine Barons Chorus – Cherry Hill, NJ (1981 5th place International, Detroit)
New York edit
- Big Apple Chorus – Manhattan, NY, NY
- Voices of Gotham – Hell's Kitchen, NY (2012 District Champions)
- Westchester Chordsmen – White Plains, NY
Pennsylvania edit
- Bryn Mawr Mainliners – Bryn Mawr, PA (2-time District Champions 1991 and 1997)
- Keystone Capital Chorus – Harrisburg, PA
- Parkside Harmony – Hershey, PA
- Red Rose Chorus – Lancaster, PA
- The North Pennsmen – Lansdale, PA
- The Bucks County Country Gentlemen[3] – Bucks County, PA
- White Rose Chorus – York, PA
Virginia edit
- Alexandria Harmonizers – Alexandria, VA (4-time International Champions – 1986, 1989, 1995, 1998)
- Virginians – Richmond, VA
- Harrisonburg Harmonizers – Harrisonburg, VA
- The Commodore Chorus; Norfolk, VA
Washington, D.C. edit
- Singing Capital Chorus – Washington, D.C.
West Virginia edit
no current chapters in this district
Notable quartets edit
See also edit
- Barbershop Harmony Society
- Barbershop music
- Barbershop Arrangements
- A cappella music
- American Harmony Documentary Film about Barbershop music
References edit
- ^ "The 17 Districts of the Barbershop Harmony Society". Barbership Harmony Society. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
- ^ "Chapter Search". Mid-Atlantic District BHS. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
- ^ "The Bucks County Country Gentlemen Website". The Bucks County Country Gentlemen. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
External links edit
- Mid-Atlantic District official website