Mid-Atlantic District (BHS) explained

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

Delaware

• First State Harmonizers; Milford, DE

Maryland

• 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

• 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

• Big Apple Chorus – Manhattan, NY, NY
• Voices of Gotham – Hell's Kitchen, NY (2012 District Champions)
• Westchester Chordsmen – White Plains, NY

Pennsylvania

• 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

• 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.

• Singing Capital Chorus – Washington, D.C.

West Virginia

no current chapters in this district

Notable quartets

• Oriole Four

See also

• Barbershop Harmony Society
• Barbershop music
• Barbershop Arrangements
• A cappella music
• American Harmony Documentary Film about Barbershop music

External links

• Mid-Atlantic District official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: The 17 Districts of the Barbershop Harmony Society . Barbership Harmony Society . January 29, 2018 .
2. Web site: Chapter Search . Mid-Atlantic District BHS . May 19, 2016.
3. Web site: The Bucks County Country Gentlemen Website . The Bucks County Country Gentlemen . April 4, 2018 .