Mid-Atlantic District (BHS)

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 70 chapters in the following states: VA, MD, PA, NJ, DE, WV, NY, and DC. ^[2]

The BHS District Map. The Carolinas have since separated to their own district.

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
• The Commodore Chorus; Norfolk, VA

Washington, D.C.

• Singing Capital Chorus – Washington, D.C.

West Virginia

• The Blue and Grey Chorus; Inwood, WV

Notable quartets

• Oriole Four

See also

• Barbershop music
• Barbershop arrangements
• A cappella music
• American Harmony Documentary Film about Barbershop music

References

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

External links

• Mid-Atlantic District official website