SCC Board of Directors

Board of Directors

	PRESIDENT NAME: Frank D. Kirschner NICKNAME: Frank YEARS IN BHS: Joined in 1974 VOICE PART: Lead HOMETOWN: Whereever I hang my hat. CURRENT RESIDENCE: Leesburg, VA WHAT GOT YOU INTO BARBERSHOP: Saw an ad for auditions for the Chorus of the Onondaga in Syracuse, NY, in the local paper. Loved it, and kept coming back. FAVORITE BARBERSHOP EXPERIENCE: Seeing the audience reaction when we sing a particularly meaningful song OTHER BARBERSHOP EXPERIENCE: Chorus of the Onondaga (Syracuse, NY); Hospitality Chorus (Xenia, OH); EUCOM Harmonizers (Stuttgart, Germany); Sounds of Harmony (Belleville, IL); Singing Buckeyes (Columbus, OH); Arlingtones (Arlington, VA); and Chairman of the Judges at the first national barbershop contest in Germany (BING) in 1993.

	SECRETARY NAME: Joseph Grimme NICKNAME: Joe YEARS IN BHS: 8 VOICE PART: Baritone (quartet/brigade), Tenor (chorus) HOMETOWN: Sharpsville, IN CURRENT RESIDENCE: Washington, DC QUARTET(s): JAQ (Bari) - Four J's (Bari, High School) - Four Play (Bari, College) - Monkeywrench (Tenor, College) - Sometimers (Lead) WHAT GOT YOU INTO BARBERSHOP: When I was in High School in Indiana, my chorus teacher came to me one day and said there was a summer camp going on called Harmony Explosion. She had chosen four of us to go as a quartet. Before then I had never heard of Barbershop, but was immediately hooked, obviously, because I went to the HX camp for the next four years in a row. FAVORITE BARBERSHOP EXPERIENCE: Dundalk Boat Ride, being chosen the DC Baarbershopper of the year in 2006, being awarded the Earl Moon Scholarship to Harmony University in 2008. OTHER BARBERSHOP EXPERIENCE: Atlantic Harmony Brigade, Indiana Harmony Brigade, Harony University Brigade, Hoosier Tonecutters (Bloomington, IN), Men of Note (Kokomo, IN)

	TREASURER NAME: Jim Cullen NICKNAME: Jim YEARS IN BHS: 16 VOICE PART: Lead CURRENT RESIDENCE: College Park, Maryland

	VP OF MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT NAME: Charlie YEARS IN BHS: 13 VOICE PART: Lead CURRENT RESIDENCE: College Park, MD

	VP OF MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE NAME: Robert A. Wells NICKNAME: Bob YEARS IN BHS: 16 VOICE PART: Lead HOMETOWN: Middletown, Ohio CURRENT RESIDENCE: Bethesda, MD WHAT GOT YOU INTO BARBERSHOP: Recruited to see a barbershop show by an Army friend FAVORITE BARBERSHOP EXPERIENCE: Winning the 1995 and 1998 SPEBSQSA Chorus Championships OTHER BARBERSHOP EXPERIENCE: Alexandria Harmonizers (Alexandria, VA)

	VP OF PROGRAM NAME: Mike Bell YEARS IN BHS: 6 VOICE PART: Lead CURRENT RESIDENCE: Bethesda, MD

	VP OF PR AND MARKETING NAME: Calvin Schnure YEARS IN BHS: 13 (but I started barbershop years & years before) VOICE PART: Bass HOMETOWN: Pittsburgh, PA CURRENT RESIDENCE: Bethesda, MD WHAT GOT YOU INTO BARBERSHOP? A college a cappella group that was organized by a guy whose family was into barbershop. We sang "When the Red Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bob-in Along" and "Coney Island Baby" FAVORITE BARBERSHOP EXPERIENCE: Barbershop Harmony Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2001, with Big Apple Chorus OTHER BARBERSHOP EXPERIENCE Atlantic Harmony Brigade

	IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT NAME: Robert A. Wells NICKNAME: Bob YEARS IN BHS: 16 VOICE PART: Lead HOMETOWN: Middletown, Ohio CURRENT RESIDENCE: Bethesda, MD WHAT GOT YOU INTO BARBERSHOP: Recruited to see a barbershop show by an Army friend FAVORITE BARBERSHOP EXPERIENCE: Winning the 1995 and 1998 SPEBSQSA Chorus Championships OTHER BARBERSHOP EXPERIENCE: Alexandria Harmonizers (Alexandria, VA)

	BOARD MEMBER AT LARGE NAME: William Shartzer NICKNAME: Bill YEARS IN BHS: 16 VOICE PART: Lead CURRENT RESIDENCE: Bethesda, Maryland

	BOARD MEMBER AT LARGE NAME: Jason Taylor YEARS IN BHS: 2 VOICE PART: Lead CURRENT RESIDENCE: Washington, DC

	BOARD MEMBER AT LARGE NAME: Edmund Duffy NICKNAME: Ned, Duff YEARS IN BHS: 22 VOICE PART: Bass HOMETOWN: Troy, NY CURRENT RESIDENCE: Bethesda, MD WHAT GOT YOU INTO BARBERSHOP: Started singing in a HS Quartet in Albany, NY in the late 60's. Sang with Saratoga Springs, NY Chapter after College, then took time out to raise family and develop work/career. Got back into singing in 1990 with Burlington, VT Chapter, then Charlotte, NC Chapter. Arrived in DC in 2006. FAVORITE BARBERSHOP EXPERIENCE: There are several......locking and ringing chords in a quartet....teaching young singers the joy of this craft.....Singing Valentines (my favorite day of the year).....staging successful Annual Shows or public appearances.....singing with dedicated Chorus singers to achieve performance goals. OTHER BARBERSHOP EXPERIENCE: I have sung in four registered quartets over the years and I am deeply dedicated to Youth in Harmony. I also do work in PR and a variety of administrative Chapter functions, including producing Annual Shows. I have Barbershop friends in New England, NC and now here in DC....it's all great!! The fellowship evolves from good singing and that is probably the best of all aspects of being a Barbershopper.

Chapter Operations
Musical Director: Bill Colosimo
Assistant Director: Frank Kirschner
Assistant Director: Sheryl Berlin
Sharp-Notes Editor: Bill Shartzer
Young Men in Harmony: Ned Duffy
Webmaster: Joe Grimme
Librarian: Fred Peters