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Notable Quartets

The District of Columbia Chapter has had many notable quartets in the history fo the chapter who have made an dimpact on the Mid Atlantic District and the Society as a whole. More inforamtion will be added here as we find more pictures and bios. Be sure to check back often.

The Columbians

The Columbians Tenor: Howard Cranford Lead: Billy Ball Baritone: Bass: The group formed shortly after the charter of the District of Columbia CHapter of SPEBSQSA. The group had the priviledge to represent eh chorus at the district competition in 1948. In 1949 the had the honor of being award the Mid-Atlantic District champion. Howard Cranford passed awaty in 2004. Bily Ball is living in Asbury Methodist village and is still a proud member of hte Singing Capital Chorus.

The Ryth-O-Mats

The Ryth-O-Mats Tenor: Ray Torillo Lead: Charlie Rhodes Baritone: Joe Matthews Bass: Joe Seegmiller This quartet had the chance to represent the chorus at a few district competitions. In 1953, they had the honor of being named Mid-Atlantic District Champion.

Vaudeville

Vaudeville Tenor: Harold Nance Lead: Scott Werner Baritone: John Hohl Bass: Bill Cody Vaudeville was formed in March of 1980, and spent the next nine years performing in nearly 250 barbershop contests and shows throughout the continental United States, Hawaii and Canada. Originally composed of Harold Nantz (tenor), Scott Werner (lead), John Hohl (bari), and Bill Cody (bass), the quartet won three successive contests within months of their formation, and went on to finish ninth at their first barbershop International in Detroit in July 1981. Vaudeville finished in the Top 12 Internationally a total of eight times, and medaled (Top 5) on five occasions. In Minneapolis in 1985, the quartet achieved its highest rank by becoming the Barbershop Society's Second Place Silver Medalist. While Scotty, John and Bill remained members of Vaudeville for the entire period, the quartet had three tenors. Harold Nantz (part of the 1981 M-AD Champ foursome) was replaced by his brother-in-law John Casey in 1984 (becoming part of the silver medalist foursome), and John was replaced by Eddie Cazenas in 1987. The Singing Capital Chorus is proud to have baritone, John Hohl, as our Associate Director.

Copyright '86

Copyright '86 Tenor: Bill Colosimo Lead: John Casey Baritone: Mike Wallen Bass: Steve White Formed on January 1, 1986, the original configuration of Copyright ’86 included Mike Wallen (Alexandria’s Ragtime Band, 1985 M-AD Champs) on lead, and newcomers Steve White on bass, Bob Austin on baritone, and Bill Colosimo on tenor. Two and a half months later, the quartet sang at the M-AD International Preliminary Contest where they qualified and later competed in Salt Lake City (1986) July, placing 27th. They immediately followed up with a 4rd place finish at the Mid-Atlantic District contest in the fall. Shortly thereafter, they reconfigured for the first time, bringing in John Casey (tenor of Vaudeville, International Silver Medallists) on lead and Mike switched to baritone. This combination immediately qualified for International Competition in Hartford (1987) where they dramatically jumped in standing by placing 14th, then followed up their success by winning the M-AD Quartet Championship in 1988. At the International Competition the subsequent year in San Antonio (1988), they move up one place to 13th with their entertaining clown package. Soon after, Bill left the quartet and Rick Savage joined up. They qualified again for International Competition in Kansas City (1989) where they placed 16th with a hobo package. A final reconfiguration occurred when Mike left and Mike Pinto signed on. They qualified for International Competition for a fifth and final time in San Francisco (1990) where they again placed 16th to bring a great quartet career to a close.

Iguanas In Flight

Iguanas In Flight Tenor: Joe Sawyer Lead: Anthony Colosimo Baritone: Andrew Kay Bass: Wayne Adams This group cometed twice int eh BHS collegiate competition coming silver both times. Two years later, they were named Quartet champs of hte Mid-Atlantic District in 2005.

Road Trip

Road Trip Tenor: Larry Bomback Lead: Anthony Colosimo Baritone: Sam Papageorge Bass: Joe Eckert This foursome first sang together in a ready room before the collegiate quartet qualifications. Their score was good enough to send them on to Denver, Colorado to compete and represent the Mid-Atlantic District. On the international stage, the group sang It's Impossible and Time After Time wowing the audi3ence and bringing in a score that would have gotten them Top 20 status in the overall quartet contest for that year. On June 6 of 2007, Road Trip was named the BHS Collegiate Quartet Champions and recieved the Gold Medal.

 

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