Mid-Atlantic District (BHS)

The Mid-Atlantic District is one of 16 districts of the Barbershop Harmony Society (formerly known as SPEBSQSA or the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America). The district has a total of approximately 98 chapters in the following states: VA, MD, PA, NJ, DE, DC, WV, NY.

The BHS District Map.

Notable choruses

Delaware

Maryland

• Chorus of the Chesapeake – Dundalk, MD (2-time International Champions – 1961, 1971)
• Sons of the Severn – Annapolis, MD

New Jersey

Brothers in Harmony Hamilton Square, NJ 2010 9th Place International Finalist

New York

• Big Apple Chorus – Manhattan, NY, NY
• West Towns Chorus

Pennsylvania

• Bryn Mawr Mainliners – Bryn Mawr, PA (2-time District Champions 1991 and 1997)
• Keystone Capital Chorus – Harrisburg, PA

Virginia

• Alexandria Harmonizers – Alexandria, VA (4-time International Champions – 1986, 1989, 1995, 1998)
• Virginians – Richmond, VA

Washington, D.C.

West Virginia

Notable quartets

• Oriole Four

External links

• Mid-Atlantic District official website

See also

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