BARBERSHOP HISTORY QUIZ

author: Mark Axelrod, editor of "Blue Chip Chatter," Teaneck, NJ.

1- Where and when was the first society-wide Harmony College (not Harmony College East, West or any other direction) held?

2- Name the great barbershop "craftsman" (Axelrod's term) who was instrumental in launching the society's Harmony Education Program (HEP)?

3- Where and when was the first HEP school held?

4- Woodshedding, of course, long predates the establishment of the society. In fact, long before the first barbershop arrangement ever found its way onto a printed page, woodshedders were happily at their craft. In the pre-society days, what were woodshedders called?

5- The society's theme song, "The Old Songs," was written when and by whom?


Answers to Barbershop History Quiz:

1 - Racine, Wisconsin in 1970

2- Bud Arberg

3- Winona, Minnesota in 1961 (Note: HEP ultimately developed, nine years later, into Harmony College)

4- Harmony Men

5- In 1921 by Geoffrey O'Hara. Among other O'Hara claims to fame, this one from 1918, is that great monument to western music,"K-k-k Katy" I guess we'll have to forgive him for the latter in deep appreciation for the former.


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