BARBERSHOP HISTORY QUIZ

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

1- In last month's quiz it was noted that the M-AD is the only district ever to send back-to-back champs to the international chorus competition; this was in 1970 and 1971. What else about the M-AD also connects the 1970 and 1971 internationals?

2- Name the person who made the connection referred to in question #1.

3- The Society's "Old Songs Library", housed in Harmony Hall, is the world's largest privately held collection of sheet music. How many individual songs are in this collection? For extra credit, what is the total number of sheets contained within those individual songs?


Answers to Barbershop History Quiz:

1- The baritone singer of the 1970 quartet champs (the Oriole Four), and the director of the 1971 chorus champs (Chorus of the Cheasapeake) is one and the same person.

2- M-AD all-star, Freddy King

3- 125,000 songs comprised of 750,000 sheets


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