A weekend of wall-to-wall, chord cracking, barbershop quartet singing.
If you are a passionate, fast learning, experienced, and competitive quartet man, and you yearn for good, challenging quartetting with a network of solid, like-minded, and accomplished quartet men, the Atlantic Harmony Brigade may be for you. The AHB Rally is a weekend event of non-stop quartetting and quartet partner switching on twelve great international competition level songs. Participants sing in hundreds of quartet combinations. Up to 124 men arrive in Delaware, solidly prepared and ready to spend the entire weekend formally and informally quartetting! While the Brigade is not for beginners, you don't need to be an International Champion, either. The object of the Brigade is to provide an exciting venue for strongly committed singers to sing together and provide opportunities for public performance and outreach.
There are two rounds of adjudicated (yet good-natured) quartet competitions (with randomly selected quartet members and randomly selected songs from those provided). There is also a show open to the public on Saturday night. Vocal Spectrum, 2006 International Quartet Champions, will be the guest judges for the 2013 competition and the headliner quartet for the show. The Brigade participants perform as a chorus and there is a parade of quartets made of volunteers from the Brigade.
In early April, registered participants received their music and a part-dominant learning CD for the songs to be used in the rally. Men count on each other to be 100% prepared, with all the notes, words, and interpretations fully memorized. There is no leaning whatsoever in this event. Every man commits to being 100% prepared. The cost for the weekend is all-inclusive, covering registration fees, hotel accommodations, meals, and all the learning materials. Awards are given for being the guy everyone came to sing with, singing with the most combinations of men, and for winning the quartet contest.
There are two rounds of adjudicated (yet good-natured) quartet competitions (with randomly selected quartet members and randomly selected songs from those provided). There is also a show open to the public on Saturday night. Vocal Spectrum, 2006 International Quartet Champions, will be the guest judges for the 2013 competition and the headliner quartet for the show. The Brigade participants perform as a chorus and there is a parade of quartets made of volunteers from the Brigade.
In early April, registered participants received their music and a part-dominant learning CD for the songs to be used in the rally. Men count on each other to be 100% prepared, with all the notes, words, and interpretations fully memorized. There is no leaning whatsoever in this event. Every man commits to being 100% prepared. The cost for the weekend is all-inclusive, covering registration fees, hotel accommodations, meals, and all the learning materials. Awards are given for being the guy everyone came to sing with, singing with the most combinations of men, and for winning the quartet contest.
Brigade Mission
The mission of the Atlantic Harmony Brigade is to provide an extremely rewarding, fraternal, fun-filled venue for quarteting, quartet networking. and performing. It is geared for highly motivated, capable, experienced barbershop singers. The object of participating is to demonstrate, share, and improve one's quarteting skills, and to broaden one's musical and artistic horizons. A guiding ethos of personal and group responsibility requires every man to commit to saying, "I will be the reason everyone who sings with me will be glad they came."
AHB Affiliation
The A.H.B. is a sanctioned member of the Association of eXtreme Quartetting™ Harmony Brigades, a 501(c)(3) organization promoting excellence among ambitious barbershop quartet singers. |
AHB Founders
Left to Right: Charlie Ross, Neal Siegal, Mike Stoll
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Donate to the AHBThe Atlantic Harmony is a 501(c)3 corporation and your donation is fully tax deductible. The AHB uses contributions to provide funds for Harmony Outreach projects to schools and for direct AHB scholarships for young men. Make your donation now!
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Testimonials
(Some actual quotes from our post-rally questionnaire)
I found the event itself to be impeccably well-organized; I was never at a loss for what was going on." KelbyIt was better than I expected and I expected a lot. Doug Pratt
The event exceeded my expectations. I'm glad I went. Everybody I sang with was prepared.
Steve Delehanty
It was better than my wildest expectations.
Garry Warlow
Great singers, great company, well organized.
Frank Fedarko
I want to do it again next year!
Dave Bonnell
One of the best barbershop events I ever attended. Joe Kane
Everyone I sang with was well prepared.
Duane Henry
I found the event itself to be impeccably well-organized; I was never at a loss for what was going on." KelbyIt was better than I expected and I expected a lot. Doug Pratt
The event exceeded my expectations. I'm glad I went. Everybody I sang with was prepared.
Steve Delehanty
It was better than my wildest expectations.
Garry Warlow
Great singers, great company, well organized.
Frank Fedarko
I want to do it again next year!
Dave Bonnell
One of the best barbershop events I ever attended. Joe Kane
Everyone I sang with was well prepared.
Duane Henry
