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About Us
 Our 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 ones quarteting skill, and to broaden ones 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 sing with me will be glad they came."
The Atlantic Harmony Brigade is a NOT-FOR-PROFIT, federally tax exempt, 501(C)(3) educational, cultural and charitable corporation, filed in the state of New York. We are a subsidiary of the Barbershop Harmony Society (The Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America, Inc.) and serve the entire area known in the BHS as the Mid-Atlantic District.
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| PRESIDENT: MEMBERSHIP & OPERATIONS CHAIR:
MUSIC TEAM CHAIRMEN, LEARNING CD & MUSIC EDITING, BADGE GRAPHICS, PRINTING & PRODUCTION
REGIONAL RUN THROUGH COORDINATOR SPECIALTY PRINTING AND TECHNICAL ADVISOR
APPLICATION DISTRIBUTION & PROCESSING
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MEMBERSHIP TEAM / ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT
MUSIC PREPAREDNESS TZAR
MARKETING ACCOUNTING SUPPORT Jamie Alga: Member BHS 5 years, Kilmarnock and James River Virginia Chapters. Held all chapter offices including, VP Youth in Harmony. Registered quartets included: Sensations and Seascapes. Sang professionally 1980-1991recording with 16 members mixed ensemble. Plays numerous instruments and has been in several Blue Grass and Jazz Bands. Member of the Board of Directors for Lancaster County and Kilmarnock Chamber of Commerce; served on BoD: Northern Neck Orchestra, Kiwanis KIDS Foundation, American Red Cross and other philanthropic, not-for profit, organizations. Married 26 year (Nancy) and proud dad of Michelle, past Richmond Sweet Adelines singer, pianist, flutist, and soon to be medical doctorate Owns a CPA practice since 1980 in Kilmarnock, VA.
ON-SITE REGISTRATION & ARRIVAL PACKAGE MATERIAL PRODUCTION
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Mike
Stoll:. 29 years BHS, Marketing VP, Fairfax chapter, 4 time president
of Fairfax, Member of DELASQUEHUDMAC since 2001, member of the District
membership Team, quartets include Virginia Ham and DownTown, 2nd place
Quartet finalist NCHB 2005. Co-Founding Officer
Neal
Siegal: BHS 13 years. Manhattan Chapter VP Membership, BOTY 2004
Manhattan, Glow Chair-5 years, Web Editor/Writer, Interim Assist Tenor
Section Leader, District quartet perennial ("Yes Indeed" 9 YEARS), ASHOW-
5 years, NCHB 10 years, NCHB BoD Membership Committee. Other past (defunct)
quartets, New York Chimes, Ivory Tower, American Standard. Co-Founding
Officer
Charlie
Ross: SPEBSQSA member 16 Years Current Chapter Memberships: Somerset
Hills, NJ (Director; 1 Year) Easton, PA Prior Chapters: Bucks County,
PA (Director; 6 Years) Hunterdon, NJ Greater Brunswick, NJ (Director;
1 Year) Offices Held: President, Music Vice President, Public Relations,
Program VP, Treasurer Leadership Positions: Associate Director (Hunterdon,
NJ) Section Leader (Greater Brunswick, Hunterdon, Easton) Quartet Memberships:
Luck of the Draw - Lead Chain Reaction - Lead Vintage '35 - Lead (Inactive)
Firm, The - Tenor (Inactive) What Are We In Here, Four - Tenor (Inactive)
Highest Finish: Third Place Division Eleventh Place District. Member NCHB.
Co-Founding Officer:
Don
Schrieber : 16 years of barbershop singing, vocal coaching, arranging,
and quartetting experience in many mixed and men’s quartets. He
is a member of the Princeton NJ Garden Statesmen chorus and has sung with
the Bryn Mawr chapter and the Cherry Hill (where he was program and executive
VP and tenor section leader). He appeared on the international stage with
the Rocky Mount North Carolina Chorus. He has been to all AHB Rallies
and has attended the NCHB, as well. He is retired school superintendent.
Bob
Mattes : Member BHS 8 years. First introduced to Barbershop
singing at fraternity-sponsored quartet contests at the U of MD in
1966. However, he didn’t join to the BHS until 33 years later
at age 50 becoming a member of the Dundalk Chapter and eventually a
dual member with the Bay Country Gentlemen. Bob served both chapters
as Recording Secretary and VP Membership. He is currently on Dundalk’s
Music Team and produces their learning CDs. He is a founding member
(and Baritone) of the Classic Connection quartet. In addition he is
a novice arranger, proficiently using Finale. 
Pat
Kelly: 26 year member of BHS, current Member of Director Team
and current Section Leader, (Lead), of Manhattan Chapter, Musical Director
of Morris County Chapter, (1995-1999), Northern Division Convention Chairman,
(2002 & 2005), Member NCHB 4 years. 
Brad
Verebay: 16 Years SPEBSQSA, VP Chapter Development/Technology
(Big Apple Chorus), Manhattan Chapter Web Master, M-AD District Competitor
(Greenwich Av), Charter IHB Member, Member NCHB 4 years. 
Bob
Kovach: 23 years, Charter member Big Apple Chorus, Mid-Atlantic
District Quartet Competitor (Greenwich Av), Manhattan Show Chairman,
Administrative
V.P., Secretary, and past President Manhattan. 
Neil
Keihm: 32 Year Society Member. Have been an active quartet man
for 20 years. Held every Chapter Office except Sect. Dual member with
Wilmington DE. and Dundalk MD. Chapters. Past MAD VP Membership, (Twice)
Atlantic Division Convention. Chairman 
Jim
Hvidding: BHS member since 1977. Currently sings tenor with
the
"Brothers In Harmony" Easton, PA Chapter. Serve as Chapter
Secretary
and Show Ticket Chairman -- BOTY 2002. Past quartets include Alumni Reunion,
L & B Connection, The Blue Valley Quartet, and All Around Town. Placed
second in the inaugural AHB quartet contest.
Tom
Anderson was introduced to barbershop harmony at the University
of Illinois, Champaign, where he sang as a guest with the “Illinois
Statesmen” Chorus. Twenty years later in Frederick, MD, he sang
with the Catoctones and also sang bari with the gospel quartet “The
King’s Chorders”, and the short-lived western quartet “The
Prairie Possum Pickers”. In 2003 he sang with “The General
Assembly” chorus, and a gospel VLQ, “A Few Good Men”.
Since 2004, he has participated in the North Carolina Harmony Brigade,
becoming a full member of NCHB last January. He now sings with the Princeton,
NJ “Garden Statesmen” Chorus, and the quartet “Princeton
Sound".
Paul
Santino: SPEBSQSA Member for 33 years. Member of Brooklyn Chapter
(1972-1981),Hamptons Chapter (1980-1983). Current and Charter member of
both Manhattan Chapter "Big Apple Chorus" 1983 and Five Towns College
Chapter 2001. PVP, Brooklyn Chapter 1976. Secretary, Five Towns College
Chapter 2001-2. Sang with numerous District-level quartets, including
The Brooklyn Accent (lead), The Brews Brothers (bass) and currently with
Quatrain (bari) and have competed at the International level with the
BAC on numerous occasions, with 2 bronze and 1 silver medal from those
chorus competitions. 
TJ
Barranger: TJ joined the Barbershop Harmony Society in 1994 at
age 16. He has served as front line director of two choruses, the SomerTones
(1999 to 2005) and the Sons of the Severn (2005 to present), winning plateau
division championships in 2001, 2004, 2005, and 2006. An avid quartet
singer, TJ has competed in all four divisions, and has qualified for the
District fall contest numerous times. He also has Top 3 finishes in three
divisions, including a Southern Division Championship in 2006. Aside from
chorus and quartet activity, TJ is a versatile composer and arranger,
a founding member of AHB, and a multi-voice-part member of the Ancient
Harmonious Society of Woodshedders.
Frank
Fedarko : BHS 5 yrs. with the Fairfax VA Chapter, Offices held:
Recording Secretary, Program Director, VP Chapter Development, Board Member-at-Large.
Lead Section Leader. Featured soloist. Contributing writer and editor
of chapter newsletter. AHB 2006-2007. AHB inaugural operations team. Lead
in the DownTown quartet. Retired USAF officer. Currently consultant with
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. Married 30 yrs. to lovely wife Kitty; two adult
children.
Jamie
Alga: Accounting:
Dan
Hastings: Member BHS – 14 years. Past president, assistant
director and section leader for Allegany County Chorus of the Potomac.
Member Frederick Catoctones. Past quartets: Tristate Troubadours, That’s
It, and Mad Apple.
Calvin
Schnure: Calvin has been a member of BHS over a decade but got
his first taste of singing in a barbershop quartet in college. He is the
Bass section leader of the District of Columbia Chapter and an (inactive)
member of the Manhattan Chapter. He recently formed an all AHB quartet,
and is looking forward to our second outing this August!
Dean Martin:
4 year member of the Barbershop Harmony Society/SPEBSQSA; Chambersburg,
PA. President & Lead Section leader - Frederick Catoctones, Member
- Mason-Dixon Chorus. Current quartet - RMDSS (Real Men Don't Sing Solo)
and actively searching for a serious competition oriented quartet :).
Four part member of AHSOW - Ancient Harmonious Society Of Woodshedders.