1-This top-flight chorus requires lead singers, during their auditions, to demonstrate their ability to harmonize. Name it
2 - Name this great society chorus, winner of the championship many times, which began as a non-barbershop chorus? For extra credit, in what year was it launched?
3- Arguably, the most prolific and creative arranger currently active in the society, name this barbershopper who resides in our general neck of the woods (M-AD). (Hint: He's also a past society president).
4- Name this renowned society arranger who had a special relationship with many championship quartets including the Buffalo Bills, the Sun Tones and the Blue Grass Student Union. This person also arranged for the all-time most famous and popular (non-Sweet Adelines) female quartet. Name that quartet for extra credit.
5- Name the society's first "field man", who can claim the following, among many other noteworthy achievements: director of many excellent men's and women's barbershop choruses; coach to five 1st place Sweet Adelines quartets; designer of the Sweet Adelines judging categories in 1962 - (largely unchanged to this day); and a certified judge in all five men's categories then in effect, which was permissible at the time. For extra credit, state the years in which he was a society employee.
Answers to Barbershop History quiz:
1- The Vocal Majority from Dallas, TX.
2- The Vocal Majority. 1971.
3- Ed Waesche
4- Walter Latzko. The "Chordettes" of "Mr. Sandman" fame
5- Floyd Connett who worked for the society from 1958 until his death in 1967. He was a society member since the 1940's