(NOTE: This entire quiz is oriented to the Mid-Atlantic District)
1- In what year was the first Harmony College East (HCE) held? I am referring Specifically to the event known as HCE, not to the earlier Mini Heps which preceded HCE. For extra credit, which district VIP came up with the name?
2- Where was the venue for that first HCE?
3- What's the record for the greatest attendance at a HCE? For extra credit, what's the record attendance at the weeklong Harmony College the society runs every summer in Missouri?
4- In what year was that HCE record attendance achieved?
Answers to Barbershop History-General Knowledge Quiz:
1- 1993. The name is the creation of Howard Fetterolf, then the District Music Educator. That position is known as the District VP of Music and Performance these days.
2- Salisbury State College, which has given itself two promotions since then, first to Salisbury State University and then to the current name, Salisbury University. I guess the words "state" and "college" have become too downscale. Every HCE subsequent to 1993 has also been held at the same venue as the first.
3- 618 is the highest-ever attendance at HCE. The highest-ever attendance at the weeklong Harmony College in Missouri is 701, greater than the largest HCE attendance by a mere 83 guys. I say mere because the full-blown Harmony College is open to the membership of the entire society; HCE draws its students only from the Mid-Atlantic District. Barbershoppers.
4- The record attendance at HCE occurred in 1997.