Quartets — four people singing tenor, lead, baritone, and bass lines — are the heart of barbershop singing. Our current SFH president, Will Hobbs, has sung baritone in several quartets during his 30+ years as a barbershop singer. Here is one of Will’s favorite memories.

“Some of our Rocky Mountain District members in Durango, Colorado, have organized the Silverton Barbershop Music Festival in July for many years. It’s a weekend festival of barbershop music to which all RMD members are invited. Periodically, many of our SFH  members have attended, practicing and singing with various ‘pickup’ quartets and in the ‘mass’ chorus in the Saturday night show produced for all the residents of Silverton and the many tourists visiting the town. The local school auditorium/gym typically was filled for that night.