Upcoming Performances And Events

July 20th
3 Rivers Festival
Free Barbershop Show
Foellinger Theater
2:30 PM

December 14th
Christmas Concert
$12.00
For Tickets

Combo Ticket
for Christmas & Spring 2009 Concerts
$25.00

April 18th, 2009
Spring Concert
"Back To The Fifties - A Doo Wop Show"
$18.00
For Tickets

 Summit City Chorus Quartets

Those Guys                 Hoosier Gentry

                           
Brian - Al - Max - Dwight          Dave - Bob - Duane -Vaughn
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  Summit City Sound
   
      Brad - Joe - Jeff - Jim
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Those Guys
thoseguys@summitcitychorus.org

Those Guys...was established in October of 1997.   The current four have been singing together since July of 1999.  They have competed in the Cardinal District Contests in the Spring and Fall.  

Brian Eager, Tenor, has been a member of the Summit City Chorus and The Barbershop Harmony Society since 1991. Brian resides somewhere between Harlan, In and Hicksville, Oh.  He is employed by the Sears Company as a service technician. 

Al Schumm is the quartet's Lead and a 26 year member of The Barbershop Harmony Society and the Summit City Chorus. Employed by the International Truck Company in Fort Wayne.

Dwight Nash singing Bass has been a society member for 48 years. He began his barbershop career when he finished High School and joined the Summit City Chorus. He is now Retired. 

Max Bell, Baritone, has been a Barbershop Harmony Society member and a Summit City Chorus member for 16 years. He has been singing barbershop since 1972. Retired Computer Engineer.

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Hoosier Gentry
hoosiergentry@summitcitychorus.org

2006 Cardinal District Senior Quartet Champions

Hoosier Gentry, has been pleasing audiences in the greater Fort Wayne, Indiana area for over 3 years now, with a variety of appearances in show settings, parties, banquets, receptions, and fairs. They especially enjoy being "up close and personal", where their listeners can really bask in their harmonies.

Bob Bowman, singing lead hails from Garrett, In., and now lives in Fort Wayne. He’s retired from Navistar Corporation where he was an assembler and repairman.

Dave Thomas, tenor, was raised, and still lives near Harlan, In. Actually, he was born slightly east of Harlan, in Pennsylvania, but still qualifies as a Hoosier. Dave is a retired engineer from Navistar.

Duane Johnson, bass, grew up on a farm near Columbia City, In., where he again lives following an engineering career in California and Texas.

Vaughn Albert, started singing baritone with Hoosier Gentry in May, 2004.  Vaughn is an experienced quartet man and resides in Fort Wayne.

All are members of the Summit City Barbershop Chorus, where they met and discovered their affinity for singing together.

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Summit City Sound
 

Summit City Sound was formed in July of 2005 and was proud to represent the Summit City Chorus and be named a finalist in the 2006 Cardinal District spring Quartet Contest, their very first competition.

Jeff Neumeyer - Lead - Jeff has been a member of the Barbershop Harmony Society for 4 years and has sung in other Choruses.  Jeff lives here in Fort Wayne.  If he looks familiar, you may recognize him from his day job as a news Reporter for WPTA 21 News.

Joe Richeson - Bass - Joe is relatively new to both barbershop and choral singing, as he has played the sax for the Fort Wayne Community Band for 26 years.  Joe has been a member of both the Barbershop Harmony Society and the Summit City Chorus for 3 years.  Joe also lives in Fort Wayne and is employed by Raytheon.

Jim Blackmer - Tenor - Jim is the newest member of the quartet.  He has been a member of the Barbershop Harmony Society for just a year, but has had quartet experience in High School and College.  He is originally from the Syracuse New York area and now lives in Columbia City.  Jim is employed by State Farm Insurance.

Brad Pape - Bari - Brad is the youngest member of the quartet, but has been a member of the Society for 12 years.  Although he has sung in other Choruses he has grown up with the Summit City Chorus, due to the fact that his Dad, Garry, has 20 years with the chorus.  Brad is currently employed by Wal-Mart.

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