ANNOUNCEMENT - Please note the new Spring 2018 Convention Schedule:
PRELIMS & NORTHERN Division conventions will be held jointly in Reading, PA, April 6-8, 2018.
CENTRAL & SOUTHERN Division conventions will be held jointly in Alexandria, VA, May 18-20, 2018.

2017 MAD District Qualifiers

Qualifying Choruses
Chorus	Division	Score	Avg	# Men
1. Hershey, PA	Central	bye
2. Hells Kitchen, NY	Northern	bye
3. Alexandria, VA	Southern	1053	87.8	74
4. Hamilton Square, NJ	Northern	1007	83.9	68
5. Caldwell, NJ	Northern	955	79.6	19
6. Manhattan, NY	Northern	929	77.4	37
7. Westchester County, NY	Northern	906	75.5	41
8. Montclair, NJ	Northern	905	75.4	20
9. Richmond, VA	Southern	897	74.8	53
10. Dundalk, MD (Chorus of the Chesapeake)	Central	894	74.5	44
11. Anne Arundel, MD	Southern	877	73.1	16
12. Cherry Hill, NJ	Northern	861	71.8	31
13. Queen Anne's County, MD	Central	860	71.7	23
14. Bucks County, PA	Northern	860	71.7	24
15. Five Towns College, NY	Northern	859	71.6	19
16. Lansdale, PA	Central	854	71.2	45
17. Frederick, MD	Southern	849	70.8	15
18. Bryn Mawr, PA	Central	842	70.2	29
19. Allentown Bethlehem, PA	Northern	831	69.3	19
20. Hunterdon County, NJ	Northern	828	69.0	29
21. Loudoun County, VA	Southern	802	66.8	19
22. Patapsco Valley, MD	Southern	797	66.4	28
23. Somerset Hills, NJ	Northern	793	66.1	14
MT: Fairfax, VA	Southern	791	65.9	43
Non-Qualifying Choruses
24. Teaneck, NJ	Northern	791	65.9	19
25. Lancaster Red Rose, PA	Central	787	65.6	21
26. District of Columbia	Southern	768	64.0	23
27. Morris County, NJ	Northern	746	62.2	35
28. Milford, DE	Central	740	61.7	13
29. Red Bank Are, NJ	Northern	733	61.1	19
30. Germantown, MD	Southern	732	61.0	16
31. Harrisonburg, VA	Southern	731	60.9	14
32. Harrisburg, PA	Central	718	59.8	24
33. Carroll County, MD	Southern	713	59.4	22
34. Lebanon, PA	Central	642	53.5	17
35. York, PA	Central	612	51.0	13
36. Greater Atlantic City, NJ	Northern	611	50.9	31

Qualifying Quartets
Quartet	Division	Score	Avg
1. Pratt Street Power	Central	bye
2. Gimme Four	Northern	bye
3. Up All Night	Northern	bye
4. Forecast	Southern	bye
5. Brothers In Arms	Central	922	76.8
6. Madhattan*	Northern	912	76.0
7. The Fource	Central	892	74.3
8. Capital City Close Harmony Club*	Southern	1312	72.9
9. 29 Seconds	Northern	869	72.4
10. Park Slope Four	Northern	866	72.2
11. LoCo 4	Southern	1285	71.4
12. Loudmouth	Northern	857	71.4
13. Niko's Domain	Northern	850	70.8
14. Quatrain (Sr-1)	Northern	850	70.8
15. Shameless	Southern	1273	70.7
16. Razzmatazz (Sr-2)	Central	839	69.9
17. Break From Blue Collar*	Central	836	69.7
18. Hello Newman	Central	832	69.3
19. Age of Flight	Northern	827	68.9
20. Distinction (Sr-3)	Central	825	68.8
21. R3P Harmony	Southern	1235	68.6
22. The Retreads	Central	818	68.2
23. For Stories	Northern	814	67.8
24. Silver Alert (Sr-4)	Southern	1214	67.4
25. Natural Segue	Southern	1204	66.9
MT: Da Capo	(2017 Dist Champs)
Non-Qualifying Quartets
26. TWANG!	Southern	1203	66.8
27. Youth Reclamation Project (Sr)	Southern	1203	66.8
28. Lansdale Station (Sr)	Central	793	66.1
29. Desperate Measures	Southern	1183	65.7
30. Just Press Play!	Central	786	65.5
31. Rewind	Southern	1178	65.4
32. Tonal Recall	Southern	1175	65.3
33. Splash of Lime	Southern	1175	65.3
34. Tags to Pitches	Southern	1174	65.2
35. Senior Status (Sr)	Southern	1174	65.2
36. Men Over Chord	Southern	1173	65.2
37. Napoleon and the Bonapartes	Northern	775	64.6
38. Oasis	Northern	774	64.5
39. Tongue In Cheek	Northern	769	64.1
40. Riverline (Sr)	Central	765	63.8
41. ADHD - A Def. Harmony Disorder	Northern	762	63.5
42. High Spirits (Sr)	Central	759	63.3
43. Sympatico (Sr)	Southern	1123	62.4
44. Misfire	Southern	1119	62.2
45. Backswing	Central	742	61.8
46. Old Town Sound (Sr)	Southern	1111	61.7
47. Songs-for University	Northern	726	60.5
48. Vintage Mix (Sr)	Southern	1086	60.3
49. Union Square	Northern	719	59.9
50. BIT O'HARMONY	Central	709	59.1
51. Bay Bridge Connection (Sr)	Central	695	57.9
52. Roses Inc.	Central	685	57.1
53. Four In The Morning	Southern	1011	56.2
54. Sunny 4cast	Central	665	55.4
55. Allaboard	Southern	991	55.1
56. T.H.O.M.	Central	621	51.8

Seniors Quartet Qualifications
by Gary Plaag
In the last Mid'l Antics (2017 vol 1), I explained the history of, and new guidelines for, determining our MAD representative to the international senior quartet contest held at BHS Mid-Winter Convention each January. One thing that needed a bit more clarification is the number of senior quartets that would be included in the fall district quartet contest on Friday night. My explanation says that three (3) senior quartets will advance to the fall district quartet contest.

That should have read that AT LEAST three (3) senior quartets will advance to the fall district quartet contest. It's possible, as has happened this year, that some, of the senior quartet competitors from the spring prelims and division quartet contests will also qualify for the non-senior district quartet contest. When this happens, then ALL of the senior quartets that also qualified as non-senior quartets for the fall district quartet contest will be added into the senior competition. If, for example, only one senior quartet also qualifies as a non-senior quartet, then we will add two more senior quartets to the fall district quartet contest (above the normal 25 competitors) and those two quartets will only compete as senior quartets.

Bottom line: we will invite AT LEAST three (3) senior quartets to participate in the international senior quartet preliminary contest at our MAD fall district quartet contest. Any senior quartets that also qualify for the fall district quartet contest as non-senior quartets will be invited to compete in both the senior quartet and non-senior quartet competitions. Hope that makes things clearer. Please let me know if you have any questions or need further clarification.

Interesting
Upcoming
Public Events

2017 Convention Information

Register to compete (CJ-20 Form).

Click here to Purchase Convention Tickets

See the YOUTH IN HARMONY ADJUDICATIONS page for the Adjudication forms.

Early-bird Event Registrations expire ONE MONTH prior to the contest.

Spring Convention & Youth Adjudication / Prelims early-bird expiration: Mar 3rd
Northern Division early-bird expiration: May 2nd
Central Division early-bird expiration: Mar 28th
Southern Division early-bird expiration: Apr 26th
Fall District early-bird expiration is: Aug 15th

There will be no webcast this Fall.

Check out the Santander Performing Arts Theatre
A guided tour with Brandon.

Contest Photos are here.
Purchase your contest video here.
Download your contest videos here.
Contest Scores Archive!!!

Purchase your contest video here.
Download your contest videos here.
Contest Scores Archive!!!

ATTN: Competing Quartets & Choruses
You must complete the On-Line CONTEST ENTRY (CJ-20) FORM.

CONVENTION MATRIX

Convention Info	Location	Contestant Entry Deadline	Lineup	Judges	Program Book Ads Deadline
Fall District - Sep 15-17, 2017	Santander Performing Arts Center, Reading PA	Aug 15	OOA	Judges	Sep 2

Chorus Evaluations (20 minutes per category) at all Contests are COACHING Sessions.
ALL CHORUS MEMBERS are expected to participate.
Afterwards, competitors will receive a feedback-form to evaluate coaching effectiveness and
give recommendations for improving the C&J portion of our conventions.

PAGE SIZE	DIMENSIONS	COST
FULL PAGE	8” H x 5” W	$100
HALF PAGE	4” H x 5” W	$80
QUARTER PAGE (VERT)	4” H x 2½” W	$60
QUARTER PAGE (HORIZ)	2” H x 5” W	$60
Corporate Sponsor	2” H x 2½” W	$35
Patrons	25 characters/line	$5 per line
Memorials	25 characters/line	$5 per line
PREMIUM POSITIONS
INSIDE FRONT COVER	8” H x 5” W	$150
INSIDE BACK COVER	8” H x 5” W	$125
OUTSIDE BACK COVER	8” H x 5” W	$200
CENTERSPREAD	8”H x 10½” W	$250

CONVENTION	LOCATION	DATES	AD DEADLINE
SPRING PRELIMS	READING, PA	March 31 - April 1	MARCH 17
CENTRAL DIVISION	READING, PA	Apr 28-29	APR 14
SOUTHERN DIVISION	RESTON, VA	May 26-27	MAY 12
NORTHERN DIVISION	CHERRY HILL, NJ	JUNE 2-3	MAY 19
FALL DISTRICT	READING, PA	SEPT 15-17	SEPT. 1

THE DETAILS

WHETHER YOU ARE A CHAPTER, A QUARTET, A COACH, A LEARNING TRACK PRODUCER... TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A FIXED AUDIENCE THAT WILL SPEND 2 DAYS LOOKING AT YOUR AD.
NOW IS THE TIME TO GRAB YOUR PLACE IN THE UPCOMING CONVENTION PROGRAMS.

CHECKS MADE PAYABLE TO
MID-ATLANTIC DISTRICT

Email your ads to:
TXC186@HOTMAIL.COM

FILE TYPES

✔ JPEG

✔ TIFF

✔ PNG

✔ DOC

✔ DOCX

✔ PDF

Youth In Harmony Outreach Guidelines

Back-to-school is just around the corner within the M-AD (and has already occurred in some jurisdictions), and many of our chapters, quartets and choruses are eager to engage music educators to get involved in a barbershop outreach program at their local schools. This is a good thing! That said, it's critical to the success of our outreach efforts that we always leave the music educator with the best possible impression of the barbershop art form and how it can enhance/augment the teacher's music education program.

Download the Youth in Harmony Outreach Guildlines

The MAD Marketing Team has created a Marketing Toolbox for Chapters & Quartets to use to promote your group.

MAD Chorus Plateau Definitions

Chorus plateau categories are based on the average percentile results
from the two previous contests in which the chorus was entered.

AAAA	70% and above
AAA	60 - 69.9%
AA	55 - 59.9%
A	54.9% and below.

First-time competitors will not be eligible for plateau awards,
but their initial contest score can be used to place them in their next contest.
A chorus that has not competed in any contest for more than four years
will reenter the contest cycle as a Plateau A chorus.

Barbershop Radio on-line
Our own Tom Moyer hosts an hour-long talk show covering barbershop topics.
Check out his show every Wednesday at 1:00pm eastern.
Click on the green button on the bottom right of this link.

Supercharging Your Chapter!
This program defines and capitalizes on the only two effective ways that people join barbershop
and then provides the tools to make it easy and approachable for ANY chapter to grow
and ANY member to earn get a Man of Note award, which may be the ultimate award.

Watch this video and then visit the Operation Harold Hill website.

ORIOLE FOUR Tribute Video from BHS:

Youth In Harmony Promotional Video
The Mid-Atlantic District is dedicated to educating our young singers.
Please enjoy the following video...

To learn more about our Youth Outreach program or to get involved,
please contact us at YIH@MidAtlanticDistrict.com.

Are you a Member of the Mid-Atlantic District?
LOGIN HERE

If you're a member of the Mid-Atlantic District, then you need to login to find out what you're missing.
Here's a page to explain the benefits that M-AD Members have on this website!

THE BARBERSHOP HARMONY SOCIETY
© 2017 Mid-Atlantic District BHS, INC.
Contact the WebmasterMidAtlanticDistrictcom for additional information.
This page was last updated on Oct 24, 2013
Link for this page: www.MidAtlanticDistrict.com
Site Map

ANNOUNCEMENT - Please note the new Spring 2018 Convention Schedule: PRELIMS & NORTHERN Division conventions will be held jointly in Reading, PA, April 6-8, 2018. CENTRAL & SOUTHERN Division conventions will be held jointly in Alexandria, VA, May 18-20, 2018.