Sing at HCNW and again at our EVG District Convention October 2-4, 2025

What is a “Harmony Platoon?” 
What do you call a bunch of barbershoppers from all over who come together for an ‘convention’ or a ‘contest’ or a ‘class’ but really are there to have fun singing with other people from all over? That’s an Afterglow. What do you call them when they then decide to form random quartets and compete for the joy of it, to try to out sing, out smile, and out perform all the others? (and of course for bragging rights.) That’s a Harmony Platoon!
It’s the best place to start singing in a quartet or hone your quartet skills in a low stress, high fun, friend filled environment. Just ask anyone who’s been. Here’s how it works.

Prior to the platoon, 
Step 1: Complete the Google Registration Link to let us know you’re coming. This link allows you to register to participate in any and all of the Harmony Platoons
for 2025.

Step 2: Send Don Salz ($35) for all the sheet music and learning tracks you will need for this year’s Platoon. (See information below. The songs are fun and are moderately difficult so that you can make some great chords together. You just have to learn at least one of your parts cold for ALL FIVE songs prior to arriving. The others have done the same and they want to focus on singing and ringing chords with you rather than hashing and bashing chords as one person learns their part.
Some adventurers actually learn the 5 songs in multiple parts! 

Once the singers, arrive and get settled in at HCNW, then the singing starts:
 Everyone gathers for a warm up, tune up, and Mass Chorus Rehearsal of all 5 songs.
 Participants are then randomly assigned to a quartet and they have 30-45 minutes to practice their assigned song or two before they come back together and perform the song in front of the others and some “un-official” judges. (Just like the big leads! Okay. Not really. Everything is a lot more laid back with our judges.)
 Then begins Round 2 and 3. The winning quartet of each round gets to stay together while all the others are put back into the draw and assigned to new random quartets. Of course, each round gets a little more challenging because in the same timeframe you have to rehearse more songs each time.
 At the end, the winning quartet gets to sing at the “HCNW Saturday Night Show”

 As a Platooner, you also get to sing on the Saturday Night Show as “the HCNW Harmony Platoon Chorus”
 Ultimately, the quartetting is just a lot of fun because you get to sing with like minded individual who know their parts to all the songs; it’s a time of camaraderie, laughs, quartetting, pick-up singing, and chorus singing that reminds us of what barbershop is all about.

Special Addition to This Year’s HCNW Platoon.
We tried to make our schedule even more efficient this year so that all Platoon Participants would have the chance to spend an hour with an International Quartet Champion and BHS Judge who will help participants develop and refine their quartetting skills in a practical environment.
If you have any questions feel free to email platoonharmony@gmail.com or Greg at
gregsasinger@gmail.com (1-587-209-4119)