HCNW Harmony Platoon is June 11-12, 2026
Harmony Platoon is a singing opportunity for everyone – new, old, experienced, learning! Sign up, learn five songs in your part, and then sing with new, made-to-order-friends-drawn-from-a-hat!
Out Sing
Out Smile
Out Remember All the Words
Learn your part in 5 moderate-difficulty songs.
Draw a quartet at the event; rehearse; add your flair and hope your favorite song is chosen!
Perform for the group and move on to the next round with new best friends!
Step 2: Return to THIS site and REGISTER FOR HCNW+WORKSHOP
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- Platoon is one of the workshops, so when you register, be sure to select from any of the HCNW+Workshop registration choices. (REGULAR, SUITE, YOUTH or COMMUTER) This covers your housing and food for the Thursday-Sunday event.
QUESTIONS? Email platoonharmony@gmail.com (add this to your contact list to avoid messages going to spam)
***Once you’ve registered at the Harmony Platoon’s website and paid them for the music, you can
participate in ANY 2026 Harmony Platoon Events. Check the Platoon site for more information.***
ONE PRICE: Platoon Twice! (or more!)
Sing at HCNW and again at our EVG District Convention October 2026. (or any of the platoons nationwide. Check the official platoon website for schedules)
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: Pay for the music and register with Harmony Platoon.
Step 2: Pay for your HCNW+Workshop (platoon has housing and food costs like the other workshops.)
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 MAY have the opportunity to sing at the “HCNW Saturday Night Show”
As a Platooner, you MAY (time permitting) 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.
- As we did last year, HCNW Platoon participants will have an opportunity to start their afternoon of platooning with a Master Class led this year by Jake Bavarsky, JAD Mixed Barbershop District Champion (Intermission), Director of Internationally ranked, “Prism”, and BHS Musicality Judge. If you have any questions feel free to email platoonharmony@gmail.com or Greg at gregsasinger@gmail.com (1-587-209-4119)
HCNW's Platoon Schedule
