Male Barbershop Chorus

Based in Bel Air, MD

The Harford County Chapter was formed in 1978 when its sponsoring chapter, The Chorus of the Chesapeake from Dundalk, Maryland, held an event at the Bel Air Fire Hall. The new chapter was chartered in 1978. One of the first orders of business for the Harford County Members was to come up with a name for its chorus. Many names were floated including The Susquehanna Flats and, jokingly, The Sons of Pitches but these names didn't seem to fit the character of the chorus. The consensus was that we wanted a name that represented the polished organization that the new foundling chorus hoped to be and yet include a touch of our heritage. Thus the name Bay Country Gentlemen came to be.

The Chorus of the Chesapeake was everything that any host chapter could be and more. As the Bay Country Gentlemen prepared for our first contest in 1979 we didn't even have a uniform to wear on stage. Not a problem as the Dundalk chapter provided us with gold tuxes that they were no longer using. On other occasions at contest we didn't have ties so as the Dundalk members walked off the contest stage they handed ties to Harford County members to wear on stage. To help us get started many of the Chorus of the Chesapeake members took on dual memberships thus bolstering the ranks of Harford County until we could stand on our own. That amazing partnership of so many years ago still continues today as several members of Harford County are dual members with the Chorus of the Chesapeake.

Founded - 1978.   A Cappella.  

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