ILLINOIS DISTRICT OF THE BARBERSHOP HARMONY SOCIETY

Northern IL Harmony Alliance Christmas Show Rehearsal Kick-off
2025-10-11 14:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago)
Singers: Come to our Kickoff Gathering at 2:00 pm on Saturday, October 11 at Wellspring Alliance Church, 1766 S. Blanchard Street, Wheaton.
There will be Food, Registration, Rehearsal Gameplan, Laughs, and Singing. Join 70+ singers from six area choruses & a great director team.
We’ll put on two shows on Dec. 6 and 7 in Naperville. New This Year: You can choose WEEKNIGHT or WEEKEND rehearsals planned at several chorus locations. Also new in 2025: Two shows, one location, one weekend.
BRING A FRIEND/GUEST: An ideal opportunity for new singers to experience barbershop music performance. Invite a family member, neighbor, friend, co-worker or church choir mates.

2025 District Convention & Contests
2025-09-26 - 2025-09-27 | DoubleTree by Hilton, Bloomington, IL, 10 Brickyard Dr., Bloomington, 61701, United States
Registration for the fall Illinois District Convention is open! It’s going to be a fabulous weekend of singing, fellowship & FUN, so we hope to see YOU in Bloomington on September 26th and 27th!
Register for an all-events ticket/namebadge here:
All competitors will need to go to EventBrite and purchase a registration & pick up your badge on site, as the name badge will serve as your ticket & we’ll be checking. Registrations can be purchased on site per the schedule, but it’ll be more convenient for you to take care of this ahead of time on EventBrite.
Tickets to individual events will be available at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts (BCPA), where all contest sessions will be held. The address is 600 N East St., Bloomington, IL 61701.
The headquarters hotel is the DoubleTree by Hilton, 10 Brickyard Dr., Bloomington, IL 61701. All rooms in our room block are already reserved, so if you don’t have a room yet, we suggest you contact other nearby hotels.
Here’s the schedule for what is shaping up to be a great weekend:
Illinois District 2025 Convention
Schedule of events updated 9/11/2025
Illinois District 2025 Convention Schedule of Events
FRIDAY- Sept. 26th

1:00pm House of Delegates Meeting – DoubleTree Hotel – Brookridge room
2:30pm-6:00pm Convention Registration – DoubleTree Hotel – Pre-Function Area
*All competitors must present an all events registration to enter contest stage.
District Historical Display – DoubleTree Hotel – Ironwood Room
3:00pm-5:00pm Tag Room with William Stutts – DoubleTree Hotel – Brookridge room
6:30pm District Quartet and International Quartet Prelim Semi-Finals – BCPA
*Single event tickets sold at the BCPA ticket office.
Evaluations for all quartets not competing in the Saturday Night Finals – Report to judge’s hotel rooms at the DoubleTree Hotel approximately 30 minutes following the end of the Quartet Semi-Finals (see quartet “Scoring Analysis” for schedule).
9:00pm (approx.) President’s Reception – DoubleTree Hotel-Brickyard 1
TTBD QCA Chorus Rehearsal – Double Tree Hotel – Brookridge room (time will be announced during quartet semi-finals)
SATURDAY- Sept. 27th
8:00am-9:00am QCA Meeting – DoubleTree Hotel – Brookridge Room
9:00am-11:30am Convention registration – DoubleTree Hotel – Pre-Function Area
*All competitors must present an all events registration to enter contest stage.
District Historical Display – DoubleTree Hotel – Ironwood Room
9:00am-9:50am “From the Judges seat” – Your questions, Their answers – Double
Tree Hotel – Brookridge Room
9:00am-9:50am Tag Room with William Stutts DoubleTree Hotel – Brickyard 1&2
10:00am-11:00am SMAG Contest (Saturday Morning Anything Goes)- DoubleTree
Hotel – Brickyard 1&2
12:00pm District Chorus Championship & International Chorus Prelim Finals – BCPA
*Single event tickets sold at the BCPA ticket office.
Evaluation for Chorus Music Committee Members only (limit 4)-Report to judge’s hotel rooms at the DoubleTree Hotel approximately 30 minutes following the end of the Chorus Competition (see chorus “Scoring Analysis” for schedule).
3:30pm-4:30pm Renegades meet and greet – With Tom Felgen and members of
the Renegades Family – DoubleTree Hotel – Brookridge room
6:30pm District Quartet Championship & International Quartet Prelim Finals – BCPA
*Single event tickets sold at the BCPA ticket office.
9:30pm (approx.) District / QCA Reception – DoubleTree Hotel – Brickyard 1&2
10:30pm (approx.) Evaluations for all Finalist Quartets – Report to the Judge’s hotel
rooms at the DoubleTree hotel (see quartet “Scoring Analysis” for schedule).

District Board Meeting
2025-08-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Via Zoom
Via Zoom

District Pre-convention meeting
2025-08-10 18:00 - 19:00 | Via Zoom

Chapter President's Council Meeting
2025-07-13 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-05-11 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-03-09 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-01-12 20:00 - 21:00, 2024-11-10 20:00 - 21:00
This is a periodic meeting of ILL District Chapter presidents via Zoom. Internal communication is via this Google groujp: bhs-illinois-chapter-presidents-council@googlegroups.com – contact the district secretary (Mike Isely <mcisely@ido.shire-firefighter.ts.net> if your chapter is not already involved and you wish to be added. Meeting is normally the second Sunday of every other month.

District board informal huddle
2025-06-08 19:00 - 20:00 | Via Zoom

Northern IL Harmony Jamboree
2025-04-12 13:00 - 16:00 | DuPage County Fairgrounds, 2015 Manchester Road, Wheaton, IL, 60187, United States
Northern IL Harmony Jamboree!
You’ll want to get to the DuPage County Fairgrounds from 1 to 4 pm on Saturday, April 12 for a fabulous & free day of barbershop harmony and fun!
The IL District chapter president’s council wants YOU to attend and enjoy an afternoon of fun, camaraderie, performances by quartets & choruses, and tag singing.
The address is: DuPage County Fairgrounds, Bldg #2, 2015 Manchester Road, N County Farm Rd, Wheaton, IL 60187
Members of all Illinois chapters are invited to this free event! Bring your own refreshments & food, (but no alcohol as it’s not permitted at the fairgrounds).
We invite all district quartets and choruses to attend and perform! We’ll have a raised platform and a sound system. C’mon out and strut your stuff!

Spring HOD Meeting
2025-03-21 19:00 - 21:00 | DoubleTree by Hilton, Bloomington, IL, 10 Brickyard Dr., Bloomington, 61701, United States
Info packet to be published 7-Mar-2024

Harmony College Midwest! March 21-22, 2025
2025-03-21 - 2025-03-22 | DoubleTree by Hilton, Bloomington, IL, 10 Brickyard Dr., Bloomington, 61701, United States
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Harmony College Midwest is March 21-22, 2025 at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Bloomington, IL and registration is open! We have a limited capacity and room block, so register ASAP to ensure you can attend.
The guest clinician is Patrick McAlexander! And the headliner quartet is 2018 International Champions After Hours, with Eric Dalbey from Vocal Spectrum subbing on lead!
Patrick is a lifelong barbershopper, an exceptional arranger, and music judge. He previously served as assistant director and still serves as an in-house arranger for the 2022 International Chorus Champions, Music City Chorus. Since 2023, Patrick has served as the director of Space City Sound, a Top 10 international chorus from Houston, TX. He also directs the 2024 Most Improved Chorus, the Houston Tidelanders. He’ll teach classes, coach quartets, lead our HCM chorus, and more!
Our hometown heroes, After Hours, earned the gold in 2018, and at HCM they’ll have Eric Dalbey of Vocal Spectrum on lead, filling in for Drew Ochoa. Our HCM 2025 faculty also includes Robert Ross, David Zimmerman, Dan Krackhardt, and Terry Ludwig!
Register for HCM 2025 today!
Just $85 for an individual & $325 for a quartet. Quartet members don’t need an individual registration; the quartet registration covers the foursome.
Register for a room at the DoubleTree.
Hurry — the hotel room block with discounted rate will be released on 3/7/25.
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District Board Meeting
2025-03-02 19:00 - 21:00
Winter District Board meeting, via zoom

New Tradition Chorus Holiday Show
2024-12-15 14:30 - 17:00, 2024-12-14 14:30 - 17:00 | Glenview Community Church, 1000 Elm St., Glenview, IL, 60025, United States
Dec 14th and 15th at 2:30pm
Flyer:
Link to order tickets: https://newtraditionchorus.ludus.com/index.php?show_id=200455788

Acapalooza 2024 - An Evening of Barbershop Harmony
2024-11-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Mt. Zion High School, 305 S Henderson St, Mt Zion, IL, 62549-1323, United States
Join us for an evening of cappella Harmony at Mt. Zion High School on Friday, November 15, 2024! Address is 305 S. Henderson St., Mt. Zion, IL. Doors open at 6:30pm with the show starting at 7pm. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students and are available at the door. No reserved seating.
The concert will feature Mt. Zion High School’s cappella ensembles as well as special guests: The Coles County Chorus and Linc 182.
For more information, contact Rich Hansen at rjhansen74@gmail.com. Hope to see you there!

Fall 2024 Illinois District Convention
2024-09-27 13:00 - 2024-09-29 09:00 | Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts, 600 N East Street, Bloomington, IL, 61701, United States
Registration is open for the Illinois District Fall Convention, which is in Bloomington September 27-29!
Register for the convention via Eventbrite.
Right now, all-event passes are available via Eventbrite. They’re $50 (free for first-time attendees). Individual tickets to the Friday quartet contest will be sold at the door. Individual tickets to Saturday’s chorus and quartet contests will be available via Evenbrite at a later date.
Book your hotel room at the DoubleTree, 10 Brickyard Dr., Bloomington.
Overflow rooms are available at the Holiday Inn, 8 Traders Cir., Normal IL 61761. However at this time, the special rate at the Holiday Inn requires a two-night stay. The link to book at the group rate is also in the Eventbrite event.
Preliminary Schedule of Events:
FRIDAY- Sept. 27th
1:00pm House of Delegates Meeting – DoubleTree Hotel – Brookridge room
2:30pm-6:00pm Convention Registration – DoubleTree Hotel – Pre-Function Area. *All competitors must present an all-events registration to enter the contest stage
District Historical Display – DoubleTree Hotel – Ironwood Room
6:30pm District Quartet and International Quartet Prelim Semi-Finals – SecondPresbyterian Church 404 N Prairie St, Bloomington, IL
*Single event tickets sold at the Second Presbyterian Church
Evaluations for all quartets not competing in the Saturday Night Finals: Report to judges’ hotel rooms at the DoubleTree Hotel approximately 30 minutes following the end of the Quartet Semi-Finals (see quartet “Scoring Analysis” for schedule)
SATURDAY- Sept. 28th
8:00am-9:00am QCA Meeting – DoubleTree Hotel – Brookridge Room
9:00am-11:30am Convention registration – DoubleTree Hotel – Pre-Function Area. *All competitors must present an all events registration to enter contest stage. *Single event tickets sold at the BCPA ticket office.
District Historical Display – DoubleTree Hotel – Ironwood Room
9:00am-9:50am District Barbershop Polecat Program – Double Tree Hotel –Brickyard 1&2
10:00am-11:00am SMAG Contest (Saturday Morning Anything Goes)- DoubleTree Hotel – Brickyard 1&2
12:00pm District Chorus Championship & International Chorus Prelim Finals – BCPA. *All competitors must present an all events registration to enter the contest stage.
Evaluation for Chorus Music Committee Members only (limit 4): Report to judges’ hotel rooms at the DoubleTree Hotel approximately 30 minutes following the end of the Chorus Competition (see chorus “Scoring Analysis” for schedule)
3:00pm-4:00pm Chapter Presidents Council – DoubleTree Hotel – Brookridge room
6:30pm District Quartet Championship & International Quartet Prelim Finals – BCPA
9:30pm (approx.) President’s / QCA Reception – DoubleTree Hotel – Brickyard 1&2
10:30pm (approx.) Evaluations for all Finalist Quartets- Report to the Judges’ hotel rooms at the DoubleTree hotel (see quartet “Scoring Analysis” for schedule)
