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Join Us in Song to Celebrate the Christmas Season in the Carroll Community

Join Us in Song to Celebrate the Christmas Season in the Carroll Community

2019 Barbershopper of the Year Awarded to Bill McKenna

Bill McKenna is shown accepting the 2019 Barbershopper of the Year Award that was presented by Pat Liebknecht and Darryl Modracek, 2018 BOTY Awardees

Each year the Old Line Statesmen chorus recognizes a member for outstanding service and accomplishments as a member of the chorus and the Mid-Atlantic District of the Barbershop Harmony Society.
The 2019 award was presented to Bill McKenna at the annual Christmas and Installation of Officers banquet on Jan 13, 2020 at Johannson’s in Westminster

Barbershop chorus preserves American a cappella genre.

On a cold rainy Sunday afternoon in November 1982, 47 men gathered in the Carroll County Arts Council Hall at 129 E. Main St