The Fostoria Lake Plains Chorus began in 1962, headed by Dick Lee, Larry Strahm, Glenn Quisinberry, and other men who loved to harmonize. The original music director was Howard Reddick. Some early chapter quartets included the Elks Club Four, the Seneca Lads, the Bar-B-Que 4, and the Four Winds.
Our first shows were held in the old Fostoria High School auditorium, but we quickly made the “new” Performing Arts Center our home when it opened.
Our chapter has performed all over this part of Ohio, at every county fair in our territory, at local celebrations, concerts in the park, church services, funerals–virtually anywhere you can fit a group of guys and a pitchpipe.
In our shows, we’ve hosted 12 International champion quartets: Suntones (1961 champs), Auto Towners (’66), Happiness Emporium (’75), Bluegrass Student Union (’78), Acoustix (’90), The Ritz (’91), Gas House Gang (’93), Jokers Wild (’94), Yesteryear (’97), Revival (’98), FRED (’99), and Four Voices (’02), Max-Q (’08), and will host 2009 international champion Crossroads on our in April 2017 show..
We’ve also hosted a couple Sweet Adeline Champs: Sounds of Music and Swing Street, who were with us 3 different years.
This chapter has been around for a long time, and we are planning to continue bringing you the best “G” rated entertainment in the barbershop style!
