A distinct huuuuummmmmm of musical voices fills the air while guys arrange risers in preparation for some serious singing. The huuuuummmm playfully expands into Come in and find yooour plaace.
Voices join forces as men step on to the risers.
Throats are cleared. Everyone finds his place. There are a few nervous coughs. Then dead silence as warm-up time approaches. That impromptu gathering marked the birth of the Milwaukee Chapter of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet singing in America, and 54 years later, theyre still going strong.