2019 Officer Installation Banquet

The 2019 Officer Installation Banquet was held on Sunday January 13, 2019 at Pinecricker Café in Polo, IL. The evening began with a delicious buffet meal followed by the installation of the officers and directors for the chapter.

Pictured from right to left are:

Kevin Deets – President

Mark Maginnis – Program director

Kevin O’Keefe – Past-President and 2019 Chorus director

Tom Balser – Secretary

Monty Cotter – Membership and Public relations & marketing director

Jason Brown – Music director

Tim Pashon – Previous Chorus director

The following members were not able to attend:

Phil Frey – Treasurer

Jim Brotheridge – Youth in Harmony director

Glenn Dancey – Director at Large

The 2018 Barbershopper of the year award was presented in the photo below to Gary Koeller (left) by Monty Cotter (right) for his outstanding contributions to the preservation and encouragement of barbershop harmony. 

The finale of the evening was wonderful barbershop music sung by two quartets from our chapter:

Spontaneous Combustion: pictured left to right are Tim Pashon, Kevin Deets, Kevin O’Keefe, Jason Brown. 

Lost in the Woods: pictured left to right are Jonathan Koch, Gary Koeller, John Davis, Scotty Lathrop