Spreading Joy and Harmony Since 1966

Mad Hatter Barbershop Chorus

Thanks for coming!

Our 2008, annual show was a wonderful success. Watch this site for word of next year's show!

Who's the man wearing glasses?

The man who has replaced Teddy Roosevelt in our singing Mount Rushmore is Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton. Mayor Boughton guest-starred in the Mad Hatters' May 17 annual show, "Barbershop for President!"

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About the animated poster on this page: Mad Hatter baritone and publicity VP Terry Dunkle created the poster with help from Diet Power tech wiz Shane Holland. We recorded the voiceover at a Mad Hatter rehearsal on March 24, 2008. Bill Manion (bass) sang for the mystery man mentioned above. Don Sutherland (baritone) sang for Lincoln, Robert Golenbock (lead) for Jefferson, and Mad Hatter music director Joe Hudson (tenor) for Washington.

The Mad Hatters Chorus, based in Danbury, Connecticut, has been spreading joy and harmony across western Connecticut and eastern New York since 1966. We are a nonprofit affiliate of the worldwide 30,000-member Barbershop Harmony Society.

The Hatters sing for shut-ins and at nursing homes, assisted-living centers, schools, and civic events. We also provide scholarships for deserving music students. Twice a year, we compete in regional singing contests. In March 2008, we won Best Small Chorus in the Yankee Division of the Barbershop Harmony Society's Northeast District, comprising New England and parts of Canada and New York.

Our singers range in age from 25 to 85 and come from many walks of life. They include a pediatrician, a judge, a tennis coach, a software entrepreneur, a CPA, a high-school principal, a philatelist, an insurance-fraud investigator, a deli counter man, a math teacher, an oil-company executive, a science teacher, a landscaper, a hospital credit manager, a college student, a chemical engineer, a life-support technologist, a nuclear-power engineer, a gymnastics coach, a drug-company executive, and two real-estate agents.

If you have a good singing voice, and want to make beautiful music while bringing happiness to others, we'd love to have you join us. Drop-ins are welcome at our 7:30 p.m. Tuesday rehearsals at the Church of Christ,* 90 Clapboard Ridge Road, Danbury, Connecticut. To learn more, click here.

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