PIO Novice Champions
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Novice Quartet Contests are usually held as part of the District Quartet Contest. A competing Quartet qualifies as Novice if no more than two members have ever competed in a registered quartet at a district level, in any district, prior to the contest in question. The top-scoring Novice quartet usually receives an award.
District Novice Quartet Champions
| Year | Quartet | Chapter(s) | Tenor, Lead, Bari Bass |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Boysen Blue | Grand Rapids, MI | Ethan Steele, Charlie Gross, Muamen Alsheakh, Josh Cavalli |
| 2019 | CHONK | Motor City Metro | Matt Bidigare, Aiden LaPointe, Luke LaPointe, Kento Kirby-sama |
| 2018 | One Brother Short | Kalamazoo, Frank Thorn | Charlie Gross, Alan Moerdyk, Errol Moerdyk, Chuck Moerdyk |
| 2017 | Bluetonium | content needed | content needed |
| 2016 | Remix | Kalamazoo, MI | Matt Root, Sam Patrie, Jon Woolf, Brendan Monroe |
| 2015 | Quaternity | need content | need content |
| 2014 | Tonal Eclipse | Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids & South Bend Mishawaka | Matt Root, Mark Spear, Phil Spencer, Kerry Foley |
| 2013 | Faceoff | Grand Rapids | Paul Slack, Ben Krotje, Dan Winer, Jim Johnson |
| 2012 | Classic Fit | Detroit-Oakland, Macomb, Motor City Metro | Eric VanPoucher, Kevin Moriarty, Jeff Spires, Dave Anderson |
| 2011 | The Blendy Boys | Mt. Pleasant, Lansing, Motor City Metro, Battle Creek | Kevin "Blendy" Smeardon, Rob Halsey, Steve Warnaar, T R Growler |
| 2010 | Singular | Mt. Pleasant | Nate Masterson, Garret Gillingham, Benjamin Mall Krinke, T R Growler |
| 2009 | Small Town Sound | Kalamazoo | Matt Root, Patrick Muehleise, Gary Monroe, Brendan Monroe |
| 2008 | Singing with Dad | Macomb County | Dave Walker, Rick Anderson, Roger Walker, Dave Anderson |
| 2007 | Showtime | Grand Rapids | Jim Johnson, Tom Weidner, Wayne Hodgson, Al Smith |
| 2006 | Something Big | Lansing | Donald Terpe, Steve Warnaar, Jason Kerschke, T R Gerard |
| 2005 | Border Crossing | Macomb, Motor City Metro, Windsor | Robert Grimmell, Matthew Tipton, Roy Gurney, Daniel Bezaire |
| 2004 | Windfall | Traverse City | David Curtis, Matt Archibald, Jim Scranton, Jim Fegan |
| 2003 | Metro Chord Authority | Michiana Metro | Bernard Worden, Gene Hanover, David Durham, Kerry Foley |
| 2002 | Grand Prix | Battle Creek | Ron Rachauskas, Mark Spear, Don Burrill, Ben Jerzyk |
| 2001 | Fools Gold | Grand Rapids | Bill Mousel, Dan Casamatta, Joel Mills, Mark Kettner |
| 2000 | Marked Four Sound | Grand Rapids, Gratiot County | Mark Wilson, Mark Humenik, James Carey, Mark Kettner |
| 1999 | Four-Man Fishin' Tackle Choir | Petoskey, Traverse City | Tracy Ulrich, Kurtis Busman, Bill Woodbeck, Neil Nugent |
| 1998 | Bayshore IV | Traverse City | Terry White, Marty Chirgwin, Jim Scranton, Jim Fegan |
| 1997 | Resolution | Grosse Pointe, Macomb, Motor City Metro | Tom Conner, Steve Pauling, Tony Ales, Pete Burns |
| 1996 | Rivertown Review | Grand Rapids | Dave Beck, Tom Weidner, Jerry Koning, Lynn Sommerfeld |
| 1995 | Four Ever Yours | Traverse City | Terry White, Pete Nelson, Dick Marzoff, Wayne Campbell |
| 1994 | The Next Generation | Escanaba (now in LOL) | Jeff Kobasic, Mark Tall, Pete Stephens, Ted Brainard |
| 1993 | Four-in-Exchange | Sault Ste Marie ONT | Tom Lehman, Don Bazely, Paul Stable, Wes Tripplett |
| 1992 | Full Chord Press | Cadillac, Gratiot county | Jeff Swan, Dave "Doc" Gillingham, James Carey, Scott Whipple |
| 1991 | Vocal Affair | Cadillac | Steve Mark, Dale Wells, Steve Piowarski, Ken Davis |
| 1990 | The Whole Shebang | Grand Rapids | Ed Pinkerton, Mark Garlock, Gaylord Miller, Lynn Sommerfeld |
| 1989 | Expanded Sound | Grand Rapids | Jim Johnson, Mark Garlock, Lloyd Bovee, Lynn Sommerfeld |
| 1988 | Anything Goes | Wayne, Macomb County | Matt Coombs, Michael Slamka, Craig Pollard, Pete Burns |
| 1987 | Harmoniers | Sault Ste Marie ONT | Al Carscaden, Don Bazely, Wes Triplett, John Tully |
| 1986 | Family Forum | Grosse Pointe, Port Huron | Don Slamka, Mike Slamka, "Big Mike" Slamka, Jack Slamka |
| 1985 | West Side Story | Grand Rapids, Muskegon | Jim Johnson, Bill Land, Bernie Poelman, Lynn Sommerfeld |
| 1984 | Ivy League | Huron Valley, Monroe | Bob Hartley, Brian Philbin, Scott Turnbull, Dave Droulliard |
| 1983 | The Very Idea | Oakland County | Fred McFadyen, Gene Harrington, Dave williams, Rusty Ruedsegger |
| 1982 | Vocal Gentry | Detroit #1 | Bill Wickstrom, Marty Moran, Ray Schmidt, Jack Drennan |
| 1981 | Pointe Classics | Grosse Pointe, Clinton Valley | Fred Hunter, Jerry Vandervelde, Russ Seely, Nels Gregerson |
| 1980 | A Positive Endeavour | Traverse City | Marty Chirgwin, Jim Fegan, Mike Murphy, Elbert Ford |
| 1979 | Black Velvet | Grand Rapids | Phil Wilder, Joel Mills, Jerry Koning, Bob Goldschmeding |
| 1978 | Crosstown Exchange | Wayne, Oakland County | George Bartlett, Don Stewart, Herb Hebner, Steve Sutherland |
| 1977 | Cadence Counts | Wayne County | Tom Pollard, Clay Jones, Jim McLane, Jim Swisher |
| 1976 | Patch Chords | Lansing | Mike Johnson, Gene Johnson, Doug Pearson, Don Horton |
| 1975 | Pointe Four | Grosse Pointe, Port Huron | Gordon Dubrul, Dick Brouckart, Jim Phelan, Hank DeMars |
| 1974 | Voice Quad | Detroit #1 | Less Marhoff, Dave Carey, Dick Barron, Ed Conn |
| 1973 | Classmates | Saginaw Bay | Frank Bateson, Tom Rozenberg, Tom Peil, Len Johnson |
| 1972 | Range Finders | Lansing | Bill McCarty, Gene Johnson, Monte Bates, Ed Pohl |
| 1971 | Original Choice | Saginaw Bay | Herb Benjamin, Jim Gross, Bud Carpenter, Len Johnson |
| 1970 | Soundsations | Holland | Bob Essenburg, Tom Weller, Bob Tubergen, Bob Bos |
| 1969 | Bean Town 4 | Saginaw Bay, Flint | Fred Kenitz, Doug Beaver, Bud Carpenter, Bob Deming |
| 1968 | Harmony Knights | Pontiac | Cliff Douglas, Ray Guerin, Lyle Howard, Ed Lilly |
| 1967 | Eversharps | Saginaw Bay | Bill Dolezel, Bob Glover, Frank Bateson, Len Johnson |
| 1966 | Rafter Ringers | Grand Rapids | Tom Eldeckin, Bob Lovell, Larry Humphrey, Jim Horton |
| 1965 | Esprite De Chords | Jack Swisher, Dan Davey, Bernie Smith, Don Ware | |
| 1964 | Delta Aires | Saginaw Bay | Bill Grumbly, Herb Benjamin, Doug Beaver, Len Johnson |
| 1963 | Wonderlads | Oakland County, Utica-Rochester | Hank DeVries, Stan Salter, Gordon Dubrul, Ray Strachan |
| 1962 | Four Fits | Grosse Pointe | John Purdy, Ray McCalpine, Russ Seeley, Marv Burke |
| 1961 | Incidentals | Kalamazoo | Howard Henry, George Bingham, Cliff Snyder, John Hovey |
| 1960 | Auto Towners | Dearborn | Domonic Palmieri, Clint Bostic, Glenn Van Tassel, Carl Dahlke |
| 1959 | Ph'ds | Muskegon | Doc Borton, Tom Damm, R. Ray Guimond, Chuck George |
| 1958 | Staff Sergeants | Oakland, Wayne County | Dan Spurling, Jack Golding, Bernie Smith, Don Golding |
| 1957 | Conbust-A-Chords | Detroit #1 | Bob McCorkey, Ray Sipots, Glenn Van Tassel, Vic Van York |
| 1956 | Beacon Aires | Muskegon | Paul Borton, Bill VanBogelin, Al Burgess, Louie Seguin |
| 1955 | Treble Makers | Detroit, Redford | Ed Reddick, Glenn Van Tassel, Bill Rowell, Vic Van York |
| 1954 | Solatares | Saginaw Bay | Bill Grumbly, D. Grunder, Bob Tracy, M. Musolf |
| 1953 | Harmaniacs | Holland | E. Smith, J. Onk, C. Onk, W. Vanderyacht |
| 1952 | Extension Chords | Grand Rapids | Sid Helder, Carl VerDuin, Don Lucas, Don Hall |
| 1951 | Overtones | Benton Harbor | L. Rohm, M. Humphrey, K. Kerlowski, J. Bulley |
| 1950 | Pitch Pipers | Grand Rapids | Emerson Sperling, Bill Wilde, Dave Geothal, Byron Dodge |
| 1949 | Boyne Mountain Aires | Boyne City | Ross Renwick, Loton Willson, G.Williams, J. Strang |
| 1948 | Boyne Aires | Boyne City | P. Chipman, Arnie Haggenberger, D. Fox, J. Hawks |
| 1947 | Saturday Nighters | Charlevoix | P. Miles, Devere Middleton, C. Hamlin, G. Rose |
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