Barbershopper Of The Year – Cape Fear Chordsmen

2016 – Doug Wick

Doug has been a member of the Barbershop Harmony Society for 10 years beginning his hobby as a charter member of the Grove City, PA chapter. He and his wife of 47 years, Deblyn, moved to Wilmington in December 2011 and joined our chapter in March of 2012. By January of 2013 he was asked to serve as the Chordsmen Treasurer beginning in January 2014. Unfortunately, due to the untimely death of Treasurer, Paul Parker, Doug took over Treasurer responsibilities in April of 2013 and served that capacity until 12/31/2016 when he turned over the financial reporting to Current treasurer, Courtney Talbot.

At the end of each year, a “Barbershopper of the Year” is selected. Candidates for this honor must meet the following criteria:

Must be an active member of the Cape Fear Chordsmen
Must have performed outstanding action(s) for the betterment of the chapter
Any active member who has NOT received the BOTY award the previous five (5) years is eligible for this award

The selection committee consists of the Active award recipients who are available with the second most recent recipient serving as chairman of the committee. The presenter should be the committee chairman or his designee.

THE WORK OF THE SELECTION COMMITTEE SHOULD BE CONFIDENTIAL TO PROVIDE AN ELEMENT OF SURPRISE FOR THE RECIPIENT.

Previous Years

* Denotes deceased member

** No Longer Affiliated

1997 – Paul Parker*

1998 – Don Schmitt

1999 – Dave Hogin

2000 – Tom Head

2001 – Wally Bader*

2002 – Bob Clark (2)

2003 – Andre Pronko

2004 – Ed Owens

2005 – Larry Reinhart

2006 – Richard Millard

2007 – Tom Martyn

2008 – Andre Brillaud

2009 – Roger Hawkins

2010 – Jim Bader

2011 – Roy Holzwarth

2012 – Arnold Cosby

2013 – Joe Loughlin

2014 – R. Manley Lucas

2015 – Larry Hunt**

2016 – Douglas Wick