Saturday at 2:00pm and 7:00pm
Beach-Schmidt Performing Arts Center
Fort Hays State University
Hays, KS
The Hays High Plains Barbershop Chorus and Quartets
Colby Tumbleweed Chorus and Quartets
Fleet Street
12th Street Rag
Choosing a name that pays homage to Kansas City’s musical tradition, 12th Street began performing in August of 1993. A unique blend of voices, this quartet has entertained numerous audiences across the United States and Canada and participated in competition at the international level for 14 years in a row. In 1994, 12th Street Rag became Central States District Quartet Champions, and through International Competition placed as high as 11th in the world twice! In addition, this quartet was named the 2003 Central States District Barbershopper of the Year for their involvement with various music camps and working with junior high and high school youth.
They took a seventeen-year break after their International Competition in 2007. They wouldn’t perform again until 2024 when they were invited to perform at the International Contest in Cleveland, OH as part of the outgoing 2023 International Quartet Champion’s, Midtown’s, swan set. It was in Cleveland that they realized they were old enough (minimum 55 years of age with total age of four at least 240 years) to compete in the Barbershop Harmony Society’s (BHS) International Senior’s Quartet Contest. They qualified for the contest in the fall of 2024 and traveled to San Antonio, TX in January of 2025 where they captured the GOLD and became the BHS International Senior Quartet Champions! To cap this amazing journey off, this past fall, they were inducted into the Central States District Hall of Fame!
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Quartet members include brothers MARK and JOHN FORTINO, singing lead and baritone, respectively, from Kansas City. Tenor, MICAH JEPPESEN is from Omaha, Nebraska and singing bass, is BARRY MOORE from Dallas, Texas.
We hope you enjoy these four guys from America's heartland who offer a unique collection of music that includes Movie Greats, Barbershop Classics, Big Band Songs, Ragtime Tunes, Gospel/Contemporary Christian Pieces and More!!!
Fleet Street is an a cappella quartet based in St. Louis, Missouri, that formed in the summer of 2016. All were members of The Recruits youth chorus and the 5x BHS International Chorus Champions, the Ambassadors of Harmony (AoH). Their biggest passion is promoting youth singing, having traveled – together and separately – to serve as section leaders, clinicians, and directors for youth camps and choruses in Nebraska, Michigan, Ohio, Missouri and Kentucky.
When not singing, each member of the quartet strives to give back to the barbershop community, all having served in different leadership and administrative capacities. Three of them have served the Central States District in many different roles such as Events VP, State VP, Awards Chairman, Youth Outreach VP, Membership VP, District President, and Housing Chairman. They have also played a large part in managing and operating one of the biggest and best youth a cappella camps in the country, Acappellooza Summer.
They are active competitors within the Barbershop Harmony Society. Fleet Street has qualified for the International Quartet Contest seven times and have placed as high as 13th in 2025. In 2018, they were thrilled to earn the title of Central States District Quartet Champions in their “hometown” of St. Charles, MO.