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  • Chapter Resources
    • Chapter Officers
    • LOL Grants and Programs
    • Chapter Development
    • Document Center
    • Show Themes and Scripts
    • Successful Chapters
  • CONTESTS/AWARDS
    • District Awards
    • Inter. Quartet Comp.
    • Inter. Chorus Comp.
    • Inter. Sen. Quartet Comp.
    • Novice Quartet Champ.
    • District Quartet Champ.
    • Mens Quartet Champ.
    • Mens SR Quartet Champ.
    • Mixed Quartet Champ.
    • District Chorus Champ.
  • ABOUT US
    • Pitch Piper
    • LOL History
    • Regions-Chapters
    • Quartets
    • Executive Board
    • Committees
  • EVENTS
    • Chapter Shows
    • West Region Spring Sing
    • 2025 Leadership Academy
    • Events
    • Conventions
  • NEXT GEN
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    • 2025 News/Articles
    • Aurora Chorealis
    • Golden Chord Award
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DISTRICT HALL OF FAME

2013 - 2024

2013 - 2024

2013 - 2024

2024

DAVE SYLTE, LeRoy, MN

DAVE SPIEDEL. Polk County, WI

GORDON BILLOWS. Winnipeg


2023

DAVE PIERCE, Regina, SK

EDWARD BOEME. Appleton WI

FOUR TEENS QUARTET. Eau Claire, WI 


2022

DAVE MCNAUGHTON, Menomonie, WI

JIM RASMUS. Manitowac, WI 

DAN TRUE, Minneapolis, MN

RUSS FORIS, Posthumously 


2021

BOB BREY, Manitowoc, WI

STEVE ZORN, Great St. Paul, MN

BILL & KATHLEEN ALBRECHT, Appleton, WI


2019
ROADRUNNERS QUARTET
NORM STARKS, Janesville, WI
BOB GALL, Racine, WI


2018
ST CROIX CROSSING QUARTET
JAMES EMERY, Hilltop, MN
BRENT GERBER, Moorhead, MN


2017
LARRY LEWIS, Appleton, WI
JAMES LEE, St Paul, MN
ARV ZENK, Mankato, MN


2016
PAUL WIGLEY, Minneapolis, MN
VOCALITY QUARTET


2015
DUANE RYGG, St Paul, MN
GENE SICKELS, Stevens Pt, WI
ALLAN KAPITZKE, Oshkosh, WI


2014
CHARLES SCHUBBE, Mapleton, MN
EXCALIBUR QUARTET


2013
BOB FRICKE, Manitowoc, WI
JOE LILES, Racine, WI
CLARY REINHARDT, Appleton, WI

1999 - 2012

2013 - 2024

2013 - 2024

2012
TYLER SMITH, Stillwater, MN
ROBERT DYKSTRA, Minneapolis, MN
KEN STEPHENSON, Saskatoon, SASK


2011

ROBERT BRUTSMAN, Hilltop, MN  

DAVID OLSON, Manitowoc, WI  

RUDY ZARLING, Milwaukee, WI  

GAY 90's QUARTET, Montovideo, MN 


2010
JAY AUSTIN, Faribault, MN
BRENT GERBER, Fargo-Moorhead, ND
PETER BENSON, Hilltop, MN


2009
DOWNSTATE EXPRESS QUARTET


2008
(none named)


2007
ROGER MEYER, Plymouth, MN


2006
RICHARD STAEDT, Appleton, WI
DOUG MILLER, Prior Lake, MN


2005
DARREL DEWITT, Wisconsin Rapids, WI
RICHARD DARBY, Winona, MN 


2004 JACK EDGERTON, Stevens Point, WI


2003

(none named)  


2002

DUANE HUTTON, Winona, MN

RICHARD “DICK” TEETERS, St Paul, MN


2001

JOHN BAUER, Racine, WI

HARMONY WORKS QUARTET


2000

JOHN PLAZEK, Milwaukee, WI 


1999

LES GURR, Winnipeg, MB

1988 - 1998

2013 - 2024

1988 - 1998

1998

GARY JACOBSON, Fargo, ND


1997

FRED STREET, Roseville, MN  

CARL GRAHN, Ripon, WI


1996
ATOMIC BUMS QUARTET
JUDD ORFF, Stillwater, MN


1995
BRUCE CHURCHILL, Minneapolis, MN
HAPPINESS EMPORIUM QUARTET


1994
DUANE “DUKE” ENDERS, Plymouth, WI
JOE HERMSEN, Madison, WI


1993
DON CHALLMAN, Shoreview, MN
DEL RYBERG, Rochester, MN
IRV WILLIAMS, Moorhead, MN


1992
ROBERT HAASE, Oshkosh, WI


1991
JULIAN DOMACK, Madison, WI
LEO FOBART, Stevens Point, WI
GORDON GARDINER, Regina, SK
DEL HETUE, Madison, WI


1990
O.H. KING COLE, Sheboygan, WI
WILLIAM DOROW, Franklin, WI
GORDON “GORDO” NICKOLIE, Nashotah, WI
JAMES RICHARDS, Roseville, MN
THE HUT FOUR QUARTET, Minneapolis, MN


1989

(none named)


1988
DEL BRADFORD, Appleton, WI
JOHN MEANS, Manitowoc, WI
ROGER THOMAS, Racine, WI
DAN WASELCHUK, Appleton, WI
SCHMITT BROTHERS QUARTET, Two Rivers WI

Jim Rasmus

Jim Rasmus

Jim Rasmus

2024 Barbershopper Of The Year (BOTY)

Judd Orff

Jim Rasmus

Jim Rasmus

2023 Joe Liles Lifetime Achievement Award

JOE LILES LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Joe Liles | 1930-2021

The Joe Liles Lifetime Achievement Award was created to recognize those individuals who have made very significant contributions to our District over a long period of time. The award is named in honor of a long-time member of our District, Joe Liles whose contributions to the District and Society were tremendous.


The award criteria is a person with at least 25 years membership in the Land O’ Lakes District who has had multiple District leadership roles over a period of years. Whose leadership had a positive impact on the on-going success of the District, to include contributions in district offices, committees. Teaching, judging, arranging, composing, coaching, quarteting and/or other administrative duties.

2022-2024

2024 - Carl Grahn, Ripon, WI & Chuck Schubbe, Mankato, MN

2023 - Judd Orff, Stillwater, MN

2022 - Jim Richards, Posthumously 

2022 - Del Ryberg, Rochester, MN

DISTRICT 'BOTY' BARBERSHOPPER OF THE YEAR

2003 - 2024

2003 - 2024

2003 - 2024

2024 - Jim Rasmus, Manitowoc, WI

2023 - Jay Althof, White Bear Lake, MN

2022 - Paul Wigley, Lakeville, MN

2021 - Bob Bengsch

2019 - Rudy Zarling, Cedarburg, WI

2018 - Gordon Billows, Winnipeg, MB

2017 - Dave Sylte, Austin, MN

2016 - Tom Weber, Germantown, WI

2015 - Larry Lewis, Neenah, WI

2014 - Arvid Zenk, N Mankato, MN

2013 - Jim Hall, Cambridge, WI

2012 - Jim Lee, St Paul, MN

2011 - Lowell Bennes, Moorhead, MN

2010 - John Plazek, Greenfield, WI

2009 - David Maunder, Brandon, MB

2008 - Dale Montgomery, LaCrosse, WI

2007 - Bob Fricke, Manitowoc, WI

2006 - Charles Schubbe, Mapleton, MN

2005 - Chuck Koerner, Grand Forks, ND

2004 - Tyler Smith, Stillwater, MN

1985 - 2003

2003 - 2024

2003 - 2024

2003 - Bruce Odell, Winona, MN

2002 - Robert Brutsman, Golden Valley, MN

2001 - Roger Meyer, Plymouth, MN

2000 - Richard Staedt, Appleton, WI

1999 - Doug Miller, Prior Lake, MN

1998 - LeRoy Zimmerman, Bismark, ND 

1997 - Jack Edgerton, Stevens Pt, WI

1996 - Lee Fels, Green Bay, WI

1995 - Duane Hutton, Winona, MN

1994 - Vern Zwicky, Oshkosh, WI

1993 - Dick Teeters, St Paul, MN

1992 - Jack Ottem, St Cloud, MN

1991 - Glenn Aronson, Kenyon, MN

1990 - no one named

1989 - Carl Grahn, Ripon, WI

1988 - Harold Ebel, Faribault, MN

1987 - Judd Orff, Stillwater, MN

1986 - Phil Knautz, St Peter, MN

1985 - Bruce Churchill, Minneapolis, MN

1966 - 1984

2003 - 2024

1966 - 1984

1984 - David Olson, Manitowoc, WI

1983 - Del Ryberg, Rochester, MN

1982 - Jack Gray, Janesville, WI

1981 - John Bauer, Powers Lake, WI

1980 - Thurm Slack, Minnetonka, MN

1979 - Gordon Gardiner, Regina, SK

1978 - Fred Street, St Paul, MN

1977 - Don Challman, St Paul, MN 

1976 - Remi Grones, Minnetonka, MN

1975 - Jim Richards, Minneapolis, MN

1974 - Roger Thomas, Racine, WI

1973 - Laverne Moore, Milwaukee, WI

1972 - William Dorow, Franklin, WI

1971 - Julian Domack, Madison, WI

1970 - Les Gurr, Winnipeg, MB

1969 - Jim Bennett, Madison, WI

1968 - Frank Hermsen Jr., Little Chute, WI

1967 - Jay Austin, Northfield, MN

1966 - Fred Seegert, Jr., Milwaukee, WI

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Saturday - May 31, 2025

Only $25 Per Person | 10am - 6pm | Valley City, ND

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