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Port City Sound
L-R: Jim Simpson (bass), Fred Moore (tenor), Walt Dowling (lead), Jack Baggs (bari)
Port City Sound has won the seniors quartet championship for the district comprising New England, eastern New York, and the eastern provinces of Canada, and for four of the past five years has qualified to compete with 24 other seniors quartets for the international championship, most recently in Pasadena, CA in January 2009. With our new lead singer Walt Dowling, Port City Sound qualified to sing in the International Senior Contest that was held at the Midwinter Convention in Tampa, Florida in January 2010. The quartet placed 21st out of 27, a gratifying result for the newly-constituted quartet. You can view the official scoring summary here.
Lead singer Walt Dowling, a recent addition to Port City Sound, is the busiest retired guy around. Walt continues to sing with another well-known Maine quartet, Back Bay Four, serves as Lead section leader and music committee chair for the Downeasters Barbershop Chorus, and has a day job as a postal clerk in Ocean Park, ME.
Tenor, Fred Moore, has directed the Downeasters Chorus and sung in many local quartets. He is a trial attorney who intends to keep practicing law until he gets it right. His friends who have heard him sing have advised him not to give up his day job (kiddingly, he hopes).
Baritone, Jack Baggs, the youngest looking member of the quartet is actually the --ahem- most mature. Jack recently directed the Portland Downeasters Chorus to the Northeastern District gold medal and an invitation to compete in the International Chorus Competition in Philadelphia in July. Jack is a retired teacher and small business operator.
Bass, Jim Simpson has sung with many local quartets. He retired from the VA in Togus to spend more time working on his wooden sailboat. Some year soon he hopes to spend time actually sailing his wooden sailboat.
Contact Jim Simpson for more information or to book a performance of this award-winning quartet.