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MOUNT VERNON, Va. – Mount Vernon presents an afternoon of entertainment when more than 60 barbershop singers take the stage Tuesday, April 4, at the Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium, located near The Shops at Mount Vernon. At 2:00 p.m. the Harmony Heritage Singers, an all-military veteran chorus, will perform American classics along with The Bay Tones, a chorus from the Northern Neck of Virginia. The two choruses will sing a variety of songs ranging from the ‘Armed Forces and American Medley’ to ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game’. The barbershop concert is free and open to the public.

The 90-minute concert celebrates the sixty-eighth anniversary of the Barbershop Harmony Society, which began in April 1938.  This will be the second time the two groups have performed together. The Harmony Heritage Singers and The Bay Tones have been entertaining the public with their songs for a combined 15 years.

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Public Information: 703-780-2000; 703-799-8697 (TDD); www.mountvernon.org

Since 1860, over 80 million visitors have made George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens the most popular historic home in America.  Through thought-provoking tours, entertaining events, and stimulating educational programs on the Estate and in classrooms across the nation, Mount Vernon strives to preserve George Washington’s place in history as “First in War, First in Peace, and First in the Hearts of His Countrymen.”  Mount Vernon is owned and operated by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, America’s oldest national preservation organization, founded in 1853.  A picturesque drive to the southern end of the scenic George Washington Memorial Parkway, Mount Vernon is located just 16 miles from the nation’s capital. 

Hours of operation: April-August, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; March, September, October, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; November – February, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Regular admission rates: adults, $13.00; senior citizens, $12.00; children age 6-11, when accompanied by an adult, $6.00; and children under age 5, FREE.  Admission fees, restaurant and retail proceeds, along with private donations, support the operation and restoration of Mount Vernon.