Spreading Joy and Harmony Since 1966

Mad Hatter Chorus

Join Us!

Our song. The Mad Hatters close every Tuesday-night rehearsal by linking arms and performing the Barbershop Harmony Society's official theme, "Keep the Whole World Singing." (Hear it.) Each week, a different member directs the song.

What it Takes to Be a Mad Hatter

Membership in our chorus is open to all men of good character. You don’t have to read music (some of our best singers don’t), but you do need to sing on pitch and be willing to polish your skills. Dues for new members aged 26 and under total only $10 for the first year and a half. Dues thereafter are about $10 a month. They cover sheet music, uniforms, and most other expenses.

Visitors are always welcome at our rehearsals, 7:30 to 10 p.m. each Tuesday at the Danbury Church of Christ,* 90 Clapboard Ridge Road, Danbury, CT. Map. You can sing along or just sit and listen. We won’t press you to join. We enjoy company, and we LOVE singing before an audience.

For more information, contact any of our members or our president, Danny Anderson (phone 203-947-1957).

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*Although we meet in a church, we are not a religious organization.

Mad Hatter Lore

Our name. The Mad Hatters take their name from their signature city: Danbury, Connecticut, once the leading hat manufactory in the world. Today Danbury's economy is highly diversified, but the hat theme survives in a myriad of logos, slogans, names of sports teams, taverns, restaurants, and other institutions frequented by its 80,000 inhabitants. We are located 60 miles north of midtown Manhattan.

Our logo. We used to have a dandy logo featuring a cartoon of the famous Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland, but the Walt Disney Company got upset and we had to bump the little guy off. Our present logo (at top-left on all of these webpages) was conceived by Mad Hatter baritone and PR geek Terry Dunkle, who used to be a magazine editor and runs a weight-loss-software company, but the actual work was done by Brandon Fitzpatrick, a designer in Terry's company who doesn't sing.

We know this isn't standard public-relations fare, but we're trying to tell the truth here.

                                    —Terry Dunkle