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Friday, Oct. 11, 2011, was a day the members of The Gay Nineties barbershop quartet will long remember. The quartet, which was founded in Montevideo 65 years ago, was inducted into the Land-O-Lakes District Hall of Fame at the district convention in Rochester. Over the years, the group has had 18 different members. Receiving the award were (left above, from left) tenor Gary Erickson (member no. 13), baritone Al Reesnes (member no. 18), bass Lester Bockes (member no. 17), and lead Jim Tiede (member no. 16). The quartet’s repertoire has remained virtually unchanged since its inception. The group, wearing its distinctive derby hats, black tuxedos and bright yellow shoes, specializes in a hilarious deadpan delivery familiar to barbershop quartet fans everywhere. (Submitted photo)
Friday, Oct. 11, 2011, was a day the members of The Gay Nineties barbershop quartet will long remember. The quartet, which was founded in Montevideo 65 years ago, was inducted into the Land-O-Lakes District Hall of Fame at the district convention in Rochester. Over the years, the group has had 18 different members. Receiving the award were (left above, from left) tenor Gary Erickson (member no. 13), baritone Al Reesnes (member no. 18), bass Lester Bockes (member no. 17), and lead Jim Tiede (member no. 16). The quartet’s repertoire has remained virtually unchanged since its inception. The group, wearing its distinctive derby hats, black tuxedos and bright yellow shoes, specializes in a hilarious deadpan delivery familiar to barbershop quartet fans everywhere. (Submitted photo)
