Local Singer, Quartet place 5th at competition

Doyle Pope (far right) sings in his award-winning barbershop quartet, Private Reserve. The quartet placed fifth in the 2025 World International Barbershop Harmony Society Senior Quartet Competition in San Antonio, Texas. To qualify for this prestigious event, all singers had to be at least 55 and their combined quartet age had to be at least 240 years. Pope started singing at 16 and has been a member of the Visalia Mighty Oak Chorus since the 1980s. Pope is the owner of Key Evidence Lock & Safe in Visalia.