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`!The Georgetown Chimes`! is a `F33f`_`[collegiate a cappella`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Collegiate_a_cappella]`_`f group from `F33f`_`[Georgetown University`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Georgetown_University]`_`f in `F33f`_`[Washington`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Washington,_D.C.]`_`f, `F33f`_`[D.C.`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=District_of_Columbia]`_`f Founded in 1946 by Francis E. (Frank) Jones as a barbershop quartet, the group has had 292 members, and has recorded two dozen albums in its history.`:cite-ref-1[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-1]`_`f]`:cite-ref-2[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-2]`_`f] The Chimes are particularly well known for the annual a capella show they host each February, the Cherry Tree Massacre, which has been hosted for over 50 years.`:cite-ref-3[`F5bf`_`[3`#cite-note-3]`_`f] Within Washington, D.C., the Chimes are known for hosting regular "Chimes Nights" at `F33f`_`[the Tombs`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=The_Tombs_(bar)]`_`f, a popular rathskeller bar in the Georgetown neighborhood.`:cite-ref-4[`F5bf`_`[4`#cite-note-4]`_`f]`:cite-ref-georgetown-university-by-paul-r-o-neill-and-bennie-l-smith-5-0[`F5bf`_`[5`#cite-note-georgetown-university-by-paul-r-o-neill-and-bennie-l-smith-5]`_`f] Additionally, the Chimes are regularly featured as guests in the DC A Cappella Festival (DCAF).`:cite-ref-6[`F5bf`_`[6`#cite-note-6]`_`f] The Chimes' alumni includes politicians and public figures, such as U.S. Senator from Georgia `F33f`_`[Jon Ossoff`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Jon_Ossoff]`_`f and `F33f`_`[Jeff Civillico`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Jeff_Civillico]`_`f.`:cite-ref-7[`F5bf`_`[7`#cite-note-7]`_`f]

>>Contents

• `F0af`_`[References`#references]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[External links`#external-links]`_`f

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>>References

`:cite-note-1`!1.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-1]`_`f "Our History". `*Georgetown Chimes`*. Retrieved February 12, 2023.

`:cite-note-2`!2.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-2]`_`f `:citerefmahoneycorallo1990`aMahoney, Kevin G.; Corallo, Mark C. (1990). "The Social Traditions and Institutions at Georgetown University in the Twentieth Century". In Durkin, Joseph (ed.). `*Swift Potomac's Lovely Daughter: Two Centuries at Georgetown through Students' Eyes`* (PDF). `F33f`_`[Washington, D.C.`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Washington,_D.C.]`_`f, U.S.: `F33f`_`[Georgetown University Press`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Georgetown_University_Press]`_`f. p. 223. `F33f`_`[ISBN`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=ISBN_(identifier)]`_`f 0878405011.

`:cite-note-3`!3.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-3]`_`f `:citerefkimstout2023`aKim, Alexis; Stout, Maddie (February 9, 2023). "The Georgetown Chimes: Legacy Music Making for the History Books". Retrieved February 12, 2023.

`:cite-note-4`!4.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-4]`_`f `:citerefdel-sesto1992`aDel Sesto, Cristina (October 18, 1992). "CHIME TIME". `*The Washington Post`*. Retrieved February 12, 2023.

`:cite-note-georgetown-university-by-paul-r-o-neill-and-bennie-l-smith-5`!5.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-georgetown-university-by-paul-r-o-neill-and-bennie-l-smith-5-0]`_`f `:citerefo-neillsmith2020`aO'Neill, Paul R.; Smith, Bennie L. (2020). `*Georgetown University`*. Arcadia Publishing. p. 121. `F33f`_`[ISBN`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=ISBN_(identifier)]`_`f 978-1467104661.

`:cite-note-6`!6.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-6]`_`f "Phantoms, Gracenotes and Chimes Dominate the DC A Cappella Festival's First Weekend". November 9, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2023.

`:cite-note-7`!7.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-7]`_`f `:citerefcartagena2021`aCartagena, Lisa (January 6, 2021). "Let's Revisit Jon Ossoff's Time as a Georgetown University A Cappella Singer". Washingtonian. Retrieved February 12, 2023.

>>External links

• Georgetown Chimes Official website

• Georgetown Chimes Music on Spotify

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