A proof of concept musical performance by a distributed barbershop quartet was part of Megaconference II in 2000. On the evening of October 30th, an "open mic" event was held at the I2 conference in Atlanta. Musical and comedy performances were presented on stage in Atlanta and at a distance through I2 videoconferencing, including a barbershop quartet. What made the quartet performance a historic event was the fact that none of the singers were in Atlanta. The singers and their locations follow:

Kent Bradshaw (lead) Syracuse, New York
Theo (Greg) Economides (bass) College Station, Texas
Jo Knox (lead) Fairbanks, Alaska
Brent Gerber (tenor) Fargo, North Dakota

Through the use of digital delay devices, Polycom videoconferencing systems (all running the same software version), and Internet 2, the audience in Atlanta saw and heard all four singers simultaneously, one singer in each quadrant of the large screen display. The quartet received a standing ovation and Bob Dixon wore a stars and stripes top hat! Unfortunately, the video archive is not available, here is an image of the event.