The Coats

The group consists of bass singer Kerry Dahlen, baritone Doug Wisness, Jamie Dieveney and Keith Michael Anderson as first and second tenors, respectively.

The members support local Washington high schools by performing on their stages and donating a percentage of ticket sales to the schools fine arts program.

"Singing for tourists, locals, fish vendors, and fellow buskers, our humble ambitions of earning a few clams to fight off the tuition bills quickly evolved into a full-time international performance career.

"The group was formed while each of its four members were studying at the University of Washington.

They began singing unprofessionally around Seattle, at such locations as Pike Place Market, to pay their way through college.