| ANNOUNCING WORLD HARMONY JAMBOREE XX |
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| For the first time ever, the World Harmony Council is going to present its Jamboree as a Dinner Show! |
Details Date: Thursday, July 2 Tickets available from Barbershop Harmony Society |
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| BHS Champions: OC Times OC Times formed in the spring of 2003 and placed 18th out of 52 quartets in their first Barbershop Harmony Society international quartet competition. The quartet updated its image in January 2005 when Cory Hunt replaced Drew Harrah as the bass singer. With coaching by barbershop veteran Mark Hale, they dressed more casually and broadened their repertoire with non-traditional songs. OC Times' subsequent international competition placement jumped to 5th, 3rd, then 2nd before they won the championship in 2008. |
OC Times (BHS) |
Retirement of Metropolis! This is to be the final appearance of Metropolis at International. Don't miss the zany antics of this quartet who have entertained us so many times on the International stage.
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The Great Western Chorus of Bristol is a group of 50 male voices from the South West part of England, directed by Linda Corcoran. Formed in 1974, the Chorus has been entertaining British, European and American audiences ever since with its close harmony performances, singing a selection of the very best popular songs from the last 100 years. |
Great Western Chorus (BABS) |
Havoc In October 2002 Ali, Linda, Donna and Jo decided to get together to sing - “just for fun” - and Havoc was formed. Since then they have had ‘serious’ fun and have sung at various events and competitions throughout the UK and Ireland. In 2005 Havoc entered the LABBS competition for the first time and became national bronze medalists, in 2006 they won silver then followed up this year in Bournemouth by winning the Gold Medal and being awarded the highest marks in the Music and Presentation categories. |
Havoc(LABBS) |
Zero8 chorus from Stockholm, Sweden The group took form in 2006 under the initiative of Chorus Director Doug Harrington. From the beginning the goal has been to build up a young “fresh” men’s chorus with the ability to master different musical styles at a consistently high level. To master different genres means in practice that the chorus should sound like a jazz ensemble when singing jazz, so that in the next moment deliver a barbershop song on a world-class level, or a traditional Bellman drinking song in the Swedish choral style. Many of the chorus members are guys in their twenties who have recently completed their training (or are still studying) at one of Stockholm’s music schools. A varied repertoire includes music written by Eric Clapton, Carl-Michael Bellman and Curtis Mayfield, but with a certain emphasis on barbershop |
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Musical Island Boys, Wellington, New Zealand Kia Ora, Talofa Lava, Kia Orana, Faka alofa lahi atu & Warm Pacific Greetings From the other "down under" the Wellington, New Zealand based quartet Musical Island Boys who are a certifiable barbershop boy band phenomenon. Winners of many N.Z. awards the quartet won top honors and gold medals in Indianapolis (06) in the Barbershop Society International College Championship, the first non US quartet to win in the history of the competition. And it's easy to see why these lads have done so well when you hear their excellent renditions of the arrangements of Ed Waesche, David Wright and Joe Liles. All four singers are of Pacific Islander heritage including Samoan and Maori and perhaps it's the great tradition of singing in their cultures that give them the special touch they so clearly demonstrate. |
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Vocal FX, Wellington, New Zealand Vocal FX is a young men's a cappella chorus based in Wellington, New Zealand. They are a part of Wellington Men's Barbershop Incorporated.
Vocal FX was formed in 2003 and are directed by Charlotte Murray. They won the Gold Medal at the 2006 NZABS Convention, becoming the youngest chorus to hold the title. |
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Monkey Magic, BABS 2008 Champions Monkey Magic comes from Britain - all over Britain. They span the nation from Yorkshire in the North to Devon in the South. Alan - Tenor |
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SAI Representative Paper Dolls On May 15, 2009 Paper Dolls won the Sweet Adelines International (SAI) Region #24 Quartet Competition in Spokane, WA qualifying them to compete in the SAI International Quartet Competition in Nashville, TN, October 21, 2009. This will make Sylvia the youngest to ever compete on the SAI International stage in a quartet!! Go Sylvia!! Paper Dolls quartet first made SAI history as tenor, Sylvia Harrington, at age 6, made her debut performance in the Region #4 quartet competition on April 11, 2008 in Covington, KY. They captured the 3rd place medals! The quartet scored a 577 (B level) as they performed for more than 600 attendees. They sang "Side By Side," and "Looking For A Boy" both arranged by Sylvia's daddy, David Harrington. |
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Absolut - SNOBS Bengt Thaysen – tenor Absolut has won the SNOBS championships a great number of times and has also represented SNOBS at International more or less throughout the entire 21 century. Old? No… not really, just very experienced! |
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Q-Tones - SNOBS Henrik Rosenberg - Tenor
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Harmony Incorporated - Synchronicity Synchronicity is based out of Nashua, New Hampshire and were crowned Quartet Champions of Harmony Incorporated in 2004. They are: Liane Iannuzzo - Tenor |
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AAMBS - Alliance, Perth, Western Australia Alliance was formed in January 2004 after the guys got together over a long weekend to try out their combination of voices. In June of that same year, after just three such rehearsal weekends, the quartet won the AAMBS Western Region quartet contest with a record high score. Later that year the boys traveled to Christchurch, New Zealand to take part in the Pan Pacific Quartet Competition against an international field of groups from New Zealand, Hawaii, the West Coast of America, Japan and other parts of Australia and were awarded the Silver Medal. In October of 2005 the boys reached what has been described as the pinnacle of the barbershop harmony art form in Australia by being awarded the first place gold medal in the Open Quartet Contest at the biennial AAMBS National Convention. |
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Bing - Latest Edition, Berlin, Germany They are: Markus Krafczinski- Tenor |
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From Japan - Kaleidoscope Kaleidoscope is delighted to be representing Japan at the World Harmony Jamboree in Anaheim 2009! This is the second big opportunity for us to sing in the USA, following our debut at the Mixed Harmony Showcase in Indy 2006. The quartet was formed in 2002 by two couples living in the Kansai area; Masako (tenor) & Yasuo Hirose (bass) and Toshiko (lead) & Kazuhiko Sakaguchi (bari). We are the first mixed voiced barbershop quartet in Japan. |
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