Far Western District (BHS)

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Far Western District (BHS) is a geographical district of the Barbershop Harmony Society.

First organized in 1946, FWD (BHS) encompasses the far western US states including all of California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii, and St. George, Utah.[1][2]

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[edit] Chapters

FWD is home to the 2007 BHS Championship Gold medalist Westminster Chorus[3] and the six time Gold winner Masters of Harmony Chorus, who won the BHS international competitions in 1990, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2002 and 2005.

The 2002 district champions Garden City Chorus competed 54 years before winning a shot at international level competition.[4]

The Phoenix Saguaro chapter was founded in 1943. Today called the Greater Phoenix Chapter, their Spirit of Phoenix Chorus have been the international gold medalist three times (in 1972, 1976, and 1983) competing as the Phabulous Phoenicians Chorus and medalled eleven more.[5]

[edit] Championship Quartets

Past district champion quartets become members of the Association of Far Western District Champions. Several have gone on to medal or win at BHS international conventions, notably the 2004 international champions Gotcha! and 1996's Nightlife.[6][7] The 2007 district champions OC Times were thought to be contenders for the 2007 international quartet title, but couldn't quite match the scores of the returning silver medalists Max Q.[8][9]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Wirt, Eliot [September 1998] (March 2006). Fifty Years of Harmony, A Singing Man's History of the Far Western District (PDF), Far Western District Association of Chapters of SPEBSQSA, 57. 
  2. ^ Morales, Pedro. Quartet singers croon classic numbers Reno Gazette-Journal 2003-03-22
  3. ^ Bennet, Darryn. New generation of quartets is not your fathers' barbershop North County Times 2007-11-26
  4. ^ Garden City Chorus becomes Far Western District champ The Campbell Reporter 2002-12-04
  5. ^ Richardson, Don. Fifty Years of Harmony: The Phoenix Saguaro Chapter 1943-1993 (1993)
  6. ^ AIC history
  7. ^ Quartet Champions of the Far Western District. Far Western District web site. Archived from the original on 2007-12-16.
  8. ^ Sharron, Keith. The voice of a generation Orange County Register 2006-10-23
  9. ^ 2007 International Quartet Finals Scoring Summary

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