Far Western District
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The Far Western District is a geographical district of the Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS).
First organized in 1946, the district encompasses the four far-western US states of California, Nevada, Arizona, and Hawaii, plus St. George, Utah.[1][2]
Chapters[edit]
FWD is home to the four-time BHS Championship Gold medalist Westminster Chorus,[3] who won in 2007, 2010, 2015 and 2019, and the nine-time Gold winner Masters of Harmony Chorus, who won the BHS international competitions in 1990, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2017.
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]
Championship Quartets[edit]
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 2008 international champions OC Times, 2004 international champions Gotcha! and 1996's Nightlife.[6][7]
References[edit]
- ^ Wirt, Eliot (March 2006) [1998]. Melville, David (ed.). Fifty Years of Harmony, A Singing Man's History of the Far Western District. Far Western District Association of Chapters of SPEBSQSA. p. 57. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
- ^ Morales, Pedro. Quartet singers croon classic numbers Reno Gazette-Journal 2003-03-22
- ^ "Bennet, Darryn. New generation of quartets is not your fathers' barbershop North County Times 2007-11-26". Archived from the original on 2008-05-11. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
- ^ Garden City Chorus becomes Far Western District champ The Campbell Reporter 2002-12-04
- ^ "Richardson, Don. Fifty Years of Harmony: The Phoenix Saguaro Chapter 1943-1993 (1993)". Archived from the original on 2001-07-07. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
- ^ "AIC history". Archived from the original on 2007-12-19. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
- ^ "Quartet Champions of the Far Western District". Far Western District web site. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25.