Far Western District (BHS)

Far Western District (BHS)

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.cite book
title=Fifty Years of Harmony, A Singing Man's History of the Far Western District
author=Wirt, Eliot
editor Melville, David
origyear=1998
origmonth=September
year=2006
month=March
publisher=Far Western District Association of Chapters of SPEBSQSA
chapter=
url=http://www.bhsfwd.org/historybook/
format=PDF
pages=57] [http://www.rgj.com/news/stories/html/2003/03/22/37532.php?sp1=rgj&sp2=News&sp3=Local+News Morales, Pedro. Quartet singers croon classic numbers "Reno Gazette-Journal" 2003-03-22] ]

Chapters

FWD is home to the 2007 BHS Championship Gold medalist Westminster Chorus [ [http://spebsqsafwd.org/Press/PalPacNCTimes20071126.html Bennet, Darryn. New generation of quartets is not your fathers' barbershop "North County Times" 2007-11-26] ] 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. [ [http://www.community-newspapers.com/archives/campbellreporter/20021204/ca-neighbors1.shtml Garden City Chorus becomes Far Western District champ "The Campbell Reporter" 2002-12-04 ] ]

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. [ [http://www.phoenicians.org/history/ Richardson, Don. "Fifty Years of Harmony: The Phoenix Saguaro Chapter 1943-1993" (1993)] ]

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. [ [http://www.aicgold.com/History-Champions.asp AIC history] ] [cite web
url=http://www.bhsfwd.org/directory/QuartetChampions.cfm?type=champ
archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5U7y64UsC
title=Quartet Champions of the Far Western District
archivedate=2007-12-16
work=Far Western District web site] 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. [ [http://spebsqsafwd.org/html/ShawnDevine.html Sharron, Keith. The voice of a generation "Orange County Register" 2006-10-23] ] [ [http://www.barbershop.org/web/groups/public/documents/graphics/pub_qf_scoringsummary.pdf 2007 International Quartet Finals Scoring Summary] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.bhsfwd.org/ Official Website]


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