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The Barbershop Harmony Society, legally and historically named the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. (SPEBSQSA), is the first of several organizations to promote and preserve barbershop music as an art form. Founded by Owen C. Cash and Rupert I. Hall in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1938, the organization quickly grew, promoting barbershop harmony among men of all ages. As of 2014, just under 23,000 men in the United States and Canada were members of this organization whose focus is on a cappella music. The international headquarters was in Kenosha, Wisconsin for fifty years before moving to Nashville, Tennessee in 2007. In June 2018, the society announced it would allow women to join as full members.
Acoustix is a Dallas, Texas-based quartet that won the 1990 International Quartet Championship of SPEBSQSA. They have all, at different times, been members of the Dallas-based Vocal Majority chorus.
Gas House Gang was a barbershop quartet that won the 1993 SPEBSQSA International Quartet Competition. They started singing as a group in 1987 in St. Louis Missouri. After winning the 1988 Central States District Competition in their first attempt, they began a steady climb up the International Competition ladder which culminated in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, where they were awarded the 1993 International Quartet Championship.
Keepsake was an American barbershop quartet from Florida that won the 1992 SPEBSQSA International Barbershop Competition. Members of the quartet are Joe Connelly (lead), Tony DeRosa (baritone), Don Barnick (bass), and Roger Ross (tenor).
Bluegrass Student Union is the Louisville, Kentucky barbershop quartet that won the 1978 SPEBSQSA International competition. They distinguished themselves by performing at a high level of proficiency on stage and in the recording studio throughout their 33-year career, and were the second youngest quartet to have won the SPEBSQSA championship, as of that time. The quartet became known for continually improving their art, even after their win. They credited much of their success to their coaches, Mary Jo Hatton Thompson, Don Clause, Ron Riegler, Gene Stickler and Ed Weber, to their chorus Director, Jim Miller, and to their long-time arrangers, Ed Waesche and Walter Latzko.
Yesteryear is a barbershop quartet that – coached by Darryl Flinn, Lance Heilmann, Larry Ajer, Greg Lyne, and other big names in barbershop – won the 1997 SPEBSQSA international competition.
Schmitt Brothers was a Barbershop quartet from Two Rivers, Wisconsin that won the 1951 SPEBSQSA international competition. The quartet consisted of four brothers: Joe, Paul, Francis and Jim Schmitt. They participated in 110 performances during their championship year, including appearances on the Ed Sullivan and Arthur Godfrey television programs.
The Gay Notes is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1958 SPEBSQSA international competition.
The Four Pitchikers is a Barbershop quartet from Missouri that won the 1959 SPEBSQSA international competition in Chicago.
The Evans Quartet is a barbershop quartet that won the 1960 SPEBSQSA international competition.
The Gala Lads is a barbershop quartet that won the 1962 SPEBSQSA international competition.
The Sidewinders is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1964 SPEBSQSA international competition.
The Golden Staters is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1972 SPEBSQSA international competition.
Dealer's Choice is a barbershop quartet that won the 1973 SPEBSQSA international competition in Portland, Oregon. They were the first group since 1952 to win the competition their first year entering, and no quartet has won the competition on their first year entering since 1973.
The Regents is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1974 SPEBSQSA international competition. The quartet hailed from southeastern Pennsylvania. One of the singers was Ron Knickerbocker, a high school science teacher at the Downingtown Senior High School. The quartet won the championship after several years of being in the top five finalists.
Grandma's Boys is the barbershop quartet that won the 1979 SPEBSQSA International Contest.
The Boston Common is the barbershop quartet that won the 1980 SPEBSQSA international competition at Salt Lake City, Utah.
Classic Collection is the barbershop quartet that won the 1982 SPEBSQSA international competition. Members of the quartet are: Curt Hutchison, tenor; Larry Wilson, lead; George Davidson, baritone and Terry Heltne, bass.
The New Tradition is the California Barbershop quartet that won the 1985 SPEBSQSA international competition. The name refers to an earlier quartet, the Grand Tradition, with the same lead and baritone. It is not to be confused with the New Tradition Chorus from Northbrook, Illinois.
The Interstate Rivals is the Barbershop quartet that won the 1987 SPEBSQSA international competition in Hartford, Connecticut. Formed in 1982, the Rivals won the Cardinal District championship that fall. The next summer at the international contest they placed tenth, followed by sixth, third, second-place finishes before winning in 1987. They sang and travelled widely, until they disbanded in August 1991. All four members went on to repeat gold medals with Keepsake, Gas House Gang, Marquis, Platinum and Old School. The members combine for a total of 11 gold medals between the four, all winning on just one voice part each.
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