Some of the most singing fun I have ever had has been with barbershop quartet singing. The organized group is the Barbershop Harmony Society, legally and historically named the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc.(SPEBSQSA). Their practice sessions are really fun. Ladies have their own group the Sweet Adelines International (SAI).
(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 2012, just under 25,000 men in the United States and Canada are 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. http://barbershop.org/
The Ringmasters quartet out of Sweden. One member says he like’s all good music. Watch the following video at the link above.
Ringmasters on NBC’s Today Show
Thursday, April 11, 2013
The Barbershop Harmony Society is celebrating its 75th Anniversary in high style. Its current champ Ringmasters appeared on NBC’s Today Show on Thursday morning, April 11, singing I Can’t Give You Anything But Love for Today hosts andEight Days A Week for Hoda and Kathy Lee.
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Remember the quartet in Music Man? See the Buffalo Bills http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbhnRuJBHLs
(SAI) was founded in 1945. A second women’s barbershop harmony organization, Harmony, Inc., broke from SAI in 1959 over an issue of racial exclusion, with SAI (like SPEBSQSA) being a white-only organization at that time. Several international affiliate organizations, in countries around the world, add their own flavor to the signature sound of barbershop harmony. http://www.sweetadelineintl.org/
Watch some fine new ladies groups performances at: http://www.sweetadelineintl.org/index.cfm?id=4
Like Mitch Miller (remember his sing-a-long show?) said, “Let’s keep America singing.”
Let’s do!
Get a hold of your local group and start having fun.