I had been a barbershopper for about 45 minutes with a chorus on the South Shore of Montreal (South Shore Saints) so when they said this "Big chorus from Texas" that "always wins international" so at 22 I went sure! Drove up to Toronto and with my 75$ ticket in hand (it was 30 years ago) sat at the Roy Thompson Hall and got ready for it. This was their first song. I was not ready.... when Jim Clancy stood in front of the 155 men on 8 rows spreading a mile wide on center stage it made the organ look small. The director raised his hands and, they ALL grew an inch making the risers creek under the weight... I swear - for the first 20 seconds, I thought it was a recording... Vocal Majority Dir: Jim Clancy

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"My chorus just performed for 500 people" is a win. "I sang harmony for the first time today" is also a win. Same category. Same celebration. No hierarchy. This is where you share the things that went right. The breakthrough in rehearsal. The standing ovation. The moment you nailed a passage you've been struggling with for weeks. The time your quartet finally locked a chord so perfectly that everyone stopped and stared at each other. Mine? 75th Anniversary BHS International Convention. Toronto. That moment — hearing the crowd, feeling what 100+ voices just did together — I will never forget it as long as I live. But honestly? The wins I remember most are the small ones. The first time a chord rang so perfectly in rehearsal that the room went silent. That's the real stuff. "How many gold medals do we win even before the warm-up is over on an average chapter meeting night? THE gold medal is awarded for a seven-minute performance. How many gold medals do we win the other 31,535,580 seconds of the year? Thousands? Hundreds of thousands? Millions?" Dr. Jim Henry What's yours?

This is the community events board. Concerts, festivals, competitions, workshops, conventions — if it involves voices and no instruments, it belongs here. Post what's coming up in your area. Share links. Let people know what's worth going to. And if you just SAW something great — a concert, a street performance, a competition set that blew your mind — tell us about it. I want this category to become the place where a cappella people find out what's happening everywhere. What's coming up near you?

This is where singers find each other. Not classified ads. Not "ISO tenor, must read music, Tuesday nights only." This is about connecting as people first and figuring out the singing part together. Here's how to post: - Who you are (name, where you're based) - What you sing or want to sing (style, part, experience level — whatever feels right) - What you're looking for (quartet? chorus? just someone to sing tags with on Zoom?) - I'll go first: I'm Denis. Ottawa, Canada. Baritone/lead. 40+ years across barbershop, contemporary, pop — whatever needs singing. Currently directing Vocestra but always open to connecting with other singers who want to lock in some chords. If you're in the Ottawa area and you sing, let's talk. I would LOVE to be in a 4-6 part group that does shows and has fun with "the best" tunes ;-) Your turn.