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The Barbershop Harmony Society's first International Convention was held in 1939 in Tulsa, OK.
Contests
BHS International Quartet Contest
BHS International Chorus Contest
The chorus contests officially began in 1954. There was a "trial" contest held in 1953, won by the Great Lakes Chorus of Grand Rapids, MI, under the direction of J.R. "Bob" Weaver.
BHS International Collegiate Quartet Contest
Sites
| Year | Location | Quartets | Choruses | Collegiate | ____
| Year | Location | Quartets | Choruses
|
| 2020 | | | |
| | 1980 | Salt Lake City, UT | Quartet
| Chorus
|
| 2019 | | | |
| | 1979 | Minneapolis, MN | Quartet
| Chorus
|
| 2018 | Orlando, FL | | |
| | 1978 | Cincinnati, OH | Quartet
| Chorus
|
| 2017 | Minneapolis, MN | | |
| | 1977 | Philadelphia, PA | Quartet
| Chorus
|
| 2016 | Nashville, TN | | |
| | 1976 | San Francisco, CA | Quartet
| Chorus
|
| 2015 | Pittsburgh, PA | | |
| | 1975 | Indianapolis, IN | Quartet
| Chorus
|
| 2014 | Minneapolis, MN | | |
| | 1974 | Kansas City, MO | Quartet
| Chorus
|
| 2013 | Toronto, ON | | |
| | 1973 | Portland, OR | Quartet
| Chorus
|
| 2012 | Portland, OR | | |
| | 1972 | Atlanta, GA | Quartet
| Chorus
|
| 2011 | Kansas City, MO | | |
| | 1971 | New Orleans, LA | Quartet
| Chorus
|
| 2010 | Philadelphia, PA | Quartet
| Chorus | Collegiate
| | 1970 | Atlantic City, NJ | Quartet
| Chorus
|
| 2009 | Anaheim, CA | Quartet
| Chorus | Collegiate
| | 1969 | St. Louis, MO | Quartet
| Chorus
|
| 2008 | Nashville, TN | Quartet
| Chorus | Collegiate
| | 1968 | Cincinnati, OH | Quartet
| Chorus
|
| 2007 | Denver, CO | Quartet
| Chorus | Collegiate
| | 1967 | Los Angeles, CA | Quartet
| Chorus
|
| 2006 | Indianapolis, IN | Quartet
| Chorus | Collegiate
| | 1966 | Chicago, IL | Quartet
| Chorus
|
| 2005 | Salt Lake City, UT | Quartet
| Chorus | Collegiate
| | 1965 | Boston, MA | Quartet
| Chorus
|
| 2004 | Louisville, KY | Quartet
| Chorus | Collegiate
| | 1964 | San Antonio, TX | Quartet
| Chorus
|
| 2003 | Montreal, QC | Quartet
| Chorus | Collegiate
| | 1963 | Toronto, ON | Quartet
| Chorus
|
| 2002 | Portland, OR | Quartet
| Chorus | Collegiate
| | 1962 | Kansas City, MO | Quartet
| Chorus
|
| 2001 | Nashville, TN | Quartet
| Chorus | Collegiate
| | 1961 | Philadelphia, PA | Quartet
| Chorus
|
| 2000 | Kansas City, MO | Quartet
| Chorus | Collegiate
| | 1960 | Dallas, TX | Quartet
| Chorus
|
| 1999 | Anaheim, CA | Quartet
| Chorus | Collegiate
| | 1959 | Chicago, IL | Quartet
| Chorus
|
| 1998 | Atlanta, GA | Quartet
| Chorus | Collegiate
| | 1958 | Columbus, OH | Quartet
| Chorus
|
| 1997 | Indianapolis, IN | Quartet
| Chorus | Collegiate
| | 1957 | Los Angeles, CA | Quartet
| Chorus
|
| 1996 | Salt Lake City, UT | Quartet
| Chorus | Collegiate
| | 1956 | Minneapolis, MN | Quartet
| Chorus
|
| 1995 | Miami Beach, FL | Quartet
| Chorus | Collegiate
| | 1955 | Miami Beach, FL | Quartet
| Chorus
|
| 1994 | Pittsburgh, PA | Quartet
| Chorus | Collegiate
| | 1954 | Washington, DC | Quartet
| Chorus
|
| 1993 | Calgary, AB | Quartet
| Chorus | Collegiate
| | 1953 | Detroit, MI | Quartet
| Chorus
|
| 1992 | New Orleans, LA | Quartet
| Chorus | Collegiate
| | 1952 | Kansas City, MO | Quartet | n/a
|
| 1991 | Louisville, KY | Quartet
| Chorus | n/a
| | 1951 | Toledo, OH | Quartet | n/a
|
| 1990 | San Francisco, CA | Quartet
| Chorus | n/a
| | 1950 | Omaha, NE | Quartet | n/a
|
| 1989 | Kansas City, MO | Quartet
| Chorus | n/a
| | 1949 | Buffalo, NY | Quartet | n/a
|
| 1988 | San Antonio, TX | Quartet
| Chorus | n/a
| | 1948 | Oklahoma City, OK | Quartet | n/a
|
| 1987 | Hartford, CT | Quartet
| Chorus | n/a
| | 1947 | Milwaukee, WI | Quartet | n/a
|
| 1986 | Salt Lake City, UT | Quartet
| Chorus | n/a
| | 1946 | Cleveland, OH | Quartet | n/a
|
| 1985 | Minneapolis, MN | Quartet
| Chorus | n/a
| | 1945 | Detroit, MI | Quartet | n/a
|
| 1984 | St. Louis, MO | Quartet
| Chorus | n/a
| | 1944 | Detroit, MI | Quartet | n/a
|
| 1983 | Seattle, WA | Quartet
| Chorus | n/a
| | 1943 | Chicago, IL | Quartet | n/a
|
| 1982 | Pittsburgh, PA | Quartet
| Chorus | n/a
| | 1942 | Grand Rapids, MI | Quartet | n/a
|
| 1981 | Detroit, MI | Quartet
| Chorus | n/a
| | 1941 | St. Louis, MO | Quartet | n/a
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| | 1940 | New York, NY | Quartet | n/a
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| | 1939 | Tulsa, OK | Quartet | n/a
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See Also
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