Sunshine District

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District Geography

The Sunshine District consists of the entire State of Florida.

Our Mission:

“The Sunshine District is an association of Florida Chapters of the Barbershop Harmony Society and is committed to the promotion of Barbershop music to the public and to the musical and administrative training and education of its membership. Member Chapter choruses and quartets are encouraged to perform throughout their communities in support of worthwhile civic, cultural, educational, and charitable endeavors.”

The Sunshine District is comprised of over 1800 members in chapters from Miami to Pensacola. The Sunshine District leads the nation in promoting the musical excellence of barbershop harmony in our schools and communities. "Singing is Great in the Sunshine State!"

Chapters

Sunshine Chapters/Choruses are listed in alphabetical order by city affiliation.

P-043	Boca Raton	Hurricane Harmonizers
P-037	Cape Coral	Cape Chorale
P-035	Citrus County	Chorus of the Highlands
P-049	Central Florida	Heart of Florida
P-006	Charlotte County	Sun Coast Statesmen
P-040	Clermont	Vocal Express
P-003	Daytona Beach Metro	Surfside Chorus
P-038	Englewood	Lemon Bay Chord Co
P-050	Florida Gulf Coast	The Academy
P-027	Fort Lauderdale	Sunshine Chordsmen
P-019	Fort Walton Beach	Emerald Coast Chorus
P-007	Gainesville	Barbergators
P-017	Greater Canaveral	Space Coast Chorus
P-013	Greater Pinellas	The Florida Suncoast Chorus
P-045	Greater Sun City Center	Greater Sun City
P-047	Hernando County	Hernando Harmonizers
P-034	Jacksonville Big O	The Big Orange Chorus
P-044	Lakeland	City of Lakes Chorus
P-004	Manatee County	Gulfcoast Sandpipers
P-030	Martin/St. Lucie	Mariners
P-036	Melbourne	Harbor City Harmonizers
P-010	Miami	The Miamians

P-023	Naples/Fort Myers	Paradise Coastmen Chorus
P-012	Ocala	Big Sun Chorus
P-051	Orange Ridge	Sentimental Journeymen
P-011	Orlando	Orange Blossom Chorus
P-016	Palm Beach County	The Coastmen
P-022	Palm Harbor	Crystal-Aires
P-028	Panama City	Gulf Tones
P-032	Pasco County	Sound of Sunshine
P-009	Pensacola	Fiesta Chorus
P-026	Polk County	Citrus Lakes Chorus
P-014	Sarasota	Chorus of the Keys
	Sarasota	One Voice
P-048	Sebring	Heartland Harmonizers
P-027	Sunrise	Total Harmony Experience
P-041	Suwannee Valley	Suwannee Valley Barbershop Chorus
P-045	Greater Sun City Center	Par For The Chorus
P-024	Tallahassee	Capital Chordsmen
P-015	Tampa	Heralds of Harmony
P-001	Venice	Venice Gondoliers
P-031	Winter Park	Sunshine Jubilee
P-021	Zephyrhill-Dade City	Harmony Hills Chorus

Divisions

This District has no Divisions.

Contests

Sunshine District holds two conventions a year in the Spring and Fall generally in May and October, respectively. Spring Convention contains the District Chorus Champion contest and International Quartet Qualifier contest. Fall Convention contains the District Quartet Champion contest and the International Chorus Qualifier contest. Visit our Conventions page here.

International Champions

Quartet

2000 - PLATINUM
1992 - Keepsake
1961 - The Suntones

Seniors Quartet

1997 - Saturday's Heroes

Collegiate Quartet

2003 - HEAT
1999 - Station 59

Chorus

1965 - Miamians - Miami

District Champions

Quartets

Category	Current Champ	Year	Full List
Open	The Pursuit	2010	SUN Quartet Champions
Senior	Crosstown Connection	2010	SUN Seniors Champions
Novice	not awarded	2009	SUN Novice Champions
Collegiate	Power House	2010	SUN Collegiate Champions