Southwestern District

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District Geography

The Southwestern District encompasses all of Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana, and portions of Kansas, Arkansas and New Mexico.

Chapters

SWD Chapters

Chapter Name	Chorus	Meets Where	When	Code	Div.	Plat.
Abilene	The Memory Men	Abilene, TX	Mon	N-016	NW	A
Acadiana	Acadiana Chorus	Jennings, LA	Tue	N-033	SE	A
Alamogordo	Sounds of Enchantment	Alamogordo, NM	Tue	N-002	SW	A
Alvin	Crossroads Chorus	Alvin, TX	Tue	N-111	SE	A
Amarillo	Golden Spread Chorus	Amarillo, TX	Tue	N-017	NW	AA
Arlington	The Goodtimes Chorus	Arlington, TX	Tue	N-057	NW	AA
Austin	Chord Ranger Chorus	Austin, TX	Tue	N-054	SW	AA
Bay City	The Coastalaires	Bay City, TX	Thu	N-010	SW	A
Big “D”	Big “D” Chorus	Dallas, TX	Tue	N-020	NW	AA
Bryan/College Station	The Brazos Barbershoppers	College Stn, TX	Tue	N-076	SE	A
Carlsbad	Cavernaires	Carlsbad, NM	Thu	N-106	SW	A
Central Cities	Music Central	Oklahoma City, OK	Tue	N-037	NE	AA
Central Texas Corridor	Heart Of Texas Chorus	San Marcos, TX	Thu	N-031	SW	AAA
Centroplex	Texas Country Gentlemen	Temple, TX	Tue	N-038	SW	A
Coleman	Heartland Harmonizers	Brownwood, TX	Mon	N-027	SW	A
Corpus Christi	The Commodores	Corpus Christi, TX	Mon	N-053	SW	A
Dallas Metro	The Vocal Majority	Dallas, TX	Thu	N-025	NE	AAA
East Texas	Men In Harmony	Tyler, TX	Thu	N-108	SE	A
El Paso	The Border Chorders	El Paso, TX	Tue	N-021	SW	A
Fort Bend County	The Singsations	Stafford, TX	Tue	N-077	SE	A
Fort Worth	Texas Millionaires	Richland Hills, TX	Tue	N-022	NW	AA
Greater Baton Rouge	Louisiana Showboat Chorus	Baton Rouge, LA	Tue	N-035	SE	AA
Greater Fort Smith	The Riverblenders Chorus	Fort Smith, AR	Tue	N-048	NE	A
Greater Little Rock	The Diamond State Chorus	Little Rock, AR	Mon	N-045	NE	AA
Greater New Orleans	Mardi Gras Chorus	Kenner, LA	Tue	N-032	SE	AA
Hot Springs	Fun City Barbershop Chorus	Hot Springs, AR	Mon	N-074	NE	A
Houston	Tidelanders	Bellaire, TX	Mon	N-023	SE	AAA
Kerrville	Country Gentlemen	Kerrville, TX	Tue	N-079	SW	A
Lake Jackson	The Gulf Coasters	Lake Jackson, TX	Thu	N-078	SE	A
Lawton	Southwest Pride	Lawton, OK	Mon	N-042	NW	AA
Liberal	Wizards of Harmony	Liberal, KS	Mon	N-103	NW	A
Lubbock	The Singing Plainsmen	Lubbock, TX	Thu	N-024	NW	AA
Marble Falls	Hill Country Blenders	Marble Falls, TX	Tue	N-105	SW	AA
Mills County	The Mills Tones	Goldthwaite, TX	Mon	N-107	SW	A
The Greater Monroe Chapter	The Cotton Country Chorus	Monroe, LA	Thu	N-008	SE	A
Nacogdoches	The Timbretones	Nacogdoches, TX	Tue	N-019	SE	A
New Braunfels	The Hill Country Chorus	New Braunfels, TX	Tue	N-007	SW	AA
Northwest Arkansas	The Natural StatesMen	Springdale, AR	Tue	N-028	NE	A
Northwest Louisiana	River Cities Jubilee Chorus	Shreveport, LA	Mon	N-001	SE	AA
Oklahoma City	OK Chorale	Bethany, OK	Mon	N-011	NW	AA
Permian Basin	Sun Country Gentlemen	Midland, TX	Tue	N-018	SW	AA
San Angelo	The Twin Mountain Tonesmen	San Angelo, TX	Mon	N-075	SW	AA
San Antonio	The Chordsmen	San Antonio, TX	Mon	N-034	SW	AA
San Marcos	The Marcsmen	San Marcos, TX		N-112	SW	A
Sherman	The Texoma Chordringers	Sherman, TX	Tue	N-044	NE	A
Southeast Texas	Harmony Exporters	Nederland, TX	Thu	N-058	SE	A
Spring	The Statesmen Chorus	Houston, TX	Thu	N-006	SE	A
Tarrant County Metro(licensed chapter)	Tarrant County Troubadours	Ft Worth, TX	Thu	N-113	NW	A
Town North Plano	Men of Note Chorus	Plano, TX	Mon	N-047	NW	AAA
Tulsa #1 "The Grand Old Chapter"	Founders Chorus	Tulsa, OK	Tue	N-015	NE	AA
Victoria	Toast of the Coast	Victoria, TX	Tue	N-110	SW	A
Wichita Falls		Wichita Falls, TX	Thu	N-109	NW	A

Divisions

The Southwestern District consists of four Divisions, Northwest, Northeast, Southwest and Southeast. The district is generally divided by US Interstates 35 (east/west) and 20 (north/south).

Contests

International Champions from the SWD

Quartet

Year	Quartet	Chapter(s)	Tenor, Lead, Bari, Bass
2007	Max Q	Dallas Metro, TX, Tampa, FL & Frank Thorne	Greg Clancy, Tony DeRosa, Gary Lewis, Jeff Oxley
1990	Acoustix	Dallas Metro & Town North Plano, TX	Todd Wilson, Rick Middaugh, Jason January, Jeff Oxley
1983	Side Street Ramblers	Dallas Metro, TX	Keith Houts, Brian Beck, Dennis Malone, Earl Hagn
1976	Innsiders	Houston, TX	Mike Cox, John Devine, Guy McShan, Tom Pearson
1973	Dealer's Choice	Dallas Metro, TX	Al Kvanli, Bill Thornton, Brian Beck, Gary Parker
1969	Mark IV	San Antonio, TX	Franklin Spears, Alan Koberstein, Dale Deiser, Mo Rector
1958	Gaynotes	Tulsa, OK	Harold Jones, Howard Rinkle, John Loots, Mo Rector
1957	Lads of Enchantment	Albuquerque, NM	Don Pitts, Dan Aycock, Carlton Wright, Gil Wallace
1955	Four Hearsemen	Amarillo, TX	Wendell Heiny, Deane Watson, Dwight Elliott, Dick Gifford
1941	Chord Busters	Tulsa, OK	Doc Enmeier, Bob Holbrook, Bob Greer, Tom Masengale
1940	Flat Foot Four	Oklahoma City, OK	Johnny Whalen, Britt Stegall, Red Elliott, Sam Barnes
1939	Bartlesville Barflies	Bartlesville, OK	George McCaslin, Harry Hall, Bob Durand, Herman Kaiser

Seniors Quartet

Year	Quartet	Chapter(s)	Tenor, Lead, Bari, Bass
2008	Eureka!	Town North Plano & Dallas Metro, TX, Frank Thorne	Frank Friedemann, Art Swanson, Rick Haines, Brian Beck
2005	Texoma Sound	Town North Plano & Houston, TX, Frank Thorne	Frank Friedemann, Jim Casey, Bill Thompson, Tom Pearson
1989	Bayou City Music Committee	Houston, TX	Marlon Griffith, John Hammond, Dave Ewing, Ken Pacetti

Chorus

The Vocal Majority - Dallas Metro, TX - 2003, 2000, 1997, 94, 91, 85, 82, 79, 75, 64, 60
1964 - The Border Chorders - El Paso, TX
1960 - The Chordsmen - San Antonio, TX