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== Creation == | == Creation == | ||
The date was Friday, July 13, 1945, when Edna Mae Anderson of Tulsa, Oklahoma, brought a few women together in her home. The women wanted to participate in – the "chord-ringing, fun-filled harmony" that their husbands, members of the men’s [[Barbershop Harmony Society | Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America (SPEBSQSA) | The date was Friday, July 13, 1945, when Edna Mae Anderson of Tulsa, Oklahoma, brought a few women together in her home. The women wanted to participate in – the "chord-ringing, fun-filled harmony" that their husbands, members of the men’s [[Barbershop Harmony Society | Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America]] (SPEBSQSA), were singing. From that meeting grew the nucleus of what was to become '''Sweet Adelines International'''. | ||
July 23rd was going to be the kick-off date. Invitations were sent to all barbershop wives asking them to meet at the Hotel Tulsa, where the men had met in 1939 to form [[Barbershop Harmony Society | SPEBSQSA]]. By year's end, the 85-member chapter incorporated in Oklahoma. Within four years, the organization had grown to 1,500 members singing in 35 chapters and 60 quartets in 14 different states; adopted bylaws and elected national officers; and created a system for adjudicating national annual competitions to select the best women's barbershop quartet. | July 23rd was going to be the kick-off date. Invitations were sent to all barbershop wives asking them to meet at the Hotel Tulsa, where the men had met in 1939 to form [[Barbershop Harmony Society | SPEBSQSA]]. By year's end, the 85-member chapter incorporated in Oklahoma. Within four years, the organization had grown to 1,500 members singing in 35 chapters and 60 quartets in 14 different states; adopted bylaws and elected national officers; and created a system for adjudicating national annual competitions to select the best women's barbershop quartet. | ||