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The TREBLEMAKERS CHORUS from Chandler High School in Chandler, Arizona, was named Audience Favorite and earned a SUPERIOR rating in Friday’s International Youth Barbershop Chorus Festival in San Antonio.
The Treblemakers won the hearts of the sold-out audience with a set that included “Peanut Butter and Jelly.” Their male counterparts, the Chandler High School Men’s Chorus, also participated In the festival, earning an Outstanding ranking.
Now its tenth year, the Festival featured 600 young singers in 25 choruses from across North America, including men’s choruses, women’s choruses and mixed-voice choruses, all singing in the barbershop style.
More than 2,100 singers and fans have kept San Antonio ringing with music during the four-day meeting of the Barbershop Harmony Society. The event continues through Saturday with a Seniors Quartet Championship and a gala finale show that features world champion quartets and choruses.
“We’ve really focused on the intergenerational aspect,” said Joe Cerutti, Director of Outreach. “There’s a lot of casual singing going on in the lobbies, and you see these young kids teaching music to older people, and it’s just amazing.”
A full scoresheet is available. In summary:
AUDIENCE FAVORITE
TREBLEMAKERS
PRESENTER’S AWARD
Cleveland Heights Barbershoppers
CHORUSES earning SUPERIOR
Chandler HS Treblemakers
Chandler High School
Georgia Spirit
Dixie District, Atlanta Metro, Marietta, Grea
Scarlet
Sweet Adelines Region 15, Spirit of Syracuse
Sounds of the Mouth Women's Ensemble
Sweet Adelines Region 21, Mesa Community
Boomtown Chorus
Far Western District, Santa Fe Springs Chapter
East Coast Sound
Caldwell, New Jersey Chapter
Choruses earning OUTSTANDING
Chandler High School Men's Choir
Chandler High School, Chandler, AZ
Foothills Sound
Powell High School
Good Life Chorus
Pius X HS, Columbus HS, East HS,
The Recruits
Central States District, St. Charles, MO
52eighty
Denver-Mile High Chapter, RMD
The Voice
Michigan
Choruses earning EXCELLENT
Southern Belles
Sweet Adelines Region 10
Maidens & Men
Brenham High School, Brenham ISD
Cleveland Heights Men's Barbershoppers
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Choruses earning GOOD
Carol and the Belles
University of La Verne
MoWest Men
West High School from Morristown, TN
Encore Acapella
Independent Home School Program
Plateau A
Treblemakers
Plateau AA
Scarlet
Plateau AAA
Boomtown Chorus