Sunshine District was well represented in the 2024 BHS International Convention held in Cleveland, OH. Congratualtions to all Sunshine District Competitors! Scoresheets for all contests are available HERE.   3 1/2 Men, our 2023 Sunshine District Quartet Champions, have taken the gold medal at the 2024 International convention in Cleveland, OH. They scored a total of 6794 points or an average of 94.4% In the NextGen Varsity Quartet competition, Suite Life took second place honors with a score of 1432 points or an average of 79.6%. The quartet also won the 139th Street Legacy Prize A ..read more

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What a great weekend we had in the Sunshine District! We had 19 quartets in the Quartet competition and the top ten competitors in the Finals all scored 71% or higher. A great accomplishment for the district! Also, eleven of the nineteen quartets were new in that they had not competed previously. Taking top honors was Three and a Half Men with score of 2244 or an average of 93.5%, in second place was Tonal Fusion with a score of 1901 or an average of 79.2%. Of note was that Joseph DeRosa sang Tenor in Three and a Half Men and Baritone in Tonal Fusion! Placing third in the competition was Suite ..read more

2023 Fall Convention coming! Join us for the 2023 Sunshine District Fall Convention October 13-15, 2023! Hotel reservations and registrations for the convention are now open! Please see the relevant sections on the home page or on the District calendar for more information! Join us in celebrating the anniversaries of some of our past District Champion Quartets! Interested in hearing about how a quartet gets to the top levels? Join Wildfire for an hour chat! Think you can select the winners better than the judging panel can? Listen to one of them explain what it is they actually do at our “So ..read more

2023 Spring Convention was a success! Three and a Half Men win the right to represent Sunshine District in the International Quartet Competition in Louisville, KY, July 2-9, 2023. The quartet took the honors in the International Quartet Preliminary contest in Sunshine District with a score of 2075 or an average of 86.5%. Right on Q won the Sunshine District Senior Quartet competition with a total score of 869 or 72.4% Orange Blossom Chorus won the Sunshine District Chorus Championship as well as the Sunshine District Most Improved Chorus Award. The Chorus took top honors with a score ..read more

Congratulations to “The World According to AARP” for placing 14th in the Barbershop Harmony Society Seniors Quartet Championship at Mid-winter Convention in Daytona Beach!     The quartet members are Dave Jacobs Gainesville chapter president, Roger Smeds – SUN District VP Communications, Paul Agnew – SUN District VP Contest & Judging, and Steve Culpepper – SUN District VP Music & Performance. The quartet scored 1269 points or an average of 70.5%.     Well done!     #mw2023 #barbershopharmony #barbershopquartet #everyoneinharmony #lifelongsinging Photo ..read more

Here is a perspective on LDJ from the district’s new social media manager, Melissa Klotzbach.   A Whole New World By Melissa Klotzbach New District Digital Marketing Consultant under Roger Smeds My husband, Jack Klotzbach, is a barbershop singer. We recently married in June 2022. I have been to a few of his singouts – Christmas at the Mall in Destin Commons was my first. Oh boy was I hooked! He has been telling me “wait ‘til we go to LDJ!” We had intended on going last year but due to COVID-19 it was cancelled. We even bought matching outfits for the event. I had been anxiously waiting ..read more

Sunshine district was well represented in the Quartet competition where “Throwback” brought home 3rd place bronze medals with a score of 8283 or a 92.0% average. Scoresheets for the Finalist quartets are here. In the Chorus competition, the Tampa “Heralds of Harmony” finished just out of the medals in 7th place with a score of 2676 or an 89.2% average. Also representing Sunshine District was the Sunrise chapter “THX” who came in 35th place with a score of 2253 or a 75.1% average. Scoresheets for the chorus competition are here.   ..read more

Dear Sunshine Members, The Sunshine District was faced with yet another tough situation with our convention this Spring. We contacted our District Chapters and Quartets to check on their status given the ongoing pandemic. Results overwhelmingly indicated scant interest in attending due to Covid-19. Based on these circumstances, it is impossible to hold our Spring Convention. We realize this creates an issue for quartets looking to qualify for International and alternate options are being explored. Unfortunately, BHS and SCJC are not allowing video submissions and SUN quartets may need to compe ..read more

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