Congratulations to all our Sunshine District Competitors! In a fantastic week of International competition in Nashville, TN, Sunshine District was well represented. In the quartet contest, Sunshine District quartets took 3rd, 4th and 5th place medals setting a record for Sunshine District quartets in the top 5.

Taking home 3rd place medals was Main Street with a total score of 8337 points or an average of 92.6%. Current SUN District Champs, Signature captured 4th place medals with a total score of 8183 or an average of 90.9%. Bringing home 5th place medals was Throwback with a total score of 8022 or an average of 89.1%.

Making the cut for the top 20 quartets in the world was Rooftop Records placing 17th with a total score of 4953 or an average of 82.6%.

Respectable performances were also turned in by Fuego who placed 37th with a total score of 2352 or an average of 78.4% and Vantage Point who placed 49th with a total score of 2316 or an average of 77.2%. There were a total of 57 quartets in the competition.

Score sheets for all International contests can be downloaded HERE.

In the Chorus Competition, current Sunshine District Champions T.H.X., placed 19th out of 29 choruses with a total of 2455 or an average of 81.8%.

In the Youth Quartet Contest, On Point placed 16th in a field of 30 quartets with a total score of 1334 or an average of 74.1%.

Sunshine District set a record for International Qualifiers this year at the International Preliminary competition held during the 2016 Spring Convention on April 29 through May 1, 2016. For the first time ever, a total of six (6) Sunshine District Quartets have qualified to represent the district at the International Quartet competition to be held in Nashville, TN in July. See the event on our calendar for more information on tickets and lodging. Come along and support our qualifiers!

At the top of the list was Main Street with a total score of 2175 or an average of 90.6%. Throwback qualified out of district with a total score of 2106 or an average of 87.8%. Placing 2nd in our competition was Signature, our current District Champions, with at total score of 2015 or an average of 84.0%. Next up was Rooftop Records with a total score of 1929 or an average of 80.4%. Finishing 4th in the competition was Vantage Point with a total score of 1877 or an average of 78.2%. Rounding out our list of qualifying quartets was Fuego with a total score of 1856 or an average of 77.3%. Congratulations to all our qualifiers, and we will all be pulling for you in Nashville this summer!

Score sheets for all the competitions held at the convention are HERE.

In the Youth Quartet competition, On Point won the right to represent the Sunshine District at the Harmony Foundation Youth Barbershop Quartet Contest held during the International Convention in July. They placed first in the Youth Quartet Finals with a total score of 817 or an average of 68.1%.

Our new 2016 Sunshine District Senior Quartet Champion is Easy Street who took top place honors in the senior competition with a total score of 864 or an average of 72.0%.

Sunshine District’s first ever Mixed Quartet Competition was also held at the convention and top honors went to Bellas and Fellas who have the honor of being our very first Sunshine District Mixed Harmony Quartet Champions. They scored a total of 843 or an average of 70.3%.

In the chorus competition, the Sunrise Chapter, THX took home the District Chorus Championship with a total score of 943 points or an average of 78.6%. The Pinellas Chapter increased from C+ to B-,  Orlando Chapter increased from C+ to B-, and the Cape Coral Chapter increased from C+ to B-.  Orlando Chapter was also named the Most Improved Chorus.

In the Combined (or Mixed) Chorus competition, The Panhandlers took top honors with a score of 794 points or an average of 66.2%.

In the Very Large Quartet competition, the Daytona Beach Metro chapter, Surfside Chorus became the Very Large Quartet Champions with a total score of 672 points or an average of 56.0%.

Congratulations to all our competitors for providing a great weekend of entertainment in what was one of the largest attended conventions in recent memory.

A reminder that Friday night’s Quartet Contest will begin at 6:00pm. This is tad bit earlier than normal, so please plan accordingly.

The Registration Booth outside of The Grand Ballroom will remain open on Friday evening for pass pick-up and ticket purchases until intermission for anyone arriving late.

–Saturday morning Chorus Contest will begin at 10am

–Saturday night Quartet Finals will begin at 7pm

–Saturday night District Afterglow following Quartet Finals in The Capri – donations are still open on Eventbrite and greatly appreciated!

–ALL quartets and choruses are welcomed and encouraged to perform at the Afterglow!**

Loops are here:  https://www.sunshinedistrict.org/specialcase/contestant-information/

*** GET UP TO DATE, REAL TIME INFORMATION LEADING UP TO CONVENTION & THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND!! ****

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2) IN THE BODY OF THE TEXT, TYPE “@SUNSHINEDI” (NO QUOTATIONS)

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**Housekeeping items**

-For those attendees that took advantage of the $119 hotel rate including breakfast for two (2) people, you will receive your vouchers upon check-in.

-Please be advised that the hotel will not issue extra breakfast vouchers if you have more than two people in your room.

-For those that booked the $99 standard rate, the hotel cannot “upgrade” you to include breakfast when you check-in.

Your electronic SUN Convention registration confirmation will be in a separate email.  Bring it with you to check in for your event tickets and name badge when you arrive.

Contestant information for the 2016 Spring Convention and contest is now available! You can find singing order and loop information HERE.

There is a contestant letter from the Convention Chairman HERE.

Sunshine District Spring Convention is rapidly approaching. That means it’s time to order Advertising in the Program to promote your business, quartet or show to our targeted market.

If you are a Quartet and need more singing opportunities put an ad in the program.  If you are a Chorus that is having a show put an ad in the program.  If you are in a business that caters to our market (by demographic or the Barbershop market) put an ad n the program.

Last Spring we announced we are now able to offer FULL COLOR advertising on any page in the program, YAY! This means you can really show off your ad and drive those looking by using color (I know I’m stating the obvious, again).

Ad sizes and rates are listed below.

Program Advertising Sizes & Rates

QuarterPage (Business Card) – 2.625h x 3.75w – B&W $40, Color $75
Half Page – 5.25h x 3.75w – B&W $75, Color $100
Full Page – 10.5h x 3.75w – B&W $100, Color $125
Inside Cover – 10.5h x3.75w – B&W $125, Color $150
Back Cover – 10.5h x 3.75w – Color Only $200
Double Truck (two facing pages including the gutter) – 10.5hx 8w – Color Only $225

Deadline for submissions – Midnight, Friday, April 15th. Print or camera ready digital art ONLY.

Please see the Ad Info PDF link below for more detailed size and price information.

A pdf file with ad sizes is here –>Program Ad Sizes

Make your check payable to Sunshine District and send to:

Sunshine District Program Ads
c/o Dave Kanneberg
13948 Sheffield Court
Wellington, FL 33414

See you in October!

Daniel Proctor,
Sunshine District Program Chairman
danp2000@live.com

(904) 838-6876

New this year at the 2016 Spring Convention is our first Mixed Quartet competition. Competition rules are HERE.

Register your mixed quartet here

The Sunshine District invites every barbershopper, or barbershop enthusiast in the state of Florida, or elsewhere, to attend the spring convention, which will take place this year from April 29 to May 1, 2026, at the Orlando Airport Marriott.  But, of course, we realize that there are compelling reasons why a few of us cannot be in Orlando for that special weekend.  For those, the district offers the webcast of the convention contest and show sessions.  This year, the price of an all-events webcast subscription is being reduced to $25.  We hope this price reduction will encourage many to subscribe.

As a further inducement to subscribe, those early birds who sign up for the webcast by St. Patrick’s Day (March 17, 2016), will enjoy a deeply discounted price—they will qualify for a $5 discount off the already reduced subscription price.  Bargain hunters are encouraged to save some green before St. Patty’s day by taking advantage of this short-lived deal while it is still available.

To subscribe for the webcast, go on-line to http://www.sunshinewebcast.com and complete the subscription form there.  In short order, you will receive an email with your personal authorization code which will enable you to view the webcast live as it is streamed from the venue.  Archived webcast files will be available on-line for a week or so after the event for delayed viewing as well.

Subscribe to the Sunshine Webcast

For more information about the webcast, go to our webcast page.

Early bird registration for 2016 Spring Convention is now open and will continue until April 15th. Regular pricing takes effect on April 16 and will run through April 26. Late/At the Door pricing will be in effect on April 27 through the convention dates. All ticket sales via Eventbrite will cease at 12:01 am April 27, 2016.

Please click on the 2016 Spring Convention event on the Home page or the Calendar page to access links for hotel reservations and event registration. For registration and all event tickets you may also visit Event Tickets to purchase tickets.

Mark your calendars now for future Sunshine District Spring and Fall Conventions. We have contracted with the Orlando Airport Marriott through 2019 for our conventions. More information on these will be available as the dates draw nearer.

Convention  Year  Dates  Spring  2016  April 29 – May 1  Fall  2016  October 7 – 9  Spring  2017  March 10 – 12  Fall  2017  October 27 – 29  Spring  2018  March 9 – 11  Fall  2018  October 26 – 28  Spring  2019  March 8 – 10  Fall  2019  October 25 -27

Sunshine District 2016 Leadership Academy will take place on January 16 & 17, 2016. It will be held at the Marriott Courtyard, 3712 SW 38th Avenue, Ocala, FL 34474. The event is scheduled to start at 11:00 am on Saturday the 16th and end on Sunday the 17th at 11:00 am.

Chapter officers and future chapter officers should mark their calendars for this important training date.

As more information and registration forms become available, they will be located HERE.