Hello there Sunshine District…
     At our recent Board of Directors Meeting held January 11, 2014, it was decided to limit our leadership academies to one(1) per year. The next one will be held sometime in the first two weeks of January 2015. I am currently looking for a venue possibly in the greater Orlando area to hold this event. It will take place over the course  of two days and consist of meals and room accomodations as part of the package. Look for future information and details as they become available. This can only benefit you and your chapter.

     Any ideas or suggestions are always welcome.

John McGoff      352-470-6230

What a great convention weekend! Kudos to the host chapter Central Florida, as well as all our convention team members for putting on a fantastic event.

Tony Fortune of the Daytona Beach Metro, FL chapter was selected as Sunshine District 2013 BOTY, congratulations Tony!

In the International Preliminary quartet contest, congratulations go to three Sunshine District Quartets who qualified for the 2014 International Quartet Competition to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 29 – July 6, 2014.

• Main Street, with a score of 2086 points or an average of 86.9 points per song per judge.
• Throwback, with a score of 2038 points or an average of 84.9 points per song per judge
• The Society, with a score of 1857 points or an average of 77.4 points per song per judge

Two quartets from out of district also qualified for the International Quartet Competition.

• Lunch Break, with a score of 1935 points or an average of 80.3 points per song per judge
• Overture, with a score of 1828 points or an average of 76.2 points per song per judge

Score sheet for the quartet competition is HERE.

In the Collegiate Quartet contest, this convention determined the Sunshine District Quartet Champions and also was the International Preliminary Collegiate Quartet qualification process. Congratulations go to The Sunny Boys who won the Sunshine District Collegiate Quartet Championship as well as qualifying for the Harmony Foundation Collegiate Quartet Contest held in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 29 – July 6, 2014. The Sunny Boys scored 919 points in the single round of competition, or an average of 76.6 points per judge per song.

Score sheet for the collegiate quartet competition is HERE.

Sunshine District has another quartet, The Academy, who qualified for the Harmony Foundation Collegiate Quartet Contest out of district in Johnny Appleseed District earlier this year with a score of  929 points or an average of 77.4 points per judge per song.

This convention also determined our 2014 Senior Quartet Champion. The honor was claimed by Four More Guys with a score of 754 points or an average of 62.8 points per song per judge in the single round of competition for seniors quartets that was held on Friday night.

In the chorus competition, the Tampa, FL chapter, Heralds of Harmony took home Sunshine District Chorus Champion honors with a score of 959 points or an average of 79.9 points per song per judge.

The Sarasota, FL chapter, Chorus of the Keys, was designated as Sunshine District Most Improved Chorus.

Score sheet for the chorus competition is HERE.

The Sunshine District Very Large Quartet Championship was won by a Combination VLQ from the Miami, FL chapter with a score of 744 points or an average of 62.0 points per song per judge.

Score sheet for the VLQ competition is HERE.

From Society Executive Director, Marty Monson, here is a link to the 2014 Spring House of Delegates Bulletin for the Barbershop Harmony Society. Please click HERE.

Once again, there will be an  auction for the “Best Seat In The House” at our 2014 Spring Convention. “What’s that?”, you ask? Click HERE for more information, HERE to enter a bid for our convention, or watch the video below:

Proceeds from the auction benefit the Harmony Foundation.

The Sunshine District and the Sunshine District Association of Quartet Champions (SDAQC) will sponsor a Quartet Coaching Clinic

April 12, 2014, 10 AM to 3PM North Stuart Baptist Church,1950 NW Federal Hwy, Stuart, FL 34994 Education Building in the rear. Click here for a map.

No Charge. Free Lunch. Just get there.

Registration cut-off March 29, 5:00 PM.

Open to registered and non-registered quartets. BHS members and/or non-members.

Each quartet gets two coaches, one AM, the other PM. Each coach gets two quartets, one AM the other PM.

Contacts for registration:
Bart Van de Mark: roadwarriorbvd@gmail.com
Sean Stork: seans2576@gmail.com

We will be planning another this Summer before LDJ and the Grapefruit League Novice Quartet Contest. Stay Tuned.

What a great convention weekend! Kudos to the host chapters Tampa and Jacksonville Big O, as well as all our convention team members for putting on a fantastic event.

In the quartet contest, congratulations go to The Society for becoming our 2013 Sunshine District Quartet Champions with a score of 1857 points or an average of 77.4 points per song per judge. Score sheet for the quartet competition is HERE.

This convention determined our 2014 International Midwinter Seniors Quartet representative for the 2014 International Seniors Quartet competition to be held in Long Beach, CA, January 28 – February 2, 2014. The honor was claimed by Night Shades with a score of 696 points or an average of 58 points per song per judge. Score sheet for the Seniors Quartet competition is HERE.

The weekend also decided our International Chorus representative to the 2014 International Chorus competition to be held in Las Vegas, NV, June 29 – July 6, 2014. The Sunrise, FL chapter, T.H.X. took home the honors in the chorus competition with a score of 998 points or an average of 83.2 points per song per judge. Score sheet for the chorus competition is HERE.

The 2013 International convention in Toronto is history! Sunshine District was well represented by our competing chorus and quartets.

In the chorus competition, our representative T.H.X. tied for 8th place with a score of 2521 points which was an average of 84.0 points/song/judge and was one (1) point out of 7th place.

In the quartet competition, Main Street placed 4th with a score of 7825 which was an average of 86.9 points/song/judge. Throwback placed 7th with a score of 7693 which was an average of 85.5 points/song/judge. The Society placed 37th with a score of 2291 which was an average of 76.4 points/song/judge. It should be noted that of all the districts in the Barbershop Harmony Society, only Sunshine District and Far Western District had two quartets in the finals.

In the collegiate quartet competition, The Sunny Boys placed 2nd with a score of 1426 which was an average of 79.2 points/song/judge. Ballistic! placed 14th with a score of 1314 points which was an average of 73.0 points/song/judge.

Congratulations to all of our Sunshine District representatives!

Complete scoring sheets are available below:

Collegiate Quartet Contest

Quartet Quarter-Finals

Quartet Semi-Finals

Quartet Finals

Chorus Finals

Thanks for the great turnout at the District Convention April 26 – 28, 2013!

A great contest with a lot of participants and a lot of winners, including a very successful inaugural Very Large Quartet Contest!

Quartets scoring 1824 points or greater qualify for the International Quartet Contest in July. Congratulations to our Quartet Qualifiers – Main Street (2101 pts.) and The Society (1837 pts.)!

Also, all three Collegiate Quartet competitors qualified for the Harmony Foundation Collegiate Quartet in July in Toronto. Collegiate quartets scoring 852 or greater qualify. So congratulations – The Sunny Boys (906 pts.), Ballistic (898 pts.), and Kickback (867 pts)!

Congratulations to the Miamians for winning the District Chorus Championship, as well as the District Most Improved Chorus! And kudos to Miami, Fort Walton Beach, Hernando County and Orlando for earning Grade Level Improvements!

Beach Street is the new Seniors District Champion and Slice of Big Orange is the District Very Large Quartet Champion.

And a big round of applause for our ne Sunshine District Barbershopper of the Year – Nick Schwob! Nick is from the Tampa Chapter and is currently the Executive Vice President of the Sunshine District Board.

Don’t forget to line up the troops for the Sunshine District Fall Convention,

October 11- 13, 2013 at the Orlando Airport Mariott! See you there!

Members of the Sunshine District,
Please click the HOD Bulletin link at the end of this message for a PDF containing vital information from our Society CEO Marty Monson and Society President Shannon Elswick. The document contains articles about your new Society Board, the International Convention coming up in July in Toronto, Harmony University, our Society’s 75th Anniversary, and other important facts. Take a look at this information and then really look at the statistics regarding membership. What can you do about the decline?

Hope you are planning on attending our District Convention April 26-28.

HOD Bulletin [PDF]

Your April-June 2013 edition of The SunBurst is available for download here. Please remember, there will be no printed copies of The SunBurst produced. You can download the current issue, as well as obtain previously archived copies via the link above.