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2008 District
International Preliminary
Chorus Contest
Scores Summary

(This web page last updated: 11/14/2008)


NOTE: At the November 2007 Society Board meeting, the Board reaffirmed 
that the 2008 International Chorus Contest would include one 
representative from each of the 16 BHS Districts, 10 additional wild card
choruses (invited to compete based on their overall ranking below), plus 
two affiliate choruses (who are invited by the BHS CEO), for a total of 28
competing choruses, 14 in each session. A mic tester chorus for each 
session adds two more choruses to the total of 30 choruses on stage.

Update as of 11/14/2008: Three affiliates are invited to the 2009 
contest (BABS, SNOBS, NZABS).

(*) by District Name Signifies 2009 Int'l Chorus Representative
(%) signifies BHS Affiliate scores, invited to Int'l
(@) signifies possible invitation as one of 10 Society Board approved 
    wild card BHS chorus slots for the International Chorus Contest.
(#) Invited to compete as a wild card but declined.

               3-judge/Category Panel Score (1800 max) --------------+
               2-judge/Category Panel Score (1200 max) ---------+    |
               1-judge/Category Panel Score ( 600 max) ----+    |    |
                                                           |    |    |  NUM SCORE
    CITY/STATE             CHORUS NAME            DIST     V    V    V  MEN  PCT
    ---------------------- ---------------------- ----   ---- ---- ---- --- -----
  1 St Charles, MO         Ambassadors of Harmony *CSD             1705 133 94.7%
  2 Dallas Metro, TX       The Vocal Majority     *SWD             1691 127 93.9%
  3 Hilltop, MN            Great Northern Union   *LOL        1069       70 89.1%
  4 Bay Area, CA           Voices In Harmony      *FWD             1591  82 88.4%
  5 Toronto, ON            The Northern Lights    *ONT        1060       43 88.3%
  6 Denver Mile High, CO   Sound of The Rockies   *RMD        1056      105 88.0%
  7 Northbrook, IL         New Tradition          *ILL        1041       69 86.8%
  8 Gr Central Ohio, OH    The Alliance           *JAD             1546  52 85.9%
  9 Stockholm, Sweden      zero8                  %SNOBS  515            24 85.8%
 10 Atlanta Metro, GA      Atlanta Vocal Project  *DIX        1025       41 85.4%
 11 Alexandria, VA         Alexandria Harmonizers *MAD             1530  71 85.0%
 12 Cen Texas Corridor, TX Heart of Texas Chorus  @SWD             1513  42 84.1%
 13 W Hills/Cincinnati, OH Southern Gateway       @JAD             1500  81 83.3%
 14 Elizabethtown, KY      Kentucky Vocal Union   *CAR         997       26 83.1%
 15 Greater Phoenix, AZ    Spirit of Phoenix      @FWD             1491  60 82.8%
 15 Greendale, WI          Midwest Vocal Express  @LOL         994       62 82.8%
 17 Bloomington, IL        Sound of Illinois      @ILL         979       73 81.6%
 18 Wasatch Front, UT      Saltaires              @RMD         976       26 81.3%
 19 Nashville, TN          Music City Chorus      @DIX         974       49 81.2%
 20 Wellington, NZ         Vocal FX               %NZABS  483            20 80.5%
 21 Salem, OR              Senate-Aires           *EVG             1441  44 80.1%
 22 Tampa, FL              Heralds of Harmony     *SUN         953       51 79.4%
 23 Greater Toronto, ON    MegaCity Chorus        @ONT         951       35 79.3%
 24 Bellevue, WA           Northwest Sound        @EVG             1425  35 79.2%
 25 Dundalk, MD            Chorus Of Chesapeake   #MAD             1418 100 78.8%
 25 Bristol, UK            Great Western Chorus   %BABS            1418  50 78.8%
 27 Minneapolis, MN        Commodores             @LOL         944       76 78.7%
 28 Florida Gulf Coast, FL The Academy             SUN         943       61 78.6%
 29 Manhattan, NY          Big Apple Chorus        MAD             1414  57 78.6%
 29 Metro Kansas City, MO  Central Standard        CSD             1414  22 78.6%
 29 Houston, TX            Tidelanders             SWD             1414  56 78.6%
 32 Independence, OH       Men of Independence     JAD             1413  48 78.5%
 33 Ronninge, Sweden       The Entertainmen        SNOBS  470            68 78.3%
 34 Chicagoland W Sub, IL  West Towns Chorus       ILL         938       53 78.2%
 35 Kansas City, MO        Heart of America        CSD             1402  61 77.9%
 36 Jacksonville Big O, FL The Big Orange          SUN         934       46 77.8%
 37 Fremont, NE            Pathfinders             CSD             1394  59 77.4%
 38 Memphis, TN            Cotton Boll Chorus      DIX         929       40 77.4%
 39 La Jolla, CA           Pacific Coast Harmony   FWD             1386  23 77.0%
 40 Northwest Ohio, OH     Voices of Harmony       JAD             1383  29 76.8%
 41 Hell's Kitchen, NY     Voices of Gotham        MAD             1378  20 76.6%
 42 Town North Plano, TX   Men of Note Chorus      SWD             1377  54 76.5%
 43 Western Washington, WA Northwest Vocal Project EVG             1373  28 76.3%
 43 Providence, RI         NarragansettBay Chorus *NED             1373  47 76.3%
 45 Lincoln, NE            Lincoln Continentals    CSD             1359  47 75.5%
 45 Ottawa, ON             Capital City Chorus     ONT         906       65 75.5%
 45 Mt. Pleasant, MI       Mountaintown Singers   *PIO         906       24 75.5%
 48 Gr Indianapolis, IN    Circle City Sound       CAR         904       41 75.3%
 49 Bernalillo County, NM  Duke City Chorus        RMD         899       26 74.9%
 49 Fargo-Moorhead, ND     Great Plains Harmony    LOL         899       37 74.9%
 51 Mason City, IA         River City Chorus       CSD             1348  46 74.9%
 52 Res. Triangle Pk, NC   General Assembly        DIX         890       36 74.2%
 52 Des Moines, IA         The Pride of Iowa       CSD             1335  58 74.2%
 54 Five Towns College, NY Long Island Sound       MAD             1331  22 73.9%
 55 Harrisburg, PA         Keystone Capital Ch.    MAD             1326  63 73.7%
 56 Linn County Metro, IA  21st Century Vocals     CSD             1323  32 73.5%
 57 Buckeye-Columbus, OH   Singing Buckeyes        JAD             1321  57 73.4%
 58 San Marcos, TX         the Marcsmen            SWD             1320  16 73.3%
 59 Batavia, NY            The Vocal Agenda       *SLD         878       17 73.2%
 60 Fox River Valley, WI   PrideOfTheValleyChorus  LOL         871       26 72.6%
 61 Appleton, WI           Fox Valleyaires Chorus  LOL         868       47 72.3%
 62 Longmont, CO           Longs Peak Chorus       RMD         867       35 72.3%
 62 Hamilton, ON           Harbour Town Sound      ONT         867       36 72.3%
 64 East Aurora, NY        Friends of Harmony      SLD         866       53 72.2%
 65 St Joseph, MO          Voices of America       CSD             1296  39 72.0%
 66 Boise, ID              Boise Valley Chordsmen  EVG             1292  42 71.8%
 67 Bryn Mawr, PA          The Mainliners          MAD             1290  51 71.7%
 68 Black Hawk Metro, IA   The Proud Image         CSD             1286  23 71.4%
 68 Manchester, CT         Silk City Chorus        NED             1286  54 71.4%
 70 Stone Mountain, GA     Stone Mountain          DIX         857       54 71.4%
 71 Saratoga Springs, NY   Racing City Chorus      NED             1279  55 71.1%
 72 Westchester County, NY Westchester Chordsmen   MAD             1272  61 70.7%
 73 Helsingborg, Sweden    Helsingborg Barberboys  SNOBS  422            14 70.3%
 74 Princeton, NJ          The Garden Statesmen    MAD             1264  48 70.2%
 75 Rincon Beach, CA       Pacific Sound           FWD             1262  19 70.1%
 76 Rochester, NY          Chorus of the Genesee   SLD         839       39 69.9%
 77 Fresno, CA             Gold Note Chorus        FWD             1256  33 69.8%
 78 Falun, Sweden          Falu Miner Chords       SNOBS  412            31 68.7%
 79 Anne Arundel, MD       Sons of the Severn      MAD             1231  30 68.4%
 80 Belleville, IL         Sounds of Harmony       ILL         818       24 68.2%
 80 Richmond, VA           The Virginians          MAD             1227  45 68.2%
 80 Cedar Rapids, IA       Harmony Hawks Chorus    CSD             1227  38 68.2%
 83 Macomb County, MI      Guardians of Harmony    PIO         817       38 68.1%
 84 Vaxjo, Sweden          Dacke Drangar           SNOBS  408            27 68.0%
 85 Salamanca, NY          Seneca Junction         SLD         814       16 67.8%
 85 Stevens Point, WI      Northern Gateway Chorus LOL         814       43 67.8%
 87 Mankato, MN            Riverblenders           LOL         813       25 67.8%
 88 Reno, NV               Silver Dollar Chorus    FWD             1218  31 67.7%
 89 Tucson, AZ             Sunshine Chorus         FWD             1216  35 67.6%
 90 Geneva, NY             Finger Lakes Chorus     SLD         810       16 67.5%
 90 Willmar, MN            West Central Connection LOL         810       20 67.5%
 92 Lansdale, PA           The North Pennsmen      MAD             1215  50 67.5%
 92 Fullerton, CA          Orange Empire Chorus    FWD             1215  51 67.5%
 94 Winter Park, FL        Sunshine Jubilee        SUN         810       17 67.5%
 95 So Bend-Mishawaka, IN  Valleyaires             PIO         809       20 67.4%
 96 Binghamton, NY         Southerntiersmen        SLD         808       27 67.3%
 97 Burlington, VT         Green Mountain Chorus   NED             1210  31 67.2%
 98 Lake County, IL        Brotherhood of Harmony  ILL         806       25 67.2%
 99 Worcester, MA          Men of Song             NED             1206  46 67.0%
100 Mammoth Cave, KY       Cavemen                 CAR         802       24 66.8%
100 Bellingham, WA         Mount Baker Toppers     EVG             1203  25 66.8%
100 Oklahoma City, OK      OK Chorale              SWD             1203  30 66.8%
103 Kitsap County, WA      Kitsap Chordsmen        EVG             1192  24 66.2%
104 Frederick, MD          Catoctones              MAD             1191  18 66.2%
105 Central Cities, OK     Music Central           SWD             1189  19 66.1%
106 Springfield, MO        Sho-Me Statesmen        CSD             1186  19 65.9%
107 Billings, MT           Big Sky Chorus          RMD         789       21 65.8%
107 East York, ON          EastYork Barbershoppers ONT         789       31 65.8%
109 Detroit-Oakland, MI    Gentlemen Songsters     PIO         785       39 65.4%
110 Holland, MI            Holland Windmill Chorus PIO         784       20 65.3%
110 La Crosse, WI          Coulee Chordsmen        LOL         784       33 65.3%
112 Iowa City, IA          Old Capitol             CSD             1174  15 65.2%
113 Gr Little Rock, AR     Diamond State Chorus    SWD             1173  30 65.2%
113 Hillsdale, MI          Town & Country Chorus   PIO         782       34 65.2%
115 Pasadena, CA           Pasadena Crown City     FWD             1172  38 65.1%
116 Salt Lake City, UT     Beehive Statesmen       RMD         781       40 65.1%
116 Mohawk Valley, NY      New Horizons Chorus     SLD         781       30 65.1%
118 Allentwn-Bethlehem, PA Lehigh Vly Harmonizers  MAD             1167  23 64.8%
118 St Croix Valley, MN    Croix Chordsmen Chorus  LOL         778       34 64.8%
120 Lowell, MA             Gentlemen Songsters     NED             1165  22 64.7%
121 Muncie, IN             Magic City Music Men    CAR         776       18 64.7%
121 Kearney, NE            Kearney Area1733 Chorus CSD             1164  35 64.7%
123 Pittsfield, MA         Berkshire Hillsmen      NED             1158  14 64.3%
124 Federal Way, WA        Harmony Kings           EVG             1156  33 64.2%
125 Portland Metro, OR     Bridge Town Sound       EVG             1154  32 64.1%
125 Pittsburgh Metro, PA   Steel City Harmonizers  JAD             1154  31 64.1%
127 Lexington, KY          Kentuckians             CAR         769       37 64.1%
128 Canton, OH             Hall Of Fame Chorus     JAD             1153  32 64.1%
129 Terre Haute, IN        Banks of the Wabash     CAR         768       28 64.0%
129 Roanoake Valley, VA    Virginia Gentlemen      MAD             1152  29 64.0%
129 Concord, MA            Sounds of Concord       NED             1152  30 64.0%
132 Cleveland, TN          ClevelandScream Machine DIX         766       18 63.8%
132 Grand Rapids, MI       Great Lakes Chorus      PIO         766       32 63.8%
132 Allegany County, MD    Chorus of the Potomac   MAD             1149  21 63.8%
135 Gr Grand Forks, ND     Valley Chordsmen        LOL         765       15 63.8%
136 St Cloud, MN           Singing Saints          LOL         764       23 63.7%
137 Keene, NH              Cheshiremen             NED             1144  48 63.6%
138 Spring, TX             The Statesmen Chorus    SWD             1142  28 63.4%
139 Central Alabama, AL    Voices of the South     DIX         760       16 63.3%
140 Las Vegas Metro, NV    City of Lights          FWD             1138  31 63.2%
141 Patapsco Valley, MD    Heart of Maryland       MAD             1137  25 63.2%
142 Poughkeepsie, NY       Newyorkers              NED             1132  22 62.9%
143 Tallahassee, FL        Capital Chordsmen       SUN         754       18 62.8%
144 Albuquerque, NM        New MexiChords          RMD         751       30 62.6%
145 Grosse Pointe, MI      Lakeshore Chorus        PIO         751       28 62.6%
146 Charlotte, NC          Gold Standard Chorus    DIX         750       21 62.5%
147 Milwaukee, WI          Festival City Chorus    LOL         749       23 62.4%
148 Lawton, OK             Southwest Pride         SWD             1123  17 62.4%
149 Springfield, IL        Land of Lincoln Chorus  ILL         747       22 62.3%
150 Central California, CA Golden Valley Chorus    FWD             1120  20 62.2%
151 Coles County, IL       Coles County B'shop Ch  ILL         744       14 62.0%
151 CoSpgs/Pikes Peak, CO  AmericaTheBeautifulCh   RMD         744       34 62.0%
151 Gainesville, FL        Barbergators            SUN         744       14 62.0%
151 Manitowoc, WI          Clipper City Chordsmen  LOL         744       23 62.0%
155 Cherry Hill, NJ        The Pine Barons         MAD             1115  31 61.9%
155 Schenectady, NY        Electric City Chorus    NED             1115  25 61.9%
157 Greensboro, NC         Tarheel Chorus          DIX         742       26 61.8%
158 Jamestown, NY          Harmony Express         SLD         741       17 61.8%
159 Central, CT            Conn. Yankee Chorus     NED             1110  16 61.7%
159 South Shore, QC        South Shore Saints      NED             1110  19 61.7%
161 Arlington, TX          Goodtimes Chorus        SWD             1108  30 61.6% 
162 Eugene, OR             Cascade Chorus          EVG             1101  40 61.2%
163 Spokane, WA            Pages Of Harmony        EVG             1100  26 61.1%
164 Newmarket, ON          Upper Canada Chordsmen  ONT         732       35 61.0%
165 Rock Valley, WI        Badger Chord Hawks      LOL         730       23 60.8%
166 Athens, AL             Southern Splendor Ch    DIX         728       18 60.7%
167 Chattanooga, TN        Choo Choo Chorus        DIX         727       25 60.6%
168 Davenport, IA          Chordbusters            CSD             1089  31 60.5%
168 Portland, ME           Downeasters             NED             1089  24 60.5%
170 Ocean County, NJ       Oceanaires              MAD             1088  48 60.4%
171 Hunterdon County, NJ   Hunterdon Harmonizers   MAD             1087  36 60.4%
171 Bozeman, MT            Chord Rustlers          EVG             1087  22 60.4%
173 DistrictOfColumbia, DC Singing Capital Chorus  MAD             1084  29 60.2%
173 Riverside, CA          New Gang On The Corner  FWD             1084  22 60.2%
175 Kalamazoo, MI          Kalamazoo Bshop Chorus  PIO         718       21 59.8%
176 Sacramento, CA         Capitolaires            FWD             1073  32 59.6%
177 Mt Rushmore, SD        ShrineOfDemocracyChorus RMD         715       16 59.6%
178 Charleston, SC         Charleston B'shop Ch.   DIX         711       19 59.3%
179 Dartmouth, NS          City of Lakes Chorus    NED             1065  28 59.2%
180 Gr Kanawha Valley, WV  Kanawha Kordsmen        JAD             1063  27 59.1%
180 NW Louisiana, LA       River Cities Jubilee    SWD             1063  22 59.1%
182 Traverse City, MI      Cherry Capital          PIO         706       24 58.8%
183 Gr St Paul Area, MN    North Star Chorus       LOL         705       21 58.8%
184 Michiana Metro, MI     Lighthouse Chorus       PIO         704       22 58.7%
185 SterlingRockFalls, IL  RockRiverValley Chorus  ILL         703       21 58.6%
186 New Braunfels, TX      The Hill Country Chorus SWD             1053  37 58.5%
187 Gr Pinellas, FL        Florida Suncoast Chorus SUN         701       16 58.4%
188 Lansing, MI            Capitol City Chordsmen  PIO         700       24 58.3%
189 Pocatello, ID          Idaho Gateway Chorus    RMD         699       16 58.3%
190 Fredrickstad, Norway   Fredrikstad Barberboys  SNOBS  347            13 57.8%
191 Tualatin Valley, OR    TualatinVllyHarmnyMstrs EVG             1037  19 57.6%
192 Battle Creek, MI       Cereal City Chorus      PIO         687       24 57.3%
193 Canby, OR              Oregon Trl Pitchpipers  EVG             1030  19 57.2%
194 Stockholm, Sweden      Vocal Vikings           SNOBS  342            39 57.0%
195 Kingston, ON           Townsmen                ONT         682       26 56.8%
196 Clermont, FL           Vocal Express           SUN         680       16 56.7%
197 SanFernando Valley, CA Valleyaires             FWD             1015  23 56.4%
198 Quinte Regional, ON    Trentones               ONT         674       20 56.2%
199 Placerville, CA        Gold Rush Chorus        FWD             1004  18 55.8%
200 Danbury, CT            Mad Hatters             NED             1001  21 55.6%
201 Tri Cities, WA         ColumbiaRiver Chordsmen EVG              996  16 55.3%
202 Dayton Metro, OH       Miami Valley Music Men  JAD              993  26 55.2%
203 Fostoria, OH           Lakeplains Chorus       JAD              992  22 55.1%
204 Windsor, ON            Sun Parlour Chorus      PIO         659       27 54.9%
205 Fairfax, VA            Fairfax Jubilaires      MAD              988  30 54.9%
206 Wayne, MI              Renaissance Chorus      PIO         655       22 54.6%
207 Melbourne, FL          Harbor City Harmonizers SUN         654       15 54.5%
208 Natick, MA             New Sound Assembly      NED              973  21 54.1%
209 Hartford, CT           Insurance City Chorus   NED              966  15 53.7%
210 Sioux City, IA         Siouxland Discovery Ch  CSD              965  14 53.6%
211 Olympia, WA            Puget Sounders          EVG              963  14 53.5%
212 Columbia Basin, WA     Inland Empire Chorus    EVG              959  25 53.3%
213 Norfolk, VA            Commodore Chorus        MAD              950  15 52.8%
214 Clevelnd W Subrban, OH Tower City Chorus       JAD              941  27 52.3%
215 Syracuse, NY           NewSpiritOfHarmonyCh    SLD         607       12 50.6%
216 Onondaga County, NY    Music Masters           SLD         606       19 50.5%
217 Co Springs Metro, CO   Peak Experience         RMD         582       13 48.5%
218 Aurora, IL             Lamplighters Chorus     ILL         568       14 47.3%

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The scores listed above have been hand-entered by Steve Tremper, who
assumes all responsibility for typo's and other unintentional errors.
When in doubt, please refer to the OFFICIAL published score sheets from
each District contest for actual scores.

Please contact Steve at HarmonetReporter@yahoo.com with corrections.
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