British_Association_of_Barbershop_Singers

British Association of Barbershop Singers

British Association of Barbershop Singers

British organization

The British Association of Barbershop Singers (BABS) is a British organisation of male barbershop singers.[1] It was formed in 1974 and is affiliated with the Barbershop Harmony Society.[2][3] Since 2023, BABS and its female counterpart in the UK, the Ladies' Association of British Barbershop Singers, have been in talks to consider proposals to work more closely together.[4]

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Every year the association runs contests in parallel for barbershop choruses (male and mixed-gender) and quartets as part of the BABS Annual Convention. The British convention is the largest barbershop convention of its kind outside of North America. The chorus competitions are currently each held on a single day, while the quartet competition is spread over the convention weekend (with a preliminary round to eliminate all but the top 16 quartets usually held about 6 months prior to the semi-finals).

Concurrent with the national quartet contest, BABS holds an International Quartet Qualifying Contest, which past BABS gold medal quartets may also enter, to determine qualification for the next year's BHS International Quartet contest. In conjunction with the preliminary quartet contest, BABS also holds Seniors Quartet and Youth Quartet contests; BHS is asked to permit the respective winners to compete in the subsequent corresponding international contest, subject to a qualifying score.[5]

National contest winners (in the categories of chorus and quartet) by year are as follows:[6]

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Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Now "The Great British Barbershop Boys"[29]

References

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  2. [2]
    "About". BABS Guild of Judges. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
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    "Contest Rules" (PDF). British Association of Barbershop Singers. July 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
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    "Results Archive". singbarbershop.com. British Association of Barbershop Singers. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
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    "Official Contest Result: Chorus Final". British Association of Barbershop Singers. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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    "Official Contest Result: Quartet Final". British Association of Barbershop Singers. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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    "Official Contest Result: Quartet Prelims (Youth Stream)". British Association of Barbershop Singers. 6 November 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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    "Youth Quartet Contest / Seniors Quartet Contest" (PDF). Harmony Express. British Association of Barbershop Singers. December 2016. pp. 12–13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
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    "Youth Quartet Contest / Seniors Quartet Contest" (PDF). Harmony Express. British Association of Barbershop Singers. December 2015. pp. 12–13. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
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    "BABS Seniors Gold Medal Quartet / BABS Youth Quartet Winners" (PDF). Harmony Express. British Association of Barbershop Singers. December 2014. p. 4. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  23. [23]
    "Student barbershop quartet crowned national champions". University of Liverpool. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
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    "Combined Contests (Streamed Quartet Prelim) – Seniors Stream, 2013/2014" (PDF). British Association of Barbershop Singers. 17 November 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
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    "National Quartet Prelims (Youth Stream), Official Contest Result" (PDF). British Association of Barbershop Singers. 18 November 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  26. [26]
    "National Quartet Prelims (Seniors Stream), Official Contest Result" (PDF). British Association of Barbershop Singers. 18 November 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  27. [27]
    "Quartet Prelim Contest 1 / 2 (Seniors / Youth Stream), Official Contest Result" (PDF). British Association of Barbershop Singers. 20 November 2011. pp. 8–10. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  28. [28]
    "National Quartet Prelims (Seniors / Youth Stream), Official Contest Result" (PDF). British Association of Barbershop Singers. 21 November 2010. pp. 17–19. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  29. [29]
    "Monkey Magic". babsquartets.com. British Association of Barbershop Singers. Archived from the original on 7 July 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
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