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British Association of Barbershop Singers
Genres
Barbershop music
Years active
1974–present
Website
www.singbarbershop.com
Musical artist
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]
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]
Year
Chorus[7]
Quartet[8][9]
Youth Quartet
Seniors Quartet
Mixed Chorus
2024
Meantime Chorus[10]
Fifth Element[10]
Ami Quartet[10]
Mixed Blessings[10]
Crucible Vocal Project[10]
2022–23
Cottontown Chorus
Trailblazers
The Breakfast Club[11]
Midnight Train[12]
Bristol A Cappella
2021–22
Meantime Chorus[13]
Limelight[14]
Hot Ticket[15]
Crown Derby[16]
The Bristol Mix
2020
No competition
2019
Hallmark of Harmony
Sound Hypothesis
Apollo II[17]
Bagatelle[18]
A Kind of Magic
2018
Cottontown Chorus
The Locksmiths
Northern Quarter[19]
One Foot in the Stave[20]
Momentum
2017
The Great Western Chorus of Bristol
Portobello Road
Sound Hypothesis
Three 'n' Easy[21]
EQMC
2016
Cottontown Chorus
Finest Hour
4 On Demand[21]
South Parade[22]
Strictly A Cappella
2015
The Great Western Chorus of Bristol
Tagline
Trailblazers[22]
The Grand Dads[23]
2014
Hallmark of Harmony
Park Street
Proper Sound[24][23]
Figaro[25]
2013
Cottontown Chorus
The Emerald Guard
Park Street[26]
Soundcheck[27]
2012
The Grand Central Chorus
iQ
Mach 4[28]
Just In Time[28]
2011
Cottontown Chorus
Crossfire
Mach 4[29]
Rockaholix[29]
2010
The Great Western Chorus of Bristol
Steel
2009
Cottontown Chorus
Evolution
2008
The Great Western Chorus of Bristol
Monkey Magic[note 1]
2007
Cottontown Chorus
Q.E.D.
2006
Cambridge Chord Company
Pitch Invasion
2005
Cottontown Chorus
The Works
2004
Cambridge Chord Company
Prime Time
2003
The Grand Central Chorus
Sound Crew
2002
Cambridge Chord Company
The Light Industrial Choral Society
2001
The Grand Central Chorus
Matrix
2000
Hallmark of Harmony
The Likely Lads
1999
Cambridge Chord Company
Shockwave
1998
Shannon Express
Chordial Exchange
1997
Hallmark of Harmony
Cambridge Blues
1996
Grand Central Chorus
Hooked On Harmony
1995
Shannon Express
Smilin' Thru
1994
Hallmark of Harmony
Sound Assembly
1993
Grand Central Chorus
Island Engagement
1992
Rainy City Chorus
Quattro
1991
Hallmark of Harmony
Talk Of The Town
1990
The Great Western Chorus of Bristol
Curtain Call
1989
Hallmark of Harmony
Quartz Precision
1988
The Great Western Chorus of Bristol
High Time
1987
Pilgrimaires
Times Square
1986
Hallmark of Harmony
Junction 33
1985
Pilgrimaires
Gilt Edge
1984
Crawley Chordsmen
On Spec
1983
The Great Western Chorus of Bristol
Mancunian Way
1982
Roker Peers
Limited Company
1981
The Great Western Chorus of Bristol
Regency Pride
1980
The Great Western Chorus of Bristol
Par Four
1979
No competition
1978
Crawley Chordsmen
Newtown Ringers
1977
The Great Western Chorus of Bristol
Fortunairs
1976
Crawley Chordsmen
The Barrytones
1975
Crawley Chordsmen
Five Bridge Four
1974
No competition
Ringleaders
^"Come and Join Us". British Association of Barbershop Singers. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
^"About". BABS Guild of Judges. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
^"Barbershop is universal". Barbershop Harmony Society. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
^"BABS and LABBS Joint Statement April 2023". British Association of Barbershop Singers. 1 April 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
^"Contest Rules" (PDF). British Association of Barbershop Singers. July 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
^"Results Archive". singbarbershop.com. British Association of Barbershop Singers. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
^"Chorus Champions since 1974" (PDF). singbarbershop.com. British Association of Barbershop Singers. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
^"Quartet Champions since 1974" (PDF). singbarbershop.com. British Association of Barbershop Singers. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
^"BABS Quartets". babsquartets.com. British Association of Barbershop Singers. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
^ abcde"Sing2024 Results: Award Winners". British Association of Barbershop Singers. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
^"Official Contest Result: Quartet Prelims (Youth Stream)". British Association of Barbershop Singers. 5 November 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
^"Official Contest Result: Quartet Prelims (Seniors Stream)". British Association of Barbershop Singers. 5 November 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
^"Official Contest Result: Chorus Final". British Association of Barbershop Singers. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
^"Official Contest Result: Quartet Final". British Association of Barbershop Singers. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
^"Official Contest Result: Quartet Prelims (Youth Stream)". British Association of Barbershop Singers. 6 November 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
^"Official Contest Result: Quartet Prelims (Seniors Stream)". British Association of Barbershop Singers. 6 November 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
^"Official Contest Result: National Quartet Prelims (Youth Stream)". singbarbershop.com. British Association of Barbershop Singers. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
^"Official Contest Result: National Quartet Prelims (Senior Stream)". singbarbership.com. British Association of Barbershop Singers. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
^"National Quartet Prelims (Youth Stream) – RNCM Manchester: 2018/2019" (PDF). British Association of Barbershop Singers. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
^"National Quartet Prelims (Senior Stream) – RNCM Manchester: 2018/2019" (PDF). British Association of Barbershop Singers. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
^ ab"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.
^ ab"Youth Quartet Contest / Seniors Quartet Contest" (PDF). Harmony Express. British Association of Barbershop Singers. December 2015. pp. 12–13. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
^ ab"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.
^"Student barbershop quartet crowned national champions". University of Liverpool. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
^"Combined Contests (Streamed Quartet Prelim) – Seniors Stream, 2013/2014" (PDF). British Association of Barbershop Singers. 17 November 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
^"National Quartet Prelims (Youth Stream), Official Contest Result" (PDF). British Association of Barbershop Singers. 18 November 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
^"National Quartet Prelims (Seniors Stream), Official Contest Result" (PDF). British Association of Barbershop Singers. 18 November 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
^ ab"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.
^ ab"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.
^"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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