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Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America

  • The Society was organized in 1938.
     

  • Approximately 34,000 members (largest all-male singing organization) in the USA and Canada
     

  • PLUS those in INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATES

    • AAMBS - Australian Association of Mens Barbershop Singers

    •  BinG! - Barbershop IN Germany

    •  BABS  - British Association of Barbershop Singers

    •  DABS  - Dutch Association of Barbershop Singers

    •  IABS  - Irish Association of Barbershop Singers

    •  NZABS - New Zealand Association of Barbershop Singers

    •  SNOBS - Society of NOrdic Barbershop Singers

    •  SPATS - Southern Part of Africa Tonsorial Singers
       

  •  Harmony & Directors Colleges:  Missouri Western State College, St. Joseph, MO
     

  •  There are TWO "barbershop-style" groups for women:

    •    Sweet Adelines        (~28,000 members; nearest chapter meets in Wamego)

    •    Harmony, Incorporated (~ 2,100 members)