
Table of Contents
What is The SWD
SWD Map by Divisions
Society Map
What
is SPEBSQSA
SWD Fact Sheet
Current List of Chapters
2005
SWD Board Members and Responsibilities
SWD Management Team
Past
District Presidents
The District Publication / The Roundup
Int'l Quartet Champions from the SWD
Int'l Chorus Champions from the SWD
Int'l Presidents from the SWD
Int'l Conventions held in the SWD
SWD Quartet Champions
Internatinal Senior Champs
SWD Chorus Champions
SWD Barbershopper's of the
Year
SWD Hall Of Fame
Int'l Bulletin Editor's of the Year from the SWD
Int'l PR Officer's of the Year from the SWD
| The SWD is part of a larger organization called The Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS) previously known as The Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America (S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A. Inc.) that consists of 810 chapters in 16 districts with 29.024 members (as of July 2005). There are also affiliates in many foreign countries. |

| The Society is governed by a
board of directors. Our
2005 Int'l President is Rob Hopkins
of Clinton, NY. The
SWD is represented on the Society Board of Directors by Bill Biffle of Albuquerque, NM.
One of the highlights of barbershopping is attending a convention. Each division holds a convention in the spring, the District has a convention in the fall and the International is held each summer (July 4th weekend) by the Society. The next Int'l will be in Indianapolis, IN. Our Society headquarters is in Kenosha, Wisconsin where we have a staff of about 40 people. The headquarters is affectionately known as "Harmony Hall" and is now located at 7930 Sheridan Rd, Kenosha, WI 53143. You can reach the headquarters and the staff via
1-800-876-7464
(1-800-876-SING). The Society has a web page at
<www.spebsqsa.org>.
There is an organization for women who like to sing barbershop called
"Sweet
Adelines" via the website <http://www.sweetadelineintl.org> and
via
800-992-7464. The SWD has a web site with lots of valuable resources. You can find the official barbershop calendar, current officers and how to contact them, upcoming events of interest, scores of past contests, a list of SWD chapters & quartets. www.swd.org The SWD also has a Barbershopper's Shop. They handle a wide range of items including recordings, t-shirts, pitch pipes, music books, jewelry and almost everything you'd ever want related to barbershopping. They set up shop at many of the SWD conventions and can be reached via the SWD website. |
Name........................ The Southwestern District Association of Barbershop Chapters
Area.................... Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and southern New Mexico
Chartered............................................................................................... July 1, 1949
#Chapters............................................................................................................ 44
#Members......................................................................................................... 1683
Web Page..............................................................................................www.swd.org
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| Town North Plano, TX |
October 30, 1958 |
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| Greater Little Rock, AR |
May 17, 1955 |
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| Benton,
AR |
extension
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| Mountain
Home, AR |
extension site |
| Siloam
Springs, AR |
extension site |
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| Bryan/College Station, TX |
December 27, 1988 |
| Carlsbad,
NM |
licensed |
| Central TX Corridor, TX |
October 7, 1994 |
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| Chordsmen (San Antonio), TX |
April 13, 1955 |
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| Marble
Falls, TX |
May 21,
2005 |
| Mills
County, TX |
licensed |
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| Las
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extension site |
| McAllen,
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extension site |
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| Fort Bend County, TX | November 3, 1995 |
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| Nacogdoches, TX | December 29, 1972 |
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| Gary Hannah President Chief executive officer of his district. Supervise and monitor all administrative functions and activities of the district. Don Hackett Immediate Past President Mike McGinley Larry Clemons Richard Morrison Terry Mercing Dan Fullerton Jim Graham Andy Weaver |
SWD Management Team
and Responsibilities
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Jim Massey Charlie Hill Lou Anderson Hank Hammer John Devine Phil Maxfield
Jim Halcarz |
| Year(s) | President | Hometown |
| 2004-06 |
Gary Hannah |
Corpus Christi, TX |
| 2003-04 | Don Hackett | Town North Plano |
| 2000-02 | Larry Clemons | Garden Ridge, Texas |
| 1997-99 | John Devine | Houston, Texas |
| 1995-96 | Joe McCain | Austin, Texas |
| 1994-95 | Ric Haythorn | Dallas Metro, Texas |
| 1992-93 | Bruce Clark | San Angelo, Texas |
| 1990-91 | Perry Baker | San Antonio, Texas |
| 1988-89 | Greg Elam | Dallas Town North, Texas |
| 1986-87 | John Schneider | Houston, Texas |
| 1984-85 | Julian White | Little Rock, Arkansas |
| 1982-83 | Ed Reeder | Dallas Town North, Texas |
| 1981 | Don Wagner | Dallas Town North, Texas |
| 1980 | Duane Lunday | Dallas Town North, Texas |
| 1978-79 | Kent Cornwell | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| 1977 | Al Feuerbacher | San Antonio, Texas |
| 1976 | Larry Moran | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 1975 | Elvis Miller | Sherman, Texas |
| 1974 | Dave Sjogren | Dallas Town North, Texas |
| 1972-73 | Ernie Hills | Enid, Oklahoma |
| 1971 | Ward Nelson | Ponca City, Oklahoma |
| 1970 | Mel Burkett | Austin, Texas |
| 1968-69 | John Anderson | Lubbock, Texas |
| 1967 | Herbert Newton | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 1965-66 | Ralph Ribble | Dallas Town North, Texas |
| 1964 | Charles Abernethy | Ponca City, Oklahoma |
| 1963 | Henry "Hank" Lewis | Dallas Big D, Texas |
| 1962 | Bill Shoemaker | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 1961 | Al Smith | Fort Worth, Texas |
| 1960 | Barney Wieland | El Paso, Texas |
| 1959 | Don Johnson | Carrier, Oklahoma |
| 1958 | Lake Churchill | El Paso, Texas |
| 1957 | Aylett Fitzhugh | Dallas Big D, Texas |
| 1956 | Lou Laurel | El Paso, Texas |
| 1955 | Joe Kemendo | El Paso, Texas |
| 1954 | Joe Lewis | Dallas Big D, Texas |
| 1952-53 | Grady Musgrave | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 1951 | Dr. Calvin Jones | Pampa, Texas |
| 1950 | Ernie Dick | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Editor – Rick Brower
roundup@swd.org
First issue, July 1953
Editor - Tom Helzer
| Year | Quartet | City | Tenor | Lead | Bari | Bass |
| 2006 |
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| 1990 | Acoustix | Dallas | Wilson | Middaugh | January | Oxley |
| 1983 | Side Street Ramblers | Dallas | Houts | Beck | Malone | Hagn |
| 1976 | The Innsiders | Houston | Cox | Devine | McShan | Pearson |
| 1973 | Dealer's Choice | Dallas | Kvanli | Thornton | Beck | Parker |
| 1969 | Mark IV | San Antonio | Spears | Koberstein | Deiser | Rector |
| 1958 | Gaynotes | Tulsa | Jones | Rinkel | Loots | Rector |
| 1957 | Lads of Enchantment | Albuquerque | Pitts | Aycock | Wright | Wallace |
| 1955 | The Four Hearsemen | Amarillo | Heiny | Elliott | Watson | Gifford |
| 1941 | Chord Busters | Tulsa | Enmeier | Holbrook | Greer | Masengale |
| 1940 | Flat Foot Four | Oklahoma City | Whalen | Stegall | Elliott | Barnes |
| 1939 | Bartlesville Barflies | Bartlesville | McCaslin | Hall | Durand | Kaiser |
| Year | Chorus | Chapter | Director |
| 2006 |
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| 2003 |
Vocal Majority | Dallas Metro | Jim Clancy |
| 2000 | Vocal Majority | Dallas Metro | Jim Clancy |
| 1997 | Vocal Majority | Dallas Metro | Jim Clancy |
| 1994 | Vocal Majority | Dallas Metro | Jim Clancy |
| 1991 | Vocal Majority | Dallas Metro | Jim Clancy |
| 1988 | Vocal Majority | Dallas Metro | Jim Clancy |
| 1985 | Vocal Majority | Dallas Metro | Jim Clancy |
| 1982 | Vocal Majority | Dallas Metro | Jim Clancy |
| 1979 | Vocal Majority | Dallas Metro | Jim Clancy |
| 1975 | Vocal Majority | Dallas Metro | Jim Clancy |
| 1964 | Border Chorders | El Paso | Lou Laurel |
| 1960 | The Chordsmen | San Antonio | Ray Anthony |
| Year | President | Chapter |
| 1979 | Ernie Hills | Enid, OK |
| 1973 | Chuck Abernethy | Ponca City, OK |
| 1971 | Ralph Ribble | Dallas, TX |
| 1966 | Al Smith | Fort Worth, TX |
| 1962 | Lou Laurel | El Paso, TX |
| 1957-1958 | Joe Lewis | Dallas, TX |
| 1939 | Rupert Hall | Tulsa. OK |
| 1992 | New Orleans |
| 1988 | San Antonio |
| 1971 | New Orleans |
| 1964 | San Antonio |
| 1960 | Dallas |
| 1948 | Oklahoma City |
| 1939 | Tulsa |
SW District Quartet Champions
| Year | Quartet | Tenor | Lead | Bari | Bass |
| 2005 |
Max
Q |
Clancy |
DeRosa |
Lewis |
Oxley |
| 2004 |
McKinley Street Function |
Bowen |
Russo |
Buroker |
McGibboney |
| 2003 | Cooligans |
Cornwell |
Angel |
Wright |
D. Davis |
| 2002 | Sterling | Fly | Reavis | Oxley | Larrison |
| 2001 | Presto! | Coon | Shirk | Kauffman | Smith |
| 2000 | HEYDAY | Gabrielse | Swanson | Bryson | Gauthreaux |
| 1999 | Tuxedo Junction | Cogswell | Wilkinson | Bourgeois | White |
| 1998 | High Cotton | Reeves | Davis | Rizzo | Melancon |
| 1997 | The Tradition | Ambrose | Angel | Veleto | Telle |
| 1996 | The Arrangement | Erickson | Shirk | Pinkall | Smith |
| 1995 | Second Nature | Prichard | Robards | Kauffman | Gartman |
| 1994 | Dallas Knights | DeCrow | Borts | Spaulding | Smith |
| 1993 | Great Stage Robbery | Houts | Swanson | Papageorge | Beck |
| 1992 | Texans | Litman | Cogswell | Lowrance | Telle |
| 1991 | Deuces Wild | Prichard | Shirk | Erickson | Serpico |
| 1990 | Tulsa Tradition | Ambrose | Angel | Conner | Crowl |
| 1989 | Rockerfellers | Friedemann | Angel | Hogan | Crowl |
| 1988 | Main Event | Kenyon | Devine | Natoli | Vaughn |
| 1987 | Class Of The 80's | Clancy | Bell | January | Wilson |
| 1986 | Basin Street Quartet | Bryson | Swanson | Bourgeois | Melancon |
| 1985 | Inn's-N-Outt's | Litman | Borts | McShan | Pearson |
| 1984 | Rare Blend | Wiggs | Smith | Natoli | Vaughn |
| 1983 | Gatsby | Clancy | Thornton | January | Parker |
| 1982 | Texas Gold | Kvanli | Casey | Thompson | Robertson |
| 1981 | Vocal Orchestration Corporation | Horn | Hamilton | Richardson | Campbell |
| 1980 | Lone Star Statesmen | Erickson | Casey | Gerheim | Howe |
| 1979 | Sound Arrangement | Erickson | Casey | Lickert | Gartman |
| 1978 | Wonderful Daze | Fernon | Swanson | Redmann | Gaspar |
| 1977 | Forty Acre 4 | Ryan | Steinfeld | Beck | Robertson |
| 1976 | Side Street Ramblers | Houts | Law | Malone | Hagn |
| 1975 | Quasars | Scofield | Buck | Tweedy | Rector |
| 1974 | Sound Association | Young | Sonntag | Harrington | M. McCord |
| 1973 | Innsiders | Cox | Devine | McShan | Pearson |
| 1972 | Dealer's Choice | Kvanli | Thornton | Beck | Parker |
| 1971 | OK4 | Whitten | Massey | Jones | Stacey |
| 1970 | Stage Door Four | Houts | Leslie | Hooper | Dochterman |
| 1969 | Debonaires | Erickson | Hammond | Gerheim | Pearson |
| 1968 | Smilin' Irish | Haragan | Harrington | J. McCord | M. McCord |
| 1967 | Rejects | Robinson | Spencer | Truesdell | Gooding |
| 1966 | Mark IV | Spears | Koberstein | Deiser | Crawford |
| 1965 | Doo Dads | McShan | Winston | Piercy | Johnson |
| 1964 | Escorts | Gordy | Parker | Rose | Cobb |
| 1963 | Checkmarks | Zaiontz | Anthony | Gause | M. McCord |
| 1962 | Pioneers | Boyd | Kelley | Rawlings | Patton |
| 1961 | Songsmen | Radford | Durron | Radle | Jones |
| 1960 | Playboys | Deiser | Binford | Spears | Mullens |
| 1959 | Pitch Pirates | Meadow | Owens | Roberts | Gifford |
| 1958 | Texas Cavaliers | Ward | Loebbaka | Gause | M. McCord |
| 1957 | Esquires | Zaiontz | Anthony | Bloebaum | Belknap |
| 1956 | Gaynotes | Stayer | Rinkle | Loots | Rector |
| 1955 | Lads of Enchantment | Pitts | Aycock | Wright | Wallace |
| 1954 | Four Hearsemen | Heiny | Watson | Elloitt | Gifford |
| 1953 | Desertaires | Van Dien | Spooner | Laurel | Winter |
| 1952 | Sagebloomers | Johnson | Van Dien | Fisk | Nold |
| 1951 | Dallasaires | Rusk | Lewis | Boring | Fitzhugh |
| 1950 | Pipeliners | Kitterman | Little | Triggs | Bernard |
| 1949 | Beau Jesters | Barnet | King | Boring | Bradford |
International Senior Quartet Champions
from the SWD
| Year | Quartet | Tenor | Lead | Bari | Bass |
| 2005 |
Texoma
Sound |
Friedemann | Casey | Thompson | Pearson |
| 1989 |
Bayou City Music Committee |
Griffith |
Hammond |
Pacetti |
Ewing |
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| 2005 |
Vocal Majority | Dallas Metro | Jim Clancy |
| 2004 |
Heart of Texas | Central Texas Corridor | Ron
Black |
| 2003 |
Tidelanders | Houston | Todd Wilson |
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| Year | BOTY | Chapter |
| 2006 |
announced Spring '07 | |
| 2005 |
announced Spring '06 | |
| 2004 |
Dan Fullerton | Dallas Metro |
| 2003 |
Gary
Hannah |
Corpus Christi |
| 2002 | David Anderson |
Spring |
| 2001 | Steve DeCrow | Dallas Metro |
| 2000 | Don Hackett | Town North Plano |
| 1999 | Mike Borts | Dallas Metro |
| 1998 | Larry Clemons | Heart Of Texas |
| 1997 | Terry Mercing | Little Rock |
| 1996 | Earl Hagn | Dallas Town North |
| 1995 | Jack Ware | Dallas Metro |
| 1993 | Perry Baker | San Antonio |
| 1992 | Buddy Myers & Fred Eckman |
El Paso |
| 1991 | Bob Cunningham | Dallas Town North |
| 1988 | John Schneider | Houston |
| 1987 | Charlie Hill | New Orleans |
| 1986 | Julian White | Little Rock |
| 1985 | Ed Reeder | Dallas Town North |
| 1984 | Grady Kerr | Dallas Metro |
| 1983 | Bruce Clark | San Angelo |
| 1982 | Ernie Hills | Enid |
| 1981 | Greg Elam | Dallas Town North |
| 1980 | Kelly Johnson | Arlington |
| 1979 | Elvis Miller | Sherman |
| 1978 | Earl Ross | El Paso |
| 1977 | Al Feuerbacher | San Antonio |
| 1976 | Duane Lunday | Dallas Town North |
| 1975 | Bob Schoenhoff | Houston |
| 1974 | John Anderson | Lubbock |
| 1973 | Ralph Ribble | Dallas Town North |
| 1965 | Hank Lewis | Dallas Big D |
| 1960 | Saul Schneider | New Orleans |
| 1959 | Glenn Hutton | Fort Worth |
| 1958 | Les Swanson | Dallas Big D |
| 1957 | Bill Shoemaker | Oklahoma City |
SWD Hall of Fame
| Year | |||
| 2006 |
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| 2005 |
Earl
Hagn |
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| 2004 |
Larry
Clemons |
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| 2003 |
none presented | ||
| 2002 | Art Swanson | ||
| 2001 | none presented | ||
| 2000 | Acoustix (Todd Wilson, Rick Middaugh, Jason January, Joel T. Rutherford, Jeff Oxley) | The Vocal Majority Chorus | |
| 1999 | Bruce Clark | Dwight Elliott | Albert Smith |
| 1997 | Herman R. "Doc" Cohen | ||
| 1996 | Friends in Harmony Quartet (Johnny Fliton, Glenn Hutton, Jerry Lux, Jack Richmond, Tommy Savage) | ||
| 1995 | Grady Kerr | John Piercy | |
| 1994 | Jack Bagby | Bill Thornton | Johnny Hammond |
| 1993 | Dennis Driscoll | Tom Helzer | |
| 1992 | Brian Beck, Greg Elam | Charlie Hill, Kelly Johnson | John Schneider, Julian White |
| 1991 | Jim Clancy | ||
| 1990 | Jack Smith | Mike McCord | |
| 1989 | Mo Rector | Phil Winston | |
| 1988 | Ray Anthony | Hank Lewis, Lou Laurel | Jim Massey, Franklin Spears |
| 1987 | John Anderson, O. C. Cash, Rupert Hall, Ernie Hills, Joe Liles, John Loots, Tom Masengale, | Einar Pedersen, Ed Reeder, Ralph Ribble, Earl Ross, Saul Schneider, Bob Schoenhoff, | Innsiders Quartet (Mike Cox, John Devine, Guy McShan, Tom Pearson) |
| Honorary Member | Sally Cunningham |
| Year | Editor(s) | Chapter |
| 1993 | Grady Kerr | Dallas Town North |
| 1990 | Buddy Myers & Fred Eckman | El Paso |
| 1971 | Sam Tweedy | Austin |
| Year | PROTY | Chapter |
| 2002 |
Philip Maxfield |
NW Louisiana |
| 1993 | John Sugg | NW Arkansas |