Far Western District
Geographical region
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The Far Western District is a geographical district of the Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS).
First organized in 1946, the district encompasses the four far-western US states of California, Nevada, Arizona, and Hawaii, plus St. George, Utah.[1][2]
Chapters
FWD is home to the four-time BHS Championship Gold medalist Westminster Chorus,[3] who won in 2007, 2010, 2015, 2019 and 2024, and the nine-time Gold winner Masters of Harmony Chorus, who won the BHS international competitions in 1990, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2017.
The 2002 district champions Garden City Chorus competed 54 years before winning a shot at international-level competition.[4]
The Phoenix Saguaro chapter was founded in 1943. Now called the Greater Phoenix Chapter, its Spirit of Phoenix Chorus became the international gold medalists three times (in 1972, 1976, and 1983) competing as the 'Phabulous' Phoenicians Chorus, and earned other medals eleven times.[5]