The Pacific Barbershop Summit is all about supporting and encouraging a harmonious community for singers in the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada through education, communication, promotion, and camaraderie. Sharing the wealth of knowledge in these areas has been, and will always be, a priority for the Pacific Barbershop Summit.
Harmony College Northwest
One of the educational activities which the Summit wholeheartedly supports is Harmony College Northwest (HCNW).
Harmony College Northwest is once again going to be a "live" event happening in Tacoma, WA.. Singers (of all ages) attend classes--led by experts from around the country -- this is a true collaborative effort that the Summit is proud to support.
2023 HCNW dates:
Harmony College Northwest is once again going to be a "live" event happening in Tacoma, WA.. Singers (of all ages) attend classes--led by experts from around the country -- this is a true collaborative effort that the Summit is proud to support.
2023 HCNW dates:
- HCNW - June 16-18, 2023
- Arranger's Workshop - June 15-16, 2023
How the Summit came to be
Inspired by Benjamin and Rosamund Zander's book and video, Leadership: The Art of Possibility (click here for the video), Kevin Kelly and Kendall Williams--two long-time barbershoppers--saw a new opportunity to unite efforts regarding their favorite musical hobby: barbershop singing. They’d noticed that for many years duplicated efforts, miscommunicated information, and conflicting weekend events were common between the men's and women's organizations. The Pacific Barbershop Summit emerged with these goals in mind: bringing male and female barbershoppers together to work on supporting each other and building their art form together.
In 2005, leaders of Sweet Adelines International Regions 13, 26, and 24 (merged later), plus the Evergreen District of the Barbershop Harmony Society, gathered in Bellevue, WA for the first meeting. The Summit Directors--two from each Region, six from the District, and three more appointed positions--meet twice a year.
The official mission of the Pacific Barbershop Summit is:
The official mission of the Pacific Barbershop Summit is:
Building harmony through cooperative sharing of knowledge, skills and resources to supplement the programs and activities of the Evergreen District of the Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS) and Regions 13 and 26 of the Sweet Adelines International (SAI), and other a cappella organizations.
This all means that while the Regions and the District remain independent entities, the Summit provides a forum for collaboration, communication and coordination. It is an exciting time to be a singer--especially of barbershop harmony--indeed!
Representing the members of the Evergreen District of the Barbershop Harmony Society & Region 13 and Region 26 of Sweet Adelines International.
