Sweet Adelines International

Sweet Adelines International (SAI) is a worldwide organization of women singers committed to advancing the musical art form of barbershop harmony through education and performances. This independent, nonprofit music education association is one of the world's largest singing organizations for women. The international membership of nearly 30,000 women, all singing in English, includes choruses in: most of the fifty United States as well as in the following countries:

Related Topics:
Barbershop harmony - English - United States

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• Australia
• Canada
• England
• Finland
• Germany
• Ireland
• Japan
• New Zealand
• Scotland
• Sweden
• Wales
• the Netherlands

There are also prospective choruses in Denmark, Greece, and United Arab Emirates. The organization encompasses more than 1,200 registered quartets and 600 choruses.

Related Topics:
Denmark - Greece - United Arab Emirates

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SAI was founded in 1945 by Edna Mae Anderson of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Harmony, Incorporated, a somewhat parallel organization, split from Sweet Adelines in 1957 over a dispute regarding admission of black members. SPEBSQSA and Sweet Adelines at that time restricted their membership to whites, but both opened membership to all races a few years later.

Related Topics:
1945 - Tulsa - Oklahoma - Harmony, Incorporated - 1957 - SPEBSQSA

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