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Whether you aim for the gold, or want an objective benchmark of your abilities from year to year, the Contest and Judging system helps everyone get more from the hobby.. Enter online Now you can complete the CJ-20 quartet contest entry form online. You will need your Members Only password to enter this area. Need one? Get one.. Any current member of the quartet or chapter chorus officers may complete this form. Completing this form enters the quartet in the contest. It does not include convention registrations, if required. Click here to enter Members Only. After entering Members Only, choose Contest Entry (CJ-20) under the heading Contest and Judging Community.

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Bank of America Collegiate Barbershop Quartet Contest Home
Now in its 17th year, the contest continues to invite the best young singers in North America to experience this great musical art form.
Last Published: 1/14/2008

Compete
A fun and worthy goal: measuring your skills as a singer in barbershop competition.
Last Published: 1/24/2006

Contest and Judging System home
Need the rules? A contest entry form? Background on how and why we score the way we do? It's all here.
Last Published: 2/7/2007

Spring Quartet Prelims scores online
Last Published: 3/25/2008

Harmonet Reporter Contest Scores Archives
Keep abreast of barbershop contest scores from across the Society.
Last Published: 5/17/2007

International Youth Barbershop Chorus Festival
Youth Chorus Festival Homepage
Last Published: 5/2/2008

Youth Chorus Festival Guidelines
Last Published: 5/2/2008

Youth Chorus Festival - Mission Statement
Last Published: 5/2/2008

2008 Seniors Quartet Contest Scores
Here's to the competitors! Scores from the Seniors Quartet Contest
Last Published: 1/26/2008

Official Rules Bank of America Collegiate Barbershop Quartet Contest (CBQC)
Everything you need to know -- from philosophy to eligibility requirements!
Last Published: 7/13/2008

New Manuals

BHS Contest and Judging Handbook [pdf: 1 MB]
Complete rules and procedures for all aspects of BHS sanctioned quartet and choruses contests, plus position papers, interpretative material, and all official forms and documents.
Last Published: 4/9/2008

BHS Contest Rules [pdf: 181 KB]
Official rules for BHS sanctioned quartet and choruses contests. Excerpted from the Contest and Judging Handbook -- www.barbershop.org/CJHandbook -- which also contains position papers, interpretative material, and all official forms and documents.
Last Published: 4/9/2008

CJ-20 Contest Entry Form [pdf: 26 KB]
Last Published: 8/31/2007

Lighting Choices for 2007 International Contests [pdf: 449 KB]
Download views of various lighting configurations that choruses and quartets may choose for their stage appearances at the international contest.
Last Published: 6/2/2007

Style Examination Committee report - final published version [pdf: 187 KB]
The complete document
Last Published: 10/21/2002

Video Script for Denver Competitors [xls: 48 KB]
Help the video crew show you to your best advantage.
Last Published: 6/2/2007

New Forms

Official Collegiate Contest Entry Form [pdf: 19 KB]
Ready to put your quartet to the test? Here's the official entry form for the Bank of America Collegiate Barbershop Quartet Contest
Last Published: 2/12/2008

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