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| | Barbershop Singing In America |
 | | The Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America, Inc., (SPEBSQSA) was founded in 1937 and currently has a membership of about 34,000 men. |
 | | Members of the society enjoy singing four part a cappella harmony with tenors on the highest harmony part, leads usually singing melody, basses usually singing the lowest harmony notes, and baritones singing a harmony that is generally pitched between the bass and tenor notes. |
 | | For more information about the society or to find out about a chapter near you, call the national headquarters at 1 800 876-SING, check out the website at http://www.spebsqsa.org, or write SPEBSQSA, 6315 Harmony Lane, Kenosha, WI 53143-5199. |
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