Southwestern District

District Geography

The Southwestern District encompasses all of Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana, and portions of Kansas, Arkansas and New Mexico.

District Champions

SWD Quartet Champions

Quartets

Category	Current Champ	Members	Year	Score
Overall	Opus IV	Daniel Cooper, Peter Cunningham, Ryan Wisniewski, Brent Suver	2024	81.5
Men's	Opus IV	Daniel Cooper, Peter Cunningham, Ryan Wisniewski, Brent Suver	2024	81.5
Women's	Harmonic Flux	Meghan McClafferty, Mitch Larriva, Diana Mcguire, Kianna Montanez	2024	68.5
Mixed	7th Street	Heather Cryer, Drew Prince, Aaron Turner, Travis Gidley	2024	79.9
Novice	Locky	Mark Winn, JD Davis, Caleb Henderson, Kobe DeChurch	2024	70.6

Choruses

Category	Current Champ	Chapter	Director	Year	Score
Overall	The Vocal Majority	Dallas Metro, TX	Greg Clancy	2024	93.4
Men's	The Vocal Majority	Dallas Metro, TX	Greg Clancy	2024	93.4
Mixed	Prism	Town North Plano, TX	Jake Bavarsky	2024	82.9

Chapters

	NORTHEAST DIVISION
Chapter Name	Chorus	Meets Where
Central Cities	Music Central	Oklahoma City, OK
Dallas Metro	The Vocal Majority	Dallas, TX
Greater Fort Smith	The Riverblenders Chorus	Fort Smith, AR
Greater Little Rock	The Diamond State Chorus	Little Rock, AR
Hot Springs	Fun City Barbershop Chorus	Hot Springs, AR
Northwest Arkansas	The Natural StatesMen	Springdale, AR
Sherman	The Texoma Chordringers	Sherman, TX
Tulsa #1 "The Grand Old Chapter"	Founders Chorus	Tulsa, OK

	NORTHWEST DIVISION
Chapter Name	Chorus	Meets Where
Abilene	The Memory Men	Abilene, TX
Amarillo	Golden Spread Chorus	Amarillo, TX
Arlington	The Goodtimes Chorus	Arlington, TX
Big “D”	Big “D” Chorus	Dallas, TX
Fort Worth	Texas Millionaires	Fort Worth, TX
Lawton	Southwest Pride	Lawton, OK
Liberal	Wizards of Harmony	Liberal, KS
Lubbock	The Singing Plainsmen	Lubbock, TX
Oklahoma City	OK Chorale	Bethany, OK
Tarrant County Metro	Panther City Troubadours	Ft Worth, TX
Town North Plano	Men of Note Chorus	Plano, TX
Wichita Falls		Wichita Falls, TX

	SOUTHEAST DIVISION
Chapter Name	Chorus	Meets Where
Acadiana	Acadiana Chorus	Jennings, LA
Alvin	Crossroads Chorus	Alvin, TX
Bryan/College Station	The Brazos Barbershoppers	College Stn, TX
East Texas	Men In Harmony	Tyler, TX
Fort Bend County	The Singsations	Stafford, TX
Greater Baton Rouge	Louisiana Showboat Chorus	Baton Rouge, LA
Greater New Orleans	Mardi Gras Chorus	Kenner, LA
Houston	Tidelanders	Bellaire, TX
Greater Houston	Space City Sound	Houston (Memorial City area), TX
Lake Jackson	The Gulf Coasters	Lake Jackson, TX
The Greater Monroe Chapter	The Cotton Country Chorus	Monroe, LA
Nacogdoches	The Timbretones	Nacogdoches, TX
Northwest Louisiana	River Cities Jubilee Chorus	Shreveport, LA
Southeast Texas	Harmony Exporters	Nederland, TX
Spring	The Statesmen Chorus	Houston, TX

	SOUTHWEST DIVISION
Chapter Name	Chorus	Meets Where
Alamogordo	Sounds of Enchantment	Alamogordo, NM
Austin	Acappella Texas	Austin, TX
Bay City	The Coastalaires	Bay City, TX
Carlsbad	Cavernaires	Carlsbad, NM
Central Texas Corridor	Heart of Texas Chorus	San Marcos, TX
Centroplex	Texas Country Gentlemen	Temple, TX
Coleman	Heartland Harmonizers	Brownwood, TX
Corpus Christi	The Commodores	Corpus Christi, TX
El Paso	The Border Chorders	El Paso, TX
Kerrville	Country Gentlemen	Kerrville, TX
Marble Falls	Hill Country Blenders	Marble Falls, TX
Mills County	The Mills Tones	Goldthwaite, TX
New Braunfels	The Hill Country Chorus	New Braunfels, TX
Permian Basin	Sun Country Gentlemen	Midland, TX
San Angelo	Twin Mountain Tonesmen	San Angelo, TX
San Antonio	The Chordsmen	San Antonio, TX
San Marcos	The Marcsmen	San Antonio, TX
Victoria	Toast of the Coast	Victoria, TX

Divisions

The Southwestern District consists of four Divisions, Northwest, Northeast, Southwest and Southeast. The district is generally divided by US Interstates 35 (east/west) and 20 (north/south).

Contests

International Champions from the SWD

Quartet

Year	Quartet	Chapter(s)	Tenor, Lead, Bari, Bass
2007	Max Q	Dallas Metro, TX, Tampa, FL & Frank Thorne	Greg Clancy, Tony DeRosa, Gary Lewis, Jeff Oxley
1990	Acoustix	Dallas Metro & Town North Plano, TX	Todd Wilson, Rick Middaugh, Jason January, Jeff Oxley
1983	Side Street Ramblers	Dallas Metro, TX	Keith Houts, Brian Beck, Dennis Malone, Earl Hagn
1976	Innsiders	Houston, TX	Mike Cox, John Devine, Guy McShan, Tom Pearson
1973	Dealer's Choice	Dallas Metro, TX	Al Kvanli, Bill Thornton, Brian Beck, Gary Parker
1969	Mark IV	San Antonio, TX	Franklin Spears, Alan Koberstein, Dale Deiser, Mo Rector
1958	Gaynotes	Tulsa, OK	Harold Jones, Howard Rinkle, John Loots, Mo Rector
1957	Lads of Enchantment	Albuquerque, NM	Don Pitts, Dan Aycock, Carlton Wright, Gil Wallace
1955	Four Hearsemen	Amarillo, TX	Wendell Heiny, Deane Watson, Dwight Elliott, Dick Gifford
1941	Chord Busters	Tulsa, OK	Doc Enmeier, Bob Holbrook, Bob Greer, Tom Masengale
1940	Flat Foot Four	Oklahoma City, OK	Johnny Whalen, Britt Stegall, Red Elliott, Sam Barnes
1939	Bartlesville Barflies	Bartlesville, OK	George McCaslin, Harry Hall, Bob Durand, Herman Kaiser

Seniors Quartet

Year	Quartet	Chapter(s)	Tenor, Lead, Bari, Bass
2008	Eureka!	Town North Plano & Dallas Metro, TX, Frank Thorne	Frank Friedemann, Art Swanson, Rick Haines, Brian Beck
2005	Texoma Sound	Town North Plano & Houston, TX, Frank Thorne	Frank Friedemann, Jim Casey, Bill Thompson, Tom Pearson
1989	Bayou City Music Committee	Houston, TX	Marlon Griffith, John Hammond, Dave Ewing, Ken Pacetti

Chorus

The Vocal Majority - Dallas Metro, TX - 2018, 2014, 2006, 2003, 2000, 1997, 94, 91, 85, 82, 79, 75, 64, 60
1964 - The Border Chorders - El Paso, TX
1960 - The Chordsmen - San Antonio, TX