Westminster Chorus - Barbershop Set - Choir of the World 2009

[TheMVCVideos]

oh ya! Barbershop at its best....they deserved the title at this Festival...Choir of the World. And they still are perfection...won the Barbershop International Contest in 2010.....God I wish I was 20 again....I'd swoon for sure.

[VBFrappy]

I love barbershop <3

[quincielauryn]

like, ew.

[Sylvanas590]

Vagrants' bass always has the best facial expressions.

[davidmeye]

@Sylvanas590 I usually look like a total dork.

[FrTomNaturalist]

They have nailed the style and the very best of barbershop harmony.

[SerramiahmE]

Please serenade me!!! he he he...

[TinneyBBS]

I don't understand why this video doesn't have millions of views!!!

[vonKyle777]

nice!

[browncatt1]

Nailed the barbershop style. Aside from that the ensemble was just awesome. Natural and effortless come to mind. Hardly a contrived or weird visual or vocal affectation that often comes from lessor groups from this style. Some virtuoso control of phrasing and vocal AND visual energy. The best yet.

[sierraluvstherain]

Micah I want your corn nuts shirt!!!!!!!

[sierraluvstherain]

Micah you're the best!!!!!

[sierraluvstherain]

I love Micah!!!!!

[sierraluvstherain]

MICAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­! I love you!!!!

[megaballer50]

1 person missed the like button.

[pinkinfazion]

wow they are all handsome!esp the conductor!

[katykat121]

maybe its just me, but i dont think they look they are having as much fun with barbershop as they did with the choir songs. but still good.

[schoonmj]

Not that it really matters, but COMALite is correct. You should check where you're getting your facts Icyveins906 :-).

[Icyveins906]

COMALite, I'm sorry to say that's not entirely true. A: Masters of Harmony have lost twice. The years escape me, but it was once to VM and once to another chorus. Also, Westminster chorus was formed back when the Masters of Harmony were nearly twice as big, meaning that they couldn't fit everyone properly on the stage and risers at the international contest. I believe it was also once tradition that the westminster chorus was only age 25 and under from the Masters. they're mostly the y members.

[wolverineks]

@Icyveins906 are you sure? im pretty sure COMALiteJ is right. their site says 7 consecutive wins. i dont think VM and MoH have ever gone head to head, but you never know with them W boys...

[njanis88]

yes, COMALiteJ was right--they placed 4th in their first competition in 1989 when the Alexandria Harmonizers won, and they have placed first in all of their appearances since. and Icyveins, obviously Westminster wasn't founded because MoH had too many people--its purpose was to bring together young male singers who wanted to sing with others their own age.

[x3rosebud]

The guys face on the left at 0:23 is PRICELESS.

[johnpaddie]

@x3rosebud I believe he's the bass from The Vagrants! I think I see all of them in there.

[rarchnick]

@x3rosebud BASS FACE!

[applesauc3]

@x3rosebud

I was just about to say his quartet performed at my high school!

He never stopped making that face!

[joseph22689]

O M G what a beuteful voice thay got where thay from ?

[mattdre88]

@joseph22689 Southern California, I believe. If not that, then somewhere in California.

[COMALiteJ]

They're from the Los Angeles area. Most of them are also members of the Masters of Harmony (also of Los Angeles), which has never lost a Barbershop International contest since they won their first one.

They also count among their membership the four members of the contest-winning Quartet, OC Times (look for clips of them here on YouTube).

They rehearse in Westminster, CA — thus their name.

[jcirmsa]

@mattdre88 Yeah, our chorus hails from Westminster California

[jsnzk]

@joseph22689 Westminster, CALIF  South of Los Angeles

[JessiDuck1]

oh thats so cool! you're amazing!

[Barbershop666]

9:55, fucking stunning . . . the most AMAZING part of it is the way the effect is done. the volume seems to be perfectly controlled by justin's hands. Its as if the power were coming FROM his hands. Godly.

[meatloversunite]

Nevermind 5:30, listen just listen to 9:55.

[emnkate]

spectacular. the chords and harmonies are simply perfection.

[StreetzMDV]

Amazing singing! Goodbye, Dixie, Goodbye is my favorite of the three. Although, the chord at 05:30 (during Their Hearts Were Full of Spring) was powerful.