The Interstate Rivals is the
Barbershop quartet
A barbershop quartet is a group of four singers who sing music in the barbershop style, characterized by four-part harmony without instrumental accompaniment, or a cappella. The four voices are: the lead, the vocal part which typically carries ...
that won the 1987
SPEBSQSA
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international competition in
Hartford, Connecticut. Formed in 1982, the Rivals won the Cardinal District championship that fall. The next summer at the international contest they placed tenth, followed by sixth, third, second-place finishes before winning in 1987. They sang and travelled widely, until they disbanded in August 1991. All four members went on to repeat gold medals with
Keepsake,
Gas House Gang
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,
Marquis
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,
Platinum
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Pla ...
and
Old School. The members combine for a total of 11 gold medals between the four, all winning on just one voice part each.
Discography
* ''It's A Brand New Day'' (LP 1987,
cassette
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, CD; 1989)
* ''The Bronze Edition'' (LP, cassette; 1986)
They also appear on the CD ''The Thoroughbreds Present Solid Gold''.
References
External links
Discography and biographyfro
Primarily A Cappellafro
AIC entry
Barbershop quartets
Barbershop Harmony Society
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