Pan Pacific Convention 2008 Update -- Participation Heating Up Registration has reached the 750 mark and is climbing daily. This should be the largest Pan Pacific Convention to date. Rooms at the beautiful Ala Moana Hotel can still be reserved at the very favorable rate of $135 per day / double occupancy (Hawaii average room rate is $200 / day). Register now while there are rooms still available. There will be a double panel of Barbershop Harmony Society judges for the contest at the historic Hawaii Theatre Center. Don't delay; sign up today. At present there are 15 choruses and 18 quartets registered to compete as follows (not in order of competing):
Quartets Happy Coats - Japan Nameless 4 - Japan Polecats - Japan BBQ - Japan WWW.DOC - NZAB Four Gone Conclusion - NZAB Euphoria - NZAB Outta Hair - NZAB Fusion - NZAB 4 On The Floor - AAMB Benchmark - AAMB Time Gentlemen Please - AAMB Hi Fidelity - BHS/ FWD Vintage Gold - BHS/FWD (Seniors) Stage Hogs - BHS/FWD Pacific Trades - BHS/FWD Spam - BHS/FWD Japan Heartstrings - Japan
Choruses Tokyo Metropolitan Chorus - Japan Tokyo Barbers - Japan South Island Chorus - NZAB Central - NZAB Mighty River Harmony - NZAB Marlborough Sounds - NZAB Sydney Harmony Incorporated - AAMB Sound Waves - AAMB River City Clippers - AAMB Midnight Suns - BHS/EVG (Alaska) Greater Vancouver Gentlemen of Fortune BHS/EVG (Canada) Peninsulaires BHS/FWD Devil Mountain Chorus - BHS/FWD Sounds of Aloha BHS/FWD Orange Empire Chorus - BHS/FWD