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Metro Nashville Chorus is a women's a cappella barbershop chorus, located in Nashville, Tennessee in the United States. The group was founded in 1971 and currently has approximately 50 members. The chorus is led by Master Director Kim Wonders, a chorus member since 1979 and director since 1988. Metro Nashville Chorus is a chapter of a worldwide non-profit organization known as Sweet Adelines International. This is a group of over 25,000 women committed to advancing the musical art form of barbershop harmony through education and performance. ==Competition== There are over 500 Sweet Adeline choruses around the world, ranging in size from 15 to 200. Metro Nashville currently competes in Division AA, mid-size, which includes choruses from 31 to 60. In 2006, Metro Nashville competed as a Division A (or small) chorus, and earned 1st place at Harmony Classic, the international competition for Division A chorus around the world. In 2008, the chorus again competed at the Harmony Classic and earned the again earned a gold medal, this time as the Sweet Adelines 2008 International Mid-Size Chorus Champions. They are the first chorus to win gold in both size divisions. MNC's performance at the 2008 regional competition in Chattanooga earned them a Wildcard spot in the 2009 Sweet Adelines Competition which was held in Nashville TN in October 2009. MNC placed 22nd (of 32) against top chorus 2-3 times its size. In 2011 MNC competed in the Harmony Classic, earning the gold as the 2012 Mid-Size chorus champions - the first chorus to receive three international gold medals at the Sweet Adelines International Harmony Classic. In November 2012, MNC competed in Denver CO as a wildcard in the large chorus competition and came in 12th, earning the 2013 Harmony Achievement Award, which recognizes the highest scoring smaller chorus in an International contest. In April 2013, MNC won the Region 23 regional contest, becoming Regional Champions for the first time since 1989. They competed at the International Contest in Baltimore in October 2014 - earning the Harmony Achievement Award for the second time and earning a 7th place overall medal. In April 2015, MNC won the Region 4 regional contest, their first competition in the revised Sweet Adelines International regions. They will compete at International Chorus Contest in Las Vegas in October 2016. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Metro Nashville Chorus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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