Pacific Sound is a championship chorus of over 90 talented women—from all over the Puget Sound area—who share a love of singing and are always striving for musical excellence!

Pacific Sound is directed by Susan Kegley. Susan is a founding member of Pacific Sound, has been a member of Sweet Adelines International for more than 25 years, and has a huge array of accomplishments to her name. For more information about Susan, click here.

Each spring, North Pacific Region 13 holds its annual Convention and Competition, which are important events in the life of a Sweet Adelines chorus. Pacific Sound is no exception: we love to compete and are the 2007 First Place Region 13 Chorus! It's an exciting performance opportunity and an educational experience for each performer as we look forward to competing at the 2008 International Convention in Honolulu, Hawaii next November. 

Our quest for musical excellence has led us to great successes at competitions...our very first in 1990 was grand indeed! We boasted 26 members (including the director!), placed second over-all and won the First Place Small Chorus Award.

Since that first regional competition, Pacific Sound has gone on to win the contest and to compete at international competition seven times: Baltimore in 1992 (20th place), Fort Lauderdale in 1996 (9th place), Nashville in 1998 (5th place), Orlando in 2000 (3rd place), Nashville again in 2002 (5th place, Indianapolis in 2004 (6th place), and Las Vegas in 2006 (8th place).

Barbershop harmony is produced by four vocal parts sung a cappella, (i.e. without the use of instrumental accompaniment). Rooted in American history, barbershop is nostalgic, sweet, colorful and dramatic. It can be sung by either informally "tagging" with quartets or by staging formal, full chorus performances, complete with choreography and costuming.

Pacific Sound Chorus is a part of Sweet Adelines International, an educational, non-profit organization promoting four-part, barbershop singing for women. More than 30,000 women -- business professionals, homemakers, students and educators, ages 18 to 80 -- are members of the world's largest singing organization for women.