Mark your barbershop calendar for January 27^th - February 1^st, 2009!

Click Here to See a Video promoting the 2009 Midwinter Convention!                                                 *****

REGISTER NOW … and select your seat online

(Presidents Council Members & VIPs please CLICK HERE to download a registration form)

If you are already registered, please CLICK HERE to order  your name badges.  Name badges must be ordered prior to January 15, 2009. 

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Take part in what many view as the best convention of the year! Join us in beautiful Pasadena, California, woodshed with old friends, make some new ones, and enjoy an average daily temperature of 68 degrees and low humidity! Bring the family! Pasadena is just minutes from Los Angeles and major tourist attractions and shopping districts. This is the FIRST time an international convention has been held in Pasadena—don’t miss it!

The best senior quartet competitors!

• Quartets from far and wide travel to the Midwinter Convention in their quest to win the coveted Senior Quartet Championship. Root for your favorites Friday afternoon, Jan. 30.
• Click here for Official Order of Appearance

The best shows!

• Two shows so you can hear all the quartet champs and medalists
• Hear your International Medalist Quartets & Senior Champs on Friday, Jan. 30.
• Hear OC Times and more medalists in the Show of Champions Saturday, Jan. 31.

The best of our YOUTH!

Back by popular demand! The 2^nd Annual  International Youth Barbershop Chorus Festival is Saturday afternoon, Jan. 31.

• See youth choruses from around the world!
• No extra ticket required! Your Midwinter Registration IS your ticket!

Click logo for Event Schedule and Rules

The best opportunities to sing!

• Tags, fun and more
• Lots of time and friends to share the ancient art of tag-wrangling

It’s not too early to make your plans to take part in what promises to be one of the most enjoyable barbershop conventions in recent memory.

  CLICK HERE TO SEE THIS YEAR'S EVENTS SCHEDULE!  

Headquarters Hotel:

Hilton Pasadena
168 South Los Robles Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91101

The Hilton provides:

• 100% non-smoking with designated smoke areas located throughout the hotel
• state-of-the-art Smart Desks in all guest rooms
• business center
• fully equipped fitness center, and
• pool with Jacuzzi

Performance Venue: The beautiful historic 3029-seat Pasadena Civic Auditorium is one of the most revered performance halls in the nation.

Getting there: Pasadena is served by two major airports. Los Angeles International (LAX), located 30 minutes from Pasadena and the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank a mere 20 minutes away.

Getting around: Super Shuttle and Prime Time shuttles offer convenient transportation to all Pasadena hotels, shopping and entertainment districts from Los Angeles International and Bob Hope/Burbank Airports.