If singing an exciting variety of choral music arranged in four-part harmony, with friends, sounds appealing to you, get acquainted with Sweet Adelines International.

Sweet Adelines International is a highly respected worldwide organization of women singers committed to advancing the musical art form of barbershop harmony through education and performances. This independent, nonprofit music education association is one of the world's largest singing organizations for women. "Harmonize the World" is the organization's motto.

The international membership of nearly 30,000 women, all singing in English, includes choruses in most of the fifty United States, as well as in Australia, Canada, England, Finland, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, Sweden and the Netherlands. There are also prospective choruses in Denmark, Greece and United Arab Emirates.

The organization encompasses more than 1,200 registered quartets and 600 choruses.

The barbershop style of four-part, a cappella harmony lends itself to songs from any era – today’s ballads, popular show tunes, even jazz. Sweet Adelines’ have performed their unique style of music in a number of popular venues from professional sports stadiums, Olympic ceremonies, with major symphonies, and even on the Rosie O’Donnell Show. A PBS special featuring Sweet Adelines airs nationally this summer to over 80 million households!

For more information about the Sweet Adelines International organization, please visit their Web site at http://www.sweetadelineintl.org