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- Vocal_Majority abstract "The Vocal Majority (VM) is a Dallas, Texas-based men's chorus of over 150 singers, billed as "America's Premier Pops Chorus." The VM is the performing chorus of the Dallas Metro chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS). The VM has won twelve International Chorus Championships, a Barbershop Harmony Society record. The first eleven gold medals (1975, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006) were earned under the direction of Jim Clancy, who retired from International competition after 2010. The most recent championship, in July 2014, came under the direction of Jim's son Greg Clancy, the current Musical Director of VM. Society contest rules do not permit any chorus to compete again for two years after winning an International Chorus Championship, so no chorus can win twice less than three years apart. As seen in the list of championship years, the Vocal Majority had one four-year span between wins, from 1975 to 1979, coming in second place to the Thoroughbreds in 1978. After that, they proceeded to win the gold at every International competition in which they competed for over 30 years, until 2009, when the Ambassadors of Harmony won the gold medal. In July 2010, the Vocal Majority again earned a silver medal at the International Chorus Championship in Philadelphia. Clancy announced prior to the 2010 competition that it would be his last as director. Jim Clancy continues as the Executive Director and principal arranger for the chorus. The Vocal Majority did not compete again at the International level until the 2014 competition, held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Because of past alternate-year competitions, the 2014 competition also marked the first time the Vocal Majority competed directly against eight-time champion chorus the Masters of Harmony of Sante Fe Springs, California. The VM earned a composite 96.8% score from the 15-member panel of judges and took home their first gold medal since 2006, their twelfth overall.The Vocal Majority has released over twenty recordings and has traveled extensively domestically and internationally. In May 2015, The VM will be the featured guest performers at The British Association of Barbershop Singers (BABS) Convention in Llandudno, Wales.Several members of the Vocal Majority have also won the International Quartet Championship with the quartets Max Q, Acoustix, Side Street Ramblers, Dealer's Choice, Rural Route 4, Rapscallions and Old School.The Vocal Majority, Jim Clancy and Greg Clancy have been inducted into The BHS Southwestern District's Hall of Fame.".
- Vocal_Majority activeYearsStartYear "1970".
- Vocal_Majority background "group_or_band".
- Vocal_Majority genre Barbershop_music.
- Vocal_Majority hometown Dallas.
- Vocal_Majority hometown Texas.
- Vocal_Majority thumbnail VMMontreal.jpg?width=300.
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- Vocal_Majority wikiPageWikiLink 1980_in_music.
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- Vocal_Majority wikiPageWikiLink 1992_in_music.
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- Vocal_Majority wikiPageWikiLink 2007_in_music.
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- Vocal_Majority wikiPageWikiLink Baylor_University.
- Vocal_Majority wikiPageWikiLink Bell_Centre.
- Vocal_Majority wikiPageWikiLink Bob_Flanigan_(singer).
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- Vocal_Majority wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_choirs.
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- Vocal_Majority wikiPageWikiLink List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States.
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- Vocal_Majority wikiPageWikiLink MGM_Grand_Garden_Arena.
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- Vocal_Majority wikiPageWikiLink Max_Q_(quartet).
- Vocal_Majority wikiPageWikiLink Montreal.
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- Vocal_Majority wikiPageWikiLink National_Association_for_Music_Education.
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- Vocal_Majority wikiPageWikiLink Old_School_(quartet).
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- Vocal_Majority wikiPageWikiLink The_Oak_Ridge_Boys.
- Vocal_Majority wikiPageWikiLink The_Rapscallions.
- Vocal_Majority wikiPageWikiLink The_Suntones.
- Vocal_Majority wikiPageWikiLink Thoroughbreds_(chorus).
- Vocal_Majority wikiPageWikiLink Toronto_Northern_Lights.
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- Vocal_Majority wikiPageWikiLink University_of_North_Texas.
- Vocal_Majority wikiPageWikiLink Utah.
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- Vocal_Majority wikiPageWikiLinkText "The Vocal Majority Chorus".
- Vocal_Majority wikiPageWikiLinkText "The Vocal Majority".
- Vocal_Majority wikiPageWikiLinkText "Vocal Majority".