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championship in 1958, and competed several times at the
International level, making the top 20 and the top 10. As the quartet continued to climb the ranks, so did the performance level of the chorus. They continued to be one of the Society's "Century" chapters with more than 100 members. The
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International Championship. Freddie King had joined the elite of the barbershop world. In October 1971, the chorus sang the National Anthem at game one of baseball's
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International the next few years, and membership began to slowly dwindle. In 1963, Bob Johnson accepted a position working for the
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