South Island Harmony (formerly ) celebrates 50 years of making harmony on south Vancouver Island with a concert on April 14.

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The Victoria Village Squires was formed in 1968 as part of SPEBSQA Inc, now the Barbershop Harmony Society, an international singing movement some 30,000 strong. Made up of men of good character from all over the Southern Vancouver Island region, the Village Squires perform regularly in the community, offer school and public learning programs, and entertain the public with our great mix of old classics and modern arrangements.

McBride is excited to take the chorus through its paces ahead of the show.

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April 14 sees two concerts at Dave Dunnet Community Theatre at Oak Bay High, a 2:30 p.m. matin茅e followed by a 7:30 evening performance.

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