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Barbershop harmony convention, CouvFest on tap in Vancouver

By Scott Hewitt, Columbian staff writer
Published: October 14, 2016, 6:05am
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Northwest Sound, the current choral champion group in the Barbershop Harmony Society's Evergreen District, is from Bellevue.
Northwest Sound, the current choral champion group in the Barbershop Harmony Society's Evergreen District, is from Bellevue. (Lorin May Barbershop Harmony Society) Photo Gallery

Somewhere along the line, music stopped being sound produced by human beings with their bodies. It started being sound that’s generated, transformed and amplified by electronics and software. Drum machines and effects pedals. Synthesizers and Auto-Tune.

Want to hear the opposite of all that? Stop by the Hilton Vancouver Washington this weekend and take in the unique glories of human harmony singing.

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