Competition
There are over 500 Sweet Adeline choruses around the world, ranging in size from 15 to 200. Metro Nashville currently competes in Division AA, mid-size, which includes choruses from 31 to 60. In 2006, Metro Nashville competed as a Division A (or small) chorus, and earned 1st place at Harmony Classic, the international competition for Division A chorus around the world.
In 2008, the chorus again competed at the Harmony Classic and earned the again earned a gold medal, this time as the Sweet Adelines 2008 Internation Mid-Size Chorus Champions. They are the first chorus to win gold in both size divisions.
MNC's performance at the 2008 regional competition in Chattanooga earned them a Wildcard spot in the 2009 Sweet Adelines Competition which was held in Nashville TN in October 2009. MNC placed 22nd (of 32) against top chorus 2-3 times its size.
In 2011 MNC competed in the Harmony Classic, earning the gold as the 2012 Mid-Size chorus champions - the first chorus to receive three international gold medals at the Sweet Adelines International Harmony Classic.
In November 2012, MNC competed in Denver CO as a wildcard in the large chorus competition and came in 12th, earning the 2013 Harmony Achievement Award, which recognizes the highest scoring smaller chorus in a International contest.
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