Welcome to the official website of the A Cappella Connection, formerly the Strathroy Vocal Federation. A Cappella Connection is a group of men and women, both young and old, coming from Strathroy, Ontario and surrounding communities. We come together every Wednesday evening from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church at the corner of Albert and Richmond Street in Strathroy, whether it be spring, summer, fall or winter.
During that time our door is open and our hands outstretched for any man or women with interest in sharing in the fun and enjoyment of singing in four part, close harmony, in the “Barbershop” style. As we sing it in the song, “Your As Welcome As The Flowers in May”.
During that time our door is open and our hands outstretched for any man or women with interest in sharing in the fun and enjoyment of singing in four part, close harmony, in the “Barbershop” style. As we sing it in the song, “Your As Welcome As The Flowers in May”.
To learn more about our organization and the pastime that we love, check out “The Federation” section and “The Members” section of the website using the navigation bar above. We are a chartered chapter of the Ontario, Canada Division of the Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS), formerly known as the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America (S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A). For links to associated organizations and other BSH chapter websites in Ontario, go to our Links page, and after seeing and reading all that is available at this site and others, and you feel the urge to join us, take the next step by going to the “Join Us!” page.
If you are already a member, feel free to enter “The Woodshed” section of our website and sample some of the tools available there that can assist us in learning what we so much enjoy doing. Non members can read what is on the first page of that section.
If you are already a member, feel free to enter “The Woodshed” section of our website and sample some of the tools available there that can assist us in learning what we so much enjoy doing. Non members can read what is on the first page of that section.
The A Cappella Connection is a chapter of the South Western Division of the Ontario District of the Barbershop Harmony Society. Occasionally a neighbouring chapter of the same division will visit another and enjoy things in song together. On A Cappella Connection's Wednesday night practise of March 29th, 2023, they were visited by London Ontario's Men of accord. Together, these two BHS Chapters support a charitable arm of the Ontario District of the BHS called Harmonize for Speech that in turn, supports projects designed to help speech imaired children and adults to improve their speaking abilities. We Sing That They Shall Speak is a song that we sing to remind us and our audiences of our devotion to this cause and we follow it up with a song called "Keep the Whole World Singing", which is something we like to try to do. Play the video above and listen as both chapters sing these two songs together.