 In 2012 SOR skipped the International competition, choosing instead to travel to Harmony University in St. Joseph, Missouri, the Barbershop Harmony Society’s week-long summer college for coaching and musical improvement.In doing so, SOR became the first Society chorus to attend the school en masse, thus starting a trend among other choruses which continues today.Darin Drown announced his intention to step down as director after the 2014 contest and the search began for a new leader.