 The new Sound of the Rockies won its first Rocky Mountain District championship in the fall of 2002 once again earning the right to compete at the International contest in July 2003 and placing 7th in Montreal.The chorus continued its climb, repeating as local Rocky Mountain District champions and placing in the top ten nationally every year.In 2007, the chorus co-hosted the International contest and convention in Denver, the first time the Society’s annual convention had ever come to the Mile High City.