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Speaker 1: The North Shoreman's Chorus has been around since JFK was

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Speaker 1: in the White House.

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Speaker 2: The original chotter for the chorus, which started in Salem,

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Speaker 2: was in nineteen sixty two.

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Speaker 1: But the All Men's Group has just gone through with

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Speaker 1: a radical change. Starting last week, they've begun to accept women.

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Speaker 1: Billy Carlton is the director.

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Speaker 3: One reason is definitely the members.

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Speaker 1: The chorus has dwindled to twenty or so people in

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Speaker 1: the last few years, down from about thirty five. This

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Speaker 1: is a way to get more people on board and

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Speaker 1: rank higher in competitions. The new additions will come with challenges,

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Speaker 1: changing much of how they sing.

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Speaker 4: The biggest difference is that a lot of music is

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Speaker 4: going to be set to a much higher key.

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Speaker 1: How He sings bass with the group and says he's

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Speaker 1: come around.

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Speaker 5: I think over this period of time we just kind

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Speaker 5: of started accepting the idea. I'm actually excited about it now.

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Speaker 1: Kyle Shaffele WBZ, Boston's news radio