The women barbershop singers are coming — in numbers.

Honolulu will host 8,000 a cappella singers from around the globe when Sweet Adelines International holds its 62nd annual convention and competition at the Hawai'i Convention Center Nov. 4-8.

The flock of four-part harmony barbershop quartet singers and choruses will spike up declining visitor counts in Waikiki as the hospitality industry wrestles with the soft economy due to recent high gasoline prices, airline fuel and baggage surcharges and the closure earlier this year of ATA and Aloha Airlines.

The convention begins at 8 p.m. Nov. 4, with a showcase performance including Polynesian songs and dances tapping the dramatic and earthy Fijian war dances, the mesmerizing and tantalizing Tahitian otea and the treasured and traditional hula of Hawai'i.

Sweet Adelines, which include a Honolulu chapter, will welcome 30 choruses and 50 quartets from around the world, including SALT, the 2007 international champion quartet; Harborlites, the 2008 international champion chorus; a combined Sweet Adelines international group comprised of choruses from abroad and Japan; and the Young Women in Harmony Festival chorus.

The competition semi-finals will be at 10:45 a.m. Nov. 6, with 10 finalists competing at noon Nov. 8.

All competition events are open to the public. Tickets are $40 and $45 per competition event, $25 and $35 for the showcase, available from 9 a.m. Nov. 4 at the convention center. Information: 800-992-7464 or www.sweetadelineintl.org.

Other activities include an 11:15 a.m. mass sing on Nov. 7, open to the public for free.

Sweet Adelines is an international organization for women, with 25,000 members, 1,200 registered quartets and 600 choruses.