Volume V, Number 2 Fall 2010 21 is 1 & 2!

2011 International Chorus Champion Scottsdale

International Chorus Silver Medalists Harborlites

Affinity, Hypnotic, One Voice, Shimmer! and SparX represent Region 21 in the quartet contest – See Page 2 10th Place Medalists: Shimmer! Contestant #13 (Semifinals) and #4 (Finals) Judy Ashmore, Mary Ashford, Martha Segura, Missy Pearce Semifinal Songs: Oh Susanna; After My Laughter; Final Songs: How’s Every Little Thing in Dixie; If We Can’t Be the Same Old Sweehearts Score: 2506 points • 10th Place • Qualified for the Semifinals in Houston

Photos by Karen Laderman

Contestant #3: Hypnotic Emily Remley, Erin Sears, Erin Cardin, Ashley Estrada Songs: Yes Sir, That’s My Baby; If You Had All the World and Its Gold Score: 1198 points • 13th Place • Qualified for Houston Contestant #33: SparX Andi Rostel, Dawn Anne Gladden, Kathy Barnett, Dayle Ann Cook Songs: Goodie Goodie Medley; At Last Score: 1188 points • 16th Place

Contestant #18: Affinity Jana Gutenson, Lori Lyford, Kim Hulbert, Monique Manifold Songs: You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby; Floatin’ Down to Cotton Town Contestant #17: One Voice Score: 1178 points • 19th Place Wendi Young, Karen Meade, Michele Baldwin, Denise King Songs: You Turned the Tables on Me; My Foolish Heart Score: 1138 points • 24th Place

Cover photos by Karen Laderman, E.R. Lilley Photography, Kathy Wright. Masthead design by Linda Carlberg. Golden West Magazine 559 S. Harbor Blvd. # A features Fall 2010 Vol. V, No. 2 Anaheim, CA 92805 714-563-9300 COVER STORY: Fax: 714-563-9310 2 2010 International Quartet Contest www.region21.org [email protected] Region 21 had outstanding representation Distributed to members of in the International quartet contest. Sweet Adelines International CENTER STAGE: Golden West Region 21. Golden & 2010 International Chorus Contest Photo by Jen Squires West Magazine is published tri- 8 9 annually for distribution at the Region 21 Summer Seminar, Re- Scottsdale wins the chorus contest and gion 21 MusicFest and the Region Harborlites takes home the silver. 21 Spring Contest. Panache on the Coronet Club departments Show for their 20th anniversary. Editor: Karen Laderman Regional Management Team (RMT) Design: Linda “FG” Carlberg 4 Photography: Barbara advertisements Cruickshank, Adelina Chorus News Dudda, Bette Gordon, 6 Barbershop VIP China Tour ...... 5 Club 21 Quartet Workshop ...... 13 Karen Laderman, E.R. Quartet News Lilley, Lori Lyford, Missy 12 Harborlites Chorus ...... back cover Pearce, Kim Skvarla, Jen Love Notes ...... 3 Squires, Kathy Wright 14 Around the Golden West San Diego Chorus ...... 7 •Arrangers Development Program (ADP) •Young Women In Harmony (YWIH) •Club 21 calendar 15 Chorus, Regional and International Events Golden West Region 21 Mission Statement: MVSA, Thank you for having Golden West Region 21 of Sweet Q.com on your show. As We LOVE You, Region 21! Adelines International is at the Scottsdale Chorus, Congratulations always, it was a blast!!! Affinity-Jana, Lori, Kim, and leading edge of excellence in music on taking the gold!!! Make sure Love, Miriam, Liane, you let us all know where to find Monique and leadership education. We are Lots of Love to Stan Adelina & those magical musical sticks! dedicated to providing a wide scope and to all my Sweet Marjorie Love, Q.com of personal growth opportunities Sisters — keep paddling!! and raising public awareness of the XOXO from Linda To the new faces of MVSA, barbershop art form. Schrab Dody, Thanks for all of your CONGRATULATIONS on your first Lots of Love to our super talented work toward putting on show!!! Weʼre so happy to have and passionate coach, Laura Pallas. another Love,fabulous MVSA show! you with us!!! Weʼre looking forward to more, much more!! Love from Mission Viejo Chorus. Marjorie, FANTASTIC job in Seattle! To all the Seattle Competitors— Shimmer & Hypnotic, Thank you for your patience and Scottsdale, You Make Me Congratulations on your You shined on stage!!! cooperation. It is much performances Seattle! Weʼll be Love Miriam, Liane & Adelina Fall DOWN!!!! Love, Sweet Adelines appreciated. cheering you on in International —GWM Editor Guess Who! Houston! Love Mission Statement: Sweet Adelines International is Q.com Harborlites Chorus, a worldwide organization of wom- Great job in Seattle!!! Sally Van Horn— en singers committed to advancing Mission Viejo Chorus loves Hey, Linda Allen— Congratulations!!! You are a machine! the musical art form of barbershop you, Stan! B Sharpe is our Your Village Thanks YOU! Love, Q.com Favorite Key!! Thanks for all that you harmony through education and do. Itʼs a pleasure performance. working for you. Team Coordinator, Sue Bowdoin Membership Coordinator, Chris Robertson Contribution, Commitment and Competition. Chapter Four: “How ya gonna keep ’em” Contribution: The education programs brought to you this year Over the past year, we have followed the saga of Gertrude Guest, have been exceptional. Three MusicFests wrapped up the year across whose first impression of Sweet Adelines was simply amazing. The the region. Many thanks for the contributions made by Jana Gutenson, chorus she chose was a fine-tuned machine that enabled her to process Education Coordinator and Helen Erickson, Event Coordinator, the into Mollie Member without a hitch. She loved her new “chosen hob- many outstanding regional faculty members and to YOU for support- by.” The intensive new member program was fabulous. But when it was ing their efforts. over, she suddenly felt as if she were left alone. Maybe she should have Commitment: Many thanks to the Regional Nominating Commit- been encouraged to become part of a committee where she might share tee for their recent efforts. We can announce the RMT positions being some fresh ideas and take an active role in the workings of the chorus. filled for the 2011-2013 term: new to the RMT will be Event Coordi- It’s good to be recognized for what you can contribute. nator: Judy Huffman, Scottsdale Chorus; Finance Coordinator: Dale As she studies the calendar of events: shows, rehearsals, retreats, Bade, Tucson Desert Harmony and returning, Director’s Coordinator: competition, deadlines for paying for the expense of these events, she Andi Rostel, Prospective Route 66 Sound; and Marketing Coordina- realizes that the commitment required of her is a bit overwhelming tor: Kathy Wright, Harborlites Chorus. We’re sad to see Helen Erick- when intertwined with her personal obligations. Molly quickly pushes son and Charlene Neblett step off, however they still have a few months this thought aside as the rehearsal begins. She feels challenged by the and lots of good things to accomplish before we say goodbye to them! level of music and education offered to her on a weekly basis. She is Competition: There’s no argument the international competition enthusiastic about attending regularly and looks forward to those high- in Seattle was owned by Golden West Region 21! With five fabulous energy coaching sessions with Tony Bologna. Wow what fun! quartets and two choruses gracing the international stage, it was with Remember: the rewards of belonging to a chorus must be greater heart-stopping anticipation that we waited for the final announcement. than the personal and financial costs, or the member won’t stay. 50% Our congratulations to Harborlites as the International Second Place of all new members leave within their first five years of membership. Chorus and Scottsdale as the 2011 International Champions! We’re Properly educating and caring for our newest members should be a top bursting with pride! priority for every chorus. As I have written here in the past, it’s an exciting time as Golden West Region “21derful” members make their contribution to education, a commitment to leadership and excel in competition! Events Coordinator, Helen Erickson Finance Coordinator, Charlene Neblett We in Region 21 have so much to be proud of! Congratulations to all of our quartets and choruses who competed in Seattle for your out- I would like to take this opportunity to introduce the new Region standing performances! Looking to the future, we have many educa- 21 Finance Coordinator, Dale Bade. Dale is a member of the Tucson tional opportunities to take advantage of. As you’re reading this issue of Desert Harmony Chorus and will begin her term May 1, 2011. Dale Golden West Magazine, our three MusicFests will have just concluded is a Financial Analyst for a bank in Tucson and is quite knowledgeable in three separate areas of our region. Hopefully you’ll not have missed about finances and budgets. out on one of those! I have thoroughly enjoyed my 6 years on the RMT and will miss all Information should be coming to you soon about the January 14-16, of the wonderful members of this team. This year I particularly enjoyed 2011 Quartet Workshop in San Bernardino, featuring Jean Barford as writing those $500 checks to each chorus. It was interesting to note the our guest faculty. Make your plans now to attend! various ways choruses intend to use these funds, and it will be fun to Our Regional Convention Steering Committee is busy making plans see the results. Adelina Dudda of Mission Viejo Chorus has offered for our 2011 Spring Convention & Competition in Pasadena. The first to write an article for the next issue of the GWM regarding how the informational bulletin with all the pertinent details will be arriving to choruses used these funds. your chorus leaders very soon. Let’s strive to have every member of Re- I hope to see you all at the many education opportunities provided by gion 21 participating in this weekend of education, fun, and friendship. our fantastic Region 21. See you there! Education Coordinator, Jana Gutenson Seattle! So many moments to remember, so many reasons to be proud to call Golden West Region 21 my home! Region 21 members thoroughly rocked the International Competition and Convention! Our quartets in both the Rising Star and Quartet Competition were exceptional in every way, and our one-two punch in the Chorus Competition was a total knock out! The talent, commitment, and dedication that we are blessed with in Region 21 is amazing! So...do we rest on our laurels? Not unless we want to watch this fast-moving organization blow by us. Here’s what’s in store in the upcoming year in education! January in Ontario, CA with Club 21 and the Queen-Maker Jean Barford is not just for quartets. Vocal skills improvement, coaching and classes are waiting for YOU! International Champion Director, Judge, and Board Member, Sharon Babb will be with us in June to facilitate RMT Training followed by a Leadership Education weekend. (Have I mentioned that ANYONE can lead?) Summer Semi- nar is going to be spectacular with Renee Porzel, International Certified Faculty, Judge, and Choreographer for the Melodeers, putting us through our paces. Oh, and here’s the best part...our Terrific Trio of Mega Directors is on board for leading the three seminar choruses again this year! We’ll put a wrap on education in 2011 with another Small/Midsize Chorus workshop featuring the dynamic duo of Molly Huffman and Bev Miller, co-directors of the 11th place Capital City Chorus! I can’t wait to see where new learning can take us!

Prescott, Song of the Pines AZ Life in our Small Scottsdale Chorus Scottsdale, Championship Chorus AZ Prescott, AZ is a small historical The thrill of a lifetime! Winning the Gold in Seattle was that and more. The dust and excite- retirement town filled with color- ment is far from settled yet we are compelled to take time to reflect and contemplate all that has ful history, and home to SOTP. happened and what it means for the future of the Scottsdale Chorus. From where did this come? Our chorus will celebrate its 48th THE PAST As a ‘vil- birthday in 2011. We are celebrating lage’ we committed by competing in Houston! A mile- to core values. We set stone for our chorus, Division A in visual and vocal stan- Region 21, and our hometown! dards that all mem- During our “life”, Prescott has recognized bers successfully met. SOTP as viable entertainment for its numerous We poured our hearts community events, philanthropic functions, and souls into our art and concerts. Our audiences have supported form. We prepared us through the years and are now rallying to to give, give, give. We lend even greater support as we prepare for cried, we laughed, we the Harmony Classic in Houston. Photo by Karen Laderman by Karen Photo bonded. THE PRES- We’re excited to currently have 18 perfor- ENT We are in a state of deep appreciation, gratitude and admiration – appreciation for our mance bookings through December, which dream team of coaches: Cindy Hansen, Dale Syverson and Tony deRosa, our in-house coach, Jana will enhance our Houston fund-raising efforts. Gutenson; and our stellar Director: Lori Lyford. – grateful to be in the ‘rocking-est’ region in Sweet Adelines, Region 21, (First AND Second Place, YES!!) that pushes us to be our very best; – admiration and awe of our so-very-talented sisters from Harborlites who are clearly winners

of the nth degree. THE FUTURE We continue our astonishing journey now with accolades Lilley Photo E.R. by from our peers, gold around our necks and joy in our hearts and voices – joy to share with all we encounter. And finally, a heartfelt thank you to Region 21 and the Regional Management Team for all your love, support and encouragement. It is our privilege to represent you and Sweet Adelines International as the 2011 International Champion Chorus this year. Selling nuts, and additional Singing Holiday —Jenny Lucier Grams will keep us very busy through the Harborlites Chorus Anaheim, holidays. CA In a small chorus, every voice counts – ev- Region 21 is at the top of the world! It was an amazing moment in Seattle to see just two chorus- ery effort counts, every contribution counts. es “left standing” during the awards announcement — and both of them were from Region 21! It truly takes everyone’s commitment on all The Harborlites Chorus would like to congratulate our sisters in harmony, the Scottsdale levels to achieve each incremental goal. Sup- Chorus, on their international championship as well as all of the Region 21 quartet competitors porting our own rehearsal studio also makes a who crossed the stage in Seattle. A special congratulations to “our own” Shimmer! for their 10th significant statement about our dedication. place medals, 13th place Hypnotic, and SparX for their 16th place finish. SOTP coaching schedule includes sessions Now that we’re back home, planning is underway for our 2011 Young Women in Harmo- with Lori Lyford, Kim Hulbert/Vaughn, Dawn ny “Diva Day” Festi- Castiglione, Patty and Jeff Baker and our stead- val, which will be held fast regular, Chris Robertson. With all this February 5 at Orange coaching talent, and our music in place, we are Coast College in Costa honing individual singing skills and raising the Mesa. We are proud bar on performance. to announce that Gary Congratulations to the incredible Scotts- Lewis, a two-time BHS dale and Harborlites Choruses. We accept quartet champion (with your challenge to add a Division A medal to and ) Region 21. and a high school choral We may be small, but our goals are “huge.” director, will be the fea- —Marketing Team tured clinician for Diva Photo by E.R.Photo Lilley Day. Tucson, Tucson Desert Harmony Chorus AZ The festival will culminate in a show featuring the “Diva Day” Chorus, Harborlites, as well as chapter quartets. Tickets are available for only $5 for the evening performance. For more infor- In 2001, Dayle Ann Cook started a journey mation or to order tickets, visit our website at www.harborliteschorus.org. that would build her musical skills and hone Speaking of upcoming events, don’t forget to mark your calendar for the 5th Annual Harbor- her organizational abilities. She stepped off lites Harmony Golf Classic. It will be held at the Los Serranos Golf and Country Club in Chino the risers taking over direction of the Tucson Hills on June 24th. Plan to come join us for a day of fun and an evening of music! Goodtime Singers (now Tucson Desert Har- —Kathy Wright mony Chorus/TDH). She took on this chal- lenge with full chorus approval and blessings from outgoing Master Director and Arranger, Nancy Berg- man. What an honor! Dayle Ann worked hard improving her directing skills by taking awaited the chorus placement for 1st and 2nd since both Scottsdale classes through the Director’s Certification Program (DCP) while jug- and Harborlites were quite amazing. We were so proud of our Region gling home-life, work-life and quartet-life. At Regional Competition 21 sisters and were happy to see that their hard work was greatly re- 2006, she led TDH to score over 600 points. Having completed her warded. We’ll continue to cheer on Shimmer! and Hypnotic as they DCP classes, Dayle Ann Cook became a Certified Master Director! work towards their appearance in Houston next year. Under Dayle Ann’s leadership, the chorus went on to score over 600 On November 6, we presented “Songs Across America” in Laguna points again in 2007 and in 2008 when TDH won first overall qualify- Woods, CA. Our audience of nearly 800 people were taken for a musi- ing for our first International Competi- cal journey across our tion in Nashville 2009. We are honored great country. We were to have sung under the direction of Mas- joined by The Vel- ter Director Dayle Ann Cook! vet Frogs, CJ & Katy, After 10 years of directing, Dayle Ann ragtime pianist Paul has decided to step out of the Director’s Orsi and our very own Lilley Photo by E.R. role and BACK ONTO THE RISERS to Q.com (Miriam Darr, do what she loves most, SING! We are Liane Harper, Adelina Photo by E.R.Photo Lilley so fortunate to have her singing with us, Dudda, Marjorie Bar- hearing her beautiful voice filtering through the chorus! Now Dayle ragan). Nancy Rodewald, emcee, tied the evening together with her Ann and TDH welcome Certified Director Karen Meade who has unique blend of comedy and storytelling. stepped up from the front row to face the chorus and direct us to Pasa- Also in November, we had the privilege to perform at the Marine dena next year. Update on Karen’s new journey in 2011... Memorial in San Clemente, CA for Veterans Day. Throughout Decem- —Rhonda Benhase ber, we will be sharing our love of song with the community. Please come and see us on the evenings of December 11th or 12th at Heritage Mission Viejo Chorus Laguna Niguel, Hill in Lake Forest, CA. We will be performing in a historic church from CA the late 1800’s during their annual Candlelight Tours. Twenty-Onederful!!!! We have continued to welcome new members over the past several The Mission Viejo Chorus would like to extend a huge CONGRAT- months, so we look forward to introducing some new faces to you in ULATIONS to all Region 21 competitors who dominated the stage in Pasadena! See you soon! Seattle. We were glued to the webcast, completely breathless, as we —Adelina Dudda Love Letters, Sweet Georgia Brown Sweet Georgia Letters, Love Contestant #21 (Semifinals) and Contestant #21(Semifinals) Semifinal Songs: Songs: Semifinal Photos byKaren Laderman Contestant #8(Finals) Director: PamPieson Director: Region 21Rah-Rah! Region 124 onstage SCOTTSDALE SCORE EVERTO EARNSTHEHIGHEST BECOME Bundle ofOld Scottsdale becomes the first Wildcard Chorus to win the International Chorus Championship Chorus International winthe to Wildcard Chorus first becomesthe Scottsdale Silver Medalists: Harborlites Chorus Harborlites Silver Medalists: 2011 INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONS CHORUS Contestant #6: Finals Songs: Contestant #6:Finals Contestant #22: Semifinal Songs: Songs: Contestant #22:Semifinal Final Contest Songs: Final Contest Songs: Official Internation contest photography by E.R. Lilley InternationOfficial contest photography byE.R. Semifinal Score: 1502, Finals Score: 1575,Total Score: 1502,Finals Score: 3077points Score: Semifinal Semifinal Score: 1488points Score: Semifinal Total 3011points Score: Final 1523points Score: I Never Knew,I Never Danny Boy Director: Lori Lyford, Lori 116onstage Director: f Put Your Put Around Me, Is How Arms the Ocean Deep

Photo by E.R. Lilley What’ll I Do, All Aboard For AllAboard IDo, Dixieland What’ll SCOTTSDALE EARNS THE HIGHEST SCORE EVER TO BECOME Rising Star Contest 2011 INTERNATIONAL CHORUS CHAMPIONS Artisan

Director: Lori Lyford, 116 on stage Nicole Knox, Raven De Contestant #22: Semifinal Songs: What’ll I Do, All Aboard For Dixieland Sacia, Heather Meza, Ka- Contestant #6: Finals Songs: Put Your Arms Around Me, How Deep Is the Ocean leena Middleton Semifinal Score: 1502, Finals Score: 1575, Total Score: 3077 points Contestant #1, Scottdale, AZ, Score: 214 points Scottsdale becomes the first Wildcard Chorus to win the International Chorus Championship Songs: They Tried to Tell Us We’re Too Young, Lilley Photo by E.R. Goodnight Sweetheart

The Good Vibes

Taylor Wilson, Bree McCreery Alyssa Emery, Samantha Conner, Contestant #18, Tucson, AZ, Photo by Adelina Dudda Score: 251 points Songs: Fit As a Fiddle, Mother Sang Irish Songs to Me

How We Met

Kari Blaylock, Camille Kelly, Dani Lenski, The Call Genevieve Vaive Photo by Kim Skvarla Contestant #14, Rio

Rancho, NM, Score: Photo by Adelina Dudda 276 points Songs: Laughing on the Outside, Deed I Do

Pastiche Rehearsals Katie Frederick, Bronti & Coaching Hollins, Melanie Barker, Caitlin Tervo Contestant #3, Scott- sdale, AZ, Score: 247

points Lilley Photo by E.R. Songs: When I Fall In Love, My Baby Just Cares For Me Escondido, Pacific Belles CA San Diego, The Pacific Belles of Escondido have had a “ringing” San Diego Chorus CA year! We have welcomed seven new members and The women of the San Diego Chorus are getting down to business, digging in their hosted our successful annual Flag Day concert in June spurs and having a great time doing it! With more than five appearances remaining in with flags a-flyin’! A coaching session with the sensa- 2010, the chorus is promoting the organization with the best tool available, its voices. Director Kim Hulbert has kept the chorus busy learning some great new songs that celebrate love, life, rhythm and harmony. Many of these songs were showcased at the chorus’ annual show, “Raised on Rhythm,” featuring top-notch performances by guest quartets Affinity and Masterpiece. In this organization of long-range planning, be sure to save the date for next year’s annual show: Sept. 17, 2011! You won’t want to miss the first West Coast appearance of the 2010 Barbershop Harmony Society Gold Medal International Quartet Champions, ! Growth and sisterhood are in the cards as the San Diego Chorus launches its fall tional Chris Robertson is an event not be missed. (“Keep membership drive modeled after the Sweet Adeline’s International “Real Guide to the space open, ladies!) We were invited and performed Growth” program. The campaign features four free voice lessons with Master 700 Di- at the first San Diego County Harmony Jamboree on rector, Kim Hulbert, and the opportunity to join the chorus on stage at two upcoming September 18 in Balboa Park, San Diego with the men’s holiday performances. Music Masters, Pacific Coast Harmony, Sun Harbor In their annual holiday Chorus and our award winning San Diego Chorus. show, the San Diego Chorus What an exciting event! and In October we held our annual fall show. “From Sea to

Pacific Coast Harmony Lilley Photo E.R. by Barbershop Chorus will join Shining Sea” was a musical tour of the USA with many forces to present “Cookies songs that represent various states. Great music, com- for Santa” on Dec. 14, 2010 edy, lots of food and guest men’s quartet Sound Design at Torrey Pines Christian rounded up a super show! Church. Visit www.sdcho- From October to December we are inviting women rus.org for tickets and more information. to sing with Pacific Belles with no dues or membership Finally, Congratulations to all the fabulous Region 21 competitors in Seattle, espe- fee as a FREE OPEN SING. They will be able to perform with us on our Christmas show in the hopes they will cially our champions, Scottsdale! The San Diego Chorus will bring the same drive and spirit to Houston. continue as new members. —Laura Koch December 4 will usher in our Christmas show. To sup- port the Toys for Tots program, a visit by the Marines Sedona, from Camp Pendleton for “A Teddy Bear Christmas” is Red RockAppella Chorus AZ sure to be a big hit. Guests will be encouraged to bring a We had a great turnout of RRA members attending “Camp Ringing Pines” in teddy bear or unwrapped gift. Prescott last June. Four of our members, Deb Sanders, Claire Westberg, Jeannie Carroll Under the direction of Dick Field, we are looking for- and Sandy Wingate participated in the fun and famous double quartet contest along ward to Regional Contest next April. See you all then! with four members of Song of the Pines, Rosemary Baltensberger, Penny Cimo, Donna —Penny Mann Tropp, and Reva Fredericksen as The PineStones. Proudly, they brought home the Sec- Surprise, ond Place Medal and the coveted “Golden Banana” trophy. Westwind Harmony Chorus AZ The summer festivities continued with two community performances over the What an exciting fall this has been. First, Westwind Fourth of July weekend, and in August Vicki Payne (PR/Marketing Chair), Claire Harmony Chorus wants to congratulate Scottsdale and Westberg (Team Coordinator) and our director Sandy Wingate were interviewed for a Harborlites Choruses for their first and second places feature article about Red RockAppella at International! Wow Region 21 was well-represented. in the local newspaper, the Red Rock Also, three of our members are dual members with News. We held a successful member- Scottsdale, so we were actually represented in a manner ship drive beginning in September, of speaking. Cathie Sturm, (our director), Marsha Shaw, offering a free vocal lesson by Suzy Lo- her mom, and Linda Myer wore their gold medals to cho- baugh, SOTP director, and a continu- rus practice and we had a great time getting to share in ing series of barbershop education. their excitement. In October, we were invited as guest We’re having a POPs program for our holiday music. It performers on the Harmony on the brought in 28 visitors, some of whom have already shown Rocks (Sedona-based men’s barber- an interest in staying with our chorus after our Holiday Photo by E.R.Photo Lilley shop group) annual show. performances! We are now busy rehearsing for our fourth annual holiday show, to be held Decem- Several of us ladies have been working at a conces- ber 5th at 2PM at the Church of the Red Rocks here in Sedona. We will be joined by sion stand at the University of Phoenix Stadium making our four newest members, Betty Williams, Nancy Martin, Diane Pimental and Linda money for the chorus. We have also sold Party Lite candles, Haggard, several ladies from SOTP, and some non-Sweet Adelines from the commu- Toshi’s Coffee and have cards at Fry’s grocery store that earn nity who are rehearsing five Christmas songs with us. Our featured guest money. Holiday Grams are being advertised so we can sing will be Ms. Cellaneous. to those for whom the Holiday Grams were purchased. —Vicki Payne One of the opportunities we have is singing at Sur- prise, Arizona’s Surprise Party, a city- wide event. The other scheduled event will be a Friends and Family af- fair where we practice on Monday nights. There are plan in process for a few nursing home performances as well. participate in the Holiday Stroll in Old Town Albuquerque December Westwind is look- 3, present our annual Christmas Show on December 4, and continue ing forward to assist- our tradition of performing at the Bio-Park “River of Lights”—always a ing in the hosting of joyful experience for singers and audiences. We’re also providing ushers MusicFest in Phoenix, for the Albuquerque Little Theater’s production of White Christmas, learning what we can, and our quartets will perform during intermissions. What a fun season and selling some Toshi’s for Enchanted Mesa! Coffee there. We look forward to seeing you at the Region 21 MusicFest, Novem-

Photo by E.R.Photo Lilley Co. —Jacquie Godfrey ber 20th in The Land of Enchantment’s Albuquerque, New Mexico! The Region has a wonderful staff ready to lead attendees on a journey Covina, Sounds of Harmony Chorus CA of harmony. EMSC will host a boutique with several vendors, raffles, and lots of fun! What an awesome International Competition again this fall. Con- —Lorretta McCorkle gratulations to our Region 21 winners—Scottsdale and Harborlites! All of our Region 21 quartets also did a fine job! Two of our members Fiesta Chorus Tempe, made it to Seattle and some of us watched the contest on the fabulous AZ webcast. Heartiest congratulations to our Region 21 Chorus International L o o k i n g competition winners. One, two! Ladies, you really rock. You inspire us back to our to continue to do our very best. Our Region 21 quartets did a fine job, summer—on too, in representing us. the 4th of July, Fiesta has renewed we had fun spirit and confidence a d v e r t i s i n g after our spectacular Photo by E.R. Lilley Photo E.R. by our chorus September 11 show, at a beauti- “Honoring Heroes”. By fully decorated all accounts, this was booth in a local park. We won 1st place! a very special event SOH chorus is excited about our November and December perfor- and our audience was mances. This year, in this revitalization process, we’re singing on our moved to tears and laughter, and thoroughly entertained by the stal- own, without any additional voices from another chorus. Yeah! We also wart group of 16 singers who sounded like so many more thanks to our are singing in a Christmas show again, with Inland Empire Chorus. well-practiced vocal production skills. Patriotic songs and videos, as That means a lot to us, and gives our brand new Sweet Adelines some well as a presentation of the flag and laurel wreath ceremony honoring experience in singing 4-part harmony with a larger group. We “oldies” those who lost their lives on that horrific day nine years ago, were fitting enjoy it too! tributes. Our very own quartet, Allegro, and our featured guest quar- We are happy to tell the news about a new quartet that is rehearsing tet, The Mix, added some wonderful moments to the day. from our small membership. That’s always a good thing. Fiesta is looking with anticipation to its February 19th show. Our If you’re in the neighborhood of Grace Lutheran Church, Covina ever-popular Singing for Scholarships competition will add to the fun. Blvd. in Covina, CA, we’d love to have visitors. We’re a daytime chorus— On the education front, we have already had a wonderful coaching Wed. from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Hope to see some of you soon. session with Chris Robertson and MusicFest in Phoenix this year. In late —Char Nelson November, Lila Mori will conduct PVIs for the entire membership. Enchanted Mesa Show Chorus Albuquerque, Rounding out the year, on December 11, Dawn Castiglione returns for NM a showmanship coaching session. What a fabulous Summer Regional in Prescott—what a great staff and Things are really hopping around here with our Rummage Sale on education experience! Many thanks to all our RMT, staff, and faculty! November 13 and our annual performance at Friendship Village on We heard praises from many for the outstanding facilities and experi- November 23rd. ence of this Prescott location! We come for the music and stay for the fun! We extend our heartiest con- —Mary Ellen Hood gratulations to our Region 21 Se- El Paso, attle competitors, well done! And El Paso Sungold TX for One Voice and How We Met, Congratulations to the Scottsdale and Harborlites Choruses for we love you and are very proud of Lilley Photo E.R. by their stellar performances at International! You worked hard to earn you. Congratulations to Scottsdale, your well-deserved places as the best in the world. our 2011 International Champion The El Paso Sungolds have been busy this past half year. After attend- Chorus, and Harborlites, Second ing the regional camp in Prescott in June, we sang in an Independence Place International Chorus. What Day parade, worked our way through nursing homes, and performed masterful performances you deliver! We honor you for all you bring to at other local summer and autumn events. In September, Chris Robert- Region 21. Thank you. son came to coach us. She introduced some disciplined improvements Enchanted Mesa completed our Annual Planning Meeting and iden- to our musical strategy which we have incorporated. We tified our top four goals for this year. We held guest nights in prepa- are currently focusing on fund-raiser events so that we can ration for new voices joining us for our Christmas Season. EMSC will continued on page 14 Photo by Missy Pearce April!one in Houston here wecome! every seeing to forward Welook 24! Region Sound Showcase including choruses, home our to gratitude extreme and verson ney: jour Seattle our of part a were who coaches other our to thanks Major Seattle. in us with Smith Scottsdale SparX and we loved sharing the stage with 21 Region fabulous representtotheproud are We took. you photos many the for Kim and watch us Thanksing! you Karen,Debbie, Tara, come chorus the let to rehearsals chorus outof our time taking for Pam you Thank attle. 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Club 21 Young Women In Harmony (YWIH) Take a minute, step back, and admire the quality of the fabulous Wow, what a great Rising Star Competition it was! On the morning region to which you belong. For the first time in the history of Sweet of Saturday, October 23, 2010, in Seattle, WA., eighty singers under the Adelines International a single region’s choruses have achieved Gold age of 25 from around the world, competed in twenty YWIH quartets. and Silver at the International Chorus Contest. Congratulations to the Four of these quartets were from Region 21! They all did a great job on Scottsdale and Harborlites choruses and their amazing directors Lori the International stage, making us all so proud! [Editor’s Note: see page 9 Lyford and Pam Pieson! Scottsdale not only won the contest as the first for photos of our Rising Star contestants]. wildcard chorus ever, but they also set the highest score ever achieved! The 2009 Rising Star Champion, Vogue, (with three members from Their hours of hard work certainly paid off. Harborlites) had a smashing appearance, performing their outgoing Let’s also brag about our quartets: Shimmer! (10th Place), Hypnotic champion package to start the Quartet Finals on Friday afternoon. (13th Place), SparX (16th Place), Affinity (19th Place), and One Voice In September, Tucson Desert Harmony Chorus, co-hosted with (24th Place). How many other regions can boast of FIVE high caliber Tucson Sunshine Chapter of BHS, the 5th Annual Southern AZ Youth quartets representing them at the international level? None! Region 21 in Harmony Festival with over 200 male and female High School stu- is very proud! dents attending. Inland Empire held their 3rd Harmony Star Festival These talented musicians are all part of Club 21 and contribute great- in October. It was a huge success; the number of students exploding! ly to the education level of our Region. This January 14-16, at the San Now, Fiesta Chorus in Tempe, AZ is busily preparing for their very Bernardino Hilton, they will be joined by the infamous “Queen Maker” first “Harmony Fiesta-val” in early June 2011! And in Prescott, AZ, Jean Barford, making this one of the most incredible educational oppor- Song of the Pines Chorus is in the planning stages for their first festival tunities Club 21 has ever presented. Come join in the fun at our annual in 2012. Harmony Workshop! There will be quartet matching, PVIs (personal That will make seven on-going festivals in Region 21, including Har- voice instruction), quartet coaching, great classes on improving your borlites Chorus, Enchanted Mesa Show Chorus and the Region 21 vocal skills, performance skills, coaching skills, etc. For more informa- Festival, Project Harmony. tion, see our ad on page 13 and the regional website (www.region21. Region 21 YWIH Program Rocks! org). See you in January! —Annie Hayes, Young Women In Harmony Coordinator —Chris Robertson, Club 21 Arrangers Development Program (ADP) DATES SET FOR LOCAL ARRANGING WORKSHOPS AND ANNUAL RETREAT If you’ve been thinking about trying your hand at arranging, make a note of the following dates and save them. There will be a local arranging workshop in Scottsdale, AZ and Oceanside, CA on Saturday, January 8, 2011, and in Tucson, AZ and Albuquerque, NM on Saturday, February 12, 2011. The annual retreat is scheduled for May 13-15, 2011, in Tucson. These local workshops and the annual retreat are excellent ways to become involved in the art of arranging our barbershop style songs, and the classes are designed for beginners and more seasoned arrangers. If you would like to receive registration and class information, please e-mail me at [email protected] to be added to our mailing list. Our web site ( www.goldenwestarrangers.com) has been updated and now has a section on our new mentoring program where would-be arrangers can have one-on-one contact with a certified arranger to help them individually. We are also planning to make audio samples avail- able for all the songs listed on the web site that have been arranged either by the ADP group or by participants in the regional program. In the meantime, check out these songs for your quartet or chorus. Quartets get the arrangements for free if they sing them at Tinpan Alley! —Anna Maria Parker, Arrangers Development Program Coordinator

El Paso, Riverside, El Paso Sungold TX Inland Empire Chorus CA continued from page 11 It has been a very busy time for the Inland Empire Chorus, mostly spent with preparations for our make our April journey to Pasadena. third Harmony Stars Festival/Young Women in Harmony event (our second one this year)! On Octo- Before the Christmas season starts, we ber 2, we hosted 90 young ladies (our largest group to date) at the Redlands High School campus. Our have planned to host a dinner for 200 clinician was Cathie Sturm and Region 21 Champion Quartet Hypnotic assisted all day and performed with us at the show that evening. A week later, the chorus was invited to perform at Chaffey High School as guests on the Jack Mercer Band television show. We performed 2 short sets and had a very responsive audience! Currently, we are preparing for our annual Christmas Show in early December. We are again inviting Desert Cities Chorus and Sounds of Harmony Chorus. TheNew Gang on the Corner Men’s Chorus (BHS) will also be joining us this year, so this certainly will be a tuneful start to the holiday season! Photo by E.R.Photo Lilley Co.

The Inland Empire Chorus would like Cruickshank Photo Barbara by guests. Our newest member, Danielle to take this opportunity to congratulate Hoffmann, joined directly after she Scottsdale Chorus and Harborlites moved here from Germany. She brings Chorus and all the competing Region 21 a bonus: her 14 year old daughter, Leia, quartets for their splendid performances has started to practice and sing with the at International Competition this year! chorus! You’ve done Region 21 proud! —Lynn Phipps —Karen Pritchard Choy Regional and

International Events **New Listings/Changes in Red January 14-16 Club 21 Quartet Event (featuring Jean Barford)–San Bernardino, CA Chapter Shows **February 5 Enchanted Mesa “Barbershop Rocks” YWIH Festival – NM February 5 Harborlites “Diva Day” YWIH Festival – Costa Mesa, CA 2010-2011 March 4-6 RMT Meeting – AZ Dec. 4** Enchanted Mesa April 7-10 Regional Convention & Competition – Pasadena, CA – Christmas Show June 3-5 RMT/IRT Leadership Workshop (featuring Sharon Babb) – TBD Dec. 4** Pacific Belles – Christmas Show

2011 **July 20-24 International Director/Judge/Arranger Event – California, PA Dec. 5 Red RockAppella August 5-7 Summer Seminar (featuring Renee Porzel +Kim & Pam) – AZ –Annual Show **Sept. 9-11 RMT Meeting Dec. 14** San Diego – October 18-22 International Convention & Competition – Houston, TX Holiday Show **November 18-20 MusicFest (featuring Bev Miller & Molly Huffman) – Dec. 12** Inland Empire TBD – Christmas Show March 2-4 RMT Meeting Feb. 19** Fiesta –Annual April 26-29 Regional Convention & Competition – Pasadena, CA Show June 15-17 Director’s Workshop (featuring Sandy Robinson Marron) – TBD Sept. 17** San Diego – Annual Show August 10-12 Summer Seminar (featuring Darlene Rogers) – Prescott, AZ Nov. 5** Mission Viejo – 2012 Sept. 14-16 RMT Meeting Annual Show Oct. 30-Nov. 3 International Convention & Competition – Denver, CO April 4-7 Regional Convention & Competition – Pasadena, CA To have your event or chapter **June 21-23 Leadership Workshop (featuring Peggy Gram) – TBD show listed on the Region 21 cal- **August 9-11 Summer Seminar (featuring Judy Pozsgay, Sandy Marron) – TBD endar, contact the RMT Team Co- 2013 November 5-9 International Convention & Competition – Honolulu, HI ordinator, Sue Bowdoin (e-mail: April 24-27 Regional Convention & Competition – TBD [email protected]).

‘14 November 4-8 International Convention & Competition – Baltimore, MD and maybe playing a few games of cutthroat Ms. Cellaneous Harborlites, Scottsdale Scrabble. We are looking forward to performing Looking for coverage of Sum- on the Red RockAppella Christmas Show on mer Seminar? MusicFest? December 5th. We are enjoying the Christmas music so much we may just keep it in our rep- Look for the Spring 2011 Year-in-Re- ertoire all year long. Hmm...is Christmas music view issue of Golden West Magazine, contestable? The Sistahs are looking forward to a fun- distributed at Regional Convention Photo by Kathy Wright by Kathy Photo filled New Year: the Club 21 weekend with Mary Branham, Sarah Slade, Chris Robertson, Susan Phinney and Competition in Pasadena, CA. Jean Barford, several road trips, and then, of You know you want to be a part of The Cellaneous Sistahs, Susan, Sarah, Chris, course, the regional contest in April. We want and Mary, are sporting new International to wish all a Harmonious Holiday Season and this special issue. Mark your calendar Chorus Medals. Sarah and Mary helped their look forward to seeing you in the New Year! with these important 2011 deadlines: chorus, Scottsdale, bring home the Gold in —Mary, Chris, Susan, and Sarah Seattle. Susan and Chris assisted Harborlites Ad space reservations due March 8 Harborlites, Queen City Sound, in taking second. Ms. Cellaneous also helped Destiny Tucson Desert Harmony Materials (copy/art) due March 15 out both choruses by first singing at the Har- mony Classic Golf Tournament put on by the Harborlites. We’re so proud of them and their Harborlites Chorus on June17th and then shiny new medals. Congratulations to Scotts- performing on the “Go for the Gold Show” dale and Harborlites for setting a new record, put on by the Scottsdale Chorus on October both 1st and 2nd place international medals, 7th. It was great fun to share the stage with the from the same region. Bette, from Julian, CA, soon-to-be International Champs. competed with Queen City Sound, which

Like most Sweet Adelines, we returned Gordon provided by Bette Photo placed first in the Division A contest on Tues- home from Seattle with the hope of taking a Anna Bernhard, Tracey Sandberg, Bette Gordon, Carolyn Eaton day, with 22 singers on stage. Then on Friday, little breather. NOT! We hit the pavement Holiday greetings from Destiny. We’re so Tracey, Anna and Carolyn were down front running making preparations for the Mu- excited to be singing together. A long-distance enjoying the Coronet Club Show. After a busy sicFests held in Arizona (November 6th), quartet, you say? Well, yes, and if you want to week for all of us, we’re looking forward to see- California (November 13th), and New Mex- point fingers, point to Carolyn, from Tomb- ing you at the Club 21 Quartet and Singers ico (November 20th). We plan to spend the stone, Ariz, for bringing together the voices of Workshop, January 14-16 in San Bernardino, Thanksgiving Holiday together rehearsing, Destiny. Tracey and Anna, formerly of Orange featuring the “Queen Maker,” Jean Barford. eating, rehearsing, eating, rehearsing, eating, Crush, danced all over the stage in Seattle with —Bette, Tracey, Anna, and Carolyn Save These Dates!

Friday, June 24, 2011 Saturday, February 5, 2011 Fifth Annual Diva Day Harborlites Attention all high Harmony school girls who Golf Classic love to sing! Los Serranos Golf and Country Club Chino Hills, CA

Spend the day at Orange Coast College learning to harmonize in the barbershop style with the Harborlites Chorus and world-class coaches! After the clinics there will be an evening performance with the Harborlites Chorus. Tickets will be $5. For more information call Karen at (714) 847-0787 or visit www.harborliteschorus.org.

GUEST CLINICIAN: Gary Lewis 2000 & 2007 International Quartet Champion, Barbershop Proceeds benefi t competitors and performers Harmony Society going to the International Convention in Houston, TX.

2005 & 2008 International Champion Chorus Sweet Adelines International www.harborliteschorus.org

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