The pitchpipemagazine.com | April 2019 | Volume 72 — No.4
PitchTHE VOICE OF SWEET ADELINES Pipe INTERNATIONAL
Life on a High Note.
TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 1 3/6/19 11:00 AM Barbershoppin’ the Big Easy!
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73rd Annual Convention and Competition Sept. 16-21, 2019 • Smoothie King Center New Orleans, La., USA
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PitchApril 2019 • Volume Pipe 72 — No.4
Visioning Retreat participants gather for a photo at Sweet Adelines International Headquarters in Tulsa, OK (USA).
Features Headquarters Headlines
18 Open Division Q&A with Paula Davis 4 Judge Training with Lustre 20 Born to Teach 6 Meet New IBOD Member Jennifer Harris 21 Introducing the Arranger Certification Program 7 Meet New IBOD Member Leslie Galbreath 22 Countdown to 75 Years 8 Learning to Listen by Being Heard 37 My Director Always Says... 40 2018 Donor List 38 Friendship Week – An Amazing Experience! 48 Regional Calendar Swedish and Japanese Choruses Sing in Harmony Together In Every Issue
3 From Our President Events 5 From Our CEO 10 Sing and Celebrate at Sweet Adelines 25 Harmony Roundup International Education Symposium 2019 46 Accolades/In Memory 14 A Brand New Song and Dance: Directors and Visual Leaders Seminar 2019 On The Cover 26 Barbershoppin' the Big Easy! 73rd Annual Convention and Competition These images of our members in action were captured at the 2018 Sweet Adelines International Convention in St. Louis, Missouri (USA). They display the musical, personal and inspirational aspects of our organization expressed in our new outreach campaign, “Life on a High Note.” These images and others like them are also featured on the new website.
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TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 1 3/6/19 11:00 AM The Pitch Pipe April 2019 | Volume 72 — No.4 | www.pitchpipemagazine.com. Sweet Adelines International A worldwide women's singing organization committed to advancing the musical art form of barbershop harmony through opportunities in education, performance and competition. ______INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS Tammy Talbot Chief Executive Officer Richard Huenefeld Chief Financial Officer Tamatha Goad Editor-in-Chief Kim Berrey Save up to Managing Editor Stacy Pratt Associate Editor/Staff Writer Ben Larscheid Graphic Designer $50 USD Joey Bertsch and Lauren Stark Staff Photographers Kim Berrey Advertising on Early 918.622.1444 • [email protected] INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS May 1, 2018 – April 30, 2019 Patty Cobb Baker, International President Registration Paula Davis, Immediate Past President Joan Boutilier, President-elect Thérèse Antonini, Secretary JD Crowe, Treasurer Sharon Cartwright Janice McKenna Rates! Jennifer Cooke Renée Porzel Peggy Gram Mary Rhea Cammi MacKinlay EDUCATION DIRECTION COMMITTEE Register Today! Marcia Pinvidic, Chair Corinna Garriock Mary Rhea sweetadelines.com/neworleans Peggy Gram Kim Vaughn EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD Early registration pricing ends on May 29, 2019 Joan Boutilier Moreida Lord Corinna Garriock Cammi MacKinlay Kate Hawkins ______Sweet Adelines International members receive The Pitch Pipe as a benefit of their membership. Additional annual subscriptions are available for $12 USD/year U.S.A. or $24 USD/year outside U.S.A. SUBSCRIPTION REQUESTS & ADDRESS CHANGES: The The Pitch Pipe 9110 S. Toledo Ave., Tulsa, OK 74137 U.S.A. Lowdown Telephone 1.918.622.1444 • Toll-free 1.800.992.7464 Fax 1.918.665.0894 • www.sweetadelines.com PITCH PIPE ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS Office hours: M-F 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (CT) Direct all correspondence, editorial copy and photographs If you are interested in submitting an article for to [email protected]. consideration in a future issue of The Pitch Pipe, email Deadlines are 60 days prior to publication. [email protected]. Not all submissions will be published. ______
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THE VALUE OF ALIGNMENT
s singers, we understand the importance of proper body This creative and collaborative process is exciting and revitalizing, alignment to the production of good vocal sound. In fact, generating new energy in all that we do. And, just as when we focus on it a great deal when first learning how to make learning how to align our bodies for singing we must focus on the it a routine singing habit. Where are my feet? Are my knees soft, is many details of what we are doing, realigning an organization’s Amy sternum lifted, what’s going on with my pelvis, ribs, shoulders essential values to its strategic efforts takes time, dedication, and and arms? What about my neck and chin? So many elements of the concentrated thought. The Visioning Team has worked extensively body to tend to, and so much to think about when first learning on creating a 10-year vision and its five guiding principles for those basic principles of good alignment and what it feels like to our organization. Those crucially aligned statements will guide achieve it. We make and take the time to learn it because we know everything that we do over the next ten years. In June, the it’s crucial to the singing process. How many of you have watched International Board of Directors will update our current strategic a voice teacher adjust the length of the singer’s neck or the position plan guided by this vision and its fundamental values. When of their chin by a mere millimeter and then hear the singer’s sound complete, this comprehensive work will provide our roadmap to completely free up and change noticeably? Alignment matters. the future. It’s a very exciting time to be a Sweet Adeline! Of course, alignment matters in many areas of life and in the world in which we live. My car’s tires need to be aligned or I’ll be buying new ones sooner than I’d like! Parents spend thousands of In harmony, dollars getting their children’s teeth aligned, chiropractors make a living aligning spines, and we hope and pray that our planets are forever aligned! Don’t you love it when, driving down long streets with lots of traffic lights, the lights are totally aligned with the speed at which you are driving? Yes! Alignment is good, it makes Patty Cobb Baker things work, it makes things easier, it helps create success. International President Organizations know the importance of alignment, too. In particular, they know how important it is that an organization’s mission aligns with its core essential values and that all activities undertaken by the organization are aligned with and driven by that mission and those values. This kind of alignment provides clarity of purpose, action and outcome. It ensures that the flock flies in formation, never at cross purposes, and that the organization’s precious resources are expended effectively. Throughout its almost 75 years of existence, Sweet Adelines International has performed many an alignment check—ensuring that at any point in our history our values are aligned to our mission and to our strategic goals. We are undergoing such a process now. Fueled by member input and outsourced research collected over the last two years, the Sweet Adelines International Life on a High Note. Visioning Retreat held last November kicked off a robust realignment of the values, mission and strategic priorities that will guide us into the next 10 years of harmonizing the world.
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TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 3 3/6/19 11:00 AM IT’S ALL IN THE INTERPRETATION: JUDGE TRAINING WITH LUSTRE “It was an honor to be given this unprecedented invitation.”
Lustre, the 2018 Queens of Harmony, participated in Judge Training last August in Tulsa, OK (USA). We spoke with the quartet about what they learned from the experience.
Can you give an example of how this experience changed the way you interpret scoresheet comments? We had a few moments where we learned that our definition of a word was different from theirs! Specifically, we didn’t realize that “your work shows here” was a compliment. It doesn’t mean “you’re trying too hard,” it means “we see the effect of your rehearsals.”
What was the most helpful part of working with FOUR PARTS, the judges? Scoresheets without specific indications of how to ONE HEART! get to the next level were hard for us to decipher. Since we used scoresheets as signposts that pointed to our next things to work on, we mined them for that kind of NATIONAL information. What do you value most about this experience? BARBERSHOP Being able to spend time with the people who know the most about our art was really special. We appreciated QUARTET DAY the care and interest the judges took in what we had to say about our experience reading their sheets from over the years. They wanted to know how they influenced us and how they can continue to help others grow through APRIL 11, 2019 their thoughtful and objective feedback.
What was the most surprising thing you learned? “If you don’t think it takes a lot of We were surprised to hear how cautious judges are about commenting on individual performances within a quartet. They’re really concerned about causing courage to sing in a quartet, just try personnel changes if they offer feedback to just one person. it and see for yourself. You’re due What do you think judges might gain from for a real surprise.” working with competitors during training? They don’t get the chance as often to hear how their individual comments are interpreted by the singers – Fan Pell, Sweet Adelines International they’re writing to. We have a lot of common vocabulary Quartet Promotion chair thanks to the JCDB, but anything we can do to improve (from The Pitch Pipe, September 1955) the “translation” process will be really valuable. It would also be a good opportunity for us to express how much we appreciate them and the work they do.
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Members of the Leadership Team at Sweet Adelines International Headquarters in Tulsa, Okla. (Front row, L-R) Tamatha Goad, Tammy Talbot and Richard Huenefeld (Back row, L-R) Debbie Baker, Susan B. Smith, Valerie Renz and Jennifer Haggard
n this edition, I would like to introduce you to the Leadership professional education affiliations, supervises the Director and Team at Sweet Adelines International. This talented group Arranger Certification programs and the International Faculty of individuals pour their time, talents and energies into this program. Debbie is a member of Talk of Tulsa Show Chorus and organization to serve the members. I could not do my job without was also the 2013 NAfME award winner, and her favorite song is themI and the amazing skill sets and expertise that they bring to “How Deep is the Ocean.” their respective positions. When I review their resumes, their education and past work experience, they are quite an impressive Valerie Renz, Director of Membership group of individuals. I wish space allowed me to share more Valerie oversees the membership department and administers the about them, but listed below is a brief summary of their areas of charter process for prospective choruses and satellite choruses. She responsibility. Plus, a personal interesting music fact. is responsible for improving chapter and membership procedures, while focusing on chapter-relations and providing tools for RMT Richard Huenefeld, CPA, Juris Doctorate, Chief and chapter officers. She works closely with the membership Financial Officer retention committee to support chapters as they grow and provides Richard manages the organization’s investments and finances and overall support for the membership. Valerie’s favorite song is supervises accounting, financial reporting and SA’s budget. He also “Come Fly With Me.” assists members with tax and related inquires. His favorite song is “Amazing Grace.” Susan B. Smith, MA, CFRE, FAHP, Director of Philanthropy Jennifer Haggard, CMP, Sr. Director of Events and Susan is the newest member of the SA leadership team. Competitions Susan leads all efforts involving corporate underwriting and Jen oversees all projects from the department and coordinates sponsorships, annual giving, major gifts, planned estate gifts and event sourcing and logistics and is the on-site coordinator for the donor relations. Susan's role also provides oversight to Sweet International Convention & Competition, educational events, Adelines International's philanthropic giving programs such as The and board/committee meetings. She researches, recommends, Overtone Society (TOS), Young Singers Foundation (YSF) and negotiates and finalizes contracts with cities and venues for all Young Women In Harmony (YWIH). Susan lives in California events and provides event budget forecasting and monitoring. and is a member of Harborlites Chorus. Susan’s favorite song is Jen’s favorite song is “Clocks” by Coldplay. “Humble and Kind.”
Tamatha Goad, Sr. Director of Marketing, Thank you to this amazing team who work countless hours Communications and Sales to help support the mission and vision of Sweet Adelines Tamatha is the primary contact for corporate communications International! and marketing and provides strategic direction for all marketing, communications and sales efforts. She oversees the Sweet Adelines In appreciation, website, the production of The Pitch Pipe, all marketing and public relations efforts, social media and international sales. She is the editor-in-chief of The Pitch Pipe while writing and overseeing the implementation of all marketing and public Tammy Talbot relations plans for the organization. Tamatha’s favorite song is “I Can Only Imagine” by MercyMe. (P.S. If you know me well, you know that I adore Celine Dion and have seen her in concert six times. So, of course my favorite Debbie Baker, NBCT, Director of Education song is “The Prayer” by Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli). Debbie oversees and coordinates the activities of the Education and Music Services Departments. She monitors online education, the YWIH program, and she manages all educator resources and
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MEET NEW IBOD MEMBER JENNIFER HARRIS
“We want to make sure our sisters around the world feel valued, included and integral to the organization, because they are.”
s a newly-elected of staff for an organization that had operations in cities around member of the Sweet the world. Through that experience, she learned to deal with the Adelines International challenges of leading a worldwide organization. In her new role, Board of Directors (IBOD), she aims to foster a stronger sense of connection across our far- AJennifer Harris hopes to use flung membership. her international leadership “We want to make sure our sisters around the world experience to strengthen the feel valued, included and integral to the organization, because connections between Sweet they are.” Adelines all over the world. She would also like to see more connection for small choruses. Harris begins a three-year “Our organization is made up of a majority of small choruses, IBOD term on May 1, 2019. and I’m interested in making sure small choruses are more Harris’ relationship with connected to their regions and the happenings at the international barbershop singing started level,” she said. “It’s important for them to stay connected to the with a derailed business meeting. She saw a picture of Harbor City larger organization.” Music Company Show Chorus (HCMC) in her co-worker’s office. Harris values bridging gaps and building a sense of belonging. “I had heard of Sweet Adelines before and been intrigued, but I “I remember the first education event I ever went to at the didn’t think I had time,” said Harris. “I just started chatting with regional level,” she said. “I stuck like glue to the girl I knew from her about that, and we ended up not even holding the business my home chorus. I was such an introvert that I didn't feel good meeting. That night, she invited me to go to rehearsal, and I did. reaching out and making small chat and meeting other people. The next week, I auditioned. I got in the chorus, and that was that. I still am an introvert at heart, but now I look forward to That was in October 2003, and I haven’t looked back.” connecting with other people because I know I am connected to Harris sings bass for 2018 Sweet Adelines International Quartet them by these threads of commonality. It just makes me feel so Champions Lustre and is still a member of HCMC. In January comfortable belonging everywhere.” 2018, she became director of Arundelair Chorus. She has served Harris belongs to a supportive family as well—her husband of as regional communications coordinator for the SA Region 19 32 years, Dave, two adult children, and a new grandson. She said Management Team and president of the Silver Sorority, the she retired to have more time for what her husband calls “her new Region 19 Association of Quartet Champions. She is also a job,” Sweet Adelines. sought-after coach. “He is what makes this possible,” she said. Right out of college, Harris took a job with the National She is immensely grateful for the opportunity to give back Security Agency (NSA). She began as a mathematician, but she to an organization that she says has given her so much. soon got involved in leadership. Eventually, she became chief
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MEET NEW IBOD MEMBER LESLIE GALBREATH
“I think this organization is uniquely situated to really help women develop greater capacity in all parts of their lives. The music becomes a vehicle. It certainly has been for me, and I just believe that's what's going to happen. That's who we are.”
rowing up on a busy In her career, she has worked primarily in student support and farm, Leslie Galbreath development. learned the importance “I ran big tutoring programs, and my approach to everything is of cooperation. collaboration,” she said. “I did a lot of advising and ‘advicing,’ as I G“In my family, nobody got call it. I oversaw student acculturation programs, so that aligns very to sit down until everybody nicely with the membership development stuff that I did for Sweet could sit down,” she said. Adelines. It’s all the same thing: bringing people into an unfamiliar “If somebody was still environment and helping them succeed.” moving, you needed to Galbreath, who is a member of the international faculty and a be moving.” leadership development specialist for Rocky Mountain Region 8, She hopes to bring that finds inspiration from watching new Sweet Adelines grow. energetic collaboration to the “I'm the Skyline newbie coordinator, and I get totally tickled Sweet Adelines International when I watch these women come in the door and see this thing,” Board of Directors (IBOD). Galbreath was appointed to a one-year she said. “I think, ‘You have no idea what the future holds for you term beginning May 1, 2019. and the opportunities that will present themselves. You can't even!’ Galbreath’s mother took her to a performance of St. Joseph’s It’s this endless horizon, and opportunities just keep presenting Show Chorus—now called RiverSong—when she was still in themselves. Lots of it centers on music, but mostly it centers on college. personal development and helping people.” “I knew I didn’t have the resources at that moment, but I The music drew her to Sweet Adelines, but the unexpected remember thinking, ‘I could do this,’” she said. “When my benefits are manifold. youngest daughter was six weeks old, I was like, ‘I’ve got to get out “To have all that music wrapped around you and the women of the house! Now’s the time.’ I was looking for something more, who are so committed and generous and loving and supportive… something where I could sing.” It's almost the only time you don't wear a title other than your Galbreath joined RiverSong then and today sings with Skyline name,” she said. “You're not a mom. You're not a wife. You're not a Chorus. She credits Sweet Adelines with helping her attain goals. daughter. And that's pretty rare, especially for women.” “I would not have a doctorate if I had not gone to IES and Galbreath is “truly honored and totally humbled” to serve on the wandered into a Sharon Babb class,” said Galbreath. “I had so IBOD. much fun in that class. I thought, ‘Clearly you’re not finished or at “I think this organization is uniquely situated to really help the apex of anything you’re doing. You’ve got to figure out how to women develop greater capacity in all parts of their lives,” she said. make this work.’” “The music becomes a vehicle. It certainly has been for me, Galbreath completed a doctoral program in educational and I just believe that's what's going to happen. That's who leadership and policy analysis through the University of Missouri. we are.”
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Kim Newcomb talks with a small group during the Visioning Retreat.
LEARNING TO LISTEN BY BEING HEARD Young singer Kim Newcomb’s perspective on the Visioning Retreat
On November 16-17, 2018, thirty-six Sweet Adelines convened in Tulsa for a Sweet Adelines International Visioning Retreat. Their objective was to create a fresh, clear and compelling shared vision for the International organization and outline potential priorities for our future strategic direction. The members who participated were representative of Sweet Adelines throughout the organization and ensured that a wide variety of perspectives, skills and experience were factored into the outcomes of the retreat. The following is one retreat participant's perspective on being a part of this collaborative and creative process. – Sweet Adelines President Patty Cobb Baker oing into the Visioning Retreat I felt quite the spectrum International, accomplished individuals within the organization, of emotions: excitement for the future, concern that my people with different values, from all walks of life, and all of them opinions would be invalid and honored to play a small part showed empathy for what I shared. I felt heard, acknowledged, and in the experience. I knew this group of people would represent valued. When others began to share their concerns, I was surprised Ga variety of perspectives, and as a young Sweet Adeline, I felt to learn of challenges that hadn’t even crossed my mind, simply a responsibility to prove the worth of all young singers in our because those concerns had not been a part of my personal Sweet organization. Adelines experience. I am fortunate to have found this “hobby” so early in my life. My peers shared some of the following concerns: Are we I am 26 years old and have been a Sweet Adeline for ten years. I providing a place where barbershop can both thrive in its have a bachelor's degree in music education, have competed and classic form and evolve to keep up with the current interest placed internationally (in both mixed and female quartets), and I in contemporary a cappella? Is there a place for non-binary direct a chorus based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Like many young individuals in Sweet Adelines International, and, if not, can we Sweet Adelines, I have grown accustomed to the playful comments make it so? Long time members often feel as though they are about my age. Unfortunately, those comments have left me feeling disposable due to their age. How do we keep them engaged and excluded and as though I am not taken seriously. Although I feeling valued? Listening to them, I realized we all just want to be believe the intent is never to make young Sweet Adelines feel as heard and considered while planning for the future of our global though age defines us, we frequently feel like children instead of community—a community where people feel safe, valued and peers. I respect Sweet Adelines of all ages for a variety of reasons: loved while sharing in the joy of this incredible “hobby.” skill, kindness, talent, wisdom. However, I feel there is often an It’s easy to get caught up in our own problems, but I hope going unconscious assumption that those who appear young haven’t been forward we grow more aware of the challenges others are facing. In around long enough to earn the same respect. doing so, we can make sure we are all cared for, by caring for each At the Visioning Retreat, I was surprised to find overwhelming other. Let's change the narrative from “What can Sweet Adelines acceptance of my thoughts and feelings from each person in that do for me?” to “What can I do for my fellow Sweet Adeline?” room. This retreat provided a loving, open, and safe place for everyone to share their deepest fears and greatest hopes for our Kim Newcomb organization. My concerns for young members were met with “I The Ladies Quartet had no idea our young singers felt that way” and “I am so sorry Capital City Chapter, Director it has come across that way.” Here sat leaders of Sweet Adelines
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TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 8 3/6/19 11:00 AM LIGHTS, CAMERA…PROSPECTIVE! No chorus near you? Start one!
One of the greatest gifts of Sweet Adelines is having a Nancy Culp, Pros. Harmony in the Pines (Region 2), group of friends in harmony no matter where you are; agrees. “We want to bring the opportunity for women to however, if you find yourself in an area without a chorus come together in song and bring the ‘art’ of barbershop nearby, you may want to look at creating a prospective harmony and musical education back to our area.” (Pros.) chorus of Sweet Adelines! We currently have close to 30 prospective Sweet Would your community benefit from the musical Adelines chapters across the globe. Each prospective enjoyment of a Sweet Adelines chorus? Email chorus has a unique vision, but it seems that a [email protected] for an information packet common goal, according to Michelle Mitchell of on forming your own prospective chorus. After all, as Pros. Katy Vocal Express (Region 10), is “to have the Jenny Sungberg of Pros. Seaside Singers (Region 32) bond of friendship and music and spread that joy of notes, “The joy of singing is what unites us.” music to our community.”
Sweet Adds MEMBERSHIP INCENTIVE PROGRAM The Sweet Adds Membership Incentive Program is a great way to be rewarded as you recruit members to your chorus and Sweet Adelines International. Incentives listed by number of new members:
5 members • waived International dues for one year, recognition in The Pitch Pipe and a $5 credit to International Sales
10 members • waived International dues for one year, recognition in The Pitch Pipe and a $10 credit to International Sales 15 members • waived International dues for one year, recognition in The Pitch Pipe and a $15 credit to International Sales
20 members • waived International dues for one year, recognition in The Pitch Pipe and a $20 credit to International Sales
25 members • waived International dues for two years, recognition in The Pitch Pipe, acknowledgment on the jumbotron at International convention and a $25 credit to International Sales
In order to receive credit for each member you recruit, fill in the “Referred By” box on all new member applications. Prices in USD. For additional information, email [email protected] or call membership at 1.800.992.7464 or 1.918.622.1444.
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TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 9 3/6/19 11:00 AM “Manchester, England England”...Wishful-thinking home of Claude Hooper Bukowski from 1960s musical, Hair. Actual home of The Bee Gees. The Hollies. Herman’s Hermits. The Smiths. Joy Division. New Order. Oasis. The BBC Philharmonic. And for four days this July, you!
Come sing, celebrate and learn at the 2019 Sweet Adelines International Education Symposium (IES) at Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music, July 25-28. And, of course, check out the Rising Star Quartet Contest on Saturday night! Hosted by Sweet Adelines Region 31 Quartet of Nations, along with chairs Paula Davis, Alyson Chaney and Elaine Hamilton, this year’s IES offers a full range of exciting workshops for coaches, directors, arrangers, section leaders, quartets and all who love barbershop! If you want to learn from the best, IES is the
place for you! Photos courtesy of: Marketing Manchester Marketing of: courtesy Photos
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TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 10 3/6/19 11:00 AM “Don’t know much “When you say it's gonna about history…” happen ‘now,’ well, when exactly do you mean?” – Herman’s Hermits, -- The Smiths, “Wonderful World” “How Soon is Now?”
What You’ll Learn At IES Registration & Accommodations Start your day with Music in the Morning. Then comes the hard (but fun!) part: Choosing from the wide range of exciting classes offered throughout the day from some of the best-known names in Registration: Early registration prices for IES are available barbershop such as guest educator Deke Sharon (music director and until May 27, 2019 for Sweet Adelines members. No registrations vocal producer for the Pitch Perfect movies and co-creator of Disney’s will be accepted after June 24, 2019. Registrations will only DCapella, among many other accomplishments), as well as our Sweet be accepted online. For information on costs, dates and how to Adelines International 2019 Quartet Champion, ClassRing. Classes register, visit www.sweetadelines.com/ies. are open to all attendees, but you have the option to focus on classes geared toward arranger, director, leadership, quartet, section leader Remember that audience admission to the Rising Star Quartet (music team) or visual topics. Here are just a few examples of the Contest on Saturday night is included in your IES registration! kind of classes you’ll find at IES 2019: Rising Star welcomes women ages 25 and younger to compete in barbershop singing, and it’s always a great night of music and fun! • “Getting the Upper Hand on Breathing” with Lori Lyford Contest entry is open until May 31, and the contest will be held on • “Music Theory: The Building Blocks of our Beloved Art Form” the evening of July 27 at IES. Quartets wishing to enter by Lynda Keever the contest can find information and online registration at • Individual “Sing Your Part Smart” classes for Tenor, Lead, Baritone www.RisingStarQuartetContest.com. or Bass taught by members of ClassRing • “Things I Wish I’d Known When I Started Directing!” Housing: You will need to arrange your own housing with Sandy Marron accommodations, but we have secured preferential rates with • “Vocal Warmups the International Way” with Alyson Chaney several hotels in Manchester for those attending IES! To receive • “Musicality and Artistry Through Physicality” with Paula Davis the preferential rate, you will need to follow online booking instructions which can be found at www.sweetadelines.com/ies. Visit www.sweetadelines.com/ies for a full schedule, class descriptions and faculty bios.
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TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 11 3/6/19 11:00 AM Manchester: Where The Cool Kids Hang Out
In the words of Manchester’s own 90s rock band Oasis, “there are many things that I would like to say to you, but I don’t know how” about this city. Actually, yes I do. But people of my generation can’t let a “Wonderwall” reference pass us by. So, “don’t look back in anger” when I keep quoting Manchester bands while I tell you some of the places to visit in between your classes with stellar barbershop instructors like Judy Pozsgay, Lori Lyford, Sandy Marron, Lynda Keever and Deke Sharon.
“Every morning I would see her waiting at the stop. Sometimes she’d shop and she would show me what she’d bought.” -- The Hollies, “Bus Stop”
Photos courtesy of: Marketing Manchester
Museums: Manchester was at the center of the Industrial Since the early 1990s, The Village has openly welcomed all races Revolution. To learn more about Manchester’s history of and sexual preferences to a neighborhood full of pubs, bars, tea innovation, visit the Manchester Science and Industry Museum rooms, arts events and shops. Whether you like to stay up late or and the People’s History Museum. Just a little outside of wake up early, you’ll find something open in The Village! Manchester, you will find the Imperial War Museum North, one of five museums that specialize in the history of modern conflict, Shopping: If you want it, Manchester probably has it, both on the battlefront and at home. from high fashion to handmade to vintage. Two major indoor shopping centers, Manchester Arndale and Trafford Centre, offer Historic Sites: Manchester is full of historic sites. Fans of a wide variety of shops and eating establishments. For eclectic the writer Elizabeth Gaskell (or the BBC series Cranford, which is independent shops, visit the city’s Northern Quarter, which has based on some of her novels) might want to visit her house in been an important arts and music district since the 1990s. (You Manchester. Manchester Cathedral, which is still an active church, might recognize its historic architecture, which was used as a is an example of Gothic architecture, but its history goes much setting for 1940s New York in the movie Captain America: The farther back. Visit to see the remains of its Saxon-era past and the First Avenger.) The Northern Quarter is also home to several record various restorations over the centuries. And, of course, Manchester shops, including Vinyl Exchange, the largest seller of rare and is home to two world famous football teams (that’s soccer, for second-hand CDs, records and DVDS in northwest England. It also U.S. readers): Manchester United and Manchester City. includes many live music venues.
The Village: Located south of Chinatown on Canal Street, The Food, Glorious Food: Want Indian food? Chinese? Village is “both party central and a living piece of social history.” Italian? Vegan? Afternoon tea? Pub food? You can find it all in
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Sweet Adelines Rising Star Shines in Manchester For the first time, the Rising Star Quartet Contest takes place in the UK
When you wish upon a Rising Star, you never know how far you might go! For example, the 2018 Rising Star Champion Quartet, Hot Pursuit, was one of several Sweet Adelines groups chosen to open for DCappella, the a cappella group co-created by Deke Sharon (star guest educator at IES!) and Disney Music Group. Hot Pursuit appeared on the tour’s show at Tivoli Theatre in Chattanooga, TN in February.
And then there’s 2014 Rising Star Champion Quartet, ClassRing. The future queens met for their first rehearsal in St. Louis. Later, in that same city, they became our 2019 Queens of Harmony! And their star just keeps on rising, with performances, television appearances and teaching gigs across the country.
This year’s Rising Star contest happens on Saturday, Manchester – and you can find a lot of it at the Corn Exchange, an July 27, during the International Education Symposium at Edwardian industrial building that now contains a wide variety the Royal Northern College of Music. of fine dining restaurants specializing in dishes from around the globe. You’ll find eclectic tea rooms, pubs, cafes and restaurants On their Facebook page, ClassRing, who will present in neighborhoods like The Village, the Northern Quarter and “Quartet Coaching Under Glass” at IES 2019, wrote, Chinatown also. “As you leave this year and go into 2019, dream big. Your dreams are worth pursuing. Don’t ever give up. Stay awhile: If you’re able to arrive early or leave a few days You’re never alone. We are dreaming alongside you and after the Symposium, Manchester is a great base from which to encouraging you every step of the way.” explore the rest of the United Kingdom. (And it’s an easy train ride from there to Liverpool, for those of you who are Beatles fans!) It just goes to show that when it comes to Rising Star, anything your heart desires may come to you.
Rising Star is for quartets made up of women age 25 For more information and younger. Visit www.RisingStarQuartetContest.com on IES, Rising Star and the if you or young singers you know dream of being a city recently crowned the UK’s Rising Star. Registration is now open, and the last day to enter the contest is May 31, 2019. “Best live music city,” visit www.sweetadelines.com/ies.
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TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 13 3/6/19 11:00 AM A Brand New Song & Dance
Sweet Adelines International Directors & Visual Leaders Seminar 2019 San Antonio, TX
DVLS has something for you, from interactive workshops “The stars at night on choreography and visual expression to in-depth exploration of music interpretation and seminars on are big and bright…” unleashing mental strength and creativity. This year’s DVLS lives up to its theme, “A Brand New Go ahead. Sing it (in four-part barbershop harmony!) on Song & Dance,” with three days of innovative, hands-on, San Antonio’s famous Riverwalk while you’re attending practical and exciting workshops from world-class Sweet Adelines International Directors and Visual Leaders Sweet Adelines faculty Britt-Heléne Bonnedahl, Seminar (DVLS), Aug. 8-10. You’ll find an instant chorus Kathleen Hansen, Erin Howden, Deanna Kastler, that knows what comes next: Clap. Clap. Clap. Clap. Lori Lyford, Judy Pozsgay and Darlene Rogers. The “Deep in the heart of Texas!” featured speaker is professional singer and performance coach Jennie Morton whose article “Osteopathy for San Antonio is a city with spirit, the perfect place for Singers” appeared in the January 2019 issue of musical and visual leaders of all kinds and levels to get The Pitch Pipe. The event is co-chaired by Kim Vaughn inspired, uplifted and filled with new ideas to take back and Mary Rhea (whose jingle belling OK City Chorus to their choruses across the world! Whether you’ve been is featured in this issue of The Pitch Pipe). directing for years or are working with your first chorus,
Registration and Hotel Accommodations
Registration is open until June 14. You can register online, by fax or by mail. Workshops and accommodations are located at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter, 101 Bowie St., San Antonio, TX (U.S.A.). Rates are as follows: Shared room $650 USD, Single room $850 USD, Commuter $450 USD. For event schedule, classes and registration, visit the DVLS page under the “Events” tab at www.sweetadelines.com.
TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 14 3/6/19 11:00 AM A Brand New I believe that one Song & Dance: has to be prepared Workshops For for whatever
All Leaders Texas has to offer.
Need some help with integrating – Luci Tapahonso, “In Praise of Texas” choreography into your chorus’s performance? Then you won’t want to Being a barbershop leader takes a lot of energy miss guest faculty Jennie Morton's “Voice and emotional investment. The DVLS offers and Dance Technique Integration: The you much-needed time to absorb lessons and Anatomy of Functional Movement with suggestions from engaging experts alongside your Voice” or Judy Pozsgay’s “Tips and Tricks fellow directors and visual leaders. Register today for Teaching Choreography.” so you can enjoy making barbershop memories in the Texas sun and return to your chorus refreshed, Are you looking for ways to use revitalized and reinvigorated! creativity to enhance your performance? "Pure Imagination – Creatively Influencing To find out more about DVLS, visit the DVLS Sound and Performance" with Erin page under “Events” at www.sweetadelines.com. Howden will explore the power of You can also keep up to date by clicking on the imagination in achieving higher level Directors and Visual Leaders Seminar event performances by opening up our link on the Sweet Adelines International minds to creative ways of performance Facebook page. improvement both vocally and visually.
Want to heighten your chorus's effectiveness in communicating the sound? Be sure to attend Lori Lyford's “Magic Lies in the Sound of Communication” class. The class will analyze musical lines, lyrics, word art and physical expression to heighten expressive, authentic communication.
Want to learn techniques for head-to- toe vocal health for singers of all ages and abilities? Try Britt-Heléne Bonnedahl’s “Building/Recovering Vocal Stamina With Speech Therapy” or Darlene Rogers’ “The Voice at All Ages.”
Looking for new ways to communicate with chorus members through innovative teaching and directing? Classes like Kathleen Hansen’s “Fostering Diversity and Inclusion through Repertoire, Rehearsals and Chorus Culture” or Deanna Kastler’s “A Teacher’s Approach to Communication and Coaching” are for you! Photos courtesy of: VisitSanAntonio.com Photos courtesy of:
TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 15 3/6/19 11:00 AM “Deep within my heart lies a Sweet Adelines melody...a song of old San Antone” Bursting with energy after a day of uplifting workshops and singing? San Antonio’s got you covered! From the shops and restaurants along the Riverwalk to the city’s diverse artistic and historical sites, you’ll have no trouble finding a good time in Alamo City! You can find maps and information about San Antonio on the DVLS page at www.sweetadelines.com, but here are a few highlights.
Riverwalk The San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter is located steps away from the legendary Riverwalk. Stroll along the meandering waterway or hop in a river taxi to glide along the scenic route. Shops and restaurants line the Riverwalk, which is lit up at night for a charming and festive atmosphere in which to catch up with old friends or make new ones.
The Missions Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the five missions of San Antonio Missions National Historical Park are a must-see for anyone interested in history or architecture. Though not part of the park, the most famous San Antonio mission is, of course, the Alamo, located right downtown.
Shops at La Villita Located in downtown San Antonio, the historic arts village boasts galleries, shops and a variety of restaurants, from Tex-Mex to barbecue to gourmet fusion. For more information, visit www.lavillitasanantonio.com.
Art Besides great local galleries, San Antonio boasts some major art museums as well: Centro de Artes, the Texas-sized San Antonio Museum of Art, McNay Art Museum and BlueStar Contemporary. If you want to see something unusual, visit Barney Smith’s Toilet Seat Art Museum. (Yes, that’s a real thing.)
The All-Important All-Night Bakery Need a Mexican pastry at 2 a.m.? If so, check out San Antonio’s Mi Tierra Cafe y Panderia. This festively-decorated local institution is open 24 hours. Mi Tierra is located on Market Square, three blocks of restaurants, shops and produce stands near the city center. For more information, visit www.mitierracafe.com Photos courtesy of: VisitSanAntonio.com Photos courtesy of:
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TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 16 3/6/19 11:00 AM Sweet Adelines International Sales Presents: Singer Series Pins
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OPEN DIVISION Q&A WITH PAULA DAVIS
hat is your favorite contest memory with your quartet or performance “muscles” in a different way. Knowing the goals chorus? While medals are always exciting, for many their and vision of your group will help you make the choice of which favorite moments are memories of fun, storytelling and division you would like to participate in—International Division or connecting with the audience—all elements of the Open Division! Open Division. WIf you’ve never given it a try, here are some answers to questions you might have: 2. Why do Open Division competitors only receive a letter score? 1.What are the benefits of participating in the Open Division? Because the Open Division was intended to provide opportunities to sing on the regional stage without ranking Open Division was originally created to provide an option pressures, a letter score was chosen to convey the overall scoring for quartets or choruses that were happiest performing in their area. If number scores were used, ranking would naturally happen. communities rather than in the competitive International Division Even if these scores were not included in the ranking list of the of our regional contests. Open Division was designed to provide contest, the pressure of placement in the contest would still impact education for barbershop growth (by including a barbershop the competitor. contest-worthy song in the format) as well as helpful education Now that we have groups that choose Open Division repeatedly in the area of entertainment, where these community performers because of their vision and goals, they would love to know their spend much of their time and energies during the year. numerical scores and be able to figure out where they would fall The reach and effect of the Open Division has broadened, in the rankings for their own feelings of success. Because of the however. Groups that have tried the Open Division have found original purpose of this division, we are not revising the scoring greater comfort on stage during contest. Some have moved back method. However, the Judge Specialists are working toward finding into the International Division with greater confidence and further methods of recognition for performers who would like success. Other ensembles that have little interest in rankings have to participate. found a niche that provides them with growth opportunities in entertainment as well as the fun of barbershop. They explore their creativity and other talents while honing their entertainment value for their community. Some groups have made the Open Division performances their focus. This different approach to convention performance preparation comes as a result of each group’s goals and vision. Some use it as a break from the intensity of preparing for the International Division (ranking and medals). While creating and preparing for a 10-minute entertainment package is fun, it is not necessarily easy! It teaches different kinds of skills and concepts that can benefit every group while letting them stretch their
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TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 18 3/6/19 11:00 AM 3. How is the Entertainment portion of the Open Division judged?
The Open Division Entertainment judging commentary is based on five equally-weighted elements: 1) Musicality, 2) Unity, 3) Theme/Script/Emcee/Mic Technique, 4) Creativity and 5) Communication. Each judge considers all five elements (not category based), so any judge may comment on costuming, staging, emcee work, etc. It usually becomes evident quickly where the strengths and challenges of each performing group lie. Judges have descriptors for each of these five elements in each scoring level. While these descriptors are not exhaustive, they guide each judge to their scoring level. Visit the members only content for Open Division in the Events section at www.sweetadelines.com.
4. Why are Open Division competitors mixed in with the International Division competitors?
Throughout the short history of the Open Division, we have tried separating the Open Division contestants to perform together at one time as well as putting them into the chorus mix and having their order drawn randomly, just as all International Division contestants are. While we know some regions prefer the grouping over the random draw, the majority of regions prefer the random draw approach. This approach provides wonderful and varied entertainment for the audience throughout the contest day. Another perk of mixing the competitors throughout the day is that it entices enough audience members to stay and vote for the Regional Audience Choice Award, for those regions that participate.
5. How is the Open Division alike or different from the Entertainment Package at International Competition?
The judging elements are exactly the same for Open Division contestants and for International Contest Finals Entertainment Packages. The difference lies in the scoring method. Open Division competitors receive letter scores; International Finals competitors receive numerical scores. Specific scoring numbers are needed in the International Finals because rankings are being assigned and affect (and sometimes determine) the outcome of the contest.
The Open Division is fun and educational, and it provides an opportunity for you to share your group’s unique personality with your region and beyond. Give it a try and see what great things it can do for you!
Paula Davis Sweet Adelines Immediate Past President, Judge Specialists Moderator and Director of Song of Seattle Chorus, whose vision is to become a recognized member of the Seattle Arts Community
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Jane G. Brown (left) is congratulated by Jennifer Newman, Region 19 membership coordinator and president of Women’s Harmony Brigade. Photo courtesy of Carrie and Tim Burall.
BORN TO TEACH Meet award-winning music educator Jane G. Brown
“Keep your eyes and mind open for opportunities you may not be aware of. Continue to learn as much as you can. Think out of the box. Everything does not have to be the way it always has been. We have the power!”
ane G. Brown, winner of the 2018 NAfME/SA Music the idea, presented it to the board of directors of which I was Educator Award says “When you are passionate about secretary, and the SSP was born!” something, you want to share it! Even before I was a teacher, She hand-selected the first students from her own classes to JI was sharing my love for music. Those who are born to be teachers run as a test with the PoB Chorus, with whom the students just cannot help it, in my opinion.” worked and sang. It was a rousing success for both experienced Brown has always been a singer, and she also plays the piano, barbershoppers and the newbies, all of whom returned for the guitar, ukulele and violin. Eventually, she wanted to find a chorus program’s second year. The SSP has continued to grow since then. to sing with—“one where I was NOT the director!” She and a Ever the educator, Brown said her own musical pursuits make friend chose the chorus “with the closest parking lot.” her a better teacher. “We had no idea about barbershop singing or Sweet Adelines, “Since I am more concerned about sharing my passion than but once we heard that sound, we were hooked,” she said. becoming a rock star, my focus hadn't been on my own practice as To win the award, “the recipient must have made outstanding much as it had been on teaching others,” she said. “However, once contributions to the furtherance of music education in public I joined Pride of Baltimore, I became a student again, learning and/or private schools by promoting the barbershop style as an something new and having to practice outside of rehearsals. Being American art form.” a chorus member helps me to wear the shoes of my own school Brown teaches at and is chair of the Visual and Performing and church choir members, and I can better aid them in their own Arts Department at The Catholic High School of Baltimore vocal and choral development.” and also serves as music director at St. Thomas More Catholic Speaking of rock stars, Brown said she was shocked to find Church. She is still a member of the Pride of Baltimore Chorus herself receiving the award. (PoB) and has recently joined Greater Harrisburg Chorus as well. “Once I saw the list of former winners, I was even more She is a member of both the management and music teams at astounded that I had won an award previously won by Lori Lyford, PoB, through which she developed the popular Summer Singers a rock star director and music educator that I greatly respect!” Program (SSP). The program encourages young women to learn She has some advice for beginning music educators. barbershop singing. “Keep your eyes and mind open for opportunities you may not “While attending Harmony College East, offered yb the BHS, I be aware of,” said Brown. “Continue to learn as much as you can. took a class with Nate Barrett, director of the Morris Music Men, Think out of the box. Everything does not have to be the way it on the Ready Set Sing Program,” she recalled. “Coincidentally, always has been. We have the power!” one of my choir students had just asked me how to best keep in good vocal shape over the summer. I combined the program with
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TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 20 3/6/19 11:00 AM Education INTRODUCING THE ARRANGER
CERTIFICATIONComing May 2019! PROGRAM
usical arranging can seem of barbershop for all members, assignments and hands-on arranging intimidating, but it is yet another particularly those who need to choose of one or more common vehicles. The area in which Sweet Adelines’ music for competition purposes. This Intermediate level will be managed by can-do spirit has been undaunted from might include directors, quartet the ACP using Certified Music Arrangers Mthe beginning. members, music team members (CMA) and Master Music Arrangers There was no barbershop music arranged and anyone who would like a (MMA) as faculty. Registration will specifically for women’s voices when Sweet better understanding of how be required. Completion of beginner Adelines began; therefore, the first Sweet barbershop is constructed and fundamentals is a prerequisite, but a Adelines learned to arrange their own. what makes it strong. “challenge” is being designed for those Sharing knowledge through education wishing to bypass the beginner level. has always been a hallmark of the The program will consist of three Participants who successfully complete organization, so the incomparable trio of levels of engagement: the Intermediate level will earn the title of Nancy Bergman, Master Music Arranger Approved Arranger. (MMA) and composer-arranger of Beginner Level “Harmonize the World”, Renee Limburg This level consists of self-study with Advanced Level Craig (MMA) and Betty Oliver began an testing based on the current SA Arranger’s The format of the ACP Advanced Level arranger training program, holding the Guide and supplemental materials to be program closely mirrors the format of the first classes at the 1956 Sweet Adelines provided by the program. The format former IMAP program. ACP Scholarship Convention in Wichita, Kansas. of the ACP Beginner Level program funding will be provided for a period of Fast forward to May 2019, when Sweet closely mirrors the format of the Director up to two years to qualified individuals. Adelines International will carry on the Certification Program (DCP) with testing Individual mentoring will be provided by a organization’s tradition of arrangement conducted in-Region. Beginners will CMA or MMA. Candidates will have the education with the rollout of the Arranger register with HQ, pay a registration fee, opportunity to apply for advancement to Certification Program (ACP). Task Force conduct self-study and begin taking exams CMA status upon successful completion of Chair Corinna Garriock presented the at their own pace. their scholarship. ACP in October 2018 at the international convention in St. Louis. ACP will replace The study modules for the ACP Nancy Bergman wrote in the April 1995 the most recent of several arrangers’ Beginner Level are as follows: issue of The Pitch Pipe, “We need more programs, International Music Arrangers arrangers! We depend too much on the Program (IMAP). Under the ACP, Module 1 • Music Theory for Arrangers* music that already exists, and we tend to you can join the long history of Sweet Module 2 • The Music Category – consider arranging a mystery reserved for Adelines arrangers and make your creative Defining the BBS Style a chosen few. Each quartet and chorus contribution to women’s barbershop music! Module 3 • Voicings and should encourage its talented members to Overtone Patterns devote themselves to this creative activity! The purpose of the Arranger Module 4 • Harmonization The talent is there in bundles — we have Certification Program is Module 5 • Starting to Arrange: Song only to water it and watch it grow!” That’s three-fold: Selection, Transposition, Manuscript the very goal of the ACP! Module 6 • Voice Leading • To support and supplement regional Module 7 • Embellishments ACP Task Force members: programs of arranger education Module 8 • Arrangement Analysis Kay Bromert (CMA) • Jeanne Elmuccio while making arranging education Module 9 • The Business of Arranging Corinna Garriock (Chair) • Mel Horgan available to all members in all regions. (Copyright Law) Suzy Lobaugh (CMA)
*Note that if you’ve already taken the DCP Music • To prepare members interested Theory test and scored at least 80%, you can get credit If you have questions or concerns about the in barbershop arranging for arranging in the ACP for Module 1. upcoming program, please contact one of assignments and strengthen the pool the following: of advanced arranging candidates. Intermediate Level (Note: ‘IMAP’ will become the ‘ACP This level will consist of small group • ACP TF Chair, Corinna Garriock Advanced’ level of the new program). (cohort) study with facilitation, using ([email protected]) or online meeting technology. It will be a • Debbie Baker, Education Director at SA • To promote a better understanding practical module with arrangement analysis ([email protected]).
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TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 21 3/6/19 3:46 PM Countdown to 75 years 1950-1959: FINDING OUR WAY “Sweet Adelines have had many adventurous years, and it is important we chronicle some of them.” — Corrine King, SA Historian (The Pitch Pipe, Dec. 1956)
EST.1945
Charitable Work: Sweet Adelines are known today for their quartet was singing in the ladies room when a woman who worked generous hearts, and that tradition was alive and well in the 1950s. at RKO Studio heard them and invited them to come to the studio Soon after The Great Flood of 1951 destroyed much of Kansas the next day to watch movies being filmed. and Missouri, the Jayhawk Chapter of Topeka organized and sang at a benefit called “Harvest of Harmony” along with Oil Capital The Atomic Age: Sweet Adelines of the 1950s lived with the Chapter’s Coquettes and Gay Notes of Tulsa, the Mel-O-Chords tension of the Cold War. Many public buildings and private homes of Kansas City, Vocalaires of Lyons, an unnamed quartet from had bomb shelters, and nuclear testing was big, if secretive, news. Great Bend and Treble Makers of Topeka. Many chapters sang at The first chapter, Atomaton, was named by founder Edna Mae tuberculosis and polio wards. One quartet from Bartlesville, OK Anderson because, “We have an atom of energy to start work carried banks in the shape of iron lungs (a medical device used with on the organization and we will do it to the tune of ‘Sweet to treat polio at the time) as they strolled downtown, singing. Adeline.’” Passersby dropped dimes into the banks to benefit the March of Dimes.*
The Nota-Belles during their 1956 USO tour. Left to right are Jarmela Speta, Ruth Geile, Jan Kastens and Phyllis Haeger. Korean War: The Korean War is sometimes called “The Forgotten War,” but the Sweet Adelines of the day (several of whom served in the military or were military spouses or widows) never forgot those who served. The Nota-Belles (1955 Champion Vi Stern of the Decaturettes donates blood while the television camera rolls in 1955. Quartet) made a 50,000-mile U.S. State Department tour of Korean War zones, and many, many quartets made visits to Celebrities/Television Appearances: More and more veterans’ homes and military hospitals in both Canada and the homes had a television set, and many Sweet Adelines quartets United States. The North West Chapter of Chicago recorded appeared on the small screen, often with big names of the era. The a performance for Armed Forces Radio that was broadcast to 1953 International Champion Quartet, Big Four (“800-pounds troops in Korea in 1952. Marybelle Slattery (baritone) recounted of fun”) of Chillicothe, IL performed with celebrities such as Herb this story about singing in a train heading from St. Louis to San Shriner, Jack Paar, Steve Allen, Arthur Godfrey and Liberace! In Francisco in a 1952 report to The Pitch Pipe: “A memorable the January 1952 issue of The Pitch Pipe, Marian Moore of The experience on this leg of the trip was a Spanish soldier, Korea Polka Dots reported on a very eventful trip the quartet made to Los bound, who’d been on the bus all day Sunday and missed church. Angeles, where they met vaudeville orchestra leader Eddie Oliver. He asked Agnes [Volger] to sing ‘Ave Maria,’ no small task even He escorted the quartet, along with President Lois Zoerb and her with the best of accompaniment. All Ag had was a uke but she husband, to the famous Sunset Strip nightclub Ciro’s. Later, the sang it. He sat there holding his rosary, the tears streaming on his
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TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 22 3/6/19 11:00 AM face...It was one of those things you can’t forget. We met a lot of The First Crowns: The first crowns were made of flowers and servicemen and they all had one thing in common: they all loved presented to the Quarternotes at the 1951 convention in Santa to sing, so we sang till we could barely whisper.” Monica, CA. In 1952, crowns made of seashells were presented to The Pitch-Pipers of Peoria, IL at the convention in St. Petersburg, Striving for Harmony: The first international chapter FL. (On their 10th anniversary, the Quarternotes received actual was chartered in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada on March 23, crowns – and in the 1970s, they received flower crowns again when 1953. They were together for three years and paved the way for they were being honored at the Silver Anniversary, in remembrance Y other Canadian chapters that soon followed. In 1954, the first of those first crowns!) international event was held when the board of directors traveled to Toronto, ON for the installation of President Dorothy Bleecker. Headquarters: The first official Sweet Adelines business was Many early Sweet Adelines were first- or second-generation conducted in the Tulsa home of the first paid Sweet Adelines Americans and Canadians, such as the Johnson Sisters (USA), employee, Evelyn Westfield, a former board member who was who sang with their mother (also a beloved Sweet Adeline) as named executive secretary. During President Pearl Borg’s tenure, part of The Grieg Ladies Chorus, a Norwegian singing group. In the organization moved into the Castle Building in downtown 1950, the Wauwatosa Chapter of Wisconsin “visited the Lutheran Tulsa, where they stayed until 1958, when the organization Home for the Aged…Bringing a special sparkle to their eyes, purchased a house which would become the new headquarters. Lydia and Loretta Arndt led our chorus in some of the good old Helen Seevers (first president) began the “Bucks for Bricks” German songs these people loved to sing.” Sadly, at the end of the campaign to help pay for it. 1950s Sweet Adelines officially excluded nonwhite members via a change to the bylaws. Several choruses and individual members left the organization in protest. A more complete account of this disheartening time in our organization’s history is told in the July 2018 issue of The Pitch Pipe. In October of 1965, the Sweet Adelines board amended the bylaws by removing the wording that led to the exclusion of nonwhite members, effective May 1, 1966.
October 1950 issue of The Pitch Pipe (left). Illustration by Marian Moore (Tune Twisters). A quartet contends with car trouble on the cover of the September Nancy Bergman (left) teaches a class at the 1956 Convention 1951 issue of The Pitch Pipe (right). Illustration by Marion Moore in Wichita, KS (USA). On the right, the cover of a 1958 Sweet (Tune Twisters). Adelines arrangement book, Harmonize the World. The Pitch Pipe: The first issue was published in December 1949, and the second in October 1950. In the 1950s, The Becoming Arrangers: “Girls, IT’S HERE! It has taken two Pitch Pipe included letters from the editor, president and board years of sweat, blood and tears (and I mean sweating not glowing) members, educational articles and sheet music (eventually). A and reams of writing to activate some action and realize the reality large portion of the magazine was dedicated to news from the of a Sweet Adeline quartet barbershop harmony book,” wrote ever-growing number of Sweet Adelines across the United States Music Chairman Mary Olds in the Sept. 1952 issue of The Pitch and, starting in 1953, Canada. The news came from each chapter’s Pipe. Those first songs were arranged by Ozzie Westley and George bulletin, which was written by their “bulletineer.” These news Zdarsky. Before that, quartets learned to arrange their own songs reports helped Sweet Adelines keep up with each other’s events, – and by 1956, under Nancy Bergman (MMA and composer- good ideas and funny or inspiring stories! Yesterday’s bulletins arranger of “Harmonize the World”), Renee Limburg Craig have become today’s newsletters and social media, and now (MMA), and Betty Oliver, the Sweet Adelines arranger education The Pitch Pipe includes a section called “Harmony Roundup” program began. The first class was held in 1956 at the Wichita where members still share their news with Sweet Adelines around Convention. the world.
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TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 23 3/6/19 11:00 AM From the cover of the 1955 Sweet Adelines Medalist Winners album
1950 • Chicago, IL, USA 1951 • Santa Monica, CA, USA 1952 • St. Petersburg, FL, USA 1953 • Milwaukee, WI, USA 1954 • Buffalo, NY, USA 1955 • Grand Rapids, MI, USA 1956 • Wichita, KS, USA 1957 • Miami Beach, FL, USA 1958 • Peoria, IL, USA 1959 • Tucson, AZ, USA
Milwaukee Chapter models their invitation to the 1953 convention, which was to be held in their city. Jo Brandes (center) designed her dress and wrote the words, and Helen Seevers • 1947-1949 Lorraine Johnson set them to music. Lorraine’s sister, Lodice Mott, hand-painted the musical invitation, which read, “I’m Jane Pfeifer • 1949-1950 from Milwaukee, good old Milwaukee. The Welcome Mat is Lois Zoerb • 1950-1952 out for fifty-three. We’ll expect you one and all in Milwaukee Pearl Borg • 1950-1954 next fall, and we’ll have the best Convention of them all.” Dorothy Bleecker • 1954-1955 Christine McElravy • 1955-1956 Convention Sites: Until the 1970s, convention sites Margaret Moyer • 1956-1957 were chosen via (often hilarious) skit contests, with costumed Narcille Gouger • 1957-1958 quartets rallying for their city to be chosen. When it came Maxine Connett • 1958-1959 time for the convention, Sweet Adelines chapters in brightly- decorated vans and buses headed out for adventure!
Growth: In 1950, Sweet Adelines numbered approx. 1,500 members in 53 chapters, all in the United States. By 1959, 1950 • Harmony Belles • Arcadia, CA, USA we had 8,067 members in 262 chapters, including several in 1951 • Quarternotes • Racine, WI, USA Canada. 1952 • Pitch Pipers • Peoria, IL, USA 1953 • Big Four • Chillicothe, IL, USA *Due to changing tax laws over the last 60 years, today’s Sweet Adelines have 1954 • Mississippi Misses • Fort Madison, IA, USA to be extra careful about how they help others when it comes to fundraising. To 1955 • Nota-Belles • Berwyn, IL, USA make sure your quartet or chorus is following the rules when giving, check out Section V of your Chapter Guide if you are in the U.S. or review the rules of the 1956 • Junior Misses • Peoria, IL, USA applicable tax agency for your location. 1957 • Cracker Jills • Royal Oak, MI, USA 1958 • Sweet and Lows • Berwyn, IL, USA **Though it had been used unofficially almost since the beginning of Sweet 1959 • Yankee Misses • Royal Oak, MI USA Adelines, the term “Queens of Harmony” was not an official SA term until it was made so by the International Board of Directors at the 1959 Convention in Tucson, Ariz.
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CHORAL-AIRES ENSEMBLE PERFORMS AT DISNEY WORLD “A dream is a wish your heart makes…”
Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun! Members of Choral-Aires ensemble Evening Edition pose with their new friend Tigger at Disney Springs, where they recently performed.
small ensemble within the Choral-Aires Chorus What were the highlights from this trip? (Elmhurst, IL) dreamed big and then made it happen! “Performing for an enthusiastic evening crowd followed by The eighteen members of “Evening Edition” learned of fireworks in Disney World,” said Evening Edition Director Cheryl the audition process to perform for Disney World's Performing Tweddle, “with team building par excellence!” AArts department with little time to prepare, but that didn’t Event manager, Sheila Verkamp added, “The skills we learn discourage them. The group was chosen to perform after through our chorus were simply strengthened and reinforced submitting an audition video with members in stage make-up and during the educational session—and our pride just grew!” costumes—singing in tune, of course! “Needless to say, our goosebumps, tears of joy and mutual love In addition to performing in the famed resort's Disney Springs will be with us forever,” she said. area, the group received a personalized lesson with one of the Disney Performing Arts directors then celebrated at a private Article and Photo By Jane Toftey (Choral-Aires) Frozen-themed party.
OK CITY CHORUS WINS THE INTERNET “The best way to spread Christmas cheer...”
Marie Dallam (center) and the OK City Chorus ring in the Christmas season with a performance that had the internet buzzing!
K City Chorus member Marie Dallam jingled all the way at Dallam is a professor of religious studies at the University her chorus’s Christmas performance, and the internet of Oklahoma and the author of two books. Like many Sweet loved it! Adelines, she said her chorus is an outlet. Wearing green Christmas-tree shaped sunglasses with blinking “Being a member of OK City Chorus allows me to run off in the lights,O Dallam had both her live audience and viewers around the evenings and indulge in my silly side,” she told Inside Edition. “I world in stitches with her, to put it mildly, expressive performance think of myself as a serious person and shy in my normal life.” with a set of jingle bells when her chorus performed the song of Dallam said that OK City Chorus is known for humorous the same name. The video of Dallam’s enthusiastic bell-ringing had performances, and she certainly kept that tradition alive! To see the over 12 million views (and counting) on social media, and it was video (and its very funny follow-ups), visit the OK City Chorus featured on several local and national news shows, including CBS Facebook page. This Morning, Inside Edition and Fox News. Photo By Mandy Shirey April 2019 | 25
TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 25 3/6/19 11:00 AM Barbershoppin' the Big Easy! 73rd Annual Convention and Competition Sept. 16-21, 2019 • New Orleans, La., USA
TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 26 3/6/19 11:00 AM Laissez les bon temps rouler, Sweet Adelines!
In case your Cajun French is a little rusty, that’s “Let the good times roll!” It’s a phrase you’ll hear—and experience—a lot in the Crescent City. At the 73rd Annual Sweet Adelines International Convention in New Orleans, you’ll also hear the ringing chords of barbershop join with the sound of jazz, blues, rock ‘n’roll, and the many other types of music emanating from this most musical of cities!
The Big Easy is easy to love, especially for musicians. Sweet Adelines spent our 50th Anniversary in New Orleans at our convention in 1995. We were so delighted with the city’s rich and diverse musical culture (not to mention the food, the architecture, the people and the Mississippi River!) that we’re coming back to celebrate our 73rd!
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TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 27 3/6/19 11:00 AM It’s hard to know where to start when it comes to New Orleans. Something fascinating can be found around every corner. Here are a few highlights!
New Orleans Streetcars lucky, you may catch a wedding party coming out with its Perhaps the easiest, least expensive and most interesting second line, the parade of musicians and well-wishers way to see New Orleans is on the streetcars. A one-way ride that traditionally followed funerals but now break out for is $1.25 (exact change required), or you can buy a one, all kinds of reasons in the city. A second line is headed three, or 31-day Jazzy Pass for unlimited rides. The Canal by a brass band, and you may see people dancing with Street Line runs past the convention hotels, and it ends at umbrellas as well. Join in for a block or two! City Park Avenue, where you will find the incredible New Not far from Jackson Square is the famous Café du Orleans Museum of Art as well as some of the “Cities of the Monde, along the banks of the Mississippi River. Nothing is Dead,” New Orleans’ famous cemeteries. (To be respectful, more relaxing that picking up a beignet and café au lait visit the cemeteries only with a tour group, of which there and watching the ships pass by…unless it’s taking your are many.) beignet back to the Square to see what you can see. Café du Monde is open 24 hours a day, so whether you Bourbon Street/French Quarter have had an early rehearsal or a late performance time, Warning: All you’ve heard about Bourbon Street (noisy, your beignet is waiting! raucous, always a party) is probably true. If you just have The Garden District to see for yourself, though, Hop on one of the iconic green now’s the time. You may streetcars of the St. Charles want to go there to eat at Line, world’s oldest continuously Galatoire’s Restaurant, which operating streetcar line. It will The New York Times named take you past sumptuous hotels, one of the World’s Top 10 gorgeous mansions, Tulane and Greatest Restaurants, or at Loyola universities and beautiful The Old Absinthe House, a Audubon Park. Or, for a more pub that’s been in operation leisurely view, take one of the for almost 200 years. many available horse-drawn But the French Quarter is carriages. If you like to shop, more than Bourbon Street. Magazine Street is the place to be, On its streets, you will find the with antiques and boutiques of iconic wrought-iron balconies all kinds. and romantic architecture that have come to symbolize Frenchmen Street the city. Check out Chartres Street for museums like the Looking for music? You’ll find it almost everywhere in Presbytère and the Old Ursuline Convent, which showcase New Orleans, but Frenchmen Street is definitely not to the city’s intriguing history. A few more classic French be missed. Frenchmen Street is at the edge of the cool Quarter restaurants are Antoine’s, Arnaud’s, Brennan’s and Faubourg Marigny neighborhood, where artists abound. Napoleon House. None of them will disappoint! Neither You’ll hear all kinds of music coming out of doorways and will super-casual Central Grocery Co., home of the original find street musicians at all hours. If you can get in, check muffuletta sandwich, a salami and olive salad invention out the bands at Snug Harbor, The Spotted Cat or d.b.a. And that will change your life. When you’ve eaten your fill, check wear your dancing shoes! out historic Preservation Hall on St. Peter Street for the best in New Orleans jazz. Mardi Gras? What do Mardi Gras and Sweet Adelines have in Jackson Square common? Sequins, singing and fun! Mardi Gras season Technically, Jackson Square is part of the French Quarter, will be long gone by convention time, but you can still get but it’s really its own little world, especially in the evening. a taste of the city’s most famous holiday at the Backstreet That is when the fortune tellers set up their colorful tents, Cultural Museum in the Tremè neighborhood or Mardi and the stray cats who live in the garden peek through the Gras World in the Garden District. The Backstreet Cultural fence. By day, street performers of all kinds, from musicians Museum focuses on the history of New Orleans’ African- to mimes, stroll the area. American society, including the famous Mardi Gras Indians. One side of the Square is bounded by the oldest Mardi Gras World is the home of Kern Studios, makers of cathedral in North America, St. Louis Cathedral, which is the most elaborate Mardi Gras floats, some of which you open to visitors when services are not going on. If you’re can see there. Photos courtesy of: New Orleans CVB. Photos courtesy of: New Orleans
TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 28 3/6/19 11:00 AM Photos courtesy of: New Orleans CVB. TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 29 3/6/19 11:00 AM New Orleans Housing Book your room now at one of our two amazing Co-HQ hotels – the
“French Connection.” Marriot Photo courtesy of: New Orleans
Both of our convention hotels are set in the vibrant and New Orleans Marriott legendary French Quarter and are within walking distance 555 Canal Street New Orleans, La., 70130 to Bourbon Street and landmarks like Jackson Square, St. Louis Cathedral and Café du Monde. Contemporary rooms and suites include amenities such as
• high-speed internet • oversized flat-screen TVs • 24-hour fitness center • outdoor/rooftop pools • coffee café
Both hotels are approximately one mile from the competition venue, the Smoothie King Center. Classes, Harmony Bazaar and other events will be held at the hotels. Complimentary busing will be provided during peak times for both competitors and non-competitors between the competition venue and both hotels within the Sweet Adelines International housing block. Please note: Attendees must be staying within the official housing block to take advantage of complimentary busing.
Single/Double (Single-Bedded): $189* Triple (Double-Bedded): $214* Photo courtesy of: Sheraton New Orleans Photo courtesy of: Sheraton Quad (Double-Bedded): $239* Sheraton New Orleans *Plus taxes and fees. Prices in USD. 500 Canal Street New Orleans, La., 70130
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TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 30 3/6/19 11:00 AM How to Make A Housing Reservation Experient is coordinating all hotel reservations for Sweet Adelines International. To make sure you receive the Sweet Adelines room rate, housing reservations must be made through Experient. Do not contact the hotel directly.
•Housing opens to non-competitors on April 17, 2019 • Visit www.sweetadelines.com/NEWORLEANS and click on the "Housing" button located in the "Hotel and Travel" section of the webpage. • The housing reservation link will become available on April 17, 2019 and will redirect to Sweet Adelines housing reservation page, powered by Experient. Reservation confirmations will be sent directly from Experient via email within seven business days of processing date. For questions regarding housing, please contact Experient: Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.–6 p.m. EST (2 p.m.– 11 p.m. GMT) Email: [email protected] Toll Free (USA): 1-800-424-5250 or (Int’l): 1-847-996-5880
Experient is the official housing provider for the 2019 International Convention and Competition. Improper solicitation of hotel reservations from any company other than Experient is not approved. Reservations made by unaffiliated organizations may appear to have lower rates. However, they may be illegitimate and not have the rooms to sell, have unreasonable cancellation or change penalties or be completely non-refundable. Please be aware of unofficial offers and report any unauthorized solicitation to Sweet Adelines or Experient.
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TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 31 3/6/19 11:00 AM Barbershop How To Register: Classes Visit www.sweetadelines.com/events for details on how to in the register individuals or groups. •Follow the instructions for individual or group registrations online or by mail. Crescent City •All members of Sweet Adelines are REQUIRED to include their member ID numbers with their registration form. You’ll want to be in •In order to be seated with a specific chorus or registrant, you must register with that chorus or group. that number… •All Event Registration fee includes admission to all competition and education sessions. (The Coronet Club Show is a separately priced event. “The original purpose for which To purchase your tickets to the Coronet Club Show, please visit Sweet Adelines was organized in www.coronetclub.org.) 1945 was educational, to teach and train its members in musical SAVE UP TO $50 USD WITH EARLY REGISTRATION: harmony and appreciation.” Early Registration: – Edna Mae Anderson, Founder Until May 29, 2019 of Sweet Adelines •International Competitor All Events*: $225 Our founder wrote those words •Convention Assistant All Events: $160 in the September 1954 issue of The •Member All Events: $225 Pitch Pipe. She would be proud to •Non-Member All Events: $250 see that Sweet Adelines have lived •Youth Member or Non-Member All Events: $175 up to and grown that original purpose *Competing Quartets will have the extended Early Rate until June 21, 2019 in so many ways—including keeping education an engaging and important part of our International Convention! Along with competition, food Regular Registration: and fun, this year’s Convention Begins May 30, 2019 begins with an exciting lineup of barbershop education classes •International Chorus Competitor All Events: $275 taught by world class instructors •Convention Assistant All Events: $185 right inside the convention hotels! •Member All Events: $275 Make time to arrive in New Orleans •Non-Member All Events: $300 early in the week for classes on •Youth Member or Non-Member All Events: $200 topics including showmanship myths, All prices listed in USD. “Part Smart” instruction and a New Orleans-themed Harmony Parade event. (Harmony Parade requires Important Dates: pre-event registration, so be sure to visit the Sweet Adelines website for May 29, 2019 Early Registration Deadline information!) • Last day to save up to $50 USD on registration. Learn from the stars of women’s barbershop later in the week with June 21, 2019 Pre-Registration Deadline the ever-popular Quartet Education • After June 21, registrations may be purchased online for pickup on-site. Class with 2018 Queens of Harmony Seats will be assigned based on availability and cannot be added to Lustre and Chorus Education Class existing reservations. with 2019 International Champions • Refunds of 50 percent of the registration may be granted on a case-by-case Scottsdale Chorus. basis until June 21. No refunds will be granted after this date. This year’s classes will include lots of singing, so bring your water bottle, August 5, 2019 Registrations may be purchased online your voice and your enthusiasm! for pickup on-site. Raise the rafters with old friends and • After August 5, 2019, registrations can only be purchased new while you grow your knowledge on-site at the event. of our wonderful “hobby.” See you in class!
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TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 32 3/6/19 11:00 AM 2019 New Orleans Order of Appearance There’s so much to be learned from live international competition sessions. Enjoy and support all competitors on the international stage!
2019 International Chorus Competition
1. A Cappella West • Region #34 18. Christchurch City • Region #35 2. Rhythm of the Rockies • Region #26 19. Top of the Rock • Region #25 3. Shoreline Sound • Region #2 20. Rönninge Show • Region #32 4. TuneTown Show • Region #4 21. Choral-Aires • Region #3 5. Forth Valley • Region #31 22. Harmony on the Sound • Region #1 6. Scioto Valley • Region #4 23. Sounds of Pittsburgh • Region #17 7. Vocal Standard • Region #5 24. Viva Acappella • Region #31 8. Houston Horizon • Region #10 25. Sacramento Valley • Region #12 9. Alaska Sound Celebration • Region #13 26. Spirit of Syracuse • Region #15 10. Melodeers • Region #3 27. Fox Valley • Region #6 11. Harbor City Music Company • Region #19 28. Talk of Tulsa Show • Region #25 12. Toast of Tampa • Region #9 29. San Diego • Region #21 13. A Cappella Joy • Region #13 30. Vienna-Falls • Region #14 14. Lions Gate • Region #26 31. Canadian Showtime • Region #16 15. Bay Area Showcase • Region #12 32. Lady Luck Showtime • Region #11 16. Stockholm City Voices • Region #32 33. Carolina Style • Region #14 17. High Country • Region #8 34. Greater Nassau • Region #15
2019 International Quartet Competition
1. Viva! 13. Region #15 25. Region #25 37. Region #10 2. Sparkle! 14. Region #21 26. Region #26 38. Wildcard #4 3. Wildcard #8 15. Wildcard #6 27. Region #9 39. Region #35 4. Region #8 16. Wildcard #9 28. Region #34 40. Fortuity 5. Wildcard #3 17. Region #12 29. Region #1 41. The Ladies 6. Region #13 18. Region #5 30. Up All Night 42. Renegade 7. Region #2 19. Region #32 31. Wildcard #2 43. Region #16 8. Region #6 20. Tenacious 32. Region #11 44. Milli Blink 9. TITANIUM 21. Region #17 33. Region #4 45. Glamour 10. Wildcard #1 22. Wildcard #5 34. Region #19 46. Windsor 11. Wildcard #7 23. PrimeTime 35. Region #31 47. Pizzazz! 12. Wildcard #10 24. Region #14 36. Region #3 2019 International Harmony Classic Chorus Competition
Division A Division AA
1. A Cappella Unlimited • Region #10 1. Diablo Vista • Region #12 2. Limestone City Voices • Region #16 2. Midwest Crossroad • Region #3 3. Millennium Magic • Region #1 3. Bridges of Harmony • Region #9 4. Vermillion Valley Show • Region #3 4. Grand Rapids • Region #17 5. Wichita • Region #25 5. Greater Harrisburg • Region #19
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TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 33 3/6/19 11:00 AM Sing, Record, Submit, Win! YWIH VIDEO CHORUS CONTEST ‘19
Learn, perform and receive international recognition by participating in this educational performance opportunity for young barbershop singers. • Chorus singers must all be 25 years of age or younger. • Choruses must have a minimum of 15 singing members on stage with all four voice parts represented.
Two1. Singsongs or medleys in four-part a cappella music, arranged in the barbershop style.
Performance2. Record must take place between July 1, 2018, and May 31, 2019. 4.Prizes areWin! awarded by the Young Singers Foundation, an offi cial charity of Sweet Adelines International. Completed3. Submit entry form, $25 USD entry fee and video recording must be received by Competition Services at Sweet Adelines International Headquarters by June 1, 2019. $ USD USD $ USD Sweet Adelines International 1,000 $750 500 Attn: Competition Services FIRST SECOND THIRD PLACE 9110 S. Toledo Ave. PLACE PLACE Tulsa, OK 74137 USA Fax: 1.918.388.8083
Upload an mp4 fi le to Dropbox, create a download link and send to [email protected].
www.sweetadelines.com/YWIHVideoChorusContest
TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 34 3/6/19 11:00 AM it, Win! Sweet Adelines Affinity Programs for Members
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TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 35 3/6/19 11:00 AM Life on a High Note is here.
Tradition. Innovation. Evolution. Friendship. Learning. Joy. Singing. Singing. Singing.
All of these keep us coming back for more of the
Sweet Adelines experience, and we want to share your tenor.
that with the world! your rhythm.
your listening ear.
Over the past two years, we have asked questions, your biggest fan. held phone conversations and conducted focus groups with our members to capture what you think your harmony and feel about Sweet Adelines. The new Life on a High Note campaign is the culmination of all that work. Life on a High Note.
As part of the Life on a High Note campaign, the completely reimagined Sweet Adelines website launched in March. As requested by members, the
new website is easy to navigate, full of valuable your tenor.
content and reflective of your needs. If you haven’t your rhythm.
already, come on in and check it out! When you do, your listening ear. remember to log in (upper right corner) to access your biggest fan. members-only content. your harmony Life on a High Note is about you, and it’s also for you. Visit the Marketing Materials section under the Resources tab to find a comprehensive assortment Life on a High Note. of Life on a High Note marketing materials to help your chapter reach out in your community and attract new members.
One common theme you will notice throughout the new website and marketing materials is you. Photos of actual members expressing the joy and sisterhood they find in Sweet Adelines will grace all marketing and website materials. That is what Life on a High Note is all about: Showing the strength and joy we gain when we laugh and love and sing together! We hope you like it! Life on a High Note.
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Erin Howden directs North Metro Chorus in their Swan Song performance at the 2018 Convention in St. Louis.
MY DIRECTOR ALWAYS SAYS...
f course, you’re a great chorus member: You would never fact, hydration before you sing is even more important, as muscles chat on the risers! You keep your eyes on the director, need hydration from within to be flexible and esponsiver to the and you listen to everything they say! But do you really demands placed on them during the art of singing. understand what they mean when they repeat certain pieces of Oadvice or direction? In case some of it’s a mystery, or you just want My director always says…Take a moment to check in to know more, we’ve asked a few directors to compile a list of some with yourself. common phrases and give a little explanation about what they really mean. What they mean by “checking in” is to consciously go through our physical posture and carriage—from feet to hips to My director always says…Keep your eyes on me. torso to shoulders to neck to face—for awareness of where we need to relax, support and lift for the best use of our Why do you think that is? Are they a power freak? Don’t they vocal instrument. know that I just got jabbed in the side with my neighbor’s elbow when she was doing the choreography? Doesn’t the director know My director always says…Give me 30 seconds before that I need to know if I’m doing the same thing the others are? you talk. How can I do that without looking at them? How can I connect with the audience if I can’t look at them? Everyone needs a moment or two to organize their thoughts before speaking, but directors especially need that moment. When Focus. That’s what it’s all about. There will always be distractions we start to speak instantly, it interferes with that thought process. but those are the many things we need to find ways to ignore, So let’s all learn to wait for 30 seconds to hear those director gems. learn to live with, discuss later and try to minimize. So, when your director says to look their way, there’s a reason. It’s usually My director always says...Breathe on top of the note to improve the sound and help you and the chorus be the very or breathe into the upper space. best you can be. Trust your director to know when and if you can look away. After all, they get to hear all of you at the same time, Extreme dropped-jaw breathing with inhalation focused in which is a luxury that those of us on the risers don’t get. Focus and a downward manner often results in an out-of-tune beginning. ENJOY! We all know a lifted palate is important to the best singing, so thinking the breath itself in a slightly higher, above-the-instrument My director always says...Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate! inhalation enhances everything about your personal sound and therefore the unit sound. Why? Because the body needs water. Much more water each day than most singers give it! Singing is an active sport which So next time directors repeat themselves (after you’ve given intensely exercises some of the body’s smallest muscles. Because them 30 seconds before speaking, of course) you’ll know what they the water passes over and through these muscles, singers may think mean. But you certainly won’t explain it to your neighbor on the they are helping by drinking water often during rehearsals. In risers until rehearsal is over!
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Japanese and Swedish Sweet Adelines at Nikko Toshogu Shrine, a UNESCO World Heritage Site where they performed together as part of Friendship Week.
FRIENDSHIP WEEK – AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE! Swedish and Japanese choruses’ “small gathering” forges big connections
ast November, 49 singers from three Swedish choruses—Gothia themselves GoKeyVäst, and created a site with music, learning tracks, Show Chorus, Key Town Harmony and Västerås Show Chorus— choreography, handouts for the classes and the workshop program. went to Japan for a week of singing, education and bonding. The Swedish Embassy, celebrating 150 years of diplomatic relations Friendship Week was the result of two years’ preparation which between Japan and Sweden, backed the event. Lstarted in October 2016 with a Gothia member (a former resident of “Once in Japan, we began with a few days of sightseeing, beginning Japan) writing a letter to Megumi Yamashiro, then-president of Tokyo with Kiyomizu Temple and Fushimi Inari temple,” said Erenstedt. Chorus, asking about the possibility of a get-together. Tokyo Chorus, “We visited Mount Fuji, where we got to sing ‘Anthem’ on the terrace which was quite small, asked themselves: “Can we do this?” as high as you can come on Mount Fuji! At Lake Ashi, we ate black “But if we don’t take this opportunity, we will never be able to have eggs (which make you live seven years longer!).” this kind of thing in the future. Opportunity knocks only once,” Member-at-large Mitsuko Yanagita arranged for the group to visit Yamashiro and her chorus decided. Nikko Toshogu Shrine, a 15th century shrine that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The shrine’s priest kindly accepted the offer for They imagined it might be a small friendly exchange, but the chorus to sing there. Nothing like this had been done there before. it grew! “Some of the members in the Japanese choruses joined us on this trip, and for the last three songs in our 40-minute program, we The Swedish choruses decided to make the Japan trip a “Big invited them to sing with us,” said Erenstedt. “The performance was Chorus Project.” Directors Maria Wessman, Annika Christensen and a purely magical experience. A large audience enjoyed the beautiful a Marie Erenstedt combined the names of the three choruses, calling cappella harmony in silence, surrounded by beautifully colored leaves
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TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 38 3/6/19 11:00 AM Japanese and Swedish Sweet Adelines singing ”How We Sang Today” during Friendship Week.
The four directors who led classes in Japan.
under the blue autumn sky. Such an honor! We thank Mitsuko for who attended this concert really loved this beautiful evening,” said giving us this rare opportunity!” Kayoko Yoshida, project leader in Japan. “Thank you everyone During the workshop that followed that weekend, four who has given us so much help for the past two years! The Tokyo directors—Annika Christensen, Maria Wessman, Dan Molloy and Chorus marks its 40th anniversary in 2019. We will take our next Marie Erenstedt—held nine classes on topics including how to big step into the future.” teach choreography, riser placement and vocal skills. All handouts GoKeyVäst now has 125 members, and they decided to extend had been translated into Japanese. this merger. Their next happening was a concert in Eskilstuna on April 6, 2019. Who knows what will happen next? On Saturday evening came the peak of two years’ “This has been a wonderful experience for us all!” said Erenstedt. preparation. “The Japanese people are immensely friendly, and Japan is an amazingly beautiful country to visit. Maybe next time a Japanese Many singing groups performed a varied program, ending with chorus wants to attend a convention and compete, they might “How We Sang Today,” directed by T’dash Iwata, director of Tokyo come to Sweden! We welcome you with all our hearts!” Chorus, with 50 Swedish and 60 Japanese women. Some had a hard time singing from all the emotion. Afterward, they celebrated with an amazing party with lots of singing to and with each other. Marie Erenstedt, Director of Gothia Show Chorus “We really enjoyed this unexpectedly big event, as did the Megumi Yamashiro and Kayoko Yoshida, Tokyo Chorus audience, made up of our families, friends, and guests. The people
TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 39 3/6/19 11:00 AM Giving is Always on Pitch 2018 DONORS Sweet Adelines International impacts thousands of lives every year thanks to Members’ generous donations to scholarships, grants and music education. We are grateful for the generosity of so many and extend our heartfelt thanks to all those who made a donation last year and who are planning to do so again this year.
THE OVERTONE SOCIETY Alice DeVine Cammi MacKinlay Faith Ahrling Peg Faithful Vicki Marcum, Patricia Alleman, Patricia Feifer To My Sisters in Song in honor and memory of Debra Ferenc, in memory of Bev Miller Sheila Martinez, Leah & Audrey Goldstein Judy Ferrier in memory of Connie Noble Mary Allen Betty Garnett Vickie Maybury, in honor of Dick Wilson Wanda Anderson Laura Gliedman Ann McAlexander Wendy Arcand Judy Gordan Samuel McFarland Carl and Sharon Babb, Jane Greer Frances Mewett in memory of Carole Persinger Diana Gregg John and Jan Meyer, & Betty Brock Georgia Goldstein, in memory of Carole Persinger Anita Barry in honor and memory of Leah & Claudia Mills Adrienne & Clarke Bean Audrey Goldstein Carol Moskowitz, Beeken Petty O'Keefe & Company, Carol Damon & Arne Grimson, in memory of Nina McMahon, in memory of Beverly Johnston in memory of Janice Buckholtz Buffalo Gateway Chorus Ann Berg Elizabeth Hager Toula Oberlies, Karen Bernard, Robin Hanson in memory of Dale Ringeisen Gildow in honor of Isabel Neibergall Julie Hayward, in memory of Carole Persinger Emily O'Brien Sarah Bican Carolyn Healey, OK City Chapter, Joyce Brandt in memory of Nancy Kayser & in honor of Shirley Fine Lauren Brenckle, Carole Persinger Jean O'Reilly, in honor of Shirley Fine Christa Hogan, in memory of Kathy Mills in memory of Bev Miller David Briner, Kathleen Howard Susan Padgett, in memory of Sally Briner Michelle Hunget in memory of Kelly Padgett Patty Buethe Darren Hurst Shelly Pardis Kate Burgess Dorothy Hurt Melanie Peel, James and Jane Campbell, Joan Jones in memory of Elizabeth Speer in memory of Janice Buckholtz Sydney Knies Debra Peters Steve and Helen Campbell, Judith Innes Platinum Show Chorus, in memory of Janice Buckholtz Faye Iverson in honor of Norma McMullen Larry Chubbuck Dorothy Jurs Carol Poole Nancy Chung Gary & Jackie Kerkoff, Jill Shambaugh, Kay Preller Kristina Collins John, Kelli & Mike Burton, Bailey & Jackson, Judy and Lyle Prichard & Family, J.D. Crowe Kristie & John Kyndall, Emily & Josie, in memory of Janice Buckholtz Michelle Cunningham in memory of Bev Miller Pride of Portland Chapter, Dick and Mary Craig, Charlene Kylander in memory of Carole Persinger & in memory of Janice Buckholtz Annette Landry Yvonne Whedon Stephanie Darling, Joan Levitin, Donna Prochazka in memory of Carole Persinger in memory of Carole Persinger Phyllis Quast Paula Davis Pat LeVezu Karen & Philip Ridout Kelly Deare, Marti Lovejoy River City Harmony Chapter in honor of 2018/2019 IBOD Jan MacCaskill Von Roberts
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TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 40 3/6/19 11:00 AM Anedra Robertson Phyllis Jaudes Karen Bernard Jane Rosenthal Christine Kelly Sarah Bican Randy Sahae Liberty Oak Chapter, Caroline Bond Catherine Sarwar, in memory of Kelly Padgett in memory of Richard J. McGee Sr. & Nancy Bowen Kathleen Scharr, Leslie Palmer Finke Mary Brannon in memory of Sheila Martinez, Lauren Brenckle Carole Kirkpatrick Persinger in memory of Patricia Duncan Tanya Briley Jewel Sechler John and Jan Meyer, Kay Bromert, Jill & John Shambaugh, in memory of Music Educators in memory of Zada Burrell & Mary Carleton in memory of Bev Miller Patricia Mikels, Kate Burgess Michele Sims in memory of Patricia Duncan Capital City Chorus, Donna Smith Deborah Moore, in memory of Galen Weare Clough, Linda Smith, in honor of Irene Hershey Pamela Delk, Don and Joann Ginder, in memory of Carole Persinger Mary Ann Pastorfer Anthony Lasich, Bill Boothe, Nan McKibban, Beverly Staats, Susan Peacock Dale Ringeisen-Gildow & Bev Miller in honor of A cappella Joy Chorus Debra Saucke, Cascade Harmony Chapter Rebecca & Marvin Strenge in memory of Carousel Harmony Chorus Jennifer Champagne Helen Swanston Judy Sargent, Carol Clark Diane Till in memory of Carousel Harmony Chorus Diane Clark Marcia Vang Marsha Scialdo Betty Coleman Petra Van Klaveren-Chini Song of Sonoma, Columbia River Chapter Sally Wallace in honor of Sharon Carlson Columbus Chapter, John and Brenda Walling, Marvin Strenge, in memory of Bev Miller in memory of Janice Buckholtz in memory of Alice M Fox Nancy Chung Elena Walker & Dave Brus, Karen Stuedemann, Marilyn Conlan, in memory of Janice Buckholtz in memory of Esther Stuedemann in memory of Marge Grau Cydney Wentsel Allen Sussman, Susan Cox Patricia White in memory of Melanie Wroe Michelle Cunningham Becky Wilkins Georgia Sutherland Alice Curry, JoAnn Wilson Sandra Thompson in memory of Liz Speer Anita Wolfe Twin Forks Chorus, Region 6 Serena Davis, YourCause, LLC in memory of Theresa Holkesuig Vernen in honor of our newly crowned Susan Zura & Sueann Myers Queens, ClassRing Susanne Weber Cynthia Diniaco West Shore Chorus Kelly Deare YOUNG WOMEN IN HARMONY Rebecca Wood Dorothy Dedrick, A Cappella Electric in memory of Barbara McCormick Sandra Adams, Judith Dixon in honor of Anita Edge-Vocal Matrix Chorus YOUNG SINGERS FOUNDATION Lisbet Duponte Diane Bean, A Cappella Electric Peg Faithful in memory of Kathy Mills Almost Heaven Chapter, Patricia Feifer Lisa Bonine in memory of Bev Miller Five Valley Chapter Elizabeth Brannon, Bev Adell, Bonnie Flint, in memory of Marge Grau, Dorothy Myers, in memory of Liz Speer in honor of Pamela Johnson & Linda Richards & Jillian F. Hitt MaryLou and John Allamen, Joanie Williams Capital Showcase Chorus in memory of Liz Speer Marion Florman Cedar Sounds Chapter, Patricia Alleman Friendship VII Chapter, in memory of Kathy Mills Mary Allen in memory of Bev Miller Tami Chavez, Paula Andrews, Sharon Gardner in memory of Patricia Duncan in memory of Janet Lichtenberg Laura Gliedman Coeur d'Alene Chorus, James Angell Diana Gregg in honor of Paula Davis Wendy Arcand Gail Grossman, Deborah Culp Sharon Babb in honor of Wendy Pachter Norma Frazier, Anita Barry Judi Grover, in memory of Patricia Duncan Candice Bassett, in memory of an icon, Flo Carroll, Grand Rapids Chapter, in memory of Peggy Laws 60+ year member of City of Lakes Chorus, in honor of Audrey S. Steffens. Betty F. Beardsley, Northern Lights Region Six Betty Shafer & Phyllis Jaudes in memory of Bev Miller Dorothy Hackman, in memory of Bev Miller Nancy Inman Ann Berg Harmony of the Gorge Chapter
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TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 41 3/6/19 11:00 AM Annie Hayes Norma Mundstock, in memory of Bev Miller Sounds of Superior Chorus, Carolyn Healey, in memory of Bev Miller Morag Nelson, in memory of Bethany Nichols in honor of Judy Olson Heart of America, Region 25 Northwest Harmony Chapter Dale Stead Elizabeth Hager, Toula Oberlies, Lucille Summy & Beverly Hoover, in honor of Region 5, 2018 Judging Panel in memory of Bev Miller in memory of Zada Burrell Christy Hedrick Linda O'Connell, Melodeers, Jen Sward Susan Heimburger, in memory of Liz Speer Suncoast Harmony Chapter, in memory of Mary Ann Joly, Olympia Chapter in honor of Naomi Wipert Anne Kotchman & Pacific Sound Chapter Diane Till Mary Beth Beamish Shelly Pardis Marilyn Turner Dina Hendershot Carol Poole Doris Twardosky Clare Holland, Jenny Pratt, in memory of Bev Miller Valley Forge Chapter in memory of Bev Miller Patricia Pratt, in memory of Bev Miller Kim Van Keuren, & Ria Kittay Pride of Kentucky Chapter, in memory of Carol Ann Barbera Kathleen Howard in memory of Bev Miller Petra Van Klaveren-Chini Dorothy Hurt Pride of Portland Chapter Marcia Vang Molly Huffman, in memory of Bev Miller Donna Prochazka Voices Northwest Chapter Inland Harmony Chapter Doris Pulse Sally Wallace Judith Innes Quartet of Nations Region 31 Judy Weipert Robin Iwai Phyllis Quast West Shore Chapter, Ann Jarchow, in memory of Bev Miller Marilyn Rader in memory of Dayle Staff Charlene L. Jones, Daphna Rahmil Barbara Wetzel, in memory of Bev Miller in memory of Pat & Fred King Vicki Raichl Patricia White Judy Kaeser Janet Rathke Melinda Whiteman, in memory of Liz Speer Andrea Kanefsky, Mary Reed, in memory of Liz Speer Tony and Sherill Whiteman, in honor and memory of Gary Regina Reninger in memory of Liz Speer & Trush Cruz Von Roberts Ruth Widerski Judy Kendrick, Tera Rockett Owen Wilcox, in honor and memory of Bev Miller Barbara Rolison in honor of Marilyn Funk The Kevin Eikenberry Group, Rolling Hills Chapter Becky Wilkins in memory of Bev Miller Elaine Rosenberg Melynnie Williams, Danette Kientz Jane Rosenthal in memory of Mary Carleton Kitsap Pines Chapter Carolyn Roxburgh Ron and Jackie Williams, Suzanne Knezick, Bonita Rust, in memory of Flo Carroll in memory of Liz Speer in memory of Sandra Biggs Elizabeth Sabo Johnson, JoAnn Wilson Sally Lampe in honor and in memory of Bev Miller Mark Winnie Stephanie Lecci, Anne Sanders Anita Wolfe in honor and memory of Bev Miller Catherine Sarwar Lynn Woolf Joan Levitin, Kathleen Scharr, Angela Yeargers in memory of Barbara McCormick in memory of Barbara McCormick YourCause Marti Lovejoy Pricilla Schoelzel Randa Zaitz, Jan MacCaskill Scioto Valley Chapter, in memory of Carole Persinger & Angie Mack in memory of Bev Miller Rose Cooper Mary Madden, Michelle Scott, Sara Zawila, Melodeers, in memory of Dale M. Gildow-Ringeisen in honor of Joyce Palmieri in memory of Liz Speer Nancy Maggio Susan E. Scott, in memory of Bev Miller Sara Zembrodt, Marble City Baptist Church, Jan Seales in memory of Bev Miller in memory of Mary Riddle Kathy Sellstrom Susan Zura Beckie Martini, in memory of Jan Sandry Connie Selmi, Patricia McCandless, in memory of Liz Speer of The Lyrics & “Honoring the memory of our dear friend, in memory of Bev Miller, Carole Persinger Mary Jane Bev Miller, a Proud Singer”. & Adrienne Wright Show-Me Harmony Chorus, Donors & Proud Singers: Samuel McFarland in memory of Pat Duncan & Anita McKelney, in memory of Liz Speer Josephine Davison Marsha Fulton Barbara Mclin, in memory of Bev Miller Carol A. Smith, Nancy Field Frances Mewett in memory of Nancy McDaniel, Region 9 Marilyn Cox John & Jan Meyer, in memory of Bev Miller Mary Smith Sue Beck Claudia Mills Susan Smith Chris Noteware Charity Monroe Song of Seattle Chapter Karen Koch
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TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 42 3/6/19 11:00 AM CONNIE NOBLE Sandra McCullough Sara Davis MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Darcy Newell Debby Dean Nancy Anderson & Curt McLess Robert Newell Deborah Ferenc Lori Austin Larry Grant Noble Marisa Fontenot Sharon Babb Tony & Mindy Nyikos Cathy Frey David Ballou Shelly Pardis Cathy Guidry Blaire Beavers Donald Pflaster Mary Hower Linda Sue Benefield Carol Poole Heather Johnston Ann Berg Joan M. Rettig Diana Jordan Linda Brandt Jane Richards Susan Kinniff Mary Branham-Slade Christina Robertson Mary Louise Lamm Charlotte Brooks Barbara Saba Corla Lindsey Maureen M. Brzinski John Seale Marti Lovejoy Carol Jo Bullen Sandra Shelver Vicki Lukas Nancy Chung Spirit of the Midwest Jackie Narduzzo Rick & Carol Corsi Sheri Strawther Cheryl Pyle Lenore I. Davison Dee Thomas Susie Scott Robert Decker Diane Thornewell Lorna Stephens Sean Decker Sandra Trombly Myra Tener Yoshiko Decker Kim & Dale Vaughn Trudie Thompson Lisa DeLaCruz Lynn Vaughn Jan Welsh Mary Dennis Angela Williams Ellen Wills Jill A Douglas Brown Barbara Dunphy Gold Medal Ideas YAHOO SINGLIST Peggy Gram Carolyn Benkowitz Kathleen Howard Karen Bernard Jane Johnson Marsha Bock Lindsay Jordan Carol Broglio Roberta Kemper Beverly Bruening Bronwyn E. Latta Doris Boudreaux Nancy Maggio Gail Burke Linda Marshall Vivien Carmichael Kerri Mauney Lee Chalmers
SWEET ADELINES GRANT AWARDS ANNOUNCED
The next grant application cycle is open now through June 1, 2019. The scholarships and grants committee received more than $31,000 in grant requests during the last cycle and is thrilled to announce awards to the following outstanding grantees:
2019 Southern Arizona Youth in Harmony Festival ...... ($3,500) Young Women in Song and Harmony Festival (Metro Nashville Chorus)...... ($2,000) Central Illinois Youth in Harmony Festival (Vermillion Valley Chorus)...... ($3,000) A Cappella U Bay Area Showcase Chorus Young Singers Workshop...... ($1,400) 2019 A Cappella Festival of Kentuckiana...... ($1,200) 2019 New Mexico Youth Harmony Camp ...... ($2,500) Inland Empire Chorus 2019 Harmony Stars Festival...... ($2,000) Harmony Explosion NorthWest...... ($5,000)
The first funding cycle of 2019 opened March 8 and closes June 1. Be sure to submit your festival, workshop or education project for potential funding. Visit sweetadelines.com/scholarships-and-grants for more information. All amounts are in USD.
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TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 45 3/6/19 11:00 AM IN MEMORY Accolades — Nov. 1, 2018 through Jan. 31, 2019 As of Oct. 4, 2018 through Feb. 11, 2019
DIRECTOR CERTIFICATION PROGRAM Margaret Black, Battle Creek Chapter, #17 Advanced to Certified Director Flo Carroll, City of Lakes Chapter, #6 Connie Alward, Grand Olympics, #13 Debra Ary, Wichita Chapter, #25 Kathy Dickinson, Alamo Metro Chapter, #10 Carolyn Bourke, Acappella West Chapter, #34 Sally Burton, Chesapeake Harmony, #19 Marjorie Hartsuch, Midwest Harmony, #3 Judy Ferguson, Murrumbidgee Magic, #34 Doris Gearing, Capitaland Chapter, #15 Tava Herring, A Cappella Unlimited, #10 Jennifer Harris, Arundelair Chapter, #19 Catharina Hellhoff,Alba Show Chapter, #32 Claudette Holder, Acappella Sounds Chapter, #1 Anette Karlsson, Prospective Seaside Chapter, #32 Laurie Moore, Orangeville Show Chapter, #16 Ruth Ann Kipp, Chapter-at-Large, #19 Vanessa Patterson , Limestone City Voices, #1 Peggy Laws, Piney Hills Harmony Chapter, #10 Colleen Stickle,Bay of Quinte Chapter, #16
Doris Page, Acapella North Chapter, #16
INTERNATIONAL FACULTY PROGRAM Claudia Presson, Northern Blend Chapter, #2
Advanced to Master Faculty Joanne Rawson, Island Grove Chapter, #1 Britt-Heléne Bonnedahl,Rönninge Show Chapter, #32 Suzanne Schneider, Spirit of Spokane Chapter, #13 Dale Syverson, Rich-Tone Chapter, #25 Kim Vaughn, San Diego Chapter, # 21 Rilla Sinclair, East City Sound, #34 Ann Strong, Capital City Chapter, #4 INTERNATIONAL JUDGING PROGRAM Susan Turchick, City of Lakes Chapter, #6 Advanced to Approved Judge Annette Wallace, Acappella Omaha, #5
Advanced to Certified Judge Corinna Garriock, Chapter-at-Large #1 and #26 If you are interested in submitting an article for Cydney Wentsel, Pride of Baltimore, #19 consideration in a future issue of The Pitch Pipe, email [email protected].
CLASSIFIEDS • Feature articles should be in a Word document, not to exceed 1,000 words and include a byline with chorus/quartet to which you belong DIRECTOR WANTED – BELLA ACAPPELLA • All other articles must not exceed 500 words Bella Acappella, a five-time medal-winning, small chorus of energetic • Harmony Roundup submissions should not exceed 250 words women located in beautiful Bend, OR is looking for a skilled musician to • Submitted photographs should be high resolution (300 dpi) in a jpg, direct our chorus. tiff, png or pdf format and include names from left to right. Check us out at www.bellaacappella.com. Submit resumes to [email protected] or call 541-728-9392. We receive many submissions, and because we publish quarterly, space is limited. Due to production time, article content is determined in MAGIC OF HARMONY - DIRECTOR SEARCH advance. If an article is not published immediately after submission, it Magic of Harmony Show Chorus, Region 14, located in York County Virginia, is is kept on file for future issues. It may also be published via social media seeking a director. We are a chorus of 25 enthusiastic and friendly women who or in a condensed format in the Harmony Roundup section of the The love to entertain in our community. We have competed at Regional competition Pitch Pipe. Articles may be edited for length, style and grammar. in the Open Division and hold an annual show, in addition to singing for audiences around the Hampton Roads. The position is currently open, as we For a complete list of submission guidelines, visit: continue to sing led by our Interim Director. www.sweetadelines.com/pitchpipemagazine Contact us at: www.magicofharmonyshowchorus.com or call JoAnn Knight at 757-645-4660
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TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 46 3/6/19 11:00 AM TPP_April_2019_FINAL.indd 47 3/6/19 11:00 AM Dates may be subject to change. To verify, visit regional Regional Calendar competition pages at www.sweetadelines.com. REGION NORTH REGION GREAT REGION ATLANTIC #1 ATLANTIC #10 GULF COAST #19 BAY-MOUNTAIN May 9-12, 2019 March 21-24, 2019 May 2-5, 2019 Regional Convention & Competition Regional Convention & Competition Regional Convention & Competition Springfield, Mass. Houston, Texas Hershey, Pa.
REGION BORDER REGION SEQUOIA REGION GOLDEN #2 LAKES #11 PACIFICA #21 WEST April 11-14, 2019 May 2-5, 2019 April 4-7, 2019 Regional Convention & Competition Regional Convention & Competition Regional Convention & Competition Dearborn, Mich. Bakersfield, Calif. Phoenix, Ariz.
REGION MIDWEST REGION PACIFIC REGION HEART #3 HARMONY #12 SHORES #25 OF AMERICA April 11-14, 2019 May 2-5, 2019 March 28-31, 2019 Regional Convention & Competition Regional Convention & Competition Regional Convention & Competition Appleton, Wis. Reno, Nev. Little Rock, Ark.
REGION HARMONY REGION NORTH BY REGION CANADIAN #4 HEARTLAND #13 NORTHWEST #26 MAPLE LEAF April 4-7, 2019 April 4-7, 2019 April 11-14, 2019 Regional Convention & Competition Regional Convention & Competition Regional Convention & Competition Covington, Ky. Spokane, Wash. Surrey, BC, Canada
REGION SPIRIT OF REGION HEART OF THE REGION QUARTET #5 THE MIDWEST #14 BLUE RIDGE #31 OF NATIONS April 4-7, 2019 March 21-24, 2019 May 9-12, 2019 Regional Convention & Competition Regional Convention & Competition Regional Convention & Competition Cedar Rapids, Iowa Concord, N.C. Cardiff, UK
REGION NORTHERN REGION GREATER REGION NORDIC #6 LIGHTS #15 NY/NJ #32 LIGHT May 2-5, 2019 April 11-14, 2019 May 9-12, 2019 Regional Convention & Competition Regional Convention & Competition Regional Convention & Competition Rochester, Minn. Albany, N.Y. Karlstad, Sweden
REGION ROCKY REGION LAKE REGION SOUTHERN #8 MOUNTAIN #16 ONTARIO #34 CROSS May 16-19, 2019 April 4-7, 2019 May 16-19, 2019 Regional Convention & Competition Regional Convention & Competition Regional Convention & Competition Cheyenne, Wyo. Syracuse, N.Y. Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia
REGION COASTAL REGION GREAT LAKES REGION NEW #9 HARMONY #17 HARMONY #35 ZEALAND April 11-14, 2019 March 21-24, 2019 May 2-5, 2019 Regional Convention & Competition Regional Convention & Competition Regional Convention & Competition Daytona Beach, Fla. Cleveland, Ohio Dunedin, New Zealand
DON’T MISS THESE UPCOMING INTERNATIONAL EVENTS 2019 JULY 25-28 202O 2019 International Education Symposium JULY 22-26 Region #31, Manchester, UK 2020 International Education Symposium AUG. 8-10 Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, USA Directors and Visual Leaders Seminar OCT. 12-17 San Antonio, Texas, USA 75th Diamond Anniversary & 74th Annual International Convention and Competition SEPT. 16-21 Louisville, Ky., USA 73rd Annual International Convention and Competition New Orleans, La., USA
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Hot Pursuit
Hot Pursuit2018 Rising Star Champion Quartet 2018 Rising Star Champion Quartet Sweet Adelines 2019 Rising Star Quartet Contest July 27, 2019 • Royal Northern College of Music • Manchester, UK
Held in conjunction with IES 2019, this contest is open to female quartets whose members are 25 years of age or younger.
ISING Enter the Contest Today! R STAR 2019 Quartet Contest www.RisingStarQuartetContest.com
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