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SOURCEBOOK | VIRTUAL FALL FESTIVAL 2020 | PAGE 2 Our Region 11 Facebook Groups

Welcome to the Sweet Adelines International, Sequoia Pacifica Region 11 Fall Festival group. This group is for people who have registered to be part of our Virtual Fall Festival, November 13-15, 2020. Host: Jennifer Aldridge Zucker https://www.facebook.com/groups/reg11virtualfallfestival

https://www.facebook.com/groups/Region11

SOURCEBOOK | VIRTUAL FALL FESTIVAL 2020 | PAGE 3 Schedule

HINT: Click on the BLUE Class/Activity title and you will see the corresponding Sourcebook page!

THURSDAY - November 12 SCHEDULE CLASS/ACTIVITY FACILITATOR 6:00p-7:00p Regional Management Team Meeting Marcia Bosma Introduction to Virtual Fall Festival 2020 7:15p-7:30p Information About The Weekend including how to access the Tammy Ragsdale & Jen Zucker Zoom Links, Class Information, and Question/Answer time.

FRIDAY - November 13 SCHEDULE CLASS/ACTIVITY FACILITATOR

10:45a-11:00a Welcome to Fall Festival! (Kickoff) Tammy Ragsdale

Diverse Voices 11:00a-12:15 A short walk through the diverse lives of our chorus members and what Nikki Blackmer that means to our choruses and our chorus decisions.

Frontline Directors ONLY 12:30p-1:45p Dr. Jim Henry will answer our questions. To receive the ZOOM link, Dr. Jim Henry please email [email protected] in advance.

1:45p-3:00p Lunch on Your Own

Private Vocal Instruction (PVI) 3:00p-4:30p Watch the R11ng for your chance to sign up for a one-to-one session Tammy Ragsdale & Jen Zucker with Laura Pallas Singer, Timari Thorstenson, Katie Koehler, Monica Tautkus, or Bobbette Gantz

Greetings & Room Check-in! 3:00p-4:00p Teresa May Don't forget your Cookie!

From Classical to Barbershop 3:30p-4:45p Ahhhh - that ain't Barbershop! Or is it? Some groundbreaking perfor- Nikki Blackmer mances that bridged the gap from Classical to Barbershop, and a look into the similarities and differences of technique. Open to all Singers!

What's This Showmanship Thing All About? Class provides an overview of the Showmanship Category and ex- 5:00p-6:15p plores the performance elements of each level. Class involves video Judy Pozsgay review and discussion of performance hallmarks with the aim of identifying next steps to improve our visual communication.

6:30p-7:45p Dinner on Your Own

Friday Night SHOWCASE 8:00p-9:30p Double Quartets from our past. Come enjoy the fun, fabulous, formida- Tammy Ragsdale ble Double Quartets throughout our history in Region 11

SOURCEBOOK | VIRTUAL FALL FESTIVAL 2020 | PAGE 4 Schedule

HINT: Click on the BLUE Class/Activity title and you will see the corresponding Sourcebook page!

SATURDAY - November 14 SCHEDULE CLASS/ACTIVITY FACILITATOR Greetings from Sweet Adelines International 8:30a-9:00a Thérèse Antoinini Welcome and Information

Love What You Don´t Know YET! 9:30a-10:45 Latest brain research in how to handle life as a "life-make over project". Britt-Heléne Bonnedahl Answering questions like what triggers your limbic system in special challenging social situations.

How to Create and Anchor a Goal-Picture Strategies behind goalsetting. Useful to have these days inorder to 11:00a-12:15p create a picture of how it will be when we are able to sing together Britt-Heléne Bonnedahl again. This is for the adventurous; those looking to create a "New Normal".

Lunch On Your Own or ... 12:30p-1:30 Attend Your Specific Leadership Luncheon: Team Coordinators/Presidents Marcia Bosma Membership Bridget Barrett 12:30p-1:30 New Members Jolene Liang Finance Coordinators/Treasurers Laura La Borde Directors Bobbette Gantz

1:30p-1:45p Rookie Rally Bridget Barrett Let's Rally Around our Newbies!

Visual Expression Physicality is a large part of the communication of a song. Through 2:00p-3:15p interactive exercises, this class explores authentic and believable Judy Pozsgay connection to the music and lyrics of a song and how we, as performers, might visually express this to our audiences.

"SINGLISH" - Word Sounds, Not Words Join Dr. Jim Henry, Bass of The Gas House Gang & Crossroads, Co-director of the Ambassadors of Harmony, and Head of Choral 3:30p-4:45p Studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis as he takes you through Dr. Jim Henry the magical language of “Singlish.” This course offers a guide on how to take advantage of the sounds that make up words, rather than the words themselves, to strengthen synchronization, emotion, resonance, and tuning. 5:30p-7:30p Dinner on Your Own

8:00p-?? Afterglow Jen Zucker & ChannelAire ChannelAire & Region 11

SOURCEBOOK | VIRTUAL FALL FESTIVAL 2020 | PAGE 5 Schedule

HINT: Click on the BLUE Class/Activity title and you will see the corresponding Sourcebook page! SUNDAY - November 15 SCHEDULE CLASS/ACTIVITY FACILITATOR

Harmony Through Humor & Connection Look, this situation sucks. We can acknowledge the suck, but we can't 9:00a-10:15a dwell on it. Humor through Harmony and Connection provides a light- Mo Barrett & Katy Stevens hearted perspective on finding joy…with ourselves, with each other, with our situations.

Motivational Wrap-Up Mo Barrett is a motivational TED Talks speaker. She entertains 10:30a-12:00p audiences with her unique presentation, style and contagious energy Mo Barrett as she charts a course for people who want to laugh, learn and think! She was FABULOUS at Summer Sizzler and SHE's BACK!

12:00p WRAP-UP for Fall Festival 2020 RMT & ChannelAire Time to chat and say "goodbye" until next time!

12:30p Seminar Committee Meeting Linda Ragsdale

SOURCEBOOK | VIRTUAL FALL FESTIVAL 2020 | PAGE 6 Links at a Glance

THURSDAY Passcode for all Zoom links: FallFest

@ 7:15 pm, Introduction to Fall Festival 2020 (Tammy Ragsdale, Jen Zucker)

FRIDAY

@ 10:45 am, Kickoff. Welcome to Fall Festival (Tammy Ragsdale) @ 11:00 am, Diverse Voices (Nikki Blackmer) @ 12:30 pm, Directors Only (Dr. Jim Henry) email: [email protected] @ 3:00 pm, Greetings and Room Check in (Teresa May, JoJo Liang) @ 3:00 pm, Private Vocal Instruction (PVI) Link will be sent directly to you. @ 3:30 pm, From Classical to Barbershop (Nikki Blackmer) @ 5:00 pm, What’s This Showmanship Thing All About? (Judy Pozsgay) @ 8:00 pm, Friday Night Showcase (Region 11 Double Quartets)

SATURDAY

@ 8:30 am, International Welcome & Information (Thérèse Antoinini) @ 9:30 am, Love What You Don’t Know Yet (Britt-Heléne Bonnedahl) @ 11:00 am, Create and Anchor a Goal Picture (Britt-Helene Bonnedahl) @ 12:30 pm, Leadership Luncheons, links in the Sourcebook (page 28) @ 1:30 pm, Rookie Rally on Facebook LIVE (Bridget Barrett) @ 2:00 pm, Visual Expression (Judy Pozsgay) @ 3:30 pm, SINGLISH: Word Sounds, Not Words (Dr. Jim Henry) @ 8:00 pm, Afterglow (Jen Zucker, ChannelAire)

SUNDAY

@ 9:00 am, Harmony Through Humor & Connection (Mo Barrett, Katy Stevens) @ 10:30 am, Motivational Wrap-Up (Mo Barrett) @ 12:00 pm, Wrap-up for Fall Festival on Facebook LIVE (RMT, ChannelAire)

SOURCEBOOK | VIRTUAL FALL FESTIVAL 2020 | PAGE 7 Faculty: Britt-Heléne Bonnedahl

Bri‐Heléne Bonnedahl joined Sweet Adelines in 1977 as a member of Telge Harmony Chorus, the first Swedish chapter of Sweet Adelines Internaonal. In 1983, she founded Rönninge Show Chorus, direcng the chorus to achieve internaonal champion tles in 2014, 2017 and 2020. Bri‐Heléne rered as Rönninge Show Chorus Director aer the chorus aained the 2020 Internaonal Champion tle in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She has an occupaonal back‐ ground teaching children with learning difficules and behavior problems. She is a Cerfied NLP‐Praconer and Cerfied Mental Trainer, with specialty in voice and language as a speech therapist. She is a Master Faculty Member, coach and vocal teacher specializing in teaching voice, mindset, direcng leadership, and communicaon. Master Faculty Member Rönninge Show Chorus Founder, Past Director Internaonal Chorus Champions (2014, 2017, 2020) Rönninge, Sweden

SOURCEBOOK | VIRTUAL FALL FESTIVAL 2020 | PAGE 8 Faculty: Nikki Blackmer

A Cappella Joy, Director Frenzy Quartet (Lead) 2017 Internaonal Quartet Champions Kirkland, Washington

A classically trained soprano, Nikki Blackmer holds a Master's Degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Washington. Aer graduang, she joined the Portland Opera Young Arst Program. Nikki sings the lead vocal part with Frenzy, an a cappella women’s quartet that won the 2017 Sweet Adelines Internaonal Quartet Championship, earning the tle of Queen of Harmony. The quartet performs and teaches all over the world and has recorded a CD, Diva Las Vegas. Region 13’s 2018 Championship Chorus, A Cappella Joy, has been under Nikki’s directorship since 2003. Under her direcon they’ve grown to over sixty members and have climbed from a C‐ chorus to an A‐ chorus. Nikki is a full me private voice and piano teacher based in Kirkland, Washington. She is also a world‐renowned a cappella ensemble coach, traveling all over the United States, Canada, England, Germany, New Zealand and Australia. She is frequently asked to lead youth a cappella events as well, as her energy is reless! Nikki is the director of The Supertonics, a mixed a cappella ensemble represenng Seale Men’s and Women’s Choruses, the largest volunteer LGBT+ choral organizaon in the world. She was also recently named the new Assistant Conductor of the Seale Women’s Chorus. She is excited to be working with these naonally recognized choruses in their new musical venture. Besides living and breathing all things a cappella, Nikki lives in Kirkland with chiweenie rescue dog, Lily.

SOURCEBOOK | VIRTUAL FALL FESTIVAL 2020 | PAGE 9 Faculty: Dr. Jim Henry

Dr. Jim Henry holds degrees in vocal music educaon, music theory, and music composion, including a Ph.D. in music composion from Washington University. He is currently Head of Choral Studies at the University of Missouri‐ St. Louis, where he conducts University Singers and Vocal Point and teaches courses in Choral Methods, Choral Conducng, and Choral Arranging. He was awarded the Missouri’s Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. As a composer, Jim has won awards for his songs and piano pieces. He served for three years as composer‐in‐residence at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School under the aegis of Washington University, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, and the Buder Foundaon. He was also a music mentor for the “Music, Words, Opera” educaonal program sponsored by Opera Theatre of St. Louis. In addion to his dues at UM‐St. Louis, Jim is a 45‐year member of the Barbershop Harmony Society. He is a two‐me BHS Internaonal Quartet Champion Bass, and a four‐me Internaonal Chorus Champion Director. He was born into a barbershop family—both his father and mother were barbershop singers—and joined the BHS at the age of 11. He became the director of the Ambassadors in 1991 and went on to lead the chorus to 16 medals including 4 gold medals. Jim currently sings bass with Crossroads, 2009 BHS Int’l Quartet Champions. Crossroads has performed around the world, has appeared in several television and radio broadcasts, and has produced three recordings. He was previously the Bass of The Gas House Gang, the BHS 1993 Internaonal Quartet Champions. During The Gas House Gang’s 18 years together, they performed in all ﬁy states and ﬁeen countries, and in venues from the Grand Ole Opry to Carnegie Hall. Their numerous television and radio appearances include NBC’s “Today Show,” NPR's “At the Creaon,” and several PBS specials. The Gas House Gang was inducted into the BHS Hall of Fame in 2008. In 2009, both the Ambassa‐ dors of Harmony and Crossroads won the BHS Internaonal Compeon, making Jim the only person to win as a quartet singer and chorus director in the same year.

His 2000 doctoral dissertaon on the African American origins of barbershop harmony and his 2007 Harmony University keynote address, “Gold Medal Moments” have been inﬂuenal to the study, philosophy, and discourse of barbershop harmony. To date, eleven of Jim’s former students have won Internaonal Barbershop compeons (BHS, Sweet Adelines, Mixed, and BHS Collegiate), including all the members of Vocal Spectrum (Internaonal Collegiate and BHS Champions) and Double Date (Internaonal Mixed Quartet Champions). Dr. Henry has conducted numerous district and state honors choirs and has traveled the world as a conductor, coach, and lecturer. He is a contribung author for the Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music and the Grove Diconary of American Music. He has won several awards for his singing, composing, and teaching, including the Missouri Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Naonal Associaon for Music Educaon’s (NAfME) presgious “Stand for Music” award for his work on behalf of music educaon.

SOURCEBOOK | VIRTUAL FALL FESTIVAL 2020 | PAGE 10 Faculty: Judy Pozsgay

Educaon Faculty, Region 26 Showmanship Judge, SAI Internaonal Performance Judge, BHS Frenzy Quartet (Bass) 2017 Int’l Queens of Harmony Seale, Washington

Judy Pozsgay is a visual performance coach and choreographer based in Seale, WA. Her innovave and award‐winning visual plans and performance packages have been showcased at mulple Sweet Adeline Internaonal and Barbershop Harmony So‐ ciety compeons at both the regional and internaonal levels. Since discovering the wonderful world of SAI in 1994, Judy has served at the chorus level as choreographer, arsc director and assistant director.

Her talents are also shared at both the Regional (Educaon Faculty for Region 26) and Internaonal levels (Showmanship Judge, Internaonal Faculty) of the Sweet Adelines organizaon.

In addion, Judy is a Cerﬁed Performance Judge in the Barbershop Harmony Society.

Not being one to simply create and teach, Judy also loves to sing and perform and has been a 14‐me SAI Internaonal Quartet Top Ten ﬁnalist.

Judy’s past top‐ten quartets include Unplugged and Mojo. Currently, she is the “non‐Diva” bass of the 2017 Sweet Adelines Internaonal Quartet Champions, Frenzy.

SOURCEBOOK | VIRTUAL FALL FESTIVAL 2020 | PAGE 11 Faculty: Mo Barrett

Laugh. Learn. Think. Baritone.

Michelle “Mo” Barre is a rered Air Force Colonel, having survived and thrived as a mul‐minority and non‐conformist in the military’s structured environment. Not too many years ago, she showed up to a Region 14 Vienna‐Falls Chorus rehearsal “to watch,” bringing along a laminated spreadsheet of all the reasons she wanted to try out barbershop. She was immediately diagnosed as a Baritone and hasn’t desired to sing any other part since. As a late‐in‐life barbershopper, she is grateful to sing Bari in the Region 14 quartet, Twist of Fate. When not singing, Mo is a public speaker as well as a DC Tour Guide (which is sll public speaking) connecng with audiences of all ages and walks of life. She leverages hard work and an ability to view the world through lenses of humor, opmism and perspecve. To call Mo “quirky” is an understatement, but she spends her energy charng a course for people who want to laugh, learn and think!

SOURCEBOOK | VIRTUAL FALL FESTIVAL 2020 | PAGE 12 Committee Meetings

Marcia Bosma Regional Management Team Meeting Thursday, November 12, 2020 @ 6:00 pm

ZOOM ROOM Link will be sent directly to the RMT

Linda Ragsdale Seminars Committee Meeting Sunday, November 15, 2020 @ 12:00 pm

ZOOM ROOM Link will be sent directly to the Seminars Committee

SOURCEBOOK | VIRTUAL FALL FESTIVAL 2020 | PAGE 13 Thursday, November 12

7:15 pm to 7:30 pm Tammy Ragsdale and Jen Zucker

Welcome to Fall Festival

Information about the weekend Zoom links Class Information Questions and Answers

ZOOM ROOM Meeting ID: 818-9184-1850 Passcode: FallFest https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81891841850? pwd=Mjh2eXZPY08vQ2NZc3BrZ09FVnJ5Zz09

Friday, November 13

10:45 am to 11:00 am Fall Festival Kickoff Tammy Ragsdale

Our Education Coordinator will address Region 11 with a Welcome Message fo all attendees.

ZOOM ROOM Meeting ID: 810-4047-3717 Passcode: FallFest https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81040473717? pwd=RGlxVE40ME56MkVub0hpUi8vTzFvdz09

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11:00 am to 12:15 pm Diverse Voices Nikki Blackmer

A short walk through the diverse lives of our chorus members and what that means to our choruses and our chorus decisions.

Diverse Voices: Resource Guide Written by Nikki Blackmer and AJ Jelley To get more information on anything we covered today, we wanted to give some resources. Many of these organizations have help available as well.

PFLAG.ORG THETREVORPROJECT.ORG GLSEN.ORG HRC.ORG TRANSEQUALITY.ORG QLIFE.ORG.AU TRANS101.ORG.AU

ZOOM ROOM Meeting ID: 833-2419-2694 Passcode: FallFest https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83324192694? pwd=ZXp0cUhxUlllaGlGNUdsNmg4b3I0dz09

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12:30 pm to 1:45 pm Dr. Jim Henry Front Line Directors Only

ZOOM ROOM Bobbette Gantz will provide this class link to the Directors on Friday morning. Questions? Email: [email protected]

3:00 pm to 4:00 pm Teresa May and JoJo Liang Greetings and Room Check-In! Don’t forget your cookie!

ZOOM ROOM Meeting ID: 854-9849-7703 Passcode: FallFest https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85498497703? pwd=QTZsU0Q4WlB0bkZWQlBmZ3dnbUpFQT09

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3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Private Vocal Instruction (PVI)

Laura Pallas Singer Timari Thorstenson

Kate Koehler Monica Tautkus Bobbette Gantz

PVI Coaching Sessions Zoom links will be provided directly to those that signed up for PVI’s

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3:30 pm to 4:45 pm Nikki Blackmer From Classical to Barbershop Ahhhh- That ain’t Barbershop! (Or is it?)

Some groundbreaking performances that bridged the gap from Classical to Barbershop. A look into the similarities and differences of technique. Open to all Singers!

ZOOM ROOM Meeting ID: 872-0750-2684 Passcode: FallFest https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87207502684? pwd=M3V6VVJUYmpWV0hZaTQySW9XbDNIZz09

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5:00 pm to 6:15 pm Judy Pozsgay

What’s This Showmanship Thing All About?

Class provides an overview of the Showmanship Category and explores the performance elements of each level. Class involves video review and discussion of performance hallmarks with the aim of identifying next steps to improve our visual communication.

ZOOM ROOM Meeting ID: 861-6160-1892 Passcode: FallFest https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86161601892? pwd=S2pRNE9VY2x1dFhHdUh2QUloNklOZz09

SOURCEBOOK | VIRTUAL FALL FESTIVAL 2020 | PAGE 19 Friday, November 13