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Fall, 2005
Contents Please make a couple of extra copies for your chorus members without email. The Text Only version will probably print best! - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Calendar NOVEMBER 2005 5: Pacific Sound Chorus Show; Seattle Mountaineers Club, 300 Third Ave W, Seattle, WA. 5: Grand Olympics Chorus Show; Sequim, WA 13: Coeur d'Alene Chorus Show; Coeur d'Alene, ID 19: Top of the World Chorus Show, “School House Rocks” ; Anchorage, AK DECEMBER 2005 2 & 3: Fairbanks Frontier Chorus Show, “The Magic of Christmas” ; Fairbanks, AK
2006
MARCH 2006 APRIL 2006 6: InTune Newsletter deadline for Spring issue; questions and articles should go to Nancy Gott. 18-21: Region 24 Annual Convention; Spokane, WA
JULY 2006 AUGUST 2006 10-14: SAI International Convention; Las Vegas, NV 21: InTune Newsletter deadline for Fall issue; questions and articles should go to Nancy Gott.
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AUGUST 2006
OCTOBER 2007
2008
MAY 2008
SEPTEMBER 2008
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From the RMT:
Greetings, DIVAS!
Is your chorus having a show, coaching session, or special event? Please let Region 13 know about it so we can get it on the Region 13 Calendar website. This is also a good place to check when you are setting dates for your events. Please send the dates of your events to Tracy Cogdill at 907.457.5244 (home) or email tracie@mosquitonet.com. Chera Boom 907.688.3434 / cherab@mtaonline.net Directors Coordinator
SET has come and gone, but the words of wisdom from SET Faculty, Gene Bender, will linger on forever. Gene taught us that the words and the emotions behind those words are the key to a truly compelling performance. We have to emotionally tell the story and touch the audience's heart and in turn, we will touch the hearts of the audience members with pencils (judges). We have to truly open ourselves up and let our emotions hang out. We might cry, get angry, laugh; it doesn't matter, because it's all good. So let's make it everyone's goal this year to keep the audience's collective noses out of the program. We need to move them, touch them, and they will love us for it. Karen Leet Education Coordinator
Wow! If you missed SET this year you will have a lot of catching up to do. Gene Bender taught us a lot about being real and “in the moment” when we are performing a song. He told us we can’t take on a character but need to bring our emotions from within. He brought awesome emotions out from choruses and quartets alike giving songs real meaning for the audience. There were good responses regarding the track system. If there was any disappointment it was because people wanted to be able to take advantage of everything and couldn’t because of concurrent scheduling. I’m glad we had so much to offer everyone and am grateful to all who invested time and energy in teaching sessions. For more information about upcoming SETs, click here! TAG (Together And Growing) visits are going very well. Two-thirds of all our choruses have either had a visit from faculty or arranged for one. It’s awesome to have so much interest in refining our chorus operations and performance skills. A huge thank you goes to the Regional Faculty folks and Sally Wallace, administrator, who have given so much effort in making this program the success it is. I believe we have much to be proud of educationally in our region and know we will continue to grow in all aspects of our craft.
Dottie Dedrick Events Coordinator
A huge thank
you to our delightful SET Coordinator, Juanita Harwood, and her team. What
a wonderful event! If you didn't make it this year, plan now to
attend next August 4 - 6. Guest faculty will be Debbie Connelly from
Yakima, WA. Visit
www.sairegion13.org/set.html for
more information.
Kathy
Domkoski Finance Coordinator
In the financial world, I've set up our new accounting package and have
been having fun trying out its many features. (Sometimes too much is
NOT a good thing-I change my mind too often!)
We spent a great deal of time since last spring trying to tie up loose
ends for our CAL members. We're still getting checks dribbling in.
PLEASE continue to send them to me.
Our end of summer SET was wonderful. Final invoices are coming in so,
hopefully we'll not do too badly. I would like to open the 'floor' up to
some discussion about what to do for AV equipment at these events. It is
astronomically expensive to rent from certain hotels. So high that
Dottie and I are thinking that if it's not included in our room costs in
the future, we'll have to do without. Any and all scathingly brilliant
ideas are welcome. Or if anyone knows a company that would like to
donate to our worthy cause (and get a wonderful tax deduction), perhaps
Dottie and I can come up with a proposal for purchasing some equipment
for the region?
I always seem to have random thoughts floating around and like to pass
them on to see what germinates. Great minds do great things-together!
Janice McKenna Membership & Marketing Coordinator  Hello! I hope that all is going well in your various choruses. I have just returned from Detroit and how I wish the general public could witness how WONDERFUL we are. Every competitor should be so proud of their performance! The level of talent in our Sweet Adeline quartets and choruses is simply amazing. How can such an incredible organization be such a well kept secret? Perhaps the most important part of our product is the deep, long-lasting friendships we build with other women. Where else can women of all ages, colors, faiths, and walks of life be accepted simply because they love to sing? Think about all of that and get out there and tell the world. YOU are the key to the longevity of your chorus and to the entire organization. Sell our product by word of mouth “advertising”. We have a very unique product. PLEASE don’t keep Sweet Adelines a secret! For more tips on what you can do to share the word about Sweet Adelines, click here.
Gayle Robinson Team Coordinator
Hoorah! for all the divas in Region 13. We got a
grand start at SET in September and stay tuned (don't you love puns?)
because there are more ideas and resources to come to help you find more
divas in your neighborhood. Phyllis Sandel 425.747.8090 / sandelsing@verizon.net - - - - - - - - - - - - - - International Board of Directors Election Upon Us Has your chorus voted for the 2006-2009 International Board of Directors? Elections must be held prior to the end of November, with ballots due at International headquarters by 3:00 pm CST, Wednesday, December 7, 2005. Choruses submit one vote for the entire chapter; CAL members should have received a ballot in the mail. The slate of candidates can be reviewed online. If you have any questions contact International headquarters at 800.992.7464, x137 or 918.622.1444, x137. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Millions Reached Through Internet Advertising Did you know that Sweet Adelines International ads now appear on the following websites: Yahoo, Google, America Online, Netscape, Earthlink, Shopping.com, Ask Jeeves, Lycos, The New York Times, The Weather Channel, Food Network, HGTV, MSN, CNN, and National Geographic? Statistics show that millions of people are viewing our ads, and thousands have clicked through to the special landing page of the Sweet Adelines International website. Have you had new prospects visit your chorus as a result of these Internet ads? Let the communications department know by e-mailing kelly@sweetadelineintl.org. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - InTune is published quarterly for the membership of North Pacific Region 13, Sweet Adelines International. For questions or comments about this electronic edition, please contact Sue Middleton at middsue@aol.com or 253.874.2733. The next issue will be distributed in the Winter; deadline is January 21, 2006. Send articles to Nancy Gott, InTune editor. Copyright 2005; all rights reserved.
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What happens when you put 25 choreographers in one room together for an entire day? Spontaneous combustion! Region 13 hosted a Visual Leader Workshop on September 16, featuring SET faculty, Gene Bender, for part of the afternoon session. We spent the morning analyzing chorus performance videotapes and discussing how we, as visual leaders, can help our choruses move “up the ladder” to achieve higher scores in competition. Gene fired up the afternoon with a class on characterization, and we spent the remainder of the day in small groups helping one another create visual plans (thanks to additional group leaders Lisa Allen, Cindy Hamilton and Kay Scharr). Rave reviews have convinced me that we need to create an opportunity for visual leaders to meet and work together every year. For those of you who missed this fun day, here are a few summarizing thoughts:
Visual Leader ABCs Assist each singer to learn visual performance skills. Everything starts with the right ingredients. For effective visual performance, a singer must have championship posture, energy, stamina, facial animation, and physical freedom. Jump out front many times during every rehearsal to encourage singers to realign their bodies, generate energy and loosen up! Bring joy to rehearsals and performance. Joy is the fuel that “cooks” our basic ingredients into a passionate and exciting performance. Visual Leaders are in a perfect position to take responsibility for this area. Incorporate “Energy Boosters” into your rehearsals and infuse the chorus frequently with activities that will make them laugh and play. Create a climate of confidence and risk-taking attitudes. With the basic ingredients in place and a steady stream of positive energy fueling each singer, the chorus is ready to “frost the cake.” We chose singing over other hobbies because (somewhere within us) we want the thrill of performing and competing. Visual Leaders can promote these goals by continually challenging singers to reach for deeper emotions, stronger personal commitment, and higher levels of risk in all aspects of performance. Go forth and be mighty, Visual Leaders! Your choruses await your enthusiasm, encouragement and challenge. submitted by Melanie Wroe, Pacific Sound Chorus, Region 13 Visual Coordinator, Certified Showmanship Judge[ return
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Congratulations to
our 2006 International Competitors!
Our heartiest
congratulations go to Unplugged, Transit and Spirit of
Spokane for their wonderful representation of North Pacific Region 13
in Detroit last month.
(Photos below:
Spirit of Spokane Chorus, our 2005 Region 13 Chorus Champs (top);
Transit, the 2005 Region 13 Quartet
Champions (middle);
Unplugged, also represented Region 13 and 26
as last year's 6th Place Quartet (bottom)
Despite last minute
changes in venue thanks to Hurricane Katrina, they all weathered the storm
(I know, really bad pun!) and put on captivating performances. Unplugged finished with
Seventh Place medals and will be back again next year! Transit and Spirit
of Spokane can also be very proud of their time on stage. For score sheets and commentary, visit the
Region 13
International Competition webpage. [ return
to top ] Get out those
calendars NOW!! SET has been
planned for the next three years and you won’t want to miss a one of them. Next
year, SET will be held August 4-6, 2006, in Yakima, WA, with Debbie Connelly, lead of
the BUZZ and Showtime, and assistant director of Toast of Tampa Show
Chorus. It will be a fabulous weekend focused on energized singing and
performance skills. In 2007, SET will
be August 3–5 with Diane Porsch (location to be determined).
Diane is Buffalo Gateway Chorus' Master Director, and is a past SAI Board
Member, currently a member of the International Faculty, and is a Certified Showmanship
Judge! In 2008, we
will have a joint weekend session with Region 26 on September 19-21, with
Rumors, the 1999 Queens
of Harmony (location to be determined). This will be a "wild and crazy"
weekend full of fun and unsurpassed learning. So get these days on your calendar and plan to join
us at our summer workshops.
Submitted by Dottie Dedrick, Education Coordinator
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I do hope your chorus has started using the material provided in the
DIVAS WANTED! Campaign. This entire marketing tool is based upon a concept
of educating our chorus members in the art of the soft sell approach
exhibited by a smart sales force.
For complete information
about the DIVAS WANTED! campaign, visit the
Sweet
Adelines website.
submitted by Gayle Robinson, Membership & Marketing Coordinator _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What a fun
contest we had in September! Six choruses participated with their awesome
scrapbooks: Coeur d'Alene, Grand Olympics, Harmony Northwest, Mountain
Melodies, Seattle Shores and Spirit of Spokane. A big thank you
to Tami Price who made the beautiful ballot box and helped with a
little bit of everything. Also thanks to my guest judge, Anne
Sutherland, who helped judge the best cover awards.
Congratulations to the winners: People's
Choice: Spirit of Spokane Third
place cover: Mountain Melodies Second
place cover: Coeur d'Alene First
place cover: Spirit of Spokane Third
place overall: Mountain Melodies Second
place overall: Seattle Shores First
place overall: Spirit of Spokane Extra
kudos go to Spirit of Spokane for satisfying all
Submitted by Jody Allen, Region
13 Historian _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Coeur d'Alene Chorus The finer things of life all get better as they age: wine, antiques and women’s barbershop music. The Coeur d’Alene Chorus has reached a milestone of making chords ring for twenty years. In celebration of this achievement we have dedicated our upcoming November 13 show to highlight our twentieth anniversary. We will be using a mannequin display of all the chorus costumes spanning the last twenty years to decorate the stage area…even the costumes some members had hoped that they’d never have to see again (at least they won’t have to wear them!). We decided to nix the fashion show idea in the early planning stages. A high-tech power point presentation will feature memories from the past to the present. The show is called “Harmony Confidential”. It is a musical mystery comedy that will provide plenty of laughs along with entertaining barbershop music. We are taking this opportunity to invite all of our former members to learn the song "How We Sang Today" and join us on stage to sing the final number. We are looking forward to having a great time celebrating the life of the chorus with every one that attends. Chorus life, as in everyday life, is full of changes. Last minute riser replacement, added choreo, and tempo changes to the music you have already learned are just a few of the changes we experience as chorus members. The Coeur d’Alene Chorus is going to experience a major change that is in the process right now. Our founding director, Sally Wallace, has faithfully led the chorus for the last twenty years. She dedicated her time and energy and poured her heart into doing whatever was needed for the chorus to succeed. Sally sought to improve her knowledge and musical skills over the years, and has left a lasting legacy in the lives of women she has touched with the love of barbershop music. Don’t panic, Sally isn’t leaving the chorus, she just wants a chance to SING after all these years! She is joining the ranks of all you wonderful baritones. Sally’s retirement left a void in the chorus that has recently been filled after a Director search. Bianca Perry, of the Spirit of Spokane Chorus, will begin to transition into the Director’s position after our November show. So no matter how you view it, age and change are beautiful things. All of us in the Coeur d’Alene Chorus embrace the changes that come with a chorus celebrating a twentieth anniversary. Tip a glass with us to toast our bright future as we embark on the journey of the next twenty years. submitted by May Dooley Harmony Northwest
Harmony Northwest Chorus has been very busy this year. We sang at the
Samish Island festival and worked at the rest stop for one of our
fundraisers. August ended with selling scones and curly fries at the
Lynden Fair. We have had a very successful membership drive with five new
members joining us in September. We welcome new members Jeanette van
Merlin, Kay Marsh, Sue Farrar, Doty Rice, and Nancy George. Spirit of Spokane After thinking for over 16 months we would be competing in New Orleans, we were all shocked when Katrina ravaged that wonderful city. However, our own disappointment was trivial compared to the devastation experienced by the people of New Orleans. When it became clear there was no way Sweet Adelines would be able to hold the convention there, some of us began to wonder whether there would even be a convention in 2006.
Oh, ye of little faith! Never underestimate the powers of determined and
capable women! In just 5 short weeks our International staff moved the
entire convention halfway across the country. Anyone who has ever worked
to put together something like this, even on a regional level, knows the
amount of work and time needed to organize these kinds of events. As those
of you who went to
Detroit
this year can attest, the competition went like clockwork, the venue was
fabulous, and the people of
Detroit
welcomed us with open arms. Kudos to our International staff for their
tireless efforts to pull this years convention out of the realm of
“impossible” and make it a very memorable 60th anniversary! Unplugged Quartet We had a wonderful time in Motown, USA!
The fact that our International staff was able to pull off the move from
New Orleans to Detroit in just a few weeks was beyond amazing. There may
have been hitches along the way, but we never saw them. The International
staff is incredible. Submitted by Unplugged: Teresa, Julie, Anna, Judy [ return to top ]
The Top of the World Chorus had a lot of fun this past year posing for their 2006 Women of Note wall Calendar. The idea started when the chorus was performing in Seldovia (a small fishing village) last summer. The movie "Calendar Girls" had just come out and we were all talking about it around the kitchen table. Someone jokingly said "WE should do something like that!" and the calendar was born!
This unique wall calendar (11" x 17" opened) showcases members of TOTW doing Alaskan things "Sweet Adeline Style". You'll see members snowboarding, using chain saws, kissing fish, gardening and even mowing the lawn under the midnight sun in their Sweet Adeline garb. It's a lot of fun and you'll be guaranteed a laugh a month. Can you say "Christmas presents"?
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