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Sweet Adelines Lake Ontario Region 16 Newsletter
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WOW! What a fabulous time we all had at Fall Music School. It was educational, entertaining, inspiring and FUN! Region 16's own Erin Howden ROCKED THE HOUSE and we thank her most sincerely for one of our best music schools to-date. Erin's talent and warmth made for an unforgettable weekend. Thank you to all who helped, and all who attended!
MATERIALS
Hand-outs and tags from the event can be found on our regional website:
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TESTIMONIALS
We've received some amazing messages from attendees and wanted to share some of them here. To read more testimonials, click
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"Thank you for dedication and stellar work for another hugely successful music school!"
Vanessa Patterson,
Limestone
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Voices
"Thanks for the BEST FMS ever! You did an AMAZING job coordinating everything!!! I loved the VLQ octet competition, the venue, the faculty, the meals.... everything was SO well done! Erin's sessions were informative and fun! She has a knack for engaging everyone and providing us with valuable take-aways for future growth. I have been a Sweet Adeline for 26 years and my 2 highlights were: being invited to sing "Can You Feel the Love" with North Metro and all music school participants, directed by June Dale and Sunday's coaching-under-glass session with Power Chords. I learned SO much in that 40 minute session! I definitely felt the love from Region 16 this weekend! ❤
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Wendy Porteous, Canadian Showtime
"The hotel was very comfortable, as were the conference facilities. It had good food, friendly staff and was excellent value. It was also very nice in terms of access for all of the Region. I loved the Coaching Under Glass (probably my favourite class.)"
Belinda Boekhoven, Canadian Showtime
"It was a superb weekend! Inspirational, educational, motivational, productive & fun; definitely a "door #3." I too want to thank Erin and everyone who played a part in making this FMS a terrific one."
Cynthia Bennett-Awe,
Kawartha Music Company
SURVEY
Over 200 of you have already completed the survey and the results are very positive. We thank you for responding and for your suggestions. Last chance to complete the survey if you have not already:
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MUSIC SCHOOL 2018:
Mark your calendars now for November 9-11, 2018. We were lucky to book Master Director 700 Ryan Heller and he's not-to-miss! He's smart, fun and a talented teacher.
Read his impressive bio here.
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At Fall Music School, each of our Region 16 Sweet Adeline of the Year recipients were honoured and presented with their pins. Below is a list of all of our winners for 2017. Congratulations ladies!
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Chorus
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2017 SAOY
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Chorus
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2017 SAOY
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Acapella North
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Doris Page
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Barrie Huronia
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Carrie Howell
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Bay of Quinte
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Chrissandra Plattner
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Buffalo Gateway
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Cindy Fanara
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Bytown Beat
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Anne Berendson
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Canadian Showtime
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Mary Leat
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Circle of Harmony
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Anna Shen
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Durham Shores
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Catherine Kalijandic
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Eastside Harmony
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Susan Boissonneault
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Greater Kingston
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Linda McAlpine
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Harmony North
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Karen Porter
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Image City Sound
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Carolyn Dieter
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Kawartha Music Company
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Viktoria Light
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Lake Effect Harmony
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Bobbie Jewel
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Limestone City Voices
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Evie (Evelyn) Hazzard
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North Metro
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Shelley Snoulten
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Northumberland
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Maria Godfrey
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Ontario Heartland
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Jacquie Difederico
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Orangeville Show Chorus
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Mary Jo Dick-Westerby
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Pineridge
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Viviane Gregory
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Scarborough
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Margaret Chen
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York Harmony
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Linda Morrison
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At Fall Music School the Regional Executive Directors and their Resource Staff met and took the opportunity to have a group picture taken.
To see an outline of everyone's roles, click on the link below for direct access to the organization chart on the Region 16 website.
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Do you want to quartet? Are you looking for someone to join your quartet? There are a lot of great tools and places for you to visit!
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Submission Deadline for December Issue :
DECEMBER 15,2017
Friendly reminders about your articles:
- Keep your submissions to approximately 500 words. We all have a lot of great news to share and I encourage you to submit monthly so articles could be kept to a reasonable length.
- Send your articles either in a Word document, or in the body of an email. Please do not send as a PDF
- Send your articles to sheighwayreg16@live.ca
If you have any questions, please let me know!
Sue
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Just a reminder that our Region 16 website does not have a member specific login. In order to get to the Regional Songs, enter the userID and Password below in the
"Members Only" area.
UserID: member16
Password:
singalong
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Click on the link below to see past issues of the Sixteenth Notes
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Greater Kingston Welcomes:
- Christy Peeters
- Carolyn Hamilton-Kuby
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Let us know who your new members are and they can see their name here!
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Hi Region 16!
Wikipedia says that "Spritzer is derived from the variant of the German language spoken in Austria, where the drink is very popular." It goes on to say, "Somewhere it is seen that wine spritzers make poets sing and nations come together." Say that again??
Singing and nations coming together? That's exactly what Spritzer Quartet, our 1/2 Canadian and 1/2 American foursome, is all about! Hannah and Sharon hail from Milton, Ontario, Sue from Buffalo and Joan from the "Windy City", Chicago, Region 3.
Spritzer most recently performed in Las Vegas at the International Convention and Competition. It's not very "nice" to boast, but it was hard not to notice how well-represented Region 16 was in Las Vegas this year! Canadian Showtime Chorus and Greater Kingston Chorus were powerful and graceful competitors. It seems that yellow ribbons and 4th place medals were plentiful this year, as both Spritzer and Greater Kingston Chorus, Harmony Classic AA 4th Place Medalists, came home with these! We are so thrilled with our Quartet 4th Place finish! But the real joy was being there with so many of our fellow Region 16 and Region 3 friends! Many special memories were made in Vegas. We loved sharing the contest stage with fellow quartet competitors, Power Chords and Quest (Region 3)! What a privilege it is to sing in a quartet on that grand stage.
With 2 nations and 2 Regions coming together, we'd be remiss if we didn't acknowledge and congratulate Region 3's top ten chorus finalists, 8th Place Finalists, the Choral-Aires Chorus, and 3rd Place Medalists, the Melodeers Chorus. Joan's former directorship of Choral-Aires and membership in Melodeers made this chorus contest a very special and exciting one.
I, Joan, would like to congratulate my fellow Spritzers, Erin Howden and the wonderful women of North Metro on their Gold Medal performance. Your music soared both days, but really swept the audience away on Saturday -- it was truly magical. You had the heart of the audience especially during June Dale's iconic arrangement of "Once Upon a Time." I'm proud, humbled and grateful to be a fan and fast friend of the North Metro family.
Spritzer is fortunate to have so many talented friends in two parts of North America. Our coaches, Erin Howden, Betty Clipman, Carole Persinger, Diane Porsch and Renee Porzel have been amazing teachers. Our choruses, North Metro and River City Sound are our safe havens and keep us grounded. We're already looking forward to having our choruses, North Metro and River City Sound (Region 3, 2017 Chorus Champions) in St. Louis where many more happy memories will be made!
Last but not least, Sue, Hannah, Sharon and I thank you for your cards, messages, love gifts, and expressions of support, encouragement and love. We look forward to making more new friends in both regions. We are especially grateful to know what it's like when "singing and nations" come together.
In song,
Joan, Susann, Hannah, Sharon
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Today I am filled with GRATITUDE. Outside the wind is howling and the crispy leaves are whirling but my heart is full of joy - you guessed it - the joy that singing brings. Anyone reading this is also a singer and knows that joy. At the Fall Music School a few weeks ago there was such energy in the bonding going on around me. A woman ahead of me leaving the breakfast buffet line said to her friend "I'm going to sit at a different table to find out how their chorus deals with riser chat". Right away her friend responded with "OK, I'll go over here to find out how their chorus gets new people through the door." I didn't see those two later to find out if they got any interesting ideas to take home, but I bet they did. The discussion at the breakfast table where I sat was about how quartets can make money.
The classes were filled with insights too. Everything that came out of the mouth of Erin Howden was magic and genuine - ideas worth developing whether you sing in a chorus or quartet - concepts about expressing emotions with your whole body. It was obvious how limiting the instruction might be to "lift your eyebrows here" or "look wistful on this line". If we can dig deep to recognise the emotion, the lyrics will be expressed in all the right body parts!
Thank you so much to North Metro, Spritzer and Power Chords for showing us the path.
On the Friday night there was a performance by 6 groups who got together just for this event. The winners of the 'contest' were Not the Royals from Circle of Harmony chorus. Many of the 48 singers that evening had never sung for an audience in a small group. Wouldn't it be terrific if quartets were newly formed because that experience preparation was so much fun?
Thank you also to the ten quartets who volunteered to open a class with a song. It is a joyful opportunity to sing for Regional friends outside a formal competition setting that some people think is too stressful.
As the holiday season nears, I hope you find performance opportunities to share your joy!
Paula Allen
Region 16 Quartet Coordinator
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After another challenging Music Director search (two in the last year), we are proud to announce, we recently hired a new Music Director, Joel Bootsma. Joel will begin directing our chorus on January 8, 2018. Joel has a wealth of experience as a music director, music educator and performer. Presently, he is the owner of "Red Door String Studio" where he teaches violin and viola lessons for students of all ages. He is a founding member and performed with Phoenix Ensemble and Lavendar Chamber Ensemble. As a member of the Quinte Symphony, Belleville, he plays viola and violin and has served on the Board and on program committee.
When we start the new year off, our chorus will return to Monday night rehearsals from 6:30 - 9:30 at Amica Quinte Gardens, 30 College St. W., Belleville. If you would like to join our chorus as a member or dual member, please contact Dale for further information at 613-403-4763 or by email: dlehtila@gmail.com
Dale Lehtila
V.P. & Membership Coordinator
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Nothing gets one in a festive mood like bringing out favorite holiday music! Buffalo Gateway is preparing for our annual event, the Holidays in Harmony Dinner Cabaret. We provide a meal, silent auction, raffles and lots of music and merriment at two shows. This year our event takes place on December 9th, with shows at 2:00 and 7:15 p.m. In addition, we invite the public in to join our Holiday Chorus. This involves learning three holiday songs, and attending two of three rehearsals. This is such a treat for us, as it brings back alumna, and family and friends of our members, young and less young. One of the routines when introducing our guests is to have them tell us how they found their way to us. It's so fun to have grandmothers, aunts, mothers and former teachers raise their hands when being acknowledged as a guest's BGC connection. Of course, there are folks that just found us using social media, thanks to our ambitious PR committee who keeps up on that technology. This break from our hard work getting ready for the St. Louis International Convention is welcome and well-deserved. Di doesn't let us totally relax, however; even those old favorites that we've been singing for years have to be brought up to speed!
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WOW!! Durham Shores Chorus surely is the place to be. We have been having a fun autumn. Limestone City Voices invited us to sing with them at fall music school, we met at a secret location, central to both choruses (hahaha). Practicing with a director from each chorus and learning some new warm ups, techniques and just having fun singing with a new group of sweet Adelines, what a 'blast'!
Fall music school with Erin Howden met all our expectations and then some. We were so excited when our President informed us we had the highest percentage of members in attendance and we were rewarded with front row seats for Erin's classes, dinner and the entertainment.
The chorus has settled well into rehearsals this year, after only 10months with 2 directors we are getting prepared for our upcoming show "Let It Snow" on December 2nd. Guests performers are P.A.G.E. 4 quartet from Barbershop Harmony. Tickets are available, please check out our website and come for a fun afternoon of seasonal music.
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Hello to everyone from GKC!
It is hard to believe it has been a month since we traveled to Vegas to represent Region 16 at the Harmony Classic AA Chorus competition!! What a thrill it was for us to perform on that stage, and we came away very proud of our placement! For many in our chorus, it was their very first time attending let alone competing in an International competition, so it was very exciting for all. Many of our members were also able to sample the sights, sounds and local attractions the city has to offer. Despite the pall of shock and sadness following the tragic events in Las Vegas a mere week earlier, the city was very welcoming and appreciative of our collective outreach and caring as they endeavour to heal.
We are all so thrilled for, and proud of, our other Region 16 reps as well! Congratulations to Canadian Showtime chorus, Power Chords, and our fabulous Spritzer quartets, and our very own International Champions, North Metro Chorus, as well as Erin Howden... in her winning International directorial debut!! And as for having two Canadian choruses claiming first and second place, well, does it get any better for us than that??!
As soon as we returned home, we hit the ground running learning new music and preparing for a joint Christmas concert to be held Dec 9th at Cook's-Portsmouth United Church in Kingston. Sharing their talents and the venue with us will be the Limestone City Voices, and the Kingston Townsmen Chorus, which our director Andrew Carolan also directs. Another 'first' for a sizable group of GKC-ers will be to provide back-up harmonies (arranged by our own Elain Gain!) for both Matt Cage and Tim Hendry, well known Elvis Tribute artists who will be appearing at Kingston's Grand Theatre on the evening of November 11th. Sure to be a lot of fun! And finally, a big welcome to new member Christy Peeters, and welcome back to returning member Carolyn Hamilton-Kuby; great to have you with us, Ladies!
Submitted by Marilyn O'Connor
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Another fabulous Fall Music School has come and gone! We had a wonderful time learning and sharing with so many amazing people. Sincere thanks to all who worked so hard to make this such a special year. We all came away filled with inspiration, renewed goals, and many new things to work on.
Congratulations to our very own Vanessa Patterson for receiving the Region 16 Assistant Director of the year award. Such a well deserved honour! We love you V!
Performing with Durham Shores at the Saturday night finale was a terrific way to end the weekend.
Don't you love being in a chorus at Christmas? We've been polishing our holiday repertoire, and are looking forward to sharing the stage with The Kingston Townsmen and Greater Kingston for "Yuletide Glow" on Dec. 9 at Cooks Portsmouth United Church.
Submitted by Jasmine Sweet
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It's been a busy & exciting 4 weeks for York Harmony Chorus. As a result of our September membership drive we are very excited to announce that we have another 7 new members! Here we grow again. Just prior to her broadcasting appearance in Las Vegas at SAI International competition, we were fortunate to have the superbly talented Diane Porsch spend some time coaching us to help enhance our sound and energy the risers. Being the pro she is...she just makes it look so effortless!
This year, Halloween happened to fall on our rehearsal night so in the spirit of the evening, and in typical YHC fashion, we all dressed up. Who says you have to be a little kid to enjoy Halloween! The fun continued at the Region 16 Fall Music School. YHC had 36 members in attendance, including our very talented "Hocus Pocus" Octet, who performed a witty and cleverly re-worded rendition of "Top of the World" for the Friday evening competition.
What a great weekend it was to spend time with many of our other sisters in harmony! It was quite impressive to be together surrounded by so such talent, love, laughter and song. Sweet Adeline's Region 16 is FABULOUSLY PHENOMINAL.
As Santa Clause Parade time is here, 24 of our YHC Elves performed at a community event following the East Gwillimbury parade. The EG Mayor and previous YHC member, Virginia Hackson, came to our sing out which was well-attended by local families and residents.
As if we haven't been having enough fun, for our most recent rehearsal, Erin Howden came by to coach us in her elegant dominance style. She is truly a gem who radiates genuine joy, humour and passion in her coaching. It's important that we continuously strive improve ourselves as singers and performers. Why not? We've got leaders who motivate us to be the best we can be! The skies the limit...YOU just have to believe.
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Region 16 Events Calendar
Be sure to check out the events calendar on the Region 16 Website to find out what is going on in our region, and to see chorus shows / events all in one place.
If you have an event planned, please send the details using the link through the website, or directly to Sue Heighway -
sheighwayreg16@live.ca so it can also be included in a future issue of our newsletter
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 On the evening of Friday, February 16th, 2018,
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Metro Chorus will host its first A Cappella Challenge for Youth under 25. It will be open to coed. youth choral groups, not soloists or groups who are already fully members of Sweet Adelines. We are inviting you to save the date to join us. The A Cappella Challenge will take place at the Richmond Hill Centre for Performing Arts.
This initiative is part of our outreach to inspire youth in the craft of a cappella music and expose the local music education community to our chorus and our amazing organization. For those of you who watch The Sing Off, the Voice, America's Got Talent, or more local events such as Show Choir Canada, it is clear that our youth possess phenomenal talent. This is another avenue for them to share that talent and develop a relationship with our organization.
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We are searching for a Chorus Director!
Kawartha Music Company is a small a cappella chorus of enthusiastic, performance oriented and fun-loving women who are ready to take their musical skills to the next level.
We are a chapter of Sweet Adelines International Region 16, located in Peterborough, Ontario. We are looking for a creative and dynamic leader with a strong musical background and a passion for barbershop style singing.
If you feel this describes you, we look forward to hearing from you!
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Sweet Adelines Region 16
Sue Heighway - Communications Coordinator
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