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April was a busy month for Sacramento Valley Chorus as we prepared for Video Contest on May 14th. We are happy to be back on the risers again. We feel so fortunate to be able to rehearse at our Center of Spiritual Awareness rehearsal site on Wednesday nights. The positive words hanging from the rafters inspire us and make it impossible for us not to smile. We worked on the contest set and performed at our first Friends and Family show in 2 years on May 1st.
We wish all the best to our competing quartet Whatever4.
We welcomed a new baritone member, Tamra Perez, who was a past member of Sacramento Valley Chorus and is a delight to have back in the fold.
And we had a special guest this month during Spring Break, Melody, Dede's lovely granddaughter. She directed the chorus for one song. She's a budding director for sure!
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April has been a great month for SOS, celebrating our theme of Somebunny Loves You. We welcomed our new lead Karen Giovannini, and she jumped right in with both feet. We had our first live coaching in two years with the incomparable Ryan Heller. While working on our competition songs, choreography and resonance, we had lots of laughter and joy. The weekend left us invigorated, with a renewed sense of purpose and togetherness.
We welcomed our newest member to the management team as administrative coordinator, Allison Murphy. The multi-talented Kris Skold continues another term in her capacity as Marketing Coordinator. We are all really lucky to benefit from her expertise and talent!
As our region holds its competitions, we wish everyone the best - have a great time on stage!
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January and February are usually the busiest months of the year for Pacific Empire. However, this year we went back to Zooming to stay safe and well. Darn, we even canceled our Crab Feed event for the first time after 10 consecutive years. We look forward to having our Crab Feed NEXT year, so SAVE THE DATE: FEB 11, 2023!!! We would love for you to join in the fun for the only crab feed that comes with crab as well as a free concert with lots of love songs around Valentine’s Day!
In February, we normally have our retreat, but we postponed that as well and instead held our KICK OFF 2022 all day outside session to learn new visual, have sectionals, and start a new song for our Queen Set! We were SO happy to be back LIVE and get to sing, dance and laugh together again! We had a lovely day outside, brought lunch and lawn chairs and had a fun picnic together in between sessions!
 
PEC is rebuilding with the rest of you after such a long time away from the norm. We welcome our new member Dawn and hope to bring more new voices to barbershop with our guest night programs as we grow toward our long-awaited performance at International in Phoenix this Fall. Anyone want to go to Phoenix? Give Patty a ring! We’ve got lots of work to do, lots of great coaching this summer, and we hope to see all of you and get to perform for you at the Pep Rally in August! Be well, all, and keep a song in your hearts!
Pacific Empire Chorus - Empowering women of all ages
through Performance, Education and Competition
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April brought us our final two coaching sessions with Kathy Scheel on April 2nd and 23rd in Medford in preparation for Eugene. Her help has been greatly appreciated, and we’re excited to show off what our core group of singers can do. Dinner afterwards with some of the chorus was another good time to share with Kathy. Passin’ Notes Quartet enjoyed our coaching sessions with Kathy at Barb’s house in Grants Pass on those Friday nights followed by wine and snacks and fun conversation.
We shared a booth at Medford’s Pear Blossom Festival on April 8-9th with the local men’s chorus, Rogue Voices. We sang our mixed voice songs with them and talked to a lot of folks. Hopefully both choruses will get some new members from our efforts. We’ll be in shows with the guys in August and September.
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What a wonderful feeling to work on and then perform our contest music this past month! We spent the first two weeks putting in a bunch of focused work on the set. We had an extra choreo rehearsal on a weekend for both our front row and riser performers. These rehearsals helped us to incorporate all we have been learning with respect to our visual performance as well as our sound.
We had a fun Friends and Family performance on the 21st. It felt great to be in front of an appreciative audience with our full costumes and run our set twice. Two quartets also performed their contest sets. We had a final rehearsal on the 28th, and then it was contest day!
After two years without competition, it was so exciting to have the contest experience! From checking in through walking through the traffic pattern to performing our contest set to assuming our picture pose, it reminded us that we are gradually getting Back to Our Future, which was the theme for our fundraising event in March.
We look forward to our guest program that starts at the end of May as well as two performances in June. Sending much love to our singing sisters across the region!
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| Sun, May 22 |
7 pm |
Director's monthly Zoom meeting |
Zoom |
| Sat, May 28 |
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Region 12 Competition Virtual Video Results |
Virtual Video Contest |
| Tue, May 31 |
7:45 pm |
SOS - Mini-show |
Santa Rosa, CA |
| Thu, Jun 2 |
6:30 pm |
SVC coaching Erin Howden |
CSA |
| Jun 3 - 5 |
7 pm |
RMT Retreat |
Sacramento |
| Sat, Jun 4 |
12:30 pm |
BASC - Sunnyvale Art and Wine Festival |
Sunnyvale, CA |
| Jun 17 - 18 |
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SOS - Coaching w/ Vickie Maybury |
Santa Rosa, CA |
| Sat, Jun 25 |
7:00 pm |
VOICES IN HARMONY |
Salem, Oregon |
| Sat, Jun 25 |
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RLC Ice Cream Social |
Grace Lutheran Church Parking Lot |
| Sun, Jun 26 |
3:30 pm |
BASC - Show and Ice Cream Social |
Spangenberg Theater, Palo Alto |
| Sat, Jul 16 |
6:00 pm |
MVC National Anthem @ San Jose Giants |
Excite Ballpark, San Jose |
| Jul 20 - 24 |
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IES 2022 in San Antonio, TX |
San Antonio, Texas |
| Sat, Jul 23 |
9:00 am |
MVC Deke Sharon coaching |
OBI Studio |
| Sat, Jul 30 |
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Summer Regional Education Event |
TBA |
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Click on the pictures below to view individual chapters on Facebook. If you have not already liked their page do so now. Next month we will see the next three chapters.
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Facebook is an excellent way to reach out to your audience. Be sure to post weekly. It can be a recap of your latest rehearsal, the announcement of an upcoming event or share a related musical meme.
Pacific Shores Region 12 has two Facebook pages:
- Pacific Shores Region 12 - Sweet Adelines - This Facebook is used to promote the region's activity and news. Currently 994 Likes, 1114 Following
- Pacific Shores Region 12 - Chats - This Facebook page can be used by the chapters to post events and news. Visit the page and join the group and invite your Region 12 Friends. Currently 176 Members - Please help us grow our Chats Group. Invite your friends.
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SWEET ADELINES INTERNATIONAL NEWS!
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NEW SWEET ADELINES COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR
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The SA community events calendar (https://sweetadelines.com/calendar) is now your go-to source to find out where and when SA events are happening in your community, and to publicize your chorus’s upcoming event. Go to this page and click “Add Event” to add any chorus event you may have!
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Join Region 12's own directors -
Dede Nibler and Kathy Scheel as co-directors on a trip of a lifetime to London.
www.harmony-travel.net for more information.
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Early Bird Registration
NOW OPEN!
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Register now to save your place for...
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The incomparable joy of barbershop music!
Education from world-class barbershop faculty!
Visiting with barbershop friends for tag singing, afterglows, and fun!
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Phoenix Convention Center (Competition Venue)
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The Phoenix Convention Center (our new home from Sept. 12–17) GBAC STAR rating ensures a safer environment for gatherings like our exciting return to the international stage.
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Stay where the action is! The official Sweet Adelines hotel block opens in May. Keep up with Sweet Adelines communications channels so you’ll be ready to book rooms early.
Sign up to sing in the Family Chorus.
Plan your day-to-day with the event schedule, find out who's competing, learn topics and instructors of education classes, and check out tour offerings and other special activities planned for Phoenix!
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Sweet Adelines International
74th Annual International Convention & Competition
September 12-17, 2022
Phoenix Convention Center
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Your HCNW planning team has been hard at work on plans for this summer. As you can likely imagine, our primary focus over the last few months has been creating a safe and enriching experience for our students, faculty, and staff in the midst of continued COVID exposure concerns, limitations on travel, and changing protocols. With so many variables beyond our control, and as much as we had hoped to meet in person, it has become clear that HCNW should be held virtually in 2022.
MANAGING LOGISTICS & LIMITATIONS
After reviewing state and local COVID safety policies, researching best practices and health guidelines from similar events, and communicating with University of Puget Sound event staff, it has become clear that holding an in-person event that allows us to gather to sing, even in small groups, just Apossible. As much as we want to reconnect as friends and fellow singers, the on-campus requirements for masking, social distancing, and room capacities will significantly limit class sizes, coaching opportunities, options for shows - including restrictions around singing on campus. We just wouldn’t be able to do the things that make Harmony College Northwest so wonderful. We do know, however, that we can create a fun and fulfilling virtual event, so that’s what we are going to do!
LOOKING AHEAD
Making a firm decision about holding a Virtual HCNW means that the HCNW team can move full speed ahead with our plans! Last summer, we offered multiple learning tracks, online coaching, specialized workshops, a great closing show… and you can expect more of that in 2022. We’ll be incorporating your feedback, making improvements, and getting everything ready for another fantastic virtual event.
Stay tuned for more information about classes, faculty, and more… coming your way soon!
REGISTRATION INFO
Harmony College NW: 14 sessions (June 10-11 & 17-18) plus Saturday night show - $35.
Arranger Workshop: June 16-17, prior to HCNW classes - $25.
More information and registration are on our website: https://harmonycollege.net/
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