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Enjoy the Holiday Season with Region 25 Chorus Shows! Dec 2 |
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Regional Calendar
Special Congratulations!
IES - SAN
ANTONIO - JULY 11-14
International Competition |
Upcoming Events
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Do you know
Region 25? 1. How many states comprise Region 25? Answer 
1. 5 - Oklahoma, Arkansas, Northern Texas,
Southwest Missouri and Northern Louisiana. Go Region 25! Everything You Wanted to Know About Regional Competition Housing and More Every year, there are questions as to why some choruses are assigned to the Renaissance hotel and some are assigned to the Richardson hotel. With the Renaissance being right across the street from the Eisemann and the main location for all competition events from the RAMM meeting to the Harmony Bazaar and everything in between, the Renaissance seems to be the hotel everyone wants to be assigned for the weekend. As much as we would like to house everyone at the Renaissance, there just aren't enough rooms to accommodate all of us; therefore an alternating system is used along with taking into consideration the spacing requirements from hotel to hotel. To be fair to all choruses, the housing chairperson tries to alternate choruses from one year to the next, rotating between the Renaissance and the Richardson. As an example, if the OK City chorus stayed at the Richardson this year, we would do everything possible to assign them to the Renaissance in the upcoming year. Hotel space is always taken into consideration, and not always is the housing chairperson able to accomplish alternating the choruses between the hotels, but ultimately it is our goal. Another question that is frequently asked is "why are quartet members from my chorus staying at the Renaissance and the chorus is assigned to the Richardson?" In order to save the region thousands of dollars in additional bussing cost, all competing quartets are most often assigned to the Renaissance. Also, the quartet competition can begin later in the afternoon on Friday without the timing constraints associated with bussing, allowing many of us to attend the competition and support our quartets. In future years, the alternating method of assigning choruses to the hotels may change. Beginning in 2007, our nightly hotel rates are going up. Both the Renaissance and the Richardson nightly rate will increase from $89.00 per night to $95.00 per night. The hotel rates will continue to increase each year, toping out in 2011 at $135.00 a night for the Renaissance and $110.00 a night for the Richardson. In the past 4 years, we have had the privilege to stay in two of the best hotels in Dallas at a very low rate. The excellence we have come to expect from the Renaissance and the Richardson has been outstanding and the next 5 years will be just as wonderful. See you in March! Liz Brite Region 25 |
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Note-Ably North Texas, located in Allen, TX is looking for a Director. We are a small, but growing chorus. If you are interested in applying for this position, please e-mail me at, president@nntchorus.org or you can call me on my cell phone at 214-707-9121. Thanks, Helen Gagliano |
Hello from Moore, Ok.  FROM:Red River Valley Chorus Sherman, TX We have Christmas Divas! On Monday, October 31, eleven ladies from the North Texas and Southern Oklahoma area came to their first rehearsal with the Red River Valley Chorus for the next six weeks. By learning three songs, these singers will join us onstage for part of our Christmas Show. "Holiday Harmony" will take place Saturday, December 9 at a Covenant Presbyterian Church in Sherman, Texas. While there will be a lot of wonderful Christmas music at our performance, a unique part of the show will be that the audience will be served coffee, tea or cocoa along with homemade treats prepared by the chorus members. The attendees get music, beverages and goodies for the price of admission. Food and music, what a wonderful way to experience the Christmas season! A great deal of publicity with everything from newspaper articles, a billboard, flyers, changing the website, radio spots, television taping, and paid newspaper ads should bring in a capacity audience to the Red River Valley Christmas show. One of the main goals of the PR/Publicity committee is to increase community recognition. The ripple effect will be increased membership and performances for the chorus. Another milestone for the chorus will be on Thursday, December 14. At this special rehearsal, Nancy Bergman, internationally famous Sweet Adelines arranger, will be coming to Sherman, Texas to mentor our director, Erica Gage Deweber. Nancy will be there to assist Erica with her directing skills. Since the chorus is planning to present two of Nancy's arrangements for competition, the help should be evident when the Red River Valley Chorus meets to compete with other choruses this spring. Next, will be a fundraiser December 15 through 17 when the Red River Valley Chorus provides gift wrapping for donations at the local mall. And naturally, there will be a bit of singing done by the chorus and quartets to entertain the shoppers as well. -- Barbara A. Hotze 
Hey, Everyone! Top of the Rock Chorus is excited to announce its "first." We have given birth to "Harmony," a 32-page magazine who looks just like...you guessed it...US! Our magazine was the brain child of Nancy Loney, our public relations team leader. From this idea grew a professionally published full color magazine with photos and articles written by and about Top of the Rock. The chorus was divided into teams which competed for weekly top ad sales. 95% of our member participated, selling ads to approximately 150 supporters. We exceeded our goal by more than 10%! Each advertiser will receive up to 5 copies and each chorus member will receive one. The balance of the magazines will be used in recruiting and some will be distributed to facilities frequented by women...doctors' offices, gyms, beauty salons, etc. For others wishing to receive a copy, the cost is $5. Please email drdail@sbcglobal.net for your copy. Rich-Tones Celebrate the Gold! WE ARE FAM-I-LY ! ! ! Yes, Sweet Adelines around the world are a FAMILY!!! Don't we know wherever we go we can connect with a Sweet Adeline Chorus and be AT HOME?AND SWEET ADELINES within REGIONS AND STATES are ALSO FAMILY as proven by two choruses in bordering regions - i.e. Regions 7 and 25!!! Oklahoma Jubilee, Region 25 and Sound of the Heartland, Region 7 are joining forces to Harmonize the STATES in two joint Christmas Shows. It started when chorus member from Region 7 was TRANSPLANTED to Region 25 due to her husband's new job in Tulsa!!!! This member was leaving her first chorus (and we ALL KNOW how painful THAT is) PLUS her Region 7 CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTET ZING!! There's ALMOST no separating a regional championship quartet so the 3-1/2hour drive between Kansas and Tulsa became commonplace for ZING! But at the same time, this transplanted member joined OKLAHOME JUBILEE CHORUS in Tulsa and thus began a friendship with ZING! AS WELL as her previous chorus SOUND OF THE HEARTLAND, in NEWTON, KANSAS!!! It was instantly a mutual admiration society. The "merger" began when with ZING! singing on some OK Jubilee shows and the two choruses supporting each other's mutual member for their respective shows and Regional Weekends. Our directors felt an immediate "kinship" and a genuine friendship developed. THEREBY came a PLAN!!! We would do a joint show - in BOTH CITIES!!!!! The shows were planned with the choruses sharing and learning each other's music to sing jointly and as well as separate songs. The choruses got together at a "middle ground" to rehearse TOGETHER (approximately 1-1/2-to 2 hours from each city) and THE OUTCOME was TWO FABULOUS HOLIDAY PERFORMANCES - a week apart - one in Kansas and one in Oklahoma!! This might become a HABIT!! Now THAT'S FAMILY!! HARMONIZE THE WORLD!!!! Barbara Moore, Publicity O. K. City Chorus 50th Anniversary Celebration Originally posted to the SING list, reprinted by permission. Hi, all y'all, I got through my speech on Mr. Foth (Henry Foth was the first director of O. K. City - I met Thursday with his daughter, Mae Ruth, who lives about 5 blocks west of me and, she loaned me a B I G picture of Mr. Foth, a caricature of him dressed as the Music Man, drawn by Jim Lange (The Oklahoman political cartoonist) and the framed certificate showing 25 years membership in the Oklahoma City Chapter of SPEBSQSA.(now the OK Chorale, BHS) We had every kind of hors d'oeuvre you can imagine, even a huge bowl
of shrimp with the hottest sauce I have ever put in my mouth! All kinds
of homemade cookies and candies, Ikey Orick baked a six tiered cake
which was absolutely beautiful, and besides that it tasted good. She
used to be the pastry chef at UCO. All the tables were set with white
satin table cloths, champagne glasses with candles, stems tied with
a white net bows, sitting on a square of the We sang "Celebrate the Music", "I Hope You Dance", the new song "Oklahoma Rising" (Vince Gill / Jimmy Webb) and the all Sweet Adelines in the hall stood and sang "Harmonize the World." Then we cleaned up the hall, grabbed all our old costumes, pictures, etc. and went home. And now I am going to get out of these uncomfortable clothes and go to bed. Every time I dress to suit an occasion, or someone besides myself, I swear I won't do it again. Jeans, t-shirts, and tennies for me! Yeah, I know - I should act my age! Shirley Fine singing with O. K. City Chorus SAI for 48 of its 50 Years! |
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25 Management Team Team Coordinator: Judy Dixon dixonj@cableone.net Chapter Coordinator: Linda Richards lrich25@juno.com Communications/ Technology Coordinator: Gwen Zylks GwenZ@aol.com Directors' Coordinator: Mary Rhea rmrhea@cox.net Education Coordinator: Annette Gary bari@sptc.net Events Coordinator: Liz Brite lizbrite@sbcglobal.net Financial Coordinator: Pat Brazell PatBrazell@aol.com Marketing/Membership Coordinator: Sarah Montgomery skmonty@earthlink.net Would you like to help the Region? Region 25 has lots of opportunities for willing helpers! Run for a position on the Regional Management Team or offer your assistance to help with a committee! |
Regional Management Team IS THIS A GREAT REGION OR WHAT?!! As I sat in the audience in Las Vegas, I was so awed by the wonderful performances we kept seeing over and over. It occurred to me that one reason Sweet Adelines as performing groups keep getting better must be the high standards set by those at the top of their game. If we could only measure up to those, we think. And there at the peak stands Rich-Tones, Region 25's very own. What an honor to watch them make it seem so easy. How exciting to realize that those who worked so hard to put on that almost flawless performance never hold back in helping the rest of us in the region strive for excellence as well. And when the 2007 International Harmony Achievement Award was announced -- given to the highest-scoring chorus with less than 75 on stage -- it went to O.K. City, Region 25's wild card. How thrilling! Again this chorus is led by people who give and give of their time to help the rest of us get better. Is this a great region or what? Judy DixonTeam Coordinator Region #25 |
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eHeartbeat info Next issue Mar 2007. Editor : Jett Rogers |
Regional Management Team Changes With the 2007-2008 year, the structure of the RMT (Regional Management Team) is changing slightly. We will still have a Team Coordinator, Directors' Coordinator, Education Coordinator, Events Coordinator and Finance Coordinator. The Communications/Technology Coordinator title is changing to Communications Coordinator. Marketing and Membership are dividing the responsibilities into two distinct positions: Marketing and Membership. The new Membership Coordinator will take on responsibilities that used to be coordinated by the Chapter Coordinator, a position that is being eliminated. As a result - we will be losing Linda Richards, whose final term on the RMT will come to conclusion a year earlier than expected. Sarah Montgomery, who will be sliding into the Membership portion of her position, will be your Chapter contact. Stay 'tuned' for announcements in the next issue as we complete the election process for our new Marketing Coordinator, as well as the normal election of the positions being filled this year: Team Coordinator, Finance Coordinator, Communications Coordinator and Directors' Coordinator. If you would like to help out with any of the duties these ladies perform, contact Gwen Zylks, Communications/Technology Coordinator, at GwenZ@aol.com. Keep in touch with the latest goings on at International --- Newsline - Minutes from the latest Board of Directors Meeting. Click here. Diva Dialog Bulletin Board - Discuss all things Diva! Anything you wish to talk about relating to the Divas Wanted membership marketing campaign... Go ahead and post! Click here. Newsletters - Sign up for eSing, the monthy newsletter from International, or view the archive. Click here. |
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Please welcome
Liz Brite, our new Events Coordinator! With Pam Kaus leaving to pursue
her dreams, we had a vacancy in the Events Coordinator position on the
Regional Management Team. Sharon Hightower, our previous Events Coordinator,
was awesome and stepped in during the interim, but we absolutely had
to have the right person to fill this critical position. Liz Brite came
to our rescue. Welcome, Liz!