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Official Publication -Atlantic Gulf Region #9 Sweet Adelines July 2012
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Region 9 Competition Winners..….2—3 Winning Quartets………...….…………4 Chorus Beat………………………….5-9 At The Beach………………………….10 Evaluation Comments………………..11 Denver ………………………………..12
Sweet Adelines International is a worldwide organization of women singers committed
to advancing the musical art form of barbershop harmony through
education, competition and performance
Atlantic-Gulf Region 9 advances the mission of Sweet Adelines International
by providing relevant education to develop outstanding music and
leadership skills and by providing a forum to evaluate performance
ANN GOOCH RECEIVES THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD!
By Julie Reeve
So, Region 9, you know we’ve been telling you about our 50-year Anniversary Extravaganza coming up Saturday, October 20? Well, now you have even MORE of a reason to madly pile you and your music-loving friends into the car, and cruise up to Jacksonville: Our very own Marvelous Master Director Ann Gooch has been chosen to be the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2012 Sweet Adelines Interna-tional Convention and Competi-tion in Denver, Colorado!
For those of you who have never had the pleasure of meeting her, Ann Gooch is an icon in our or-ganization, having established choruses all over the world. Besides being past president of Sweet Adelines International and helping to transform the organization into today’s worldwide entity, Ann is an International Faculty Specialist Emerita, Certified Music Judge, col-lege professor of Music and Humanities and Clinician in the Na-tional Society of Music Educators and, yes, a Kentucky Colonel.
Ann has coached many choruses throughout the years and has made countless friends along the way. She is admired and well loved, particularly among certain New Zealand factions. But it is her home chorus, Jacksonville Harmony, who has always placed her in its heart.
So do come celebrate with us, Region 9, because it seems like Ann and Jacksonville Harmony have something thrilling to celebrate together: An invitation to compete in the Harmony Classic as Mid-Size Chorus at the Sweet Adelines International Convention and Competition in HONOLULU, HAWAII!
International Convention
Denver, Colorado
October 29 - November 3,
2012
~ 2012 ~ 1st PLACE QUARTET
581
Sassy Tenor: Chelsey Young
Lead: Donna Hill Bari: Denise de la Cal Bass: Betty Meinholz
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2012 ~ 1st PLACE CHAMPIONSHIP CHORUS ~ 681
Toast of Tampa Show Chorus
Tony DeRosa, Director
2012 ~ 2nd PLACE CHORUS ~ 614 Jacksonville Harmony Chorus
Ann Gooch, Director
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2012 ~ 3rd PLACE CHORUS ~ 574 Gulf to Bay Chorus Denise Helbig, Director
2012 ~ 4th PLACE CHORUS ~ 571 Women of Note Chorus Mitch Greenberg, Director
2012 ~ 5th PLACE CHORUS South Florida Jubilee Chorus
James Kasler, Director
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Region 9 Management Team
Team Coordinator
TBD
Membership Coordinator
TBD
Communications Coordinator
RHONDA PAYTON Chapter at Large
Events Coordinator SUE GIESLER
Chapter at Large
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~ 2012 ~ 2nd PLACE QUARTET
564
Ladybug Tenor: Iris Gantz
Lead: Shamane Fernandez Bari: Lisa Williams
Bass: Trudy Savage
~ 2012 ~ 3rd PLACE QUARTET
563
Diamond Cut
Tenor: Camille Sanabria Lead: Susie Courtice Bari: Denise Helbig
Bass: Barbara Kunath
~ 2012 ~ 4th PLACE QUARTET
553
Quatro
Tenor: Susie Ellis Lead: Julie Vaughn Bari: Merilyn Bryan Bass: Joyce Tam
~ 2012 ~ 5th PLACE QUARTET
527
On The Edge
Tenor: Chanda Morris Lead: Jennifer Winsor Bari: Diane Sherley
Bass Beckie Preston
Education Coordinator
DAYVE GABBARD Spirit Of The Gulf
Marketing Coordinator
CATHY MOORE Suncoast Harmony
Directors Coordinator
DOE KALL Spirit Of The Gulf
Finance Coordinator
CATHY FREY Toast of Tampa / Spirit of the Gulf
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MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO BENEFIT 'YOUNG SINGERS' !
If you are going to contribute, why not make your contribution benefit the young singers in REGION 9? Send your check to the
Region 9 Deena Tanenblatt Fund.
Do Lahr [email protected]
All monies earned go to fund our Young Women in Harmony festivals! Your contribution will be announced in "Nine on Line."
HILTON HEAD SHORE NOTES
The
Hilton Head Shore Notes are delighted to announce that their director, Beth Green, passed her Certified Director exam on April 22! Under her direction the chorus placed second last year and fourth this year in the Small Chorus Division at Regional Competition. Beth has been director of the Shore Notes since January 2010. Beth started her Sweet Adelines career singing for Gail Jencik in the Coastline Chorus in Massachusetts. Since moving to Hilton Head about 10 years ago she has made her mark teaching music to chil-dren throughout the is-land. The "Music Lady" of Hilton Head, she di-rects children's cho-ruses at two local churches and is the Di-rector of Lower School Music Education at the Hilton Head Christian Academy. In her "spare time" she also records personalized books for children. Her music cre-dentials are extensive, and the Shore Notes are very pleased and proud that she has taken the time from her very busy schedule to become a Sweet Adelines certified director.
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KITTY MAIDEN Chapter at Large
Arrangers Coordinator
DORIS TWARDOSKY Spirit Of The Gulf
Rules and Bylaws
LINDA GRONER Toast of Tampa
CAL Liaison
GAIL BURKE Chapter-at-Large
Quartet Promotions
BLING! Women of Note Spirit of the Gulf
South Florida Jubilee [email protected]
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PLATINUM COAST Debra Milligan The members of Platinum Coast Chorus are celebrating an eventful spring with the hiring of their new director, Lisa Lupo, the installation of their new Management Team, and the addition of four new chap-ter members. We are now twenty-five strong and growing!
Lisa comes to us with a gracious spirit and looks forward to the opportunity to lead us in harmony, as we work towards achieving our goals through music education and performance. Lisa, who comes to us from Palm Beach County, is an avid student of the barbershop art form, devoting her-self to our beloved craft after hearing her first ring-ing chord in 1990 (while at a rehearsal of the re-gional champion Royal Palm Chorus!). She is the Associate Director of the Women of Note Chorus,
an experienced quartet singer (second place regional medal-ist, Odyssey, 2008) and voice teacher. To welcome Lisa to the com-munity, PCC hosted a "Come Meet Our Director" Open House in May, where entertainment included a mini-concert and costume fashion show, and celebration with refreshments afterwards. Our guests included old friends who came to join us in tag singing and the learning of a new song. It was an enjoyable and memorable eve-ning for all!
In addition, during our Installation Ceremony, we gave recognition and gratitude to our three Assistant Directors who have helped to keep the harmony flowing throughout the past year. Several PCC members entertained the group with various skits and songs, but the act that stole the show was by the one and only, “Trixie” (aka Gypsy Rose Lee), who came out of retirement just for this special occasion. MAXINE cannot hold a candle to her, and she is sure to be a hit at our next Annual Show, if we can coax her into one more !
As we sing in harmony with renewed hope and energy, may we de-light in our journey and mission…to promote the musical art form of barbershop harmony through performance, education and outreach, thereby enriching the lives of people in our community.
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Youth Activities Coordinator
DENISE HELBIG Gulf To Bay
Riser Team
MICHELE & MIKE MUELLER
South Florida Jubilee [email protected]
CARTER MAYSILLES Sound of Sunshine
Regional Convention
MARSHA WILLIAMS O -Town Sound
YSF Liaison
ANNIE SPENCE Spirit of the Gulf
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INTERNATIONAL
APPOINTMENT:
Competition Coordinator
DEE LAHR Toast of Tampa
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JACKSONVILLE HARMONY Julie Reeve
What a fantastic Region 9 Contest we just had and Jacksonville Harmony is so proud of and congratulates not only the truly stellar Winners, but ALL the beautiful and brave contestants who invested their sweat, money, and tireless hours to make their dreams come true. For us to have won the right to represent Region 9 in Hawaii on our 50th Anniversary…well, it’s humbling, it’s incredibly fantastic, and for us to have this opportunity, we are indeed grateful.
In performance news, member Ellen Hare was the right connection to get us invited to be the featured group to help raise funds for the Jacksonville Farmers’ Market and St. Vincent’s Hospital Summer Fun and Wellness Fair on June 2. Since we know singing is super healthy, Membership Chair Judy Shea showed up to display her “healthy singers’ anthology”. This is media information attesting to the benefits that singing every day does for our physical wellness. Then, when Director Ann raised her hands to sing, and cued the pitch pipes, the train whistle blew at EXACTLY the same time at precisely the wrong pitch! Fortunately this seasoned group of singers plunged into the song exactly ON correct pitch without batting one false eyelash.
We’re crazy about baseball in the River City, and every year owner Peter Bragan invites us to sing the National Anthem at the Jacksonville Suns baseball games. Ann glowed that not only did the women do a fine job, but also, thanks to Diane Parker, Cindy Diniaco, and Paula Bartie, the singers were taught and sang a different tag to the tribute written by Joni Bescos. We’ll be singing there again on August 21 as the chorus takes itself out to the ballgame in lieu of rehearsal.
In another stadium not far away, it is hard-working Robin Cotie who manages chorus personnel at Everbank Field for beer sales during the Jaguars games. This is a year round job, complete with beer stand/ alco-hol training dates, beer stand scheduling, subbing, accounting, reporting, etc. Robin, to you we say many thanks, job well done! We also appreciate Faye McLanahan’s assuming Vocal/Music Educator position. Faye loved being Director of Song of the Coast Chorus but has recently retired. She took on this new post at Jax Harmony so we say thank you for bringing your positive teaching style to our risers, Faye!
Last, we are so proud of or new members and you will meet them and be able to congratulate our Annie at our 50th Anniversary gala! One new member Emily Michael so impressed Editor Joey Stenner at Pitch Pipe with her lyrical, articulate description of her nascent chorus career that it will soon be published in that very magazine! Congratulations, Emily, we hope we remain inspirational as you progress toward your Doctorate!
Until next time, Region 9, never forget how lucky we are to have music as our muse, and Sweet Adelines as our inspiration.
REGION # 9 CHAMPIONS
2011
Spirit of the Gulf Chorus Touche’ Quartet
2010
Toast of Tampa Chorus Bling! Quartet
2009
Spirit Of The Gulf Chorus Journey Quartet
2008
Toast Of Tampa Chorus In The Mix Quartet
2007
Spirit of the Gulf Chorus In The Mix Quartet
2006
Toast of Tampa Chorus Heatwave Quartet
2005
Spirit of the Gulf Chorus Obsession Quartet
2004
Toast Of Tampa Chorus The Buzz Quartet
2003
Spirit of the Gulf Chorus Heatwave Quartet
2002
Toast Of Tampa Chorus Heatwave Quartet
2001
Sound Of Sunshine Escapade Quartet
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O - TOWN SOUND Marsha Williams
O-Town Sound is still on cloud 9 after winning 2nd place medals in “A” Division at Regional! We are also very proud of our director, Kay Webb, as she was presented her Certified Director certificate!
The chorus has just finished its first big fund-raiser - a fashion show and luncheon at the Women’s Club in Leesburg, Florida. The chorus has several members living in that area. “Boutique on Wheels” provided classy, stylish spring and sum-mer fashions as well as accesso-ries that were modeled by our
members. This Flor-ida traveling fashion show features many styles all made in the USA.
The chorus also en-tertained the guests with several of our favorite songs. Addi-tionally, the chorus raffled three themed gift baskets: Italian, Gardening, and Spa/
Leisure.
The Spa/Leisure basket included a gift certificate for a three-day, two-night stay at the Daytona Beach Hilton Hotel. The event was very well attended and everyone had lots of fun. We also held a fundraiser in Lake Mary at the Orange Leaf yogurt store – yummy!!
OTS has welcomed three new members to the chorus since competition:
Melinda Reitman, who recently moved to Winter Haven from Wis-consin. She was a former member of the award winning Choral-Aires in the Chicago, IL suburb of Elmhurst;
Alicia Page, who recently moved to Inglis, FL and is a former mem-ber of Women of Note; and Linda Groner, who is now a dual mem-ber with OTS and Toast of Tampa!
The chorus will have its first ever combined music team/management team meeting in July at the home of Sherry Smith. Afterwards the whole chorus is invited to lunch and a pool party.
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GAINESVILLE
HARMONY SHOW Gainesville
Co-Directors: Diane Sherley and Chanda Morris
GOLDCOAST South Miami
Director: Iris Cokeroft
GULF TO BAY Largo
Director: Denise Helbig
HEART OF HIGHLAND Avon Park
Director: Ron Bower
HILTON HEAD SHORE NOTES Hilton Head, S. C.
Director: Beth Green
JACKSONVILLE HARMONY Jacksonville
Director: Ann Gooch
MAGIC OF MANATEE Bradenton
Director: Lois Van Beek
PLATINUM COAST Melbourne
Director: Lisa Lupo
O-TOWN SOUND Orlando
Director: Kay Webb
SONG OF THE COAST Barbara Abendschein
Song of the Coast Chorus is in building mode: new director, new members, new repertoire, exciting new plans for a Fall show. Show Chairman Helen Delaney is working with an intrepid committee to manage the first major production of its kind for our chorus. Helen is impressed by the talents of the script committee: Dr. Val Watt-Hoffman, chair, with writers Carolyn Deni and Renate Sherwin. Of Renate, she says, “Despite the fact she has been receiving treatment for cancer, she has been a very active member of the script committee, by telephone when she could not physically make the meetings. She deserves a tremendous amount of applause and recognition.”
Helen reports a dozen chorus members volunteered to handle important parts of the show: “Kim Peters is managing the publicity; Lisa Smith, the advertising; Margaret Scherzer, the House Committee (ticket takers, ticket sellers, and overall welcoming committee); Fran Stump is taking care of choreography; Karen Wicker has volunteered to be the assistant stage manager; Lori Stematis is doing props; Amy Mielke is doing costumes, and Geoff Sullivan is doing makeup; Terry Jablonski has volunteered to take care of cleanup, and Evelyn Barrett will send out "Thank You’s" to all our advertisers and sponsors.
Chris Garrott, of course, is in charge of music and coordinating with Surfside Chorus and our other guests. Those are the committee chairs. People have signed up for a few of the committees, and we feel sure as the event gets closer more will volunteer.
November seems a long way off until you start counting and working backwards for your trigger dates. We have also had a professional DJ volunteer to make some PSA's for us. We are doing well. The committees are functioning well, and the elephant we started out with is getting smaller and smaller as we get each piece accomplished. (We've learned how to eat an elephant).
“I might add this is the first time SOTC has attempted such a musical show. The first act will be a fully-scripted musical featuring barbershop music. The setting is a present day cruise ship sponsoring a 40's era Veterans’ Reunion, and the second act will be the traditional concert style show.
“I think it's going to be exciting, and I can hardly wait for November. It will set a new bar for the Chorus and people will be looking forward to the next show.”
Save the date: November 10 at 2:30 pm at Daytona State College. More soon.
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Daytona is the place to be For swimming in the ocean
Watching auto racing there, that’s NASCARs big promotion
The most exciting thing of all is Region 9 in motion!
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SONG OF THE COAST
Daytona Beach
Director: Christine Garrott
SOUND OF SUNSHINE Orlando
Director: Nancy Lewis
SOUTH FLORIDA JUBILEE
Ft. Lauderdale
Director: James Kastler
SOUTHERN COMPANY Brandon
Director: Linda Verzosa
SPIRIT OF THE GULF Fort Myers
Director: Karen Breidert
SUMMER SPRINGS Summerfield
Director: Judi Stygar
SUNCOAST HARMONY New Port Richey
Director: Amy Riddle
TOAST OF TAMPA Tampa
Director: Tony DeRosa
VENETIAN HARMONY Venice
Director: Jim Shubert
WOMEN OF NOTE Boynton Beach
Director: Mitch Greenberg
AT THE BEACH
Or walking on the beach awhile-whene’er you have a notion
So many beautiful songs and lovely costumes (many black) set in Peabody Auditorium, which was “sound perfect” for 2012 Region 9s competition.
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How Did We End up at the Beach?? Marsha Williams
Having read through quite a few evaluations from our recent competition/convention, I thought I might tell you about how we got to Daytona – and the criteria that went into how the decision on venues is made.
I have been Chair of the Regional Convention since 2002 when my mentor and friend, Deena Tanenblatt, passed away. She had guided me through the previous 3-4 years as I worked as her assistant backstage. A lot of the procedures we use today were started during Deena’s tenure.
During the latter years Deena was CRC, we moved back and forth between Orlando and Jacksonville. One of the reasons we went to Jacksonville was because the city gave us a rebate on our busing costs for our convention. However, as the years went by, the rebate became less and less so we then stayed in Orlando. It was more centrally located for the region. As some of you remember, we were housed in two hotels in Orlando, about 1.5 miles apart. Our busing costs were around $5000 at that time.
The Bob Carr auditorium was a very good competition location with a large stage and lots of rehearsal space backstage. Of course, we had to walk from the Marriott across the street and around to the back of the theatre in the pattern – OUTSIDE!
We moved from Orlando to Daytona Beach in 2007 because the Bob Carr Auditorium informed us that we would no longer have the “first hold” on the building for our contest dates. At the time, we were already scheduled for 2007 thru 2009. This meant that a more preferred client could request the same dates, even just a few months prior, and we would be bumped from the schedule. As you can see, this would be devastating to us, given the months of preparation that go into convention each year - not to mention that we would already be under contract with one or more hotels. We only had about 8 months to find a new venue and get contracts for one or more hotels and a theatre. We looked at some other venues around Orlando: Doubletree Convention Centre in Orlando – the cost to build a stage and provide lighting and sound that would meet SAI standards in their convention center would have cost nearly $50,000 (our ENTIRE budget for convention is only about $48,000 per year); Orange County Convention Center – the theatre there is very expensive and outside our budget. Plus, the hotels are much more expensive than what we were paying in Orlando and what we are paying today in Daytona. In addition, the walk from where the buses would unload contestants was very far from the theatre meaning a much longer walk than at the Bob Carr.
We were finally able to contract with the Peabody Auditorium in Daytona and the Plaza Resort & Spa (with over flow in the Ocean Club). The stage was much smaller in the Peabody and we actually had to transport the risers from storage in Orlando to Daytona one weekend to ensure that the risers would fit. We also contacted the Hilton and were able to book our dates there starting in 2009 (they were booked for any dates we needed in 2007 and 2008). Being at the Hilton was the first time since I have been in Florida (since 1981) that we were housed in ONE HOTEL!
This past year was the only time we were unable to sync the dates from International, the Peabody and the Hilton. Thus, we were at the Plaza again. Let me tell you that the Plaza paid for nearly all of our busing for the weekend because they were so pleased to get our business. We will be at the Hilton next year and through 2016. I have managed to negotiate so that the room rate for 2014 thru 2016 will remain the same.
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