LOCAL SWEET ADELINES TO COMPETE FOR REGIONAL HONORS
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REPRESENTING: Sweet Adelines International, East Central Region #4
CONTACT:
Ricki Vogel, Convention PR Co-Chair
(513) 554-2648 (voicemail)
r.vogel@fuse.net | www.sweetadelines-region4.org
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LOCAL SWEET ADELINES TO COMPETE FOR REGIONAL HONORS
Cincinnati, OH/March 12, 2007—The brand new Cincinnati Sound Chorus will join about 1000 women who will compete at the Northern KY Convention Center April 21 in the Sweet Adelines International Region #4 annual competition. A cappella presentations of songs from the 1890s to the 1990s—arranged for womens-four-part harmony—will be performed in costumed, choreographed production numbers.
“Share the Harmony” is the theme of the competition which is open to the public. Among the 16 choruses and 22 quartets from Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and West Virginia, Saturday’s lineup will include the Cincinnati Sound Chorus, a brand new chorus formed by the merger of two award-winning locally based choruses: the Queen City Chorus and the Seven Hills Show Chorus. Also performing will be the Gem City Chorus, 2006 fourth place International medalists from Dayton, Ohio. Winners of both the quartet and the chorus contests will be named regional champions and win the opportunity to advance to Sweet Adelines International competitions.
Events include: Friday’s Quartet Contest beginning at 1:00 p.m., Saturday’s Chorus Contest also beginning at 1:00 p.m., and on Saturday at 8:00 p.m. “Rockin’ By the Riverside”, a party with a DJ, show of champions, snacks, and cash bar.
All sessions are open to the public. Tickets will be available April 20th & 21st at the Northern KY Convention Center for $25 per session. Party tickets are $15. For more information, please contact Ricki Vogel, 513-554-2648 or r.vogel@fuse.net.
SWEET ADELINES INTERNATIONAL
East Central Region #4 Competition Fact Sheet
SWEET ADELINES INTERNATIONAL
- An organization of women singers committed to advancing the musical art form of barbershop
harmony through education and performance. Founded in 1945 in Tulsa, Oklahoma - Approximately 30,000 members perform in quartets and more than 600 choruses
- Members around the world—in 35 regions, five of which are outside the United States
EAST CENTRAL REGION #4 COMPETITION
- Annual event; highlight of our Sweet Adeline year.Features about 1,000 women from a four-state region (encompassing parts of IN, OH, KY and WV) performing in quartets and choruses
- Competing choruses range from 20 to more than 100 singers
- Competitors judged on Music, Sound, Expression and Showmanship
- Quartet Contest is Friday, April 20, 1:00 p.m.
- Chorus Contest is Saturday, April 21, 1:00 p.m.
- Contest is at Northern Kentucky Convention Center; Tickets available at the door on competition days—$25 per session
- The regional champion quartet will compete in the 2007 International Competition in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The regional champion chorus will compete in the 2008 International Competition in Honolulu, Hawaii
BARBERSHOP HARMONY
Developed during the late 1800s in the United States,.barbershop harmony is a uniquely American musical art form. It is characterized by unaccompanied, four-part vocal harmony and the "expanded sound" created by its unique chord structure. Melody line is sung by the lead voice, tenor sings harmony, above the lead, bass sings low harmony, and baritone sings a harmony part in the middle, sometimes below or sometimes above the lead. The names for the voice parts apply both to female and male barbershop singers. Correct vocal production by all voice parts will create a “ring” or “overtone," that is, a fifth tone an octave above the tonic note which is not being sung but can be heard by the human ear.
SWEET ADELINES CHORUSES IN THE CINCINNATI/NORTHERN KENTUCKY AREA
New members are always welcome. Women who enjoy singing are invited to visit a
Sweet Adeline rehearsal with either of these choruses in the Cincinnati area:
| Cincinnati Sound Chorus | Valley Temple | Mondays | (513) 554-2648 |
| Lynn Hartmuth, Director | 145 Springfield Pike | 7:00p.m. | |
| www.cincinnatisound.org | Cincinnati, OH 45215 | ||
| Gem City Chorus | Gem City Music Hall | Tuesdays | (937) 433-1014 |
| Jean Barford, Director | 243 N. Main Street | 7:30p.m. | |
| www.harmonize.comgemcity | Centerville, OH 45441 |