Announcements

Grand Rapids Chorus has a New Director!
On Monday November 14, 2011 the Grand Rapids Chorus voted for a new Chorus Director. On behalf of the chorus, I am very pleased to share that beginning January 1, 2012, our new chorus director will be Denise VanDyken!!!. Denise has been a Sweet Adeline for over 30 years. Many of you also know her as a former director of the Mid-Lakes Chorus. She has also been an Associate Director for the Grand Rapids Chorus for a number of years. We are spending the rest of 2011 celebrating the 28 years the chorus has had with Master Director Ann Jarchow, and we are also preparing to celebrate and embrace the future. We hope all of you will celebrate with us, and with each other, as we move forward in the spirit of positive change.

Meet West Shore's
New Director!
Annette Jurcevic
Annette Jurcevic’s breadth of education and experience affords her unique strengths as our new director. While pursuing graduate studies at Indiana University, she turned her focus to vocal music, completing a cognate in choral conducting as part of her master’s degree (1997). At The University of Texas at Austin she directed the UT Women’s Chorus while earning a master’s degree in choral conducting (2003). Also while living in Austin, Texas, she conducted the Austin Sängerrunde Damenchor – a German women’s chorus – from 2002 to 2010. She also plays many instruments including the piano, flute and trombone, and has a rich orchestral background. Annette most recently was involved as a quartet and chorus coach for the Austin, Texas Men's barbershop chapter and is a graduate of the Barbershop Harmony Society's Harmony University College. Along with directing West Shore she is also the new director for the Muskegon Shoreline Men's Barbershop Chorus. She hails from Ludington where she has been involved in community choruses, orchestras, as well as community theater. At her interview she confessed that her two loves are Classical Music and Barbershop! Annette will begin her tenure with West Shore on January 3, 2012.

Choral-Aires Quartet Workshop
Choral-Aires Chorus once again invites its regional friends to attend a Quartet Workshop. Spread the news and forward this email to your quarteting friends.
Are you singing in an established quartet or ensemble for fun? Serious to improve quartet skills? Plan to be competing soon? Then this is the workshop for you! ! This workshop focuses on music selection, help to un-encrypt your music category judging sheets, and a session to cover best practices to get the most from your quartet rehearsal time. This is a packed workshop.
There are three special opportunities at this workshop: 1) Lynda Keever, music judge, is our featured educator this night and will offer instant feedback on the current music your quartet is singing or wants to sing. Registered attendees will email back to me copies of their scanned music (which we promise to destroy after use) and Lynda will review them before the workshop. Wow, where else can you get this kind of attention?
2) Quartets may be interested to be the starring quartet for coaching at this workshop. While all quartets will receive feedback, this volunteer quartet will be coached during the sessions with all participants and receive the most coaching time - FREE. Registered attendees may email me if their quartet would like to be this starring quartet.
3) For 5 bucks ($5.00), an attendee may bring an item of clothing (perhaps from one of their quartet outfits) and we will individually embroider either your quartet name or your own name on it while at the workshop. You will take it home again the same night. Remember, attendance is limited to the first 8 of each part that registers. Each workshop is limited to 32 participants so all participants may receive specific coaching based on individual and quartet goals. Entire quartets or ensembles should register for this workshop to receive the best benefit for their time spent.
And it is FREE ! ! !
Click here for a map.
For more information contact Stacy Haskins.

"Voices" Deadline...

The deadline for articles for the next "Voices 'round the Lake" is September 15. Please submit your articles to editor Mary Ann Neuman.

Note: All articles submitted are subject to editing for length at the editors discretion.

YSF "It's In the Can!" Promotion

"It's In The Can" is a new program to assist all choruses in helping to keep music in the lives of our youth! It comes with decals for each chorus to attach to any receptacle they choose in which all chorus members can drop their change (and bills) in at each rehearsal.  How easy and convenient to each member!! 
Just click on the links below to find the formal description for the "It's In The Can" program as well as the decals. 
It's In The Can    Program Description
It's In the Can Decal .jpg
It's In the Can Decal .pdf

Director Search:
Celebrity City Chorus, Las Vegas

Celebrity City Chorus of Las Vegas, Nevada, is looking for a new director for late fall 2011 as the current director is retiring following our Houston competition.  This five-time Regional-winning, 8th place (2005) Sweet Adelines International chorus is eager to interview interested applicants.  If you’re talented and energetic plus looking for a GREAT opportunity in this gorgeous, lively community, please contact us at:  CelebrityCityDirector@cox.net; or call our search committee leader, Terrie, at (702) 612-9567.  We will accept applications through Nov 1, 2011.

Four Bettys
2008 Queens of Harmony
Four Bettys has a new CD! You can get "Betty or Not, Here We Come" or either of their first two CDs at their
website fourbettys.com

Directors Certification Program
Interested in learning how to be a director (or assistant director or even a section leader)?
Visit the DCP/SLDR page or Contact Region 3's DCP Coordinator, Stacey Haskins, Certified Director (Assistant Director, Calumet Corner Chorus)

  YOUNG SINGERS FOUNDATION

The Young Singers Foundation is Sweet Adelines International's sole charity. The YSF offers financial grants to individuals, groups and organizations who sponsor vocal music activities for young people and also provides scholarships annually of at least $2,000 each to help further the vocal music education of a full-time student who is enrolled in an accredited learning institution.

For more information visit the
Young Singers Foundation website or contact Region 3's YSF Liaison,
Bobbie Slack. 

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