Friends and family of the Hickory Tree Chorus chapter of Sweet Adelines International are invited to a free performance Wednesday, April 14, 8:15 p.m., 570 Central Avenue, New Providence. Chorus members will kick up their heels in preparation for the chorus’s participation in the annual contest of the Greater New York Region of Sweet Adelines International.
“We often welcome visitors to our weekly rehearsals, but there’s nothing like the excitement of performing for our friends and family who usually only hear us singing one of four parts around the house! The 50-member chorus sings a cappella music in four-part harmony, barbershop style, and it’s just not the same without the other three parts ringing a chord!”, says Dana Dunlevy, Marketing Chair.
Doors open for guests at 8 p.m. The chorus’s half-hour set features fun, popular uptunes and moving ballads enhanced with choreography. Guests have the opportunity to meet and greet chorus members following the performance and before the chorus resumes its regular rehearsal at 9 p.m.
The Greater New York Region of Sweet Adelines International hosts its annual quartet and chorus contest April 23-25 at the Sheraton City Center, Philadelphia, PA. “April Showers Bring . . . Singing In the Rain” features more than 700 area women, members of the Region’s 15 choruses located throughout lower New York state, Long Island and New Jersey. Hickory Tree Chorus is proud that four of 14 competing quartets will feature its members.
In its 41 year history the chorus has won 25 Regional medals, 12 under current Director Carolyn Schmidt of Gillette, and competed on the International level seven times. Members hail from 40 area communities and all walks of life –real women, singing real harmony, and having real fun. The chorus performs an annual show, at community events, and offers an annual $1,000 scholarship to an area high school senior girl (this year’s deadline is April 16).
Sweet Adelines International is a worldwide organization of women singers committed to advancing the musical art form of barbershop harmony through education and performance. For membership, performance and scholarship information visit hickorytreechorus.org or e-mail info@hickorytreechorus.org.
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