CROSSROADS HARMONY CHORUS
Chartered in 2004, this chorus is a mixture of all ages, interests and occupations. Our singers come from all over the Central Michigan region. The ladies of Crossroads Harmony are all members of Sweet Adelines International.
We attend a singing competition for quartets and choruses each spring as part of Sweet Adelines Region 2, the "Border Lakes" Region.
We perform at public, private, civic and charitable events around the area. We also present larger shows each year. We enjoy teaming up with other school and community musicians to provide great entertainment for music lovers in West Central Michigan. Ticket sales and advertising revenues from local businesses provide funding that allows us to continue bringing our songs to our friends and neighbors.
The way we learn and perform our barbershop-style songs does not require much, if any, ability to read music. Very few of our members have an unusual amount of formal music training. Nevertheless we learn to sing with a high degree of skill through the practical education that is provided through the Sweet Adelines organization.
Chartered in 2004, this chorus is a mixture of all ages, interests and occupations. Our singers come from all over the Central Michigan region. The ladies of Crossroads Harmony are all members of Sweet Adelines International.
We attend a singing competition for quartets and choruses each spring as part of Sweet Adelines Region 2, the "Border Lakes" Region.
We perform at public, private, civic and charitable events around the area. We also present larger shows each year. We enjoy teaming up with other school and community musicians to provide great entertainment for music lovers in West Central Michigan. Ticket sales and advertising revenues from local businesses provide funding that allows us to continue bringing our songs to our friends and neighbors.
The way we learn and perform our barbershop-style songs does not require much, if any, ability to read music. Very few of our members have an unusual amount of formal music training. Nevertheless we learn to sing with a high degree of skill through the practical education that is provided through the Sweet Adelines organization.
BORDER LAKES REGION 2
Each chorus in Border Lakes Region 2 is more than just an acappella ensemble, it is a family. We love getting together throughout the year, and sharing friendships as well as great music.
Region 2 is comprised of Sweet Adeline Choruses from portions of Michigan and Southern Ontario. We take great pride in being an International Region. If you like to sing, you're invited to visit any of our chapters and discover your INNER DIVA! Sitting in on one of our rehearsals is the perfect way to find out more about us, and experience the music, friendship and fun for which Border Lakes Region 2 is known!
Each chorus in Border Lakes Region 2 is more than just an acappella ensemble, it is a family. We love getting together throughout the year, and sharing friendships as well as great music.
Region 2 is comprised of Sweet Adeline Choruses from portions of Michigan and Southern Ontario. We take great pride in being an International Region. If you like to sing, you're invited to visit any of our chapters and discover your INNER DIVA! Sitting in on one of our rehearsals is the perfect way to find out more about us, and experience the music, friendship and fun for which Border Lakes Region 2 is known!
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Michigan Choruses
1. A Cappella Bella, Muskegon 2. Crossroads Harmony, Reed City 3. Fenton Lakes, Linden 4. Grand Traverse, Traverse City 5. Heart of Michigan, Shepherd 6. Lock Cities, Sault Ste Marie 7. Motor City Blend, Farmington 8. Northern Blend, Prescott 9. Shoreline Sound, Royal Oak 10. Song of the Lakes, Davison 11. Tri-City, Auburn 12. Water Wonderland, Okemos |
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Ontario Choruses
13. Bluewater, Owen Sound 14. Carillon Belles, Simcoe 15. Festival Sounds, Stratford 16. Grand Harmony, Waterloo 17. Heart of Essex, Essex 18. London, London 19. Riverlights Harmony, Windsor 20. Seaway Sounds, Sarnia |
SWEET ADELINES INTERNATIONAL
Using their voices as instruments, Sweet Adelines have showcased a distinctly American style of four-part a cappella singing for 65 years and serenaded audiences at venues ranging from retirement homes to Carnegie Hall all while building a sisterhood of women who love to sing.
Those bonds have been nurtured since July 13, 1945, when Edna Mae Anderson of Tulsa, Okla., invited a few women to her home to sing together with the same "chord-ringing, fun-filled harmony" that their husbands enjoyed as members of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, known today as the Barbershop Harmony Society.
That core group of women invited all "barbershop wives" in the area to assemble a few weeks later at the Hotel Tulsa, where the men had formed their organization six years earlier. There, a Sweet Adelines chapter of 85 women was born.
Anderson identified the group's original purpose as educational "to teach and train its members in musical harmony and appreciation" and the goal apparently struck a chord with music-loving women across America. By 1949, Sweet Adelines had grown to 1,500 members in 35 chapters, with quartets and choruses in 14 states.
Today, Sweet Adelines remains based in Tulsa, but the organization's collective voice is heard across the globe under its motto to "harmonize the world." Its 25,000 members comprise more than 1,200 quartets and 600 choruses more than 75 percent based in the United States.
Using their voices as instruments, Sweet Adelines have showcased a distinctly American style of four-part a cappella singing for 65 years and serenaded audiences at venues ranging from retirement homes to Carnegie Hall all while building a sisterhood of women who love to sing.
Those bonds have been nurtured since July 13, 1945, when Edna Mae Anderson of Tulsa, Okla., invited a few women to her home to sing together with the same "chord-ringing, fun-filled harmony" that their husbands enjoyed as members of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, known today as the Barbershop Harmony Society.
That core group of women invited all "barbershop wives" in the area to assemble a few weeks later at the Hotel Tulsa, where the men had formed their organization six years earlier. There, a Sweet Adelines chapter of 85 women was born.
Anderson identified the group's original purpose as educational "to teach and train its members in musical harmony and appreciation" and the goal apparently struck a chord with music-loving women across America. By 1949, Sweet Adelines had grown to 1,500 members in 35 chapters, with quartets and choruses in 14 states.
Today, Sweet Adelines remains based in Tulsa, but the organization's collective voice is heard across the globe under its motto to "harmonize the world." Its 25,000 members comprise more than 1,200 quartets and 600 choruses more than 75 percent based in the United States.