Region 25 Quartet Retreat

January 27-28, 2017

FRIDAY NIGHT:

6:00 Registration opens

6:30 Young Women in Harmony Quartet Contest with a special

performance by The Ladies, 2017 Rising Star Champions!

8:00-9:30 Betty Clipman – Bring Your "A Game" to Every Rehearsal.

Being prepared, integrating new skills into songs and

performances, integrating coaching ideas into your rehearsals.

9:30 Mandatory Faculty meeting

SATURDAY:

8:00-8:30 Good morning! Faculty introductions and IMPORTANT

ANNOUNCEMENTS

8:30-9:30 Betty Clipman – Characterization can be enhanced by

improving skills in breath timing, phrasing, forward motion.

9:30-9:50 Darlene Rogers - Vocal warm-ups to prepare for the day of

singing and coaching.

10:05-10:55 Coaching session I

10:05-10:55 Darlene Rogers – Coaching 101: A class for people interested

in exploring coaching. What should I be listening for (or for

what should I be listening?) How to make the most out of

observing quartet coaching.

11:10-12:00 Coaching session II

11:10-12:00 Darlene Rogers – Why Does She Make Me Sound So Good?

Mix and match voices to hear how they complement each

other. Quartet Bingo with 16 singers on the risers with an

endless combination of quartets.

12:00-1:30 LUNCH on your own

1:30-2:20 Coaching session III

1:30-2:20 Darlene Rogers – Why Does She Make Me Sound So Good?

Mix and match voices to hear how they complement each

other. Quartet Bingo with 16 singers on the risers with an

endless combination of quartets.

2:30-3:20 Coaching session IV

3:30-4:20 Coaching session V

3:30-4:20 Darlene Rogers – What Did you Hear? Discuss what you

observed in coaching sessions and classes.

4:30-5:30 Betty Clipman – Balancing Act: Discuss barbershop balance

and hear how it affects the quartet sound. How are blend

and balance related?

5:30-7:30 DINNER on your own

8:00 1 Four All, All Four 1 : We’re all in this together, so be sure to sign

up to sing, tell a joke, or dance a jig on Saturday night – anything

that will help us get to know you. Each quartet will introduce the

quartet following them. The lineup will be posted after lunch. It’s

party time!

REGION 25 QUARTET RETREAT

FACULTY & COACHES

BETTY CLIPMAN – Certified Judge in Sound and Expression; Master Director of Top 10

Woodlands Show Chorus; International Quartet Champion (Penna-Fores); International

Master Faculty; Lifetime Achievement Award; past International President; past Judge

Specialists Moderator; past chair of Education Direction Committee (EDC); lots more!

PEGGY BLANTON – 30+ year Sweet Adeline; assistant director; Certified Director;

chorus director for 11 years; bass section leader; rookie music coordinator; Region 25

Faculty

KELLY CAUSEY – Master Director; Director of Top of the Rock Chorus; regional quartet

champion; Guest Faculty – Harmony Explosion; Region 25 Faculty

VAL CLARK - Region 25 Faculty; Region 25 Quartet Champion; Associate Director - Rich-

Tone Chorus; section leader; Top 10 International quartet

MARILYN DICKEY – Region 25 Faculty; retired director- Pride of West Texas Show

Chorus; Master Director; Region 25 Education Steering Committee; regional positions

held: DMA, Regent, Vice-Regent, Secretary, Directors’ Coordinator, Treasurer; Ark Angel

Award 1998

PATTY FRIEDEMANN –International Quartet Champion (Ginger ‘n’ Jazz); Assistant

Director – Talk of Tulsa Show Chorus; Region 25 Faculty; Region 25 Quartet Champion

PEGGY GRAM – Past President of SAI; Certified Showmanship Judge; Showmanship

Judge Specialist; International Faculty; International Quartet Champion (Ginger ‘n’ Jazz

and Rumors); Master Director; Region 25 Education Steering Committee; Region 25

Faculty; retired Director of Top of the Rock Chorus; Sweet Adelines International

Lifetime Achievement Award 2010; International Board of Directors

PAM LAUFFER – Region 25 Faculty; Certified Director; Region 25 Quartet Champion;

Ark Angel Award 2002; Top 10 International quartet

CONNIE LIGHT – Certified Director; Region 25 Quartet Champion; Region 25 Faculty;

RMT – Team Coordinator; past director - Pride of West Texas Show Chorus; 2012 Ark

Angel Award

RUTH ANN PARKER - International Quartet Champion (Hurricane Honeys); Judge

Specialist – Sound; Certified Sound and Showmanship Judge; Master 700 Director;

Region 25 Faculty

MARY RHEA - International Quartet Champion (Zing!); Director - OK City Chorus;

Master Director; Certified Sound Judge; International Faculty; Region 25 Education

Steering Committee; Region 25 Faculty; Ark Angel Award 2009; Region 25 Quartet

Champion

DARLENE ROGERS – International Faculty; Director - Texas Harmony Chorus; Certified

Director; voice teacher and coach; Region 25 and 10 Faculty; credits include production

of Sing, Baby Sing! Vocalize CDs; Region 25 Education Steering Committee; Ark Angel

Award 1997

DONNA SMITH - Ark Angel Award; Region 25 Education Steering Committe; Region 25

Faculty; Co-Choreographer OK City Chorus

GWEN SMITH – Region 25 Quartet Champion; Top 10 International quartet; Certified

Director; Associate Director - Rich-Tone Chorus; Ark Angel Award 2004; Region 25

Faculty

DALE SYVERSON – International Faculty; International Quartet Champion (Rumors,

Tiffanys); Certified Expression Judge; Certified Sound Judge; Director - International

Champion Rich-Tone Chorus; first recipient of Ark Angel Award 1994; Region 25

Education Steering Committee; Sweet Adelines International Lifetime Achievement

Award 2004; International Board of Directors

JEFF VETETO – Barbershopper of the Year; Past Director of Sho-Me Statesmen men’s

chorus; SWD Champion; Central States District Quartet Champion; Past Director - Ozark

Showcase Chorus; Tagmeister

MELYNNIE WILLIAMS -International Quartet Champion (Zing!); Director - Wichita

Chorus; Master Director; Region 25 Faculty; Region 25 Education Steering Committee;

Region 25 Directors’ Coordinator; Region 7 & 25 Quartet Champion

REGION 25 QUARTET RETREAT ROSTER

January 2017

CHAOS

Cheryl Kumor Kaylee Terracina Sarah Echard Kirsten Boyd

CITY SOUNDWAVE

Ashley Ray

Rachel Radcliff

Kyle Anne Prock

Nancy Nortz

COUTURE

Dawn Henderson

Barbara Underwood

Jen Foster

Jacque Glasgow

JUBI-LATTE Amy Orendorff Leesa Boling Sarah Boling Pennie Litterell MEDALSOME Becky Bryant Rhonda Coleson Kathy Harkins Jenny Mercing PINK Gayle Bramhall Becky Carmickle Lynne Bomberger Dianne Risner

PITCHBLENDE

Vickie Rodden Kathy Sparks Sarah Montgomery Linda Hammett

PITCHIN’ A FIT

Jan Fisher

Diana Davis

Robin Pitchford

Mavis King

PROVIDENCE Kay Latta Phillis Ruggieri Kay Pearson Lynn Holberton RENDTION *Tracy Fuller *Kayla Fuller *Annette Gary *Teresa Batten RIO! *Patty Friedemann *Pam Lauffer *Mary Rhea *Melynnie Williams ROUNDELAY

Erin Withers

Kathy Allison

Mary Devine

Karen Wesson

THE SWITCH

Quincy Smith

Melissa Linnenburger

Susan Taggert

*Gwen Smith

TITANIUM Lynn Downs *Melody White Holly Fisher *Lindsay Chartier-Holdeman

VERTIGO

Diedra Brown

*Jenn Garrett

*Tamara Boggs

Teri Streit

WHOLE LOTTA TREBLE

Heather Hubbert

Cathy Collins

Melissa Purdin

Marinette Tran 4U

Sylvia Bell

Charlotte Creech

Prudence Hagan

Cynthia Watts

*Past regional champion

COACHING HIERARCHY (Overriding Factors: Choice of Material, Structure of music, breath patterns)

ACCURACY—Notes and Words VOCAL SKILLS—Posture, Breathing, Phonation, Resonation, Articulation

• Balance

• Blend

• Resonance

• Tuning/Intonation

• Vowel Match

• Vocal Energy

MUSICAL DELIVERY

• Tempo/Pulse

• Phrasing/Interpretation

• Synchronization

• Unity

• Dynamics

INTERPRETATION:

LYRICAL DELIVERY CHARACTERIZATION

ENERGY ARTISTRY/FINESSE VISUAL

• Unit Moves

• Enhancing Moves

• Characterization

• Visual Energy

• Vocal/Visual Match

COACHING PRIORITIES

1. Overall Instant Level

2. Major Problems

3. Accuracy

4. Unit Sound

5. Vocal Quality

6. Dynamics

7. Tempo/Rhythm

8. Phrasing/Expression

9. Barbershop Style

10. Musicality

BASICS

1. Vocal Production/Vocal Freedom

2. Barbershop Material

3. Correct Notes

4. Same & Correct Vowel Sounds

5. Accurate Intervals

6. Synchronization

7. Energized Singing

8. Tempo/Pulse

9. Characterization

10. Technical/Artistic Balance