Diamond state chorus' upcoming 2022 show
We are preparing for our performance on November 12, 2022!!! The venue is the Newark Senior Center, 200 White Chapel Drive, Newark, Delaware at 2:00 p.m.
We will be singing an eclectic mix of songs focusing on harmony in color. We are honored to have as our guest quartet the 2018 International Quartet champions, Lustre.
We'll have snacks and raffle tickets and a chance for you to mingle again with some of your favorite Sweet Adeline singers!
You can buy tickets online, from any chorus member or at the door.
LATEST NEWS FROM DIAMOND STATE
We are so pleased to welcome a new member to our chorus!!! Shannon Hevener has joined the lead section.
Shannon being presented with her Sweet Adelines pin by Diane Scott, our membership chair and Lead section leader
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Shannon with our director, Linda Beaver, and Diane Scott
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Tuesday, May 17th, was the date of our installation dinner. This means that we formally recognized Diamond State's newest slate of board members. This year's board members are:
Lisa Blozis, President
Jane Adewole, Vice President
Marilyn Ferguson, Secretary
Lee Radics, Treasurer
Juli LaBadia
Susan Charles
This evening was also an opportunity to renew our director, Linda Beaver's, contract.
We like to make this a fun evening for the chorus and usually invite a special guest to emcee our proceedings. On this occasion, Judith Weidman, talented sister of our very own director, Linda Beaver, was kind enough to moderate our evening. In the picture below you can see the props she brought with her... different cereals to highlight each member's special role on the board!!!
Lisa Blozis, President
Jane Adewole, Vice President
Marilyn Ferguson, Secretary
Lee Radics, Treasurer
Juli LaBadia
Susan Charles
This evening was also an opportunity to renew our director, Linda Beaver's, contract.
We like to make this a fun evening for the chorus and usually invite a special guest to emcee our proceedings. On this occasion, Judith Weidman, talented sister of our very own director, Linda Beaver, was kind enough to moderate our evening. In the picture below you can see the props she brought with her... different cereals to highlight each member's special role on the board!!!
In all the pictures, you'll see the decorations made by our very talented Jeannie Ganderton. A very colorful array of flowers! And we started off our evening with a tasty potluck supper with contributions brought in by chorus members.
Pictured below are the board members receiving their special cereal box from this evening's emcee, Judith!!! Juli was not able to attend in person but was present via facetime.
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This was also a time for us to recognize members who have reached milestones in Sweet Adeline years. Edwina Nowland received a pin commemorating 30 years with Sweet Adelines and Jeannie Ganderton received a pin for 35 years!! Ronda Bolinger also reached the 30-year milestone but unfortunately was not able to be with us. The pins were presented by Diane, our membership chair.
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Newly installed board with our director and emcee
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Linda signing new contract with board president, Lisa, and secretary, Marilyn.
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Linda gets a special cereal box too!
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The evening was made even more special with our introduction to Amanda's baby. she tells us that she will be able to start rehearsing with us again in the very near future.
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spring retreat - March 18-19, 2022
It's customary for Sweet Adeline choruses to bring in an experienced coach to prepare for the yearly regional competition. This year Diamond State Chorus will not be going to competition but decided to still take advantage of the amazing coaching talent that is available to all Sweet Adelines' choruses. This year we invited the extremely talented Michael Gellert (Master 700 director of Harbor City Music Company) to coach us on some of our repertoire songs and help us refine some of our singing techniques. We had a ton of fun and learned ways to improve our singing. All was not hard work as Joyce Fangman organized some games for us to play during our breaks. To finish off the weekend, we ate dinner at a local Italian restaurant.
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Meet Cathy Brock, Our newest member! She is a welcome addition to our tenor section. She is featured below with our Tenor section leader, Lee Radics.
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DIAMOND sTATE'S cHRISTMAS vIDEO
Since we couldn't put on a live performance this year, we put together a video for you to watch. We had a lot of fun singing some of our favorite Christmas music. We are so thankful for all our members who are able to help in the technical and "behind the scenes" details.
Yep!!! It's fun to have fun but you have to know how!!!
fALL IS HERE!
We're almost all present for this fall picture. Enjoying being together after months apart and being able to sing with each other in person rather than over zoom. Once again, Jeannie did a fabulous job decorating Klair Hall!!
first rehearsal with our new director
linda beaver
We are delighted to welcome our new director, Linda Beaver, to our chorus. Here we are on September 7, 2021, at our first formal rehearsal with Linda as our director. We are looking forward to a stellar future in which we will grow as a chorus while learning new vocal techniques and new musical arrangements under Linda's direction. So many possibilities, so many goals to be achieved! Come join us in DSC's latest chapter!!!
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Making it official!
***pam's retirement party***
BIDDING FAREWELL TO PAM NICHOLS
On August 31, 2021, Diamond State Chorus bid farewell to Pam Nichols as she closes the chapter on her long and rewarding years as our chorus director. We celebrate her time with us and will never forget her musical knowledge, dedication, tenacity, enthusiasm and friendship!
Some past members were able to join us as well. Our favorite event planner, Jeannie Ganderton, decorated our rehearsal hall with the swan motif.
We will sorely miss Pam, but are happy to keep her in our chorus as an associate member!
On August 31, 2021, Diamond State Chorus bid farewell to Pam Nichols as she closes the chapter on her long and rewarding years as our chorus director. We celebrate her time with us and will never forget her musical knowledge, dedication, tenacity, enthusiasm and friendship!
Some past members were able to join us as well. Our favorite event planner, Jeannie Ganderton, decorated our rehearsal hall with the swan motif.
We will sorely miss Pam, but are happy to keep her in our chorus as an associate member!
We are back to in-person rehearsals at Limestone Presbyterian Church 3201 Limestone Road, Wilmington, DE 19808, from 7-9:30 pm.
All women who love to sing, harmonize and perform are enthusiastically invited to come join us! We do ask that you are vaccinated against Covid.
If you are interested in attending, please contact Diane at diamondstateC@gmail.com
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