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