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WINTER REGIONAL 2010 WITH INTERNATIONAL GUEST FACULTY
CHRIS NOTEWAREAND INCLUDING OUR OWN INTERNATIONAL
FACULTY – HEIDI ZACCHERA & LORRAINE BARROWS, OUR FABULOUS REGIONAL FACULTYAND A GUEST APPEARANCE BY THE STAGECOACHES (Jane Tamarkin, Gina Hodges, Karen Sweeters) AND … A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY REGISTERED QUARTET TO GET ONE HOUR OF COACHING IF SIGNED UP BY 12/15/09 (See
separate signup sheet posted on the website)
| Friday night: | | | | | | | | | | 7:30-9:00 | | Tag Choruses – Learn some tags & choreo – perform at RQA | Assistant Directors w/Chris Noteware | Directors Rap w/Julie
J | THIS CLASS BEGINS
AT 8:00Physical Expresssion –
Hodges: Understand this
subtle but powerful part of the Showmanship Category! | | 9:15 | | RQA CLUBHOUSE | | | | | | Saturday | | | | | | | | 8:45 –9:00 | | Physical Warm-ups | | | | | | 9:00 –9:15 | | Vocal Warm-ups | | | | | | 9:30 –
11:00 | | Know Your ABCs – Noteware: the differences between A, B & C level singing (based on the JCDB), using a demo
chorus | Mix n Match
Quarteting - Rourke | What’s So Funny? – Tamarkin: Finding the truth in comedy – a class that
defines and looks at comedy, esp as it relates to our chorus shows and packages | The Small But Mighty – Hodges: Being small can easily make you feel overpowered. See how characterization can make
you BIG. | Music Theory
II – MurrayEnharmonic tones, Types
of intervals in Major Scales , Perfect, Major, Augmented and Diminished Minor Scales and intervalsChord RecognitionChord Inversions. | | 11:15-12:15 | | All Aboard –
Noteware: Running a chorus takes everyone –how YOU make a difference | Choreo Creation – Mensing/Abraham: Create choreo to Tuxedo Junction (sheet music & 4-part to be posted on
website) | Technology – Samuels:Leveraging what you already have by using the technology out there
for chorus members and to reach the public. | The Secret Power of Self Esteem – Lipton-Dibner | Whose Song Is It Anyway? – Tamarkin: A hands-on class for defining and developing character | | Sing
Your Part Smart – Zacchera | DCP Prep – Jeffries: What the Directors Certification Program is all
about | | | |
| LUNCH12:301:45 | Meetings:Presidents/TCs – meeting with Chris
Noteware to talk about strategic planningDirectors/Faculty
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| 2:00-3:00 | | Craziness with Chris – Noteware: A class for section leaders | Sight Singing – Lorraine B: | Web Visibility – Mavros: Wondering how to improve your website rank on search
engines like Google & Yahoo? How to employ Search Engine Optimization & Marketing in your marketing
and web strategy. | A Reading from the Gospel of Sweet Adelines Int’l – Showmanship & Expression – Sweeters/Hodges: Here’s all you ever wanted to know
about these two categories from the JCDB (Judging Category Description Booklet) | The Truth About Stress – Lipton-Dibner: Things change- our bodies, our relationships and
our lives. Each change represents stress, and the more stress we have the more it impacts our emotional and physical health,
our choices, and our outcomes. This class will forever change how you see your body, your mind, your environment, your relationships,
your doctors and your life. | | How Barbershop is Built – Rochefort: This is for anyone interested in knowing more about how barbershop
chords work. Can include would-be arrangers or just singers interested in knowing how to recognize strong
bbshop chords in an arrangement. |
| 3:15
– 4:15 | | Show
Production & How to Make Money At It
– Noteware: Some practical advice and guidance from a director whose chorus used to make $700 on
shows and now clears $22,000 – a planned victory | Wood shedding – Bell: Learn to harmonize by ear | Don’t Be A Riser Potato – Stagecoaches: “I know all the notes, words and moves
… you mean there’s more? (With demo chorus) | DVD Review – Mensing: Review any video/dvd from RQA, competition, show,
etc. – chorus or quartet. | Inner Circle Rehearsal | | 4:30 – 5:30 | | On With the Show – Noteware: Planning and Staging a Show | DCP Testing | The Challenge of the Whiny Ballad –
Stagecoaches: Create the right scenario to put positive energy into a ballad (w/demo chorus) | Regional Songs – Zacchera | The Lead Part – the Easiest Part That’s Not – Benowitz: We’ll discuss vowels, resonance and forward motion.
All voice parts welcome. | | SHOW | | | Sunday | Steering Committee - Rockport | | 9:00 –10:30 | | Critical Listening – Noteware: Using volunteers for PVIs – interactive with audience | Arrangers Rap – Masterson: Implied Harmony & Substitute Chords | | |
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