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A Cappella Youth Harmony Festival
The Harmony Line Chorus of the Barbershop Harmony Society, and the Greater Harmony Chorus of Sweet Adelines International will sponsor a FREE a cappella singing festival on Saturday, October 5, 2013. The Festival will be held at Glade Run Presbyterian Church, 1091 Pittsburgh Rd. (Rt. 8) Valencia, PA 16059. The hours will be from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. The choruses are excited to sponsor this free, first ever in the area, barbershop singing workshop for all music educators, and young men and women ages 13 and older.
We will also provide vocal Instruction from professional, certified, qualified barbershop clinicians, music, learning tracks, lunch and a Festival T-Shirt! This workshop is not a recruitment tool for the sponsoring choruses. Our purpose is to share an a cappella experience with these young students and show them that singing and harmony are lifetime pleasures.
Please contact Donna Knapp, Festival Coordinator: email is dgknapp@comcast.net; home phone 412-828-3822, or cell phone 412-303-2741.
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The Barbershop Harmony Society, legally and historically named the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. (SPEBSQSA), is the first of several organizations to propote and preserve barbershop music as an art form. The organization was founded in 1938 and quickly grew. Just under 25,000 men in the United States and Canada are members of the Society.
Sweet Adelines International was founded in 1945. There are nearly 23,000 members worldwide and is one of the world’s largest singing organizations for women. There are chartered chapters located in Australia, Canada, England, Finland, Germany, Japan, new Zealand, Scotland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Wales, and most of the 50 states in the United States. The motto of Sweet Adelines is “Harmonize the World.” Sweet Adelines International is an organization of women singers committed to advancing the musical art form of barbershop harmony through education, competition and performances.
