Sweet Adelines International 75th Jubilee Commemorative Album

Fun and Factoids: 1950s

When walking on or off [the stage], carry yourself like a queen. —1951 Convention Notebook The longer you are a barbershopper, the nuttier you get. —Sweet Adelines Parliamentarian Georgia Ortmann, 1950. Jewel King, bass of the Quarternotes, 1951 Champion Quartet, answers questions about her hobbies: • Horseback riding…until I got to feel sorry for the horse • Swimming. I’m a mess in a bathing suit, which dampens my enthusiasm some. • Singing. I’m still going strong on that! About Stage Presence (advice from the Quarternotes, Mississippi Misses and the Treble Tones), The Pitch Pipe, Sept. 1954: • “Above all, be happy! Enjoy what you are doing. Your enthusiasm will be contagious; the audience will enjoy you, too!” • “There is probably one clown in each quartette [cq], but it looks better if all join in the fun.” • “Sing the song. There won’t be time to think of ‘all those people out there’ in the audience. There’ll be no time for nervousness. If nervousness starts to take hold, think of the song.”

1950: Fourth national convention in Chicago, Illinois, (USA). A Sweet Adelines quartet performed on “Don McNeil’s Breakfast Club” radio program. 1951: National Treasurer stresses the importance of mailing membership lists and addresses in triplicate. 1955: More regions are “taking the plunge” into regional chorus competitions. 1956: Harmonize The World lyrics and music by Nancy Bergman copyrighted by Sweet Adelines, Inc . 1958: Region #5 chapters attend national convention as a combined chorus.

Husbands continued to struggle with the idea of their wives being out singing while their families ate sandwiches and casseroles.

It is a great organization to belong to, and the individual member makes it so. —Patchy Raught

1952 Brandon Chapter (Manitoba, Canada) charters & Sweet Adelines, Inc. becomes international.

1951 Faye Emerson has Treble Tones Quartet on one of her TV programs.

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