Sweet Adelines International 75th Jubilee Commemorative Album

Why I Sing

In 1960, I joined Sweet Adelines. I love the harmony, the community, the sheer joy of making music with my friends. Over the years, there were times when I couldn’t sing for one reason or another, but I always came back. This “hobby” of ours means more to me than mere words could ever express. —Jacqui Payne, Region #25, member since 1960

It would be difficult for Sweet Adelines of today to realize that, as I stood there on that first day they named me president and looked at the small roomful of eager faces, I did not even know what I was expected to say. There were no rules, no by-laws, no procedure, and certainly no money, no executive secretary, no equipment, no beautiful headquarters. No nothin’! –Helen Seevers, first President of Sweet Adelines (The Pitch Pipe, Aug. 1960)

1958 Bylaw for exclusion of nonwhite members takes effect.

1958 Canadian member, Mary Boddington, elected to International Board of Directors.

1958 Headquarters moves to a house at 3321 E. 30th Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma (USA).

1958 The group now known as the Coronet Club is formed.

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