Sweet Adelines International 75th Jubilee Commemorative Album

Why I Sing

Singing makes me happy (especially when it rings). With music being the universal language, it is the one thing that brings all people together, with the same understanding that we can, indeed, live together in peace. —Marcia Massey, Region #25, member since 1960

All events ticket books from the 17th and 18th Sweet Adelines Conventions.

1962 Headquarters building mortgage ceremoniously burned at National Installation luncheon (Toronto, Canada).

1961 Regions adopt uniform bylaws and hold elections for the first time.

1962 First all-Sweet Adelines International judging panel. (Toronto, Canada).

1963 Lana Clowes, a Canadian woman of color, denied membership due to race.

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