Sweet Adelines International 75th Jubilee Commemorative Album

1996 was a year of firsts! The Performers’ Seminar and Festival in St. Louis turned out to be a contest, despite the original rallying words: “It’s not a contest. It’s a festival.” The winners: newly formed Pride of Baltimore Chorus.

We realize now that no matter how hard we rehearse, or how many contests we enter, no one else will know who we are unless we are seen and heard by an audience. And whether that audience is in a 500-seat auditorium or a local restaurant, what we do is noticed. It had better be quality! –Vicki Mauck, member of Agoura Hills Harmony Chorus, January 1995 The Pitch Pipe

International Champions Chicago Fire Quartet and Rönninge Show Chorus represented us in the Ladies Association of British Barbershop Singers (LABBS) international contest in Cardiff, Wales, in 1996. Chicago Fire came in second in the quartet contest; Rönninge won the chorus contest.

1996 was the year the Harmony Heights Chorus in Region #32 (Sweden) became the first chorus to establish an online presence posting the first website for a chorus in our organization.

1996 was the year a Sweet Adelines International home page was established on the World Wide Web.

1997 Optional lighting packages approved for use during non-contest songs in performance packages.

1997 Potomac Harmony Chorus (Virginia, USA) sing for the (US Senator Bob) Dole Foundation's Annual Contributor Reception and Awards Ceremony.

1997 Dual membership option adopted.

1997 First boom camera at international competition.

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