Lorraine B. Barrows
632 Branch Rd
Wells, ME 04090

lbisok@aol.com

Arranger

Chapter
Class Topic: Understanding the Big Picture of Sweet Adelines International
Class Title: What is In It For Me?
Class Time: 1 Hour
Description of Class: Know how you and your local chorus relate to all the offerings of the international organization. Learn what is available for resources, who is available to help, what programs and opportunities exist, how you can take advantage of all the exceptional educational and social opportunities offered.

Creativity
Class Topic: Understanding the Contemporary Barbershop World
Class Title: Not Your Grandfather or Grandmothers Barbershop
Class Time: 1 Hour
Description of Class: Video examples and live demonstrations illustrate the adaptation of a variety of musical styles into the a cappella barbershop exhibited by choruses today. This class is particularly suited to new Sweet Adelines and to outside audiences.

Directing
Class Topic: Director Education - Rehearsal Planning
Class Title: What is Happening
Class Time: 1 Hour
Description of Class: Incorporate variety and accomplishment in each evenings rehearsal through effective planning. Keep the various learning styles satisfied while maintaining an atmosphere of support and enthusiasm. teach all the time, by designing your activities to build on what they know, while enforcing new skills.

Class Topic: Director Education
Class Title: Music Team Workshop
Class Time: 1 Hour to an Entire Day - Adaptable
Description of Class: Develop plans for the creative use of all individual talents on your music team to strengthen the weekly rehearsals and relieve some of the demands on the director. identify strengths and interests and encourage the development of assistant directors, section leaders, tape checkers and vocal coaches within your chorus.

Class Topic: Director Education
Class Title: Help! I am a New Director!
Class Time: 1 Hour to a Full Day

Membership
Class Topic: Motivation and Membership Appreciation
Class Title: Accentuate the Positive
Class Time: 1 Hour
Description of Class: Keep chorus members challenged, rewarded and happy to avoid membership decline and to keep people singing. Identify the driving forces behind your individual choruses and cater to their desires while involving them in meaningful music making. Make it fun, make it educational, and make it yours!

Class Topic: Membership
Class Title: Open and Affirming - of all ages
Class Time: 1 Hour
Description of Class: Discover what you and your chorus may be doing unintentionally that excludes potential members of a variety of ages, races, educational backgrounds and religions from joining you. Seek a new approach to membership through your attitude, image, music choice, performance emceeing, rehearsal location and other contributing factors.

Quartet
Class Topic: Quartet Coaching
Class Title: Quartet Coaching
Class Time: 1 Hour
Description of Class: Receive general coaching for your quartets or YWIH quartets, either as a demonstration quartet in front of a class or privately.
Class Topic: Vocal Production
Class Title: Sing Out, Louise!
Class Time: 1 Hour
Description of Class: Use a seminar song to strengthen individual voice techniques by addressing common problems and/or goals. Work to enhance the unit sound through the basics of breath management, support, focus, blend and tuning.

Regional

Teaching

Vocal
Class Topic: Sight Singing Skills
Class Title: the Think System or You have to Hear it to Sing it
Class Time: 1 Hour
Description of Class: participate in a collection of games, rhythm chants, exercises and interval routines to build your sight singing skills, tuning and accuracy.
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lass Topic: vocal Warm Ups
Class Title: The Best Part of the Night!
Class Time: 1 Hour
Description of Class: Have fun warming up your voice with a collection of exercises and games while understanding what each exercise is created to accomplish and how it relates to the music you are rehearsing.

Class Topic: Vocal Coaching
Class Title: PVI
Class Time: 20 min. per voice
Description of Class: Receive individual vocal coaching tailored to your skills and goals.

Class Topic: Vocal Production - Basses
Class Title: The Wide Mouthed Bass
Class Time: 1 Hour
Description of Class: Use a seminar song to work on the unique characteristics of the bass part. Sing out with confidence and attention to th

Young
Class Topic: Young Women in Harmony support for Sweet Adeline Choruses
Class Title: Getting Started with Young Women in Harmony
Class Time: 1 Hour
Description of Class: Using the YWIH Guide for Chapters, learn effective methods for starting YWIH programs at the local level, approaching school departments, knowing what is appropriate and where to find help in starting choruses, quartets and/or festivals.

Class Topic: Organizing music Festivals for youth and/or adults
Class Title: Festivals 101
Class Time: 1 Hour
Description of Class: step-by-step details for organizing an invitational festival, either for Young Women and Young Men in Harmony, or for an exchange of performances among several community groups.

Class Topic: YWIH Chorus
Class Title: YWIH Chorus Rehearsal and Performance
Class Time: Full Day
Description of Class: Participate in a full day of rehearsal with other middle school, high school and/or college-aged singers in preparation for a public appearance. The