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This week, the paperwork for new member Marlese came through, and we sang her in officially! We love to honor new members as they join the chorus... We've realized that occasionally paperwork goes astray, though, and members who have transferred from other choruses don't have the same paperwork flow that prompts our welcoming ceremony. So this week we made up for lost time, and officially welcomed Marlese, along with some other new-ish folks and some "transfer students" -- Warwick, John, C.C., Kristi, Mindy, and Frances! Our chorus is so much richer in the last year for all of this new energy -- welcome, singers!!

A group of SeaChordsmen were honored to attend the memorial service for Jean Osborn, the wife of former longtime SeaChordsmen member John Osborn.

The VLQ performed You've Got a Friend at the beginning of the service, and I Believe at the end of the service.

Our thoughts are with John and the whole family as they celebrate Jean and deal with their grief.

Getting a day's worth of Singing Valentine deliveries organized and ready to go is no small feat. This crew created products to order, took order details, scheduled both in-person and online deliveries, and managed the day-of logistics for the zoom-delivered Singing Valentines. This list is not a complete one, to be sure! Did I mention that the studio was set up to deliver Singing Valentines from 8am-8pm? Truly a herculean undertaking. Three HUGE cheers for this indefatigable squad, and thank you SO MUCH for making this great day possible for the valentine recipients and singers alike!

This week, the SeaChordsmen had the pleasure of having Donny Rose visit during rehearsal. Did we learn a tag or two? YES. Did we hear about Harmony Foundation International? YES. Did a lucky quartet get some coaching from Donny as we prepped for next week's Singing Valentines? YES. And did Donny come to afterglow and get some more singing in with us? YES.

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The chorus has gotten off to a rollicking start in 2023 -- we've had a board visioning meeting to plan for the next few years of chorus activity and leadership strategy; we've started tackling a dozen new songs for this years (pirate-themed!) Traveling Road-Show; and this last weekend, our directors took time to train some interested chorus members on best practices for being a section lead. We focused a lot on different methods for providing constructive, do-no-harm feedback to singers, along with modeling and building the kind of culture we want for the chorus.

It's inspiring to have so many great and committed singers on our team, and we're also VERY lucky to have such fantastic directors who share their knowledge with us and inspire us to help create our amazing chorus.