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SeaChordsmen rehearsals -- guests and fun!

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We've been having some great rehearsals lately -- we made good progress in the run-up to our competition in late October, and we did great there, making our directors very proud. We've had a bunch of different guests over the last handful of weeks, and have started working on holiday songs, too. There's so much going on and it's all fun and interesting, and every week is exciting!

Two of the guests in this photo from just a couple of weeks ago have since joined, so they're not all guests anymore. Welcome to the fold, Warwick and Konstantin!

One of our recent topics of focus was preparing for Seattle Sings, which is coming up this weekend. Here we are shaking the dust off of Rhythm of Love, which will be one of our four performance pieces for that event:

The run up to District Competition - chorus edition

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It's been three years since the last time the Evergreen District competition took place, and we got to join together as choruses to sing. The photo above is from the last district competition in Spokane in 2019. Needless to say, we're all very to finally be back to an in-person barbershop competition! The first round of the quartet competition is in the books -- congratulations to the three SeaChordsmen-affiliated quartets who competed on Friday evening! Now it's time for the chorus competition. Best of luck to the other choruses from around the northwest as they perform. Tickets are still available: https://evgdistrict.com/2022-district-convention/

The run up to District Competition - quartet edition

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We're so excited to finally be back to an in-person barbershop competition! This weekend (October 21-22), choruses and quartets from around the northwest will convene in Federal Way to compete together for the first time in three years. We've been working on our songs for a long time and are excited to get together to celebrate!

The SeaChordsmen have three chorus-affiliated quartets competing in this year's contest. Top of the Hill is pictured above. Another is Mirth:

And finally the newest quartet, the Post-It Notes:

Queen Anne Farmers Market

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Last night we performed our final Traveling Road Show of the season on the main stage at the Queen Anne Farmers Market. The weather was perfect and we had a blast singing to lots of families and other folks from the community.

We'll be offering a Traveling Road Show again next year; let us know if you have questions about hiring us to perform for you! (https://seachordsmen.org/hire_us)

Yet another incredible coaching session with Rob Mance

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We had such a great time working with Rob last week! Yes, it's contest season, and we're prepping our two contest songs for the Evergreen District competition on October 22. Rob gave us some great stuff to work on...

The chorus should not fall below "the Mel line!" Yes, we are so lucky to have an incredibly expressive co-director giving us great guidance on being as expressive as possible, and if we reflect even half as much enthusiasm and dynamic energy back at her, we will be so compelling!
Our directors each got some good feedback, too, on making sure they're doing all they can to wring the best possible performance from the chorus!

It's always a delight to have Rob join us. Until next time!

Singing a tag with our guest, Jeff!

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If we've said it once, we've said it a million times... There's not much we love more than singing a tag with a guest. Here's Jeff singing lead last night on When Happy Little Bluebirds Fly -- we hope to see him next week!

Come join us some Tuesday evening and sing a tag with us!

(The attached image is what we look like as we prepare to sing a tag! All the thinking...)

A big welcome to Donovan!

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The SeaChordsmen were super happy to officially welcome Donovan to the chorus! He's been singing with us for a few months, but now it's official. Here we are "singing him in:"

Please join us in welcoming this fantastic lead to our chorus!

Ho Ho Ho!

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How early does a chorus need to start prepping Christmas songs in order to be ready to present a polished holiday concert in December? Here's a clue from our September 6 rehearsal:

The Traveling Road Show

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The SeaChordsmen's first Traveling Road Show is in the books! We were so happy to perform for a delightful crowd at Mirabella!

The weather was perfect.

Here's a clip of some of us warming up before the show:

SeaChordsmen Summer Picnic

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Three cheers to Pete and Jim for hosting the chorus - and their charming neighbors - for our annual summer picnic. Delicious food, perfect weather, a beautiful backyard to hang out with, and music. We had so much fun!

Did we take the opportunity to sing (almost) every song we possibly could? YES. Did Elizabeth take the opportunity to turn the gathering into a bonus rehearsal? YES! Video evidence can be found at the bottom of this post.