The Dapper Dames

Only a handful of weeks left until New Orleans, and our competitor profiles move from quartets to choruses. Plus we have another edition of Dapper Games!

We’re home from the Region 21 summer regional event (Camp Orange Blossom) with stories to share! Listen as we discuss what information we took away from the weekend, and find out what it was like for Janelle’s quartet to be coached by Kim Vaughn AND Sharon Babb in the same weekend. And we continue on our journey to learn about this year’s international quartet competitors.

Region 21’s summer regional is almost here and we can’t wait to try new things with our double quartet. Plus, what songs has barbershop ruined for YOU? Janelle shares her number one pick. As usual, we bring you another handful of quartets with fun facts and interesting backgrounds.

There was so much gorgeous singing and ringing at the BHS convention in Salt Lake City! We cover some key highlights and favorite moments. We also cover quartet contestants 22-28 for the upcoming Sweet Adelines competition in New Orleans.

The Barbershop Harmony Society convention and competition is happening this week in Salt Lake City and we have another set of New Orleans quartet competitors to tell you about. Plus, a few words on audience participation at contests.

This week we cover 7 more quartets who will be competing in New Orleans. Most of these quartets sent us emails, which we’re thrilled about! They told us about yoga, crickets, porch shows, and more…you’ll definitely want to tune in for this one. Also, we discuss the ups and downs of bringing back chorus repertoire from many years ago.

We’ve moved into the quartet competitors for New Orleans this week and are so thrilled to have emails from so many quartets! Also, in our own region, we have an educational weekend coming up. What are YOUR regional education events like? Tell us about them in the comments!

We learn even MORE things about the overlap between the Harmony Classic and the chorus semifinals in terms of competitor movement. There’s an announcement from BHS concerning the inclusion of mixed and women’s quartets and choruses at their international competitions. Plus a little quartet you may have missed: Czech It Out!

Welcome to our first episode on the road to New Orleans! From here until September, we’ll be covering each competitor so you learn a little about all the quartets and choruses that have qualified. We also play a brand new game where you might be yelling the answer at your car stereo or computer while listening.

This is the final regional recap of 2019 before we begin looking toward New Orleans and covering all the competitors that will cross the stage! We also discuss our experience with the process of giving feedback on new chorus songs and some advice for “backseat” vocal coaches.