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August 19, 2014 established the very first Barbershop Bootcamp hosted by Grand Harmony Chorus. It was a great way for our current members to relearn good vocal habits and educate potential members and guests about a cappella music, barbershop history and terms, riser placement, and choreography. We finished the education class, putting it all into practice, by learning and singing a new tag! Half a dozen women pre-registered for the boot camp and over double attended! It was great to share our risers with these enthusiastic women and we hope to see more of them soon.

We welcome all interested women to come to our open rehearsals on Tuesdays nights, 7PM - 10PM at Parkwood Mennonite Home, 726 New Hampshire Street in Waterloo. We love an audience but encourage participation!

What a fantastic weekend Grand Harmony Chorus had at the Total Woman Show on February 8 & 9, 2014 at the Bingemans Conference Centre. We had many women stop by our booth for a chance to win a Singing Valentine, get serenaded by some of our quartets, purchase mint smoothies to support our not-for-profit group, or make inquiries about our chorus. The ladies of GHC also surprised The Cocktail Deeva, the host of Ask the Man, by doing a singing flash mob on Saturday afternoon; what a surprise for the host and a very appreciative audience! Grand Harmony Chorus wants to thank Simon and the support team of the Total Woman Show for allowing us to perform on stage as well as around our booth.

The last week in January was designated Open House Week for choruses throughout the Sweet Adelines organization, and Grand Harmony Chorus was happy to participate in the event. The members had the opportunity to learn a brand new song along with their guests. By the end of an hour-long learning session within the different voice-part section rehearsals, the members came together and sang a full arrangement of the song "Fame!"

Guests joined in with all aspects of the evening, from vocal warmups to learning a tag, in addition to learning the new song. At the end of the evening they were treated to a short performance by the chorus, and finished the evening with some refreshments and socializing with other chorus members.

Grand Harmony Chorus held a very successful Christmas Cabaret this past Sunday afternoon at Elmira's Lions Hall. The chorus was pleased to introduce Chris Arnold, the chorus' new Musical Director, in his debut performance with them. He shared directing duties with Lisa Thompson, the chorus' previous Interim Director and current Assistant Director.

In addition to the chorus, there were also four quartets who performed throughout the show, adding their own unique spin on Christmas classics. With 14 of the 16 quartet members hailing from within the chorus, they demonstrated the depth of talent with the chorus.

See a video from the performance here.