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- SOMETHING IN THE AIR - Vocalescence annual show
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Date Posted: Sun, 24 Aug 2025“It always seems impossible until it doesn’t.”- Nelson Mandela
Putting on our annual show is always a rewarding, but mammoth task that takes months and months of planning and hard work to make this magic come to life. It takes a village and asks a lot of our members, but boy do we love to perform!
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- Retreat 2025
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Date Posted: Tue, 8 Apr 2025
Last weekend the Vocalescence ladies had their annual retreat.
With a few beautiful words from our TC Gill Morgan and some pictures for proof, here’s a little summary of our feelings…
“To our incredible song sisters, thank you for your courage, vulnerability, flexibility and adaptability… You have embraced new learning with open hearts, encouraged and inspired one another and motivated each one of us in ways words can scarcely express.
To all the individuals who stood in front of the chorus in any way this weekend, you were nothing short of fabulous!”
We were extremely lucky to have the amazing Kate Sinclair, director of the Waikato Rivertones Chorus coaching us this retreat and level up our competition package!
Absolute overwhelming gratitude goes out to our director extraordinare, Jen Irvine, we are the luckiest chorus in the world to have you at the helm showing us that together we are capable of creating amazing things!
6 weeks until we cross the stage in Hobart at the Sweet Adeline’s regional contest, and we can’t wait to show the world what Vocalescence is capable of!
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- Sweet Adeline of the Year 2024
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Date Posted: Sat, 27 Apr 2024

With many votes to her name, our very deserving Judi Kahler was announced our Sweet Adeline of the year 2024!
As a proud Vocalescence member since 2018, Judi lives and breathes our values of Dream, Inspire, Unite and Achieve.
Sweet Adelines and barbershop have been part of her world for her whole life and we are so happy to have her in our chorus and our lives.
Judi is always putting her hand up to help in any way she can, and we can not imagine our chorus without her. Not only is she an integral part of our Lead section, she is also a member of our music team as our Music Team Coordinator.
Congratulations Judi, so well deserved! We love you!
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- Sweet Adelines Australia representative
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Date Posted: Sat, 27 Apr 2024

So immensely proud and grateful to have our very own Sharon Cartwright on our team and representing Sweet Adelines Australia as the first ever Australian woman on a global scale!
Leading by example and sharing her wisdom, barbershop knowledge, harmony singing, leadership and so much more!
Sharon has been elected to the Executive Committee by the International Board of Directors - she will be the Secretary for the 2024-2025 financial year.
Sharon is the first Australian to be elected to the Executive Committee.
- Galentine's Day
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Date Posted: Mon, 19 Feb 2024

Valentine’s Day on rehearsal day was the perfect opportunity to celebrate Galentine’s with the girls! 
And to top it off, today marks the 13th anniversary of Vocalescence joining Sweet Adelines!

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- Sing & Sip
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Date Posted: Fri, 12 Jan 2024

Let's start off 2024 with a bang!!
Who's ready to sing and learn all about a cappella harmony singing?
Yes, Vocalescence would love YOU to join us, Saturday February 3rd for a free workshop morning packed with funtastic songs, vocal exercises and much more.
Free tickets via this link: https://www.trybooking.com/COKGL
Women all vocal ranges and abilities welcome, give yourself this awesome opportunity to learn a new skill or enhance your singing capabilities, by joining this fantastic group of ladies, and check out what we, Vocalescence, are all about!
Saturday February 3rd from 8.30am to 12.30pm at the Helensvale Library and Cultural Center, Corner of Lindfield Road and Sir John Overall Drive, Helensvale.
Bring a water bottle, wear comfy clothes and be ready to have the best time unlocking YOUR vocal superpower!
See you there! We can't wait!
With musical love, Vocalescence
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- Vocalescence Promo Video
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Date Posted: Sat, 6 Aug 2022
- Sweet Adelines Australia Competition 2022
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Date Posted: Tue, 21 Jun 2022

Medals
all round for our first Sweet Adelines Australia competition in 3 years. super congrats to our wonderful Side Hustle Quartet for their 5th place quartet placing. Well done to all the competitors especially our overall winners Brindabella Chorus and Debacle Quartet.
- Vocalescence Annual Awards Night 2022
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Date Posted: Tue, 21 Jun 2022

Recently, we took some time out to recognise each other and the effort that goes into making Vocalescence what it is:
Our Annual Awards Night is a great chance to look back on what we’ve achieved over the year and forward to making our future dreams happen.
Congrats to all of our Management and Music teams past and present and our award winners. We really couldn’t do it without everyone’s hard work. A special mention to Karen Healey, our Vocalescence Sweet Adeline of the Year for 2022.
A special shout out to our Team Co-ordinator Michelle McCuaig for organising this event, the wonderful Geoff Cartwright for His MC work, as always our wonderful Musical and Artistic Director Jen Granato Howson and the fabulously creative Lisa Poppins from Luna Salt for making our fab, personalised gifts!!!
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- Music Team Retreat 2022
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Date Posted: Tue, 21 Jun 2022

Investing in our team helps us all achieve more; so, recently our music team spent some time together to enhance their knowledge and plan for our upcoming repertoire- they even found some time to sing for the PNG Rugby team!! Way to go, girls! 🎵🎶
- Sweet Adelines Australia Director's School
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Date Posted: Tue, 21 Jun 2022

More investment in our learning last weekend as our Directing team Jen Granato Howson and Elizabeth Isdale attended the Sweet Adelines Australia Director’s School. Our very own Bass Section Specialist and Regional Education Faculty member Sharon Cartwright also led a session on leadership.
And they even managed to pick up our certificates and medals from this years comp. Eek! So exciting! Glad you had a good time ladies and can’t wait for you to share what you learnt.
- Barbershop Harmony Australia Competition 2022
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Date Posted: Sun, 8 May 2022What a great day competing live again, and for the first time as a Barbershop Harmony Australia chorus, yesterday. We were very happy with our score and in taking out the first Women’s category TROPHY for the Sunshine Region.

Thanks for hostingthe event The Blenders Chorus and super well done to our quarteters Side Hustle Quartet and Luminous Quartet, who both qualified for Nationals later this year!
Finally, an awesome 'Well done!' to our Bass Section specialist Sharon, and the Luminous Ladies for their Women's quartet win AND second place overall- you rock!!
- More about us
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Date Posted: Tue, 14 Apr 2020

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