Rhythm of the Rockies

General Updates

Oct 22

It’s official! Our director, Jo Killips, received her Certificate of Achievement for Master Director in the mail!

In July, our director, Jo Killips, assistant director, Jen Auld-Roach, and visual leaders Michelle Vickers and Lauri Thompson Walters attended the DVLS Directors and Visual Leaders Seminar in Tulsa. They blown away by the learning experience and brought back so many learning tools for our chorus.

Summer break kicked off with our chorus potluck party and it rained. There was plenty of food to go around and were entertained by two awesome quartets, Complements and On Another Note.

The Calgary Barbershop Community came together on June 12 for the first time since 2019 with a multi chorus event, “Harmony Takes Flight” at The Hanger Museum. There were multiple choruses and quartets there from the Calgary area and they sang their hearts out.

In July, August and September we had 2 open rehearsals, 1 open house and one open audition. Through all of that we gained 5 new members.

We are getting ready to cheer on Glisten as they are contestant #10 in Kansas City for Internationals. We are excited and will be hosting a watch party at rehearsal that evening. Good luck to all competing Choruses and Quartets, especially from Region 26!

We just had another coaching session with Anne Downton as we have begun our preparations for contest next year. It is always a pleasure to have Anne here sharing her extensive knowledge and helping us on our journey to contest.

Christmas is around the corner and of course we will be out and about in the community sharing our Christmas spirit and our songs once again. On December 7/24 we will be joining Acapella Road, the Men’s Barbershop Chorus, in a performance “One Starry Night”. The proceeds from this goes to the Calgary Food Bank, so we hope that everyone in Calgary and area will be able to join us for this special performance.

We are looking forward to this holiday season and our exciting journey to contest!