Thanksgiving brings feelings of gratitude for all we experience and share with each other at Pacific Edge Chorus, as well as gratitude for the place we live, the music we sing, and the friendships we enjoy with each other.

Pacific Edge Chorus was swept up into a spiral of activities and events in the last quarter of 2023 that carried us through into the New Year and set several of us down on the deck of a luxury cruise ship – top that wave!!

Like a gust of wind rushing through us, excitement builds, approaching the home stretch to the international contest stage in Louisville.

We want to express our gratitude to the women who produced and delivered Region #26, 2023 Convention and Competition in Saskatoon this spring. A huge job done well done – hats off to the Committee that made it happen after such a long drought.

No time was wasted getting together to develop a plan for the international stage in Louisville Kentucky this fall.

Imagination, Hope, and tenacity do make dreams come true. As we run down the list of events planned during the pandemic, and tick each item off, we believe our chorus is the epitome of that theory and we’re reminded that no matter what comes our way, if it were not for looking to tomorrow – we would not be ready when the sun finally shines.

Congratulations to our Directors, leaders, Arrangers, Fundraisers, Board of Governors, choreographers, and to many Committees - to the resilient members of our Pacific Edge Chorus for staying the course.

Knock us down and we'll just get up. Lock us in and we'll find a key. Hinder our plans we'll find a way, To keep our future full of harmony

It's been a hard road of education, over and above what any of us signed up for, but we are enriched because of it. We did it and we sang all along the way – which we believe is our saving grace.

2020 overflowed with news, information, unknowns, anticipation, rules and new survival skills. It beckoned us to reach deep inside for ideas on how to adapt to our new uninvited environment. We met the challenge – like as if it were a competition (true Sweet Adelines). Consequently, we learned again and that, dear regional sisters, is a goal achieved.

Pacific Edge Chorus realizes that our SAI sisters world-wide will be experiencing a variety of feelings during these serious, tragic times. Know that we all stand together. More than ever, taking a break from reality is crucial to our spirit as we navigate a day to day loop and loss created by our current restrictions, social unrest and media overload that has become part of our norm.

Just 11 days after completion of our ‘6-week Acapella Experience’ membership drive, we were introducing 7 new women to join us on the risers for the last 3 songs of our show.