Congratulations to Cammi MacKinlay, Desert Sounds Chorus and Holiday Greetings from Alberta Gold.

Hi ladies of Region 26! It’s Fran Thorson here, and I'd like to introduce myself as the Region 26 representative for Sing Canada Harmony!

A less well-known opportunity for barbershop education is offered by Harmony College Northwest, located in Tacoma Washington.  The college was a dream of barbershoppers of Pacific Northwest who envisioned an annual fun weekend of education in singing skills and barbershop style.

What an experience!  And hard to believe that it is over already.  It seems like just yesterday that we were learning our contest songs and making the myriad other preparations for the competition.

As we stood there in the Calgary drizzle, draped in our Dollar Store rain gear and our snazzy new neck scarves, we were impervious to the cold and damp. We ARE Sweet Adelines and we were there to SING and share our love of Barbershop harmony.

Wow! What a showing in Region 26. Is it just me or did we see some amazing improvement this year? Region 26 is alive and well.

Before the results - let me touch on some highlights. Besides the sisterhood, the amazing boutique, the flawlessly run transportation, the friendly volunteers and the fantastic judging panel, here are some of my observations.