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A cappella Pandamonium Party Thank you to the 6 choruses and 13 quartets that performed - what a "chord ringing" evening. Stay tuned for the party photo album - coming soon! #rhythmoftherockies #choruslife #region26 (at McDougall United Church, Calgary)

What are YOUR favourite road trip songs? #rhythmoftherockies #region26 #barbershop #singing #yyc #yycliving (at Rozsa Centre)

Got your ticket yet? www.rhythmoftherockies.org #rhythmoftherockies #region26 #barbershop #singing (at Rozsa Centre)

Vox- Contestant #10- performing on April 28 at 8:17pm MST. Go Vox Go www.region26webcast.com #rhythmoftherockies #barbershop #region26 #singing #iamsweetadelines

No Strings- contestants #11- performing on April 28 at 8:28pm MST No Strings...No Strings...No Strings www.region26webcast.com #rhythmoftherockies #barbershop #region26 #singing #iamsweetadelines

Rhythm of the Rockies performing at the Harmony Extravaganza this week- wow! what a fun night! Calgary female a cappella choruses and quartets performing for each other- most of them preparing for the western Canada Region 26 competition in Surrey, BC on April 28 and 29. For live webcast information: www.region26webcast.ca. Photos: @stephb_yyc #region26 #rhythmoftherockies #barbershop

Director Spotlight- Rhythm of the Rockies Fifteen years strong Mary Hager "Music has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. Since I first understood the difference between melody and harmony it’s been harmony all the way so barbershop, 4-part a cappella music, had me hooked from the start. Standing in front of a choir waving a baton never appealed to me but watching good Sweet Adeline directors using their whole bodies to shape the music was a totally different thing. I’m sure I drove my first 2 directors to distraction with my desire to be up front. Imagine my surprise when I finally became a director and discovered that hand-waving is a very small part of the job! Like all of our members, I joined to sing and for 14 years I was on the risers and in quartets at rehearsal, in performance or on contest stage only taking breaks when the chorus did. And I loved it all. But the 17 years I’ve been a director of Rhythm of the Rockies have been the best of all. Taking this position was like finding a home that I didn’t know I was looking for. music – especially when there are barber-gasms involved, I love to teach and I love to learn. I’m so glad I found this art form!" #rhythmoftherockies #singing #barbershop #region26 #iamsweetadelines

Rhythm of the Rockies chorus - Fifteen years strong “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” Plato Rhythm of the Rockies started with just 7 women rehearsing in a basement! Eight months later, on April 16th 2002, it earned its charter as a chapter of Sweet Adelines International- a record speed at the time. By May of that year there were 31 members, ready to sing for the region at the 2002 Regional competition. In 2013, Rhythm met a long term goal of making it to International Competition. The chorus was thrilled to perform in the Harmony Classic Division AA competition, and was honored to win first place with the highest score in the competition’s history! In the past fifteen years, Rhythm of the Rockies has earned 20 medals and has competed internationally twice with a third time in Las Vegas this October 2017 competing against larger sized choruses. Rhythm of the Rockies has also written and produced a number of ground breaking and original full length shows with May 6 unveiling- Life is a Highway with guests Calgary’s own Heebee-jeebees and featuring Region 26 quartet champions No Strings. The chorus continues to write its own history as it grows and works toward new goals with the same spirit of enthusiasm and excitement with which it was founded fifteen years ago. #rhythmoftherockies #singing #region26 #barbershop #iamsweetadelines