Well, aren’t these a fine looking bunch… and oh my, could there be any more red???
I wish I knew how I came into contact with the Sweet Adelines, or Addies, for short… Maybe I answered an ad in the paper, it isn’t important but to know that in those ‘up north’ years, in spite of being involved in the worship team at church, I also spent a year with these girls just singing for fun.
I think it’s where I developed my love of Jazz standards, it’s certainly where I first heard “Java Jive (my favourite), Basin St Blues, San Francisco Bay Blues to name the 3 that spring easily to mind. We sang them. Yep, a whole bunch of girls belting out great songs dressed up to the ‘nines’ with nails and ‘big hair’ to match.
Maybe that gives away a little of why I only lasted a year…
The other reason I left was that things started to get busier with work and as I started preparing to move to Australia there just wasn’t enough time to rehearse as much as was required, to be available for fundraising and performing, and sometimes, just sometimes there was just a little toooo much estrogen…
I think very fondly of them, and having checked out their website in recent times I notice that there are still a couple of familiar faces, even 11 years later! In fact, having been involved with the Addies was more groundwork in setting me up for not only college but for this new choir Kirk and I have taken on.
It does the soul good to look back and see that past experiences aren’t wasted… they all have their place in the grand scheme of things…
Big hair notwithstanding… *wink*