Lizzie Green's blog

We are pleased to return to an in-person convention this year in beautiful Daytona Beach.  Non-members are asked to contact a chapter directly for friends and family protocols for attendance details.

Please be sure to mark your calendars for our upcoming virtual leadership conference, “Silver Linings – Lessons Hope and Harmony” on June 12^th!  This fun and informative day is open to all members.  This workshop is intended to inspire and inform both existing musical and administrative leaders as well as provide some training and info to those who may be interesting in taking on a leadership role.

The morning sessions are together, and the afternoon features parallel tracts just like an in-person workshop.  You can pick your classes on the fly!  Register HERE.  Zoom details will be sent closer to the event date.

Coastal Harmony Region 9 fully supports the Sweet Adelines International Guiding Principles which promote inclusivity and reject discrimination in any form.  We are formalizing our pledge in the following statement:

"Coastal Harmony Region 9 stands against racism, bigotry, and prejudice of any kind.  We stand with our friends in the Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) community.  We recognize our organization’s responsibility to acknowledge that the barbershop style of music has roots in the African American culture. We also acknowledge the role that barbershop music has played in contributing to institutional racism.  We are committed to learning from the past and to moving forward with resolve.  

We are excited to announce the details of our 2020 educational workshop "All In The Family"!  Start the decade off right with this exciting event to be held at the Marriott Lake Mary.  The registration fee is waived for all Coastal Harmony members!  See all the details for the event here.

New Orleans, LA hosted in the Sweet Adelines International Convention and Contest September 16-21, 2019.  Coastal Harmony Region 9 was very well represented in both the quartet contests as well as the chorus contests!  Congratulations to all competitors!

We are over the moon for our very own 2018 Regional Champions VIVA! who sailed to victory and are the newest International Queens of Harmony!  Local members Gina Baker, lead and Chris DeRosa, baritone (Toast of Tampa Show Chorus) and featuring Sweet Adelines International President, Patty Cobb-Baker on tenor and Peggy Jones (Carolina Harmony) on bass.  Congratulations ladies we couldn't be prouder!