Crosstown Harmony Chorus was invited back for its second year in a row to help bring the music of the season to San Camillo during their Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony. It was a jolly good time!
This holiday season Crosstown Harmony Chorus is bringing the music of the season to communities throughout Wisconsin. We just love sharing our medley of heartwarming music to people who otherwise may not able to get out and experience a quality performance like a Crosstown performance. We were honored to perform for the veterans and staff members at the VA Medical Center on November 28th who seemed equally delighted with the show. The Milwaukee VA Medical Center offers a variety of health services to meet the needs of our nation's Veterans and we hope to be invited back again soon!
Crosstown Harmony had a great time performing at the Christkindlmarket Mass on November 20th at Best Place. The Historic Pabst Brewery and Mader’s Restaurant partnered to create an authentic German Christkindlmarket that ran from Thursday, November 17 through Sunday, November 20 in downtown Milwaukee, admission was free.
Food and beverages included a variety of items such as schnitzel, sauerbraten, strudel, bratwursts, potato pancakes, pretzels, soups, roasted nuts, stollen, hot chocolate & Gluhwein (hot spiced wine). Of course, there was an assortment of German beer including Spaten varieties of which our chorus had to try a few ourselves. Crosstown members had a blast at this event and hope you will check it out next year, this is one event you won't want to miss!
The success of many artistic endeavors often depends on the generosity of its supporters. We host numerous fundraisers each year to reach our goals. Two such fundraisers include selling Pizzas and Nuts. Saturday Crosstown members came together to assemble these goodies. It was a day filled with music, laughter and fun. Thank you to everyone who purcahsed and participated!
Crosstown Harmony Chorus was delighted to entertain the residents of Village at Manor Park on Tuesday evening. The audience really loved our holiday selections and we loved sharing the joy with them. VMP Healthcare & Community Living has a long history of providing quality of life to a diverse community of people at various stages. Interested in the services they provide? Visit their website http://vmpcares.com/
Crosstown Harmony welcomed special guest coaches Karen Sweeters and her sister Gina Kaiser to share their knowledge and skills in barbershop during our semi-annual weekend retreat. With over 35 years in Sweet Adelines International, Karen has gone from singing "on the risers" to directing Harmony on the Sound, 15 time North Atlantic Region 1 Champions, located in Trumball, Conneticut. She's also a Certified Judge in the Expression Category and has escalated to the top level of Sweet Adelines musicianship as a Master Director. Gina Kaiser is a Visual Specialist, Choreographer and Showmanship Judge extraordinaire. Together these two led a great weekend filled with learning and fun!
Crosstown Harmony Chorus formed 65 years ago and shows no signs of slowing down. We've laughed, loved and made beautiful music. This chorus is more than a group of singers, it's a group of extraordinary, hard working women committed to musical excellence through education, performance and competition in the Barbershop style. But perhaps most importantly, we're a group of friends, a sisterhood bound by music. Here's to 65 more!
(pictured above: for our final number we invited all our fellow Sweet Adelines in the audience on stage to perform "How We Sang Today" with us. Once a Sweet Adeline, always a Sweet Adeline!)
What a show! We are thrilled that everyone enjoyed our fall cabaret "Come Go With Me", featuring the silky jazz tones of our Special Guest Star - Heart to Heart
The audience sang, laughed, won fantastic raffle prizes, but most of all had a great time. Thank you to all who attended, we look forward to seeing you at the next show!
Crosstown Harmony Chorus performed on Saturday, September 3rd at the Vietnam Moving Wall Memorial in Germantown. We were honored to be invited to share this beautiful tribute and to welcome home our heroes. We, non-military, are reminded That Freedom is not free, it comes at a price. And that price is written on this Wall.
Made possible by the Germantown American Legion Post 1, The Vietnam Moving Wall™ (TMW) was on display at Kennedy Middle School athletic field September 1-5. The Moving Wall™ is a half-size replica of the Washington, DC Vietnam Veterans Memorial and has been touring the country for 30-plus years. There are 58,307 names on this wall. 14 of those names are from Washington County.
Sweet Adelines International is always offering continued education so the members of Crosstown Harmony were happy to send our director to the 2016 Directors Seminar. It was an exciting and intensive two-day educational event for frontline directors. On Friday, the curriculum featured a full day of rotating level workshops, in which each faculty member each taught one topic, rotating through each chorus level during the day. That meant all levels received equal time with each of the amazing faculty! On the second full day of open sessions, guest faculty Dr. Jim Henry, along with a roster of world-class Sweet Adelines teaching faculty, shared their knowledge and expertise on topics ranging from conducting to kinesthetics, to expressive singing and effective interpretive plans.
