City of the Hills Chorus

About Us

City of the Hills Chorus is a group of women of all ages and all walks of life who meet once a week because we LOVE to sing. We chartered with Sweet Adelines International in 1985. We sing four-part harmony in the barbershop style and offer entertainment in the Oneonta/Cooperstown area singing modern show tunes, ragtime toe-tappers, pop tunes, and old favorites.

The chorus and quartets have performed for business and social organizations, nursing homes, Oneonta's First Night and other community events. We have had our own show every other year, often featuring guest quartets. A favorite annual activity is surprising lucky recipients with singing Valentines at such places as restaurants, offices, homes, hospitals, and businesses...any where and everywhere...once even at the half-time of a basketball game!

We work to improve our craft through regular rehearsals and special coaching sessions, and participation in music conference weekends. A highlight each year is the regional competition held in the Civic Center in Syracuse each April.

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About Sweet Adelines

Sweet Adelines is an international organization of women whose purpose is to teach the American folk art of singing four-part harmony in barbershop style, and through performances, to encourage appreciation of the tradition of that music. It started with a small group of women over 50 years ago in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It has grown into a non-profit organization of more than 600 chapters with over 30000 women throughout the United States and 11 countries. Choruses range in size from 20 to 180 and are encouraged to form quartets within their organization.

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Visit Us!

We welcome women over 18 to come for an evening and join in the fun of singing four-part harmony. We meet at 7:00 at the First United Presbyterian Church, 381 Main Street, Oneonta (the church with the red doors next to Friendly's). It is suggested to call Joanne at 267-4718 because we don't meet on some holidays that are celebrated on Monday.

Come...sing...& see what Sweet Adelines is all about!

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Join Us!

Our rehearsals are every Monday from 7:00 to 9:30 pm at the First United Presbyterian Church, 381 Main Street, Oneonta, New York.

Membership is open to women, age 18 and over. If you like to sing, we would welcome you to try singing four-part harmony with us. The ability to read music is helpful but not necessary because we use learning tapes for new music. For more information contact Joanne, 267-4718.

Ask any Sweet Adeline about what she likes about our organization and she will tell you---it's the fun and the camaraderie. We work at our craft---but it's fun! !

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Hire Us!

Have a special event coming up? Hire the chorus or a quartet and celebrate it with music. If you would like to have us perform for your club or organization, please call Joanne at 267-4718.

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Upcoming
Events

Sunday, April 25	We will perform in the Oneonta Hunger Benefit Concert which will be held at the First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut Street in Oneonta at 4:00 p.m. The lineup will feature musical groups City of the Hills Sweet Adelines, Redeeming Love, Just Throw Money, Roundhouse Rockers, and the Catskill Chamber Singers. This concert is sponsored by the Oneonta Hunger Task Force and will benefit the food pantries and feeding programs (Lord's Table, Saturday's Bread, Salvation Army, St. Mary's Food Pantry). This event is free, donation requested.
Saturday, May 22	We will sing at the Gilmore Nursing Home, 88 Calvary Drive, Norwich at 4:00 p.m. The public is invited to this free performance.
Friday, June 11	We will perform at the Relay for Life program at 6:20 p.m. in Fortin Park, Oneonta. The Relay for Life event, which is sponsored by the American Cancer Society, takes place from 6:00 p.m. Friday night to 9:00 a.m. Saturday morning. Relay For Life is a fun-filled overnight event designed to celebrate survivorship and raise money for research and programs of your American Cancer Society. During the event, teams of people gather at the park and take turns walking or running laps. Each team tries to keep at least one team member on the track at all times. There is live entertainment for all ages, competitive team activities all night long and a special luminary ceremony to honor those with cancer. There is no admission charge.
Wednesday, July 14	We are pleased to perform again for the Sidney Summer Concert Series which holds free weekly events. Our program is from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. in the pavilion area of the Sidney Walking Trails.
Thursday, July 15	Tonight we are singing in Unadilla in front of the Village Public Library, 193 Main Street from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m as part of the Unadilla Free Concert Series.
Saturday, July 17	At the Oneonta Stallions Opening Game, we will sing the National Anthem at 7:25. The game is at Hartwick College's Wright Stadium, Oneonta, between the Stallions and the Amsterdam Zephyrs. Game time is 7:30.
Wednesday, August 4	Our performance is in Gilbertsville at the Major's Inn from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Throughout the summer "Music at the Major's" offers free weekly performances by an eclectic assortment of artists, who perform outdoors on the lawn, or inside the spacious hall.
Friday, August 6	We will be singing at the Otsego County Fair, Morris, in Floral Hall at 6:00 p.m. There is no admission fee to our performance, but an admission is charged at the gate to enter the fair.
Sunday, August 15	We will perform at Pathfinder Village, Route 80, Edmeston, at 2:30 pm. The public is invited to this free performance.
Saturday, September 25	City of the Hills presents our show "Sounds of Silver" to celebrate our 25th year as a chapter of Sweet Adelines International. Showtime is 3:00 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, Oneonta. More details to come at a later date.

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Our Quartets

Euphoria

L to R:
   Tenor: Flora Beth Cunningham
                 Bass: Liz Moeller
                             Lead: Linda Allen
                                         Baritone: Elaine Mattice

To contact Euphoria for your special event,
call 432-8054.

UpScale

Front:
Baritone: Joanne Burdick Bass: Sue Dana-LeViness

Back:
Tenor: Kate Brooker Milano Lead: Carol Wood

To contact UpScale for your special event,
call 278-6369

Four of Hearts

Front:
Lead: Dorcas Ross Baritone: Jan McGrath

Back:
Tenor: Kate Brooker Milano Bass: Karen Adolfsen

To contact Four of Hearts for your special event, call 433-2461

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Our Leadership Team

Our Director

Our Director Flora Beth Cunningham

Flora Beth Cunningham has been directing the chorus since 1987and has been with Sweet Adelines International since 1980. She is a native of Philadelphia and is a retired professor of Fashion Merchandising at the State University in Oneonta. She has also taught at the University of Connecticut and Rutgers University in New Jersey. As director of the chorus, she gets no opportunity to sing, but fulfills that desire by singing tenor in the quartet Euphoria.

Our Leadership Team for '09-'10

Bettie Bennett: Co-President

Mary Johnson-Butler: Co-President

Carol Wood: Secretary

Dorcas Ross: Treasurer

Karen Adolfsen

Joy Sanders

Kate Brooker Milano

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Our Members


Tenors Kate Brooker Milano * Rosemary Mirabito		Baritones Connie Herzig Jan McGrath * Jo Melmer Joanne Burdick Pam Wightman Elaine Mattice Bettie Bennett
Leads Carol Wood * Donna Fornito Dorcas Ross Kathy Polley Pat Ashe Linda Allen Joy Sanders		Basses Liz Moeller Mary Johnson-Butler Sue Dana-LeViness * Karen Adolfsen

*Section Leaders

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Links

Sweet Adelines International (http://www.sweetadelineintl.org)
Lake Ontario Region 16 (http://www.saregion16.com)
http://www.harmonize.ws/links/
http://www.spebsqsa.org

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