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We love our directors! North Pacific Region 13 and Sweet Adelines International realize the constant challenges directors face. We
encourage you to take advantage of the many resources that are
available to you at both levels.
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Coaching and Educational Opportunities Here are some dates for educational opportunities--such as SET and IES--you may wish to participate in, as well as observable chapter coaching sessions. The coaching
sessions have been opened to you by the chorus directors involved.
You are encouraged to get in touch with the contact listed to get
last-minute scheduling information and to see if the observation
is limited to directors or is open to your music staff and/or
general membership.
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(Top of page) Directors Certification Program The Directors Certification Program (DCP) is Sweet Adelines International's educational home-study program using modules designed to develop skills for directors, potential directors, and musical leaders. Much of the information contained within the DCP Resource Modules is useful for ALL chorus members. For more information about DCP in Region 13, contact Karen Leet (907-745-8371). Congratulations to our 2007 recipient: Lucy Heinkel (Rolling Hills). Currently, the following front-line directors of
Region 13 choruses are certified by Sweet Adelines International.
Master Directors (*) have achieved a score above 600 points at
competition:
In addition, these assistant and associate directors, as well as "regular ol' members", have also been certified in the program:
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(Top of page) Forward Motion Newsletter Forward Motion is sent quarterly to directors of Sweet Adelines International choruses and to all members of the DCP. Links are listed below for your convenience. Newsletters are Acrobat (PDF) files; for more information about Adobe Acrobat, click here.
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Directors' Toolkit SAI's Education Department has started assembling a list of resources appropriate to a "Directors Tool Kit". Below is a list of resources available through International sales and recommended as a basic tool kit for all front-line directors and their music staffs. The list will be updated and items added through the Forward Motion newsletter. Your "basic" tool kit should contain these items:
Other materials helpful for you to save and have on hand include copies of the Forward Motion Newsletters, the Betty Clipman Vocal Production Series currently running in The Pitch Pipe, a 2004 IES CD-ROM with class handouts and faculty résumés, and books and videos reviewed through the Resource Review Team and published in the Forward Motion Newsletter. To order any of the above materials, or to see a complete list of educational materials offered by Sweet Adelines, click here. |
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(Top of page) Looking for an arranger? Need a coach? Want to know when and where the 2007 competition is? Here are some links to sites with pertinent information for directors.
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