Sweet Adelines Inc. Regina Chapter, 1962-2005

Corporate body

Sweet Adelines Inc. Regina Chapter, 1962-2005

• Regina Chapter, Sweet Adelines Incorporated
• Regina Chorus, Sweet Adelines Incorporated
• City of the Plains Chorus of Sweet Adelines International

1962-2005

The Regina Chorus, Sweet Adelines International was informally established in Regina, Saskatchewan in October, 1962. An organizational meeting was attended by wives of men belonging to a barbershop-style chorus, who were interested in forming a similar chorus for women. The female chorus held its first practice on January 13, 1963 with twelve members and Director Harry Lester present. The chorus received its membership charter from Sweet Adelines Incorporated on March 17, 1964. Harry Lester stayed on as Director until October, 1967 when he retired for health reasons. His replacement was Ken Holzer who would continue as Director until his retirement in December, 2003.

Under Holzer's direction, the Regina Chorus performed at various local engagements and community events, at its annual shows, and at regional competitions throughout western Canada and, until 1981, the north-western United States. The Regina Chorus hosted regional competitions in 1978, 1984 and 1992. A number of barbershop quartets were also formed from members of the Regina Chorus including in early years the Overtones, the Prairieaires, the Novatones, and in later years Blue Sage and Uptown. Membership in the Chorus held between thirty and fifty singers during this period; however, membership began to decline in the early 2000s.

Chorus member Hazel MacMurchy became Co-Director in 2003 and Director of the Chorus in 2004. That year, the Chorus also applied to Sweet Adelines International for the name of the Chorus to be amended to City of the Plains Chorus. The name change officially took effect on July 1. Membership had declined to less than fifteen members and existence under the new chorus name would be short-lived. At a special meeting held on October 26, 2004, members present voted in favour of a proposal to disburse the chorus' physical assets and dissolve the City of the Plains Chorus of Sweet Adelines International. The Chorus hosted a Retirement Tea on January 23, 2005, attended by past and present members, which celebrated the forty years of the Regina Chorus. Formal dissolution under the Non-Profit Corporations Act, 1995 took place on May 4, 2005.

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Authority record created on 2008-05-28. Approved 2012-03-06. Last modified on 2017-11-29.

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AMICUS Authorities - September 1, 1983