Our In-Town Weekend Retreat!
Our coach had a last-minute family emergency and so had to cancel, but 
Verdugo Hills Chorus rallied and carried on--and had an amazingly delightful weekend! Patti used the sounds of the season--"The Monster Mash" and "Zombie Jamboree"--to get our bodies moving; Davina ran us through our deep breathing exercises; Bobbette and Janice put us through our paces with new vocal skill-building exercises; and Master Director, Tammy Ragsdale, had us singing together better than ever! We celebrated birthdays--and each other--and learned and grew together as a chorus. There was so much positive energy in the room!
Last night, Verdugo Hills Chorus was honored to welcome Alan Gordon, lauded director of the championship chorus, Masters of Harmony. As we prepare for our journey to the Sweet Adelines International Chorus Competition in October 2025, we are so grateful to have the opportunity to work with some truly great coaches, like Alan. We always learn many new things from Alan and somehow he always finds ways to make us sound better than we did before. And that's the goal, right? To keep learning and keep improving. To keep becoming the very best singers and the very best chorus we can be! 
Lisa is an accredited Visual Communication judge for Sweet Adelines International and is the Master Director of the Gateway Chorus of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She spent the weekend helping us to be more inventive with the choreography for our contest up-tune and with increasing the expressiveness of our ballad. Lisa's great physicality and wonderful sense of humor, both put us through our paces throughout the weekend, but also kept us laughing--the very best kind of learning!
