Regional Library
Updated 6/3/2007

LIBRARIAN - Shelly Pardis
950 N Montana Ave
Helena, MT  59601
406-449-7525
E-mail:   spardis@qwest.net

Rental is $5.00.

CLICK HERE to download a pdf file of the current Region 24 Library.

GENERAL EDUCATION:

  • 103 "Polishing Rehearsal Techniques"
  • 104 "Quartet Performance Package"
  • 106 "Art of the King Singers" A good demonstration of visual vs. choreography; unit projection; emotion; and impressive unit sound. Also shows what nuances can do.
  • 109 "Preparing for Media Opportunities" Produced by the Queen Charlotte Chorus, Region #14 Sweet Adelines)
  • 110 "Interp Barbershop Style" (Presented by Candy Johnson in honor of Lorry Field and Elaine Daniel retiring from the Board of Directors)
  • 111 "The Singer's Voice - Breath" (Donated by Kris Pederson)
  • 112 "Sweet Adeline Information Tape .....Bette Bingham...Regional PR.
  • 113 "Teamwork and Beyond"
  • 114 "Excerpts of Programs Available From International" (32 minutes) (produced by Sweet Adelines International)
  • 115 "Methodology of Coaching" 1983 director's seminar.
  • 116 "Make Way for Youth" with Adelettes and Ramapo Valley - San Antonio 1991
  • 117 "The Singer's Voice - The Vocal Tract" (23 minutes) Joan Wall & Robert Caldwell.
  • 118 "The Singer's Voice - A fiberoptic view of the vocal folds" (18 minutes) Joan Wall & Robert Cald-well.
  • 123 Breathing to Sing, Music in the Morning with Lori Lyford (VHS) Donated by Shirley Price
  • 124 From Paper to Performance by the Melodeers Featuring Jim Arns & Renee Porzel (DVD) Donated by Shirley Price

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FINALS:

  • 200 1981 International Competition – Phoenix (VHS)
  • 201 1987 International Chorus Finals – Hawaii (VHS)
  • 202 1987 International Quartet Finals – Hawaii (VHS)
  • 203 1988 International Chorus Finals – Houston (VHS)
  • 204 1988 International Quartet Finals – Houston (2 VHS)
  • 205 1989 International Chorus Finals – Miami (VHS)
  • 206 1989 International Quartet Finals – Miami (2VHS)
  • 207 1990 International Chorus Finals - Salt Lake City (VHS)
  • 208 1990 International Quartet Finals - Salt Lake City (VHS)
  • 209 1991 International Chorus Finals - San Antonio (VHS)
  • 210 1991 International Quartet Finals - San Antonio (VHS)
  • 211 1992 International Chorus Finals – Baltimore (VHS)
  • 212 1992 International Quartet Finals – Baltimore (VHS)
  • 213 1993 International Chorus Finals – Indianapolis (VHS)
  • 214 1993 International Quartet Finals – Indianapolis (VHS)
  • 215 1994 International Chorus Finals – Reno (VHS)
  • 216 1994 International Quartet Finals – Reno (VHS)
  • 217 1995 International Chorus Finals - New Orleans (VHS)
  • 218 1995 International Quartet Finals - New Orleans (VHS)
  • 219 1996 International Chorus Finals - Fort Lauderdale (2 copies) (VHS)
  • 220 1996 International Quartet Finals - Fort Lauderdale (VHS)
  • 222 1997 International Chorus Finals - Salt Lake City (VHS)
  • 223 1997 International Quartet Finals - Salt Lake City (VHS)
  • 224 1998 International Chorus Finals – Nashville (VHS)
  • 225 1998 International Quartet Finals – Nashville (VHS)
  • 226 1999 International Chorus Finals – Atlanta (VHS)
  • 227 1999 International Quartet Finals – Atlanta (VHS)
  • 228-1 2000 International Harmony Classic & Rising Star Competition, Div. A Top 5 Choruses; Top 3 Ris-ing Star Quartets (VHS)
  • 228-2 2000 International Harmony Classic & Rising Star Competition; Div. AA Top 5 Choruses; Awards (VHS)
  • 229 2000 International Chorus Finals – Orlando (VHS)
  • 230 2000 International Quartet Finals – Orlando (VHS)
  • 231 2001 International Chorus Finals – Portland (VHS)
  • 232 2001 International Quartet Finals – Portland (VHS)
  • 233 2002 International Chorus Finals – Nashville (VHS)
  • 234 2002 International Quartet Finals – Nashville (VHS)
  • 235 2003 International Chorus Finals – Phoenix (DON’T HAVE)
  • 236 2003 International Quartet Finals – Phoenix (DON’T HAVE)
  • 237 2004 International Chorus Finals – Indy (DVD)
  • 238 2004 International Quartet Finals – Indy (DVD)
  • 239 2005 International Chorus Finals – Detroit (DVD)
  • 240 2005 International Quartet Finals – Detroit (DVD)
  • 241 2006 International Chorus Finals – Las Vegas (NEED TO ORDER)
  • 242 2007 International Quartet Finals – Las Vegas (NEED TO ORDER)
 


REGIONAL SCHOOLS - GOLD RUSH:

  • 301 Gold Rush 1986 – (6 VHS)
    1 Membership - Premo; Vocal Production/Costumes Part 1 (VHS)
    2 Costumes Part 2 Choreography Part 1. (Massey) (VHS)
    *3 Choreography Part 2/Quartet Personality - Jim and Marcia Massey
    4 Membership (Premo) Makeup & Character, Good/Bad Script pt 1 (Massey) (VHS)
    5 Good/Bad Script (part 2), The Asst., Saturday Night Show 1986 Part 1 (VHS)
    6 Saturday Night Show Part 2
  • 304 Gold Rush 1990 - Brian Beck (4 VHS)
    1 Friday Night Classes (Beck)...Gold Rush 1990(VHS)
    2 Gold Rush 1990 (VHS)
    3 Gold Rush 1990 (VHS)
    4 Gold Rush 1990 (VHS)
  • 307 Gold Rush 1996 - Marykaye Morgan (4 VHS)
  • 308 Gold Rush 1997 – (2 VHS)
  • 309 Gold Rush 1998 - Diane Porsch (5 VHS)
    1 Welcome & Introductions; Diane Porsch on Intonation & Tuning with Out of Bounds
    2 Diane Porsch Singing From Our Hearts and Harmony Collage; Jim Casey Vocal Production for the Individual; Diane Porsch Showmanship category description (beginning of class).
    3 Diane Porsch's Showmanship continues with costume/makeup/choreography; Beginning of Jim Casey's class on resonators.
    *4 Jim Casey, continued. Tape case is broken and does not play. (NOT AVAILABLE)
    5 Saturday night show. This tape automatically rewinds right after the Parkrosettes.
  • 311 Gold Rush 2000 - Sharon Babb & Cathy Conley (VHS)
    1 Sharon Babb - Sight Singing A New Song; Your Voice and You; Theorums & Relevance; Seven Ways to Communicate.
    2 Cathy Conley - Master Plan for Wining Performance and Master Plan Review (Directors); Master Plan; Catch the Fever (General); Sharon Babb Coaching Hood River.
    3 Evening Show.
  • 313 Gold Rush 2002, Lori Lyford & Suzy Lobough (2 VHS)
    1 Lori Lyford, Music in the Morning, breathing, bubbling, vocal Production; Suzy Lobough - Where is My Note ? technical analysis of where your note is in the chord; Suzy Lobough - Energized Sound; Lori Lyford- How to be a Successful Sweet Adeline (VHS)
    2 Suzy Lobaugh - Ready, Set, Rehearse ? Breathing & Warmups; Lori Lyford - Coaching Sleeping Giant Chorus; Suzy Lobough - Understanding Barbershop through arranging; Suzy Lobough - Music Plus Personality (VHS)
  • 314 2003 Summer Rush in Seattle Dede Nibler (10 VHS)
    1a, 1b, 1c Step Up to the Next Level
    2. Creative Musical Games
    3. Unplugged Quartet Coaching
    4. Heartbeat Coaching
    5. Rhythm & Movement
    6. How to Lead Your Section
    7. Fine Tuning Chords
    8. Vocal Production
  • 315 2005 Directors Workshop – Vicki Maybury (VHS)
  • 316 2006 Directors Workshop – Vicki Maybury (VHS)

REGIONAL SCHOOL - QUARTET WORKSHOPS (ALL RECORDINGS ARE VHS)

  • 401 1995 Region 24 Quartet Workshop (Liz Hardcastle) (2 VHS)
  • 402 1997 Regional Quartet Workshop - (3 VHS)
  • 403 1999 Regional Quartet Workshop – (4 VHS)
    1 Tori Postma Performing, showmanship, emotion, body language, audience interaction, quartet interaction.
    2 Tori Postma Quartet Image (personality & style); Role of individual parts; Music Theory; Music Selection.
    3 Cosmopolitan, Red Hot 'N Blue, Out of Bounds
    4 Final Touch; You Be the Judge = review showmanship score sheets and judge a contest.
  • 404 2000 Regional Quartet Workshop (4 VHS)
    1 Introductions; Characteristics of "perfect" barbershop voice; stage presence (entrance, perform-ance, exit), costuming advice; contest music choices; basics of good vocal production; target vowels; correct breathing technique; breathing exercise; resonance; choreography advice; correct singing positions; Begin rehearsing "I Know a Little Bit."
    2 Coaching Out of Bounds, Red Hot & Blue (techniques we all should learn); rehearse "I Know a Little Bit."
    3 Coaching Red Hot & Blue, continued, and Sound Unlimited
    *4 Coaching Long Time Coming; Wrap-up
  • 405 2001 Directicity Portland Oregon (8 VHS)
    1a Teaching Physical Warmups with Debbie Haller
    1b Warmups Dale Syverson
    2a Uptune Tech by Dale
    2b Ballad Phrasing/Effective Tag Singing by Dale
    3a Creating a Dynamic Plan by Dale
    3b Choreo/Visual Plans by Melanie Wroe
    4. Teaching PVI by Dale
    5. Conducting Skills featuring Columbia Rvr Chorus by Dale
  • 406 2006 Quartet Workshop
    1. Singing Smart and Singing to the Buzz
    2. Saturday Session

REGIONAL SCHOOLS - FALL REGIONAL WEEKEND (ALL VHS)

  • 500A Learn to be a Better Singer and Sing it like a pro (Hulbert)...Fall Reg 1988
  • 500B Dixie Dahlke 1989
  • 502 Fall Regional 1995 - Karen Brooke (4 VHS)
    1 (tape 1)
    2 (tape 2)
    3 (tape 3)
    4 "Sunday A.M. Leadership Training" (Karen Brooke)
  • 503 Fall Regional 1997Helena, MT - Dixie Dahlke
    1 It Just Keeps on Charging - Discover the mental/physical energy that initiates and supports forward motion. Energy and Performance.
    2 Vocal Production Theory - Singing in your Who. Opening up the back of the sound.
    3 Accurate Unit Sound - When you know the notes and words you're ready to begin to learn the music. Intention=Energy=Impact (No Singing Heads) - Kris Pederson.
    4 Balance & Blend with Sleeping Giant Chorus coached by Dixie Dahlke Showmanship & the Sound Category with Sleeping Giant Chorus
    5 Showmanship & the Sound Category, Continued. Saturday Night Show
  • 504 Fall Regional 1998 - Sylvia Alsbury (3 VHS)
    1 Performance Package - Putting together a good performance package, and music selection.
    2 Judging Music & Showmanship- Category Descriptions
    3 Ensemble Singing/Questions & Answers - Ensemble singing demo with Oregon Coast Chorus.
  • 505 Fall Regional 1999 - Charlene O'Connor and Carole Kirkpatrick (4VHS)
    1 O'Connor Body - Warmups; Kirkpatrick - Vocal Production, Breathing Tape & Exercises
    2 Kirkpatrick - Breathing, cont., Vocal Exer, Judging Categories; O'Connor - Visual Product - Attitude & Unity
    3 O'Connor - Visual Product, cont; Coaching West Hills - Music & Visual Become One
    4 Identifying problems in choruses today using videos; Closing
  • 506 Fall Regional 2000 - Diane Porsch Boise, ID (7 VHS)
    1 Welcome; Musicians: A Gentle Loving People w/ D Porsch; Star Chorus Rehearsal
    2 Diane Porsch - Singing with your Ears; singing in tune. Demo quartet Final Touch.
    3 Diane Porsch coaching Treasure Valley Showtime; Star Chorus Rehearsal - visuals San Fran-cisco Bay Blues
    4 Diane Porsch - The Marilyn Monroes & Ethel Merman's within Us. Moving air freely with sound and air arriving together, resonance, vocal production, breathing; Learning We Sing Late at Night tag.
    5 Evening show and Novice Quartet Parade
    6a Directors Meetings Diane Porsch Boise, ID
    6 Final Comments
  • 507 Reach 2003 – Janet Ashford (2 VHS)
  • 508 Reach 2004 – Portland – Kathy Carmody (4 VHS)

REGIONAL COMPETITION (All VHS)

  • 600 Region 24 Show of Champions...Competition 1987
  • 601 Region 24 Show of Champions... Competition 1988
  • 602 Quartet Master - 1992
  • 603 Region 24 Show of Champions...Competition 1995
  • 604 Region 24 Show of Champions...Competition 1998

CHAPTER SHOWS

  • 700 "Good Times and Memories".....by Pocatello Chorus.....1988
  • 701 "Razzle Dazzle with Love" with Ambiance .....Columbia River .....1988
  • 702 Columbia River Show with Airwaves and Parkrosettes.....?
  • 704 "That's Entertainment" Big Sky Show...1990
  • 706 "Annie Oakley"...by Pocatello and Gem-ette Choruses...1980
  • 707 "That's Showbiz!"...by Ramapo Valley Chorus...1992 (donated by Teresa Read)
  • 708 "Our Gift To You"...by Columbia River Chorus, Airwaves, Parkrosettes...1993
  • 709 Flathead Harmony Saturday Night Show 1988
  • 710 Greater Eugene - July 1989
  • 711 Prospective Oregon Coast 12-16-89
  • 712 "Hello, Harmony" - Sleeping Giant Chorus 25th Anniversary Show 1999
  • 713 “I’ll Remember Always…” – Southern Oregon Sound Show 2002

LEARNING TAPES/MUSIC:

  • 900 Together in Harmony....Songs We Sing Together Reg/International Songs – (4 cassette part tapes and sheet music)

CASSETTE TAPES/CDs:

  • C01 1995 International Quartet Finalists - New Orleans (Cassette)
  • C02 1995 International Chorus Finalists - New Orleans (Cassette)
  • C03 1996 International Quartet Finalists - Ft. Lauderdale (Cassette)
  • C04 1996 International Chorus Finalists - Ft. Lauderdale (Cassette)
  • C05 1997 International Quartet Finalists - Salt Lake City (Cassette)
  • C06 1997 International Chorus Finalists - Salt Lake City (Cassette)
  • C07 Barbershop Balance & Sound Keeping Your Balance: Key to the Barbershop Sound. A Demonstration of cone-shaped balance by Pat LeVezu. (Cassette tape and audiotape script)
  • C08 Sightsinging Made Really Easy For the Amateur or the Professional by Brian Beck. (Book and cassette tape)
  • C09 1998 International Quartet Finalists - Nashville (Cassette)
  • C10 1998 International Chorus Finalists - Nashville (Cassette)
  • C11 1998 International Quartet Finalists - Nashville (CD)
  • C12 1998 International Quartet Finalists - Nashville (CD)
  • C13 1999 International Quartet Finalists - Atlanta (Cassette)
  • C14 1999 International Chorus Finalists - Atlanta (Cassette)
  • C15 1999 International Quartet Finalists - Atlanta (CD)
  • C16 1999 International Chorus Finalists - Atlanta (CD)
  • C17 2000 International Quartet Finalists - Orlando (Cassette)
  • C18 2000 International Chorus Finalists - Orlando (Cassette)
  • C19 2000 International Quartet Finalists - Orlando (CD)
  • C20 2000 International Chorus Finalists - Orlando (CD)
  • C21 2001 International Quartet Finalists - Portland (Cassette)
  • C22 2001 International Chorus Finalists - Portland (Cassette)
  • C23 2002 International Quartet Finalist – Nashville (CD)
  • C24 2002 International Chorus Finalist- Nashville(CD)
  • C25 2004 International Quartet Finalist – Indy (CD)
  • C26 2004 International Chorus Finalist – Indy (CD)
  • C27 2003 Rising StarChampions Barbieshop (CD) Donated by Shirley Price