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Tags and Swipes, Fall 2018

Saffron Quartet

Saffron Quartet is still “Flyin’ High” from competition weekend! We’ve been so touched by all the
love, support, comradery, and joy you’ve all expressed to us. Summer is Flyin’ by as we rehearse,
coach, eat popcorn, and plan for St Louis! It’s been crazy trying to stay focused, keep up rehearsal and
coaching schedules, and fit in some summer fun. But we are up for the challenge!

We had a blast attending RQA with the Queens of Harmony, LUSTRE! Jenny, their Bass, gave us
some awesome coaching! It was so cool to observe them all coaching several of our Region’s
Quartets. Amazing how much can be absorbed by observation. What a treat to hear their stories and
get the inside scoop on how they made their journey to Queenliness. It’s inspiring and very humbling
to hear what goes into staying so fully committed to that journey. RESPECT!!!!

We are honored and thrilled to be invited to perform on the Buzz’s retirement party hosted by MVC on
September 8th! As of the time of writing this article, we are working on a special song, arranged by
our own Bee, in honor of The Buzz. We are sure this is going to be a fun-filled, music-fest weekend,
and we look forward to filling you all in on the spicy details! Check
out www.facebook.com/saffronquartet. We will be sure to post photos and tidbits!!

Fall Regional brings a first for us…..Fund Raising??? WHAT?! What the heck should we sell?
Well….DUH! POPCORN! That’s right! Butter, cheesy, or plain! (Cheesy is our personal favorite!)
Should be a carb-loading fest and way fun! Who can resist the aroma of fresh popped popcorn?!
Come stop by and see us….we have a true popcorn machine, a head popcorn “Chef”, non-GMO
popcorn (hey, we are looking out for you!), and all the deliciousness one could want! We will also be
raffling a “Spicy” crate…yup, crate, not basket…and you can interpret “Spicy” however you like!!!
Oh, and lest we forget, we have ONE, and only ONE, SAFFRON t-shirt to raffle off! It’s a one-of-a-
kind (well, except for the 4 we have!)

St. Louis….WHAT?!!!!!! So excited to get on that stage! Already feeling the love from all of you, so
thank you SO much for the well-wishes, support, excitement, and Love. Hope to see and hug many of
you there! Shout out to our buddies, VOCE, for taking us under their experienced and strong wings to
help us on this Voyage! Shout out to our sistahs, Boston Accent – we will miss you desperately, but
rest assured, we will raise a glass in your honor ladies! Looking forward to hanging with the ladies
from Coastline! And of course, all our sisters from home! Region 1 is IN THE HOUSE!!!

Per request, we’ve been asked to provide a synopsis of our show of champions skit, so here it goes:

“What a great contest!! ……..No Kiddin’

We just love coming to Springfield for our competition because we get to hear the natives with their
Boston Accent.

We certainly got to hear quite a Soundscape created by all the wonderful competing quartets. And as
if you couldn’t tell we really have the HOTS for Region 1.

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North Atlantic Region 1 Sweet Adelines