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Tags and Swipes, Winter 2018

Profile Chorus

Is it really the end of 2017 already? My, my,
how fast a year can fly! Profile has enjoyed
another eventful year of singing, coaching, and
learning, capped off by our fantastic retreat in
November at the Inn at Mills Falls in Meredith,
New Hampshire. Our faculty, Diane Porsch and
Pam Calveric, did their best to draw us out our
comfort zones and perform with over-the-top
characterization. It took a bit of coaxing, but in
the end, all members were engaged and
enthusiastic participants! At the end of the
weekend, we were all singing and emoting like
Broadway pros. (Now, if Terry can only get us
to do this on command – like, all the time!)

Of course, our educational weekend was capped
off by the usual eating, laughing, drinking Diane and Pam were the impartial judges who
(perhaps a bit too much?), and a newly created decided the outcome of the contest. Luckily for
competition called Profile in Parody, which was us, we were ALL declared winners and will have
hilarious, memorable, and will likely become a to pass the award around so each of us can enjoy
retreat tradition. The chorus was split up into proudly displaying it in our homes. Yay!
four teams, and each team had to create a parody
of a repertoire song and sing it (complete with Profile also enjoyed several end-of-year holiday
choreo and costume) for the rest of the group. performances. We had our favorites, Merrimack
The winner had the dubious distinction of being Outlets and Strawbery Banke, all lined up, and
presented with the most hideous-looking award we were looking forward to them! We did sing
ever created … but, hey, that's part of its charm on three different days at Merrimack, but after
(or so I am told). being in the cold weather for hours, several of our
members were hit with respiratory ailments that
not only caused them to miss our annual holiday
party, but forced us to cancel our Strawbery
Banke singing engagement due to lack of healthy
voices. Our two Profile quartets, Musicality and
No Kiddin', also suffered the same fate and had to
miss performances. Boy, those nasty viruses
really clobbered us this year.

We are hopeful that everyone who is currently
under the weather will have a chance to recover
over the Christmas break and be back in good
form when we reconvene in January. See you all
at Winter Regional!

Deanna Dean

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