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Bringing the songs of Christmas to the city By JIM BOWDEN
A WORLD-wide sisterhood of women that loves to sing and for 68 years has serenaded audiences at venues ranging from retirement homes to New York’s Carnegie Hall will be represented by a chorus of voices celebrating Christmas in Brisbane’s city mall and other venues this month. Brisbane City Sounds, a group of 50 women from all walks of life and across all ages, is a chartered chorus member of Sweet Adelines International, formed in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, in 1945 by Edna Mae Anderson, which takes it name from the popular men’s barbershop love song ‘You’re the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline’. City Sounds will perform at Toombul Shopping Centre, the Queen Street Mall and the Gerard Majella Catholic Church at Chermside from December 12 to 20. “The group is made up of women aged from 22 to 72, which produces a wonderful tonality and rhythm to the performances,” says musical director Rose McGee. “You get a much better sound in a choral group if you have different voices.”
Story continued on Page 2 Sounds and songs of the festive season . . . Brisbane City Sounds members perform at the Myer Queen Street Christmas Parade last year. Back row, Ainslie Sutherland, Natalie Grimbas, Tania King, Leela Arthur, Sheryl De Bruyn and Therese Richardson; front row, Maree Connors, Katrina Black and Trish Richardson