Name: Alexis
Part: Bass
Joined SAI: October 2006
Joined HCC: October 2007
Favorite HCC Song: I Have Dreamed
Mom: There are ladies singing Monday night at the library. They call
themselves Sweet Adelines?
Me: What's a Sweet Adeline?
Mom: I don't know - go find out.
And thus my barbershop journey began. I started singing with a
prospective chorus (now a fully chartered chorus, Saratoga
Soundtrack) in Region 16 in October 2006. Ten months later I moved
to Dumont NJ with friends, started working in Westchester NY (also
with friends) and was on the hunt for a new chorus. I emailed two
choruses in the area and got an email back from Beth (our current
TC) and came to rehearsal the next Wednesday. That week happened to be the chorus’s first week with our new director Scott. The next week I brought my lead with me, the week after my baritone, and the rest is history!
There are many reasons I love being a Sweet Adeline. I have always been a vocalist and harmony singer, but could never truly hold a part on my own until I started singing bass. I hear it as the melody and to me, finding my place on the bottom of the chord just makes sense. I am a true believer that singing is a full body sport and LOVE that the barbershop style supports that. For me a song truly comes alive once it’s choreographed – and by that I mean everything from keeping the beat with your body, to growing chords from the knees up, or full on dance sequences.
My favorite part about singing with Harmony Celebration is all the fun we have. Everyone on the risers wants to be the best singer they can be and works hard to always bring their personal 100%. We laugh as much as we sing and we’re singing better all the time. I feel like a part of a wonderful family. Oh yea – and I love our new costumes too!
