Leadership Team

Some of our biggest contributors

Deana Grade & Anita O-Keefe

Deana Grade:

  •  Helpful, inspiring, enthusiastic, and so much fun to be with.  She brings so much

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2023

Bass, 4 Bettys, 2008 International Champion Quartet, Sweet Adelines

Specialties: Quartet and Chorus coaching:...

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Associate Member 2026-27

2026 to 2027

Toast of Champaign Chorus

Specialty: Musical and administrative leadership (Reg 3& 5), Choreography (Reg 5)
Background...
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Certified Director, River Bend, Melodeers

Specialty: sound, vocal production, unity, PVIs, section leader training, beginning music theory and sight-...
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Master Director, Choral-Aires Chorus

Specialty: Sound, vocal production, harmony accuracy, balance/blend, unity, chord clean-up, PVI’s. Some basic...
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Master Director, River City Sound

Specialty: Sound Category, Vocal Production, Accuracy/Tuning, Unit Sound, Expressive Singing, General performance...
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Master Director, Choral-Aires

Specialty: Sound, Expression, Balance/blend, Visual communication, PVIs, Vocal Production
Background...
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Master Director

2022

Specialty: Musical Director, vocal pedagogy, Barbershop sound, Expressive Singing
Background Info and...

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2023

Harmony 500 Director

Specialty: Musical leadership, vocal skills\
Background Info and Experience...

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Master Director, Choreographer, Melodeers Chorus

Specialty: Visual communication, vocal production, judging categories, characterization, physical expression...
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Choreographer

2023

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May 17, 2026 - 5:10am
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Directors Workshop by Jessica Moore
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Mission Statement

Midwest Harmony Region 3 of Sweet Adelines International is dedicated to the advancement of four-part harmony, barbershop-style, for women of all ages, through education and performance.