Education Day 2025!
Schedule
Sat Sep 20 2025 at 09:00 am to 04:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Georgian College | Barrie, ON
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Build a Chorus in a Day: Leadership and Music in HarmonyPresenters: Christina and Richard Lewellen
Saturday, September 20
Georgian College, 1 Georgian Drive, Barrie ON L4M 3X9
Registration fees:
July 25 or earlier: $35.00 per registration
July 26 or later: $40.00 per registration
Youth rate $25.00 per registration age 25 and under
Use this link to register: https://forms.gle/RbmS7bdHoTeJQ2CG9
Full details on the Area 5 website (see Information Summary document):
https://www.area5harmonyinc.org/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=events&id=283890
We will use the song It's the Music that Brings Us Together throughout the day. Download music and tracks here on the Harmony, Inc. members' page:
https://www.harmonyinc.org/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=rep&id=3
Christina and Richard have planned a full and exciting day of learning for Area 5, built around the themes of Musical Excellence and Leadership Alignment. There will be something for everyone, whether you are a quartet or chorus singer or have a leadership role.
Please note: There are two tracks (Leadership and Music). When you register, you will be asked to indicate which track you are most likely to attend. This is to help with planning the available space, and is not a firm commitment. You are free to choose whichever classes you would like to attend throughout the day.
Presenters:
Richard Lewellen is an international medalist quartet and chorus director in the Barbershop Harmony Society, and is a World Barbershop Quartet Association (WBQA) champion with his quartet, Riptide. He has served as a Singing judge and category specialist in BHS and is the musical director of Bella Nova Chorus, based in Virginia. He is an active quartet singer, currently singing baritone in two mixed quartets, Smitten and Arranged Marriage (2024 Mixed Barbershop Harmony Association champions) in addition to Riptide, which has been active for more than 20 years.
Christina Lewellen is tenor of 2012 Harmony Queens, Epic, and currently sings bass with 2nd place silver medalist quartet Legacy. She is a founding member of Bella Nova Chorus and currently serves as its artistic director, and served as Harmony, Inc.'s International President from 2016-1018. She is a former board member of the Harmony Foundation and is a second-generation gold medalist (her dad is the lead of 2013 Seniors Champs Border Patrol). She is an association CEO in her professional life, and she and Richard have four daughters ages 19 to 23 years!
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Where is it happening?
Georgian College, First Class, 101 Georgian Dr, Barrie, ON L4M, CanadaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
