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Dale
Syverson
dale@daleandpeggy.com
Dale
is the director who once sat on stage during a finals
set and filed her nails while the chorus sang and danced
around her. Dale is the quartet member and occasional
emcee that thinks cats taste like chicken. Dale is the
hopelessly inept dancer of a song called Conga Rhythm
who finally made her mark as a Sweet Adeline comedian
and certifiably crazy person.
Like Peggy, Dale is the daughter of a long time Sweet
Adeline (Virginia), and because of her mother's involvement
in the organization, Dale joined Sweet Adelines at age
14.
Dale has been a member of the organization for 42 years,
and has directed for 31 of those years -West Suburban
(3 years) and the Rich-Tones (28 years)
Bill Thornton, lead of the Dealer’s Choice (SPEBSQSA),
and who is currently working on ‘professional status’
as an eccentric, is Dale’s significant other. The
Dealer’s Choice and The Tiffanys were international
quartet champions in 1973, and did many shows together.
After basking in the joy of Dale’s company, Bill
set his sights on Dale, but all Dale wanted to do was
sing tags. Something went drastically wrong with Dale’s
tag plan, because Dale ultimately moved to Dallas to be
closer to roaches that were larger than the stop lights
in Chicago. Bill was also in Dallas, introduced Dale to
Mexican food, and the rest, as they say, is history….
Not wanting to be outdone by Peggy, Dale also has a relationship
with the number “2”.
Dale has been in and directed two choruses in her life
– West Suburban (Chicago) and the Rich-Tone Chorus
(Dallas)
Dale has had 2 golf lessons in her life, (She quit because
the “sticks” were too short and her Mom kept
telling her to stand up straight)
Dale has had 2 roller skating lessons (learning how to
turn corners and stop) but stopped when she realized lesson
#3 was learning to skate backwards. (She quit because
she didn't have eyes in the back of her head and wasn't
planning to go backwards anyhow…)
Dale has had 2 horse back riding lessons (English rather
than Western and had to quit because she kept dropping
her drawers to check for bruises)
Dale has eaten vegetables twice in her life (one stalk
of broccoli and one green bean)
Dale has 2-second place international chorus medals
Dale has 2 third place international chorus medals
Dale has 2 crowns (Tiffanys and Rumors)
Dale screwed up her love affair with “2” by
winning 3 chorus gold medals
Dale is talented, hard working, relentless, dedicated,
successful, funny, very baritone, and definitely crazy.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Certified International Faculty
Master Director
Certified Expression Judge
Education Direction Committee
Directors' Seminar Faculty
DMA, Region 25 (previous)
Recipient of the President's Lifetime Achievement Award
(2004)
REGIONAL EXPERIENCE
DMA Faculty, Region 25
DMA Steering Committee, Region 25
Co-Coordinator, Region #25 Summer Music Camps
MUSICAL EXPERIENCE
Rich-Tone Chorus Director, Region 25 (International
Champion Chorus)
Piano lessons
Voice lessons
Chorus Coach
Quartet Coach
EDUCATION
Diploma in Nursing (33 years in surgery, and we're hoping
her recovery will be shorter)
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