Faultline Chorus
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www.faultline.org.nz
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Wednesdays 7 30pm pm The Salvation Army Crossroads Hall, corner of Cuba and High Streets, Petone, Lower Hutt. We are a national and international award winning women’s group who have a huge amount of fun singing four part unaccompanied barbershop harmony. This incredibly rewarding yet challenging artform, grabs you from the first moment you enter a rehearsal room or see a chorus perform. As a member of the chorus you are provided with vocal training as a basis to singing the barbershop style, and then there is the addition of showmanship to help you grow as a performer.
It’s all achieved through regular weekly rehearsals under the direction of the very talented Carolyn Currington and from time to time invited coaches from both New Zealand and overseas. Performance opportunities such as singing for community or corporate events and fundraising, as well as competing at the national Sweet Adelines annual competition, lead to each performer’s vocal and personal growth and the development of wonderful friendships both within the chorus and in the wider barbershop fraternity
Founded in 1988 with five members, Faultline quickly grew, helped by the merger with the Hutt Chorus in 1990. With the inimitable Prue Blythe as Musical Director, the combined chorus of forty plus members competed with energy and enthusiasm that year at New Zealand's first national Sweet Adelines Convention, placing third out of four competing choruses. The name is in recognition of the fact that the region of Wellington where the chorus is based, is situated around six active earthquake fault lines.
In the early 1990s Convention was held every second year and with the number of competing choruses growing rapidly in Region 35 New Zealand to nine in 1992, Faultline placed consistently either third or fourth. In 1998 Convention became an annual event moving between the main centres of Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch. Faultline continued to feature in competition placings, taking second in 199 and also winning the Small Chorus Award fewer than 40 singers . 2003 the chorus did not compete and in 2004 and 2005 achieved Bronze and Silver respectively. Prue Blythe, the chorus director for 13 years, was a dedicated practitioner of barbershop harmony and the results the chorus achieved under her guidance are a testimony to this.
Prue was instrumental in bringing the 'Young Women in Harmony' programme to New Zealand and devoted time to coaching and encouraging your women. After 13 years of learning and teaching, Prue was recognised for her talents and invited to becomes a member of the International faculty. Carolyn Currington nee Baylis had been appointed the director of the chorus following Prue's resignation. Under her directorship the chorus continue to learn and master the craft of barbershop and perform in the community and on the competition stage with energy and style.
The chorus placed fourth at this contest and were truly inspired by the experience. Back in May 2010 Faultline repeated earlier success and achieved third place overall and won the Division AA Mid size Chorus category. In 2012 in Christchurch, Faultline won 1st Place Small Chorus and 2013 in Queenstown Faultline won 1st Place Small Chorus and 3rd overall. 2014 was a year off from competing and Faultline returned again in 2015 with an outstanding performance of winning 1st Midsize Chorus and 2nd Overall in New Zealand.
Faultline also won most improved Regional Chorus with an increase of 71 points since they last competed the highest score ever achieved by Faultline at 595 points. There have been television and radio appearances, including a live performance on Good Morning for Television One in 2004 and appearing on the National Radio documentary Spectrum in 2002 with Jack Perkins. The chorus have also had numerous articles in both local and metropolitan newspapers
It’s all achieved through regular weekly rehearsals under the direction of the very talented Carolyn Currington and from time to time invited coaches from both New Zealand and overseas. Performance opportunities such as singing for community or corporate events and fundraising, as well as competing at the national Sweet Adelines annual competition, lead to each performer’s vocal and personal growth and the development of wonderful friendships both within the chorus and in the wider barbershop fraternity
Founded in 1988 with five members, Faultline quickly grew, helped by the merger with the Hutt Chorus in 1990. With the inimitable Prue Blythe as Musical Director, the combined chorus of forty plus members competed with energy and enthusiasm that year at New Zealand's first national Sweet Adelines Convention, placing third out of four competing choruses. The name is in recognition of the fact that the region of Wellington where the chorus is based, is situated around six active earthquake fault lines.
In the early 1990s Convention was held every second year and with the number of competing choruses growing rapidly in Region 35 New Zealand to nine in 1992, Faultline placed consistently either third or fourth. In 1998 Convention became an annual event moving between the main centres of Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch. Faultline continued to feature in competition placings, taking second in 199 and also winning the Small Chorus Award fewer than 40 singers . 2003 the chorus did not compete and in 2004 and 2005 achieved Bronze and Silver respectively. Prue Blythe, the chorus director for 13 years, was a dedicated practitioner of barbershop harmony and the results the chorus achieved under her guidance are a testimony to this.
Prue was instrumental in bringing the 'Young Women in Harmony' programme to New Zealand and devoted time to coaching and encouraging your women. After 13 years of learning and teaching, Prue was recognised for her talents and invited to becomes a member of the International faculty. Carolyn Currington nee Baylis had been appointed the director of the chorus following Prue's resignation. Under her directorship the chorus continue to learn and master the craft of barbershop and perform in the community and on the competition stage with energy and style.
The chorus placed fourth at this contest and were truly inspired by the experience. Back in May 2010 Faultline repeated earlier success and achieved third place overall and won the Division AA Mid size Chorus category. In 2012 in Christchurch, Faultline won 1st Place Small Chorus and 2013 in Queenstown Faultline won 1st Place Small Chorus and 3rd overall. 2014 was a year off from competing and Faultline returned again in 2015 with an outstanding performance of winning 1st Midsize Chorus and 2nd Overall in New Zealand.
Faultline also won most improved Regional Chorus with an increase of 71 points since they last competed the highest score ever achieved by Faultline at 595 points. There have been television and radio appearances, including a live performance on Good Morning for Television One in 2004 and appearing on the National Radio documentary Spectrum in 2002 with Jack Perkins. The chorus have also had numerous articles in both local and metropolitan newspapers
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