Our Hit Parade Program 2016 - Final

The Indi-Anna Chorus
Under The Direction of Mary Lou McKinney Presents
LONGEST TIME
DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME
AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSORS
JAILHOUSE ROCK
BLUES SKIES
Bassically
AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSORS
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS
AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSORS
HAPPY TOGETHER
ALL MY LOVIN’
AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSORS
DANCING QUEEN
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Simplicity
AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSORS

Mr. & Mrs. Edward Beesoick
Indiana, PA
William C. Bertres
Marion Center, PA
In Memory of Evelyn Hanyok
Indiana, PA
In Memory of Richard Keith
Cherry Tree, PA
Barbara Montgomery
Indiana, PA
The Montgomery Family
Indiana, PA
In Memory of Irene Spory
Indiana, PA
Luigi’s Ristorante
Clymer, PA
Shear Bliss By Michelle
Indiana, PA
Tate’s Supermarket Inc.
Clymer, PA
SH-BOOM
JOHNNY ANGEL
2XQ
* WHEN I’M 64
YOUNG WOMEN IN HARMONY
Liar All My Life
A Good Man is Hard to Find
AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSORS
15 MINUTE
q I N T E R M I S S I O N r
INDI-ANNA CHORUS
Where is Your Heart
Johnny Medley
Guest Quartets
THE SWEATERMEN
AND
SIDEKICKS
AUDIENCE CHOICE SONG
FINALE
At this time we ask any past or present member of
Sweet Adelines to join us on stage to sing.
HOW WE SANG TODAY
* Guest Appearance by Bob Wyne prior to When I’m 64

PRODUCTION STAFF
Production Director
Audio Recording & Sound
Video Recording
Stage Crew
Ushers
Tegan McCune
M. Fieght
Kyle Froelich
Michele Yearick
Renee Addleman
Creekside UMC
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The Park Press
Indiana Floral & Flower Boutique
Timeless Expressions
Heinle Electrical Contracting
Pro-Packet Printing
Bowser Miniich Funeral Home
WMUG
Show Chair
Cleo Yevchak
Co-Chair/ Afterglow
Connie Hill
Treasurer/Hospitality
Linda Bertres
Music
Mary Jane Gatti
Karen MacVay
Mary Lou McKinney
Peggy Shaffer
June Wyne
Cleo Yevchak
Script
Alexis Caldwell
Heather Flowers
Mary Jane Gatti
Connie Hill
Christina Huhn
Mary Lou McKinney
Cleo Yevchak
Costumes
Karen MacVay
Peggy Shaffer
Jingles
Mary Jane Gatti
Rose Montgomery
Eunice Spory
Choreography
Alexis Caldwell
Mary Jane Gatti
Rose Montgomery
Ashlynn Starr
Makeup
Alexis Caldwell
Tickets
Lori Styers
Banner
Joann Keith
Program & Publicity
Heather Flowers
Advertisements
Karen MacVay
Set Design
Ashlynn Starr

SIDEKICKS
Dear Reader:
Thank you for your attention to our picture and information. If you think
the picture is a nice image of harmonious singers, you are mistaken!
This picture is to be considered for a new promotion for an innovative
line of Barbie Dolls – Gracefully Aging Barbies. For your consideration:
Donna Knapp as Flabby Arms Barbie – Notice how her costume
comes with roomier sleeves and tummy-support panels.
Michelle Riggi-Smith as Bifocal Barbie – Her beautiful necklace doubles
as a neck chain for holding her glasses. She comes with large
print editions of reading material.
Jennifer Fogle as Exercise Barbie – Zumba, jogging and yoga are
her exercise styles. Her flabby thighs are hidden in the picture….by her
stomach!
Laura Covell as Hot Flash Barbie – Be careful around her as she
tends to ‘light-up’ with beads of perspiration. She is always seen carrying
a tiny fan and tissues.
For more information about the group, please find Ken or her sister,
Skipper.
For more information about SIDEKICKS, the singing group, please visit
our website www.sidekicksquartet.com.
Thank you!

THE SWEATERMEN
The Sweatermen are all about close-knit, wool-blended harmonies in
the Barbershop style. Here’s a little bit about each of us.
Harrison King III
Baritone, Overnight Tech Support rep, daytime sleeper, weekend scuba
diver, and cat owner.
Jim Thompson
Bass, CMU Engineering Professor, loving husband, plaid enthusiast,
and father of 3 cats.
Buzz Miller
Lead, Retired from 2 careers, loving husband, and expert grandchild
babysitter.
Dave McKinney
Tenor, Retired I/T manager, loving husband, father, grandfather, and
dog lover (NOT). Dave is often referred to as Mr. Mary Lou McKinney.

MARY LOU McKINNEY
DIRECTOR
Mary Lou’s love of music began at an early age when she sang
a’cappella in the Church of Christ with her family. She met her
husband Dave at the age of 15 at a music school and they have
been making harmony ever since. She has studied voice privately
and was introduced to the barber- shop style of singing
when she and Dave moved to Youngstown, Ohio in 1969. She
joined Sweet Adelines in 1970 and throughout her musical career
she has been part of the regional and chapter administration
and has been an assistant director and director in Indiana
and Youngstown, Ohio.
Mary Lou is a Certified Director with Sweet Adelines, International.
This extensive course of study,along with each chorus member’s
hard work and an esteemed coaching staff of Kay Seymour, Alice
Kress and Dave McKinney have given this chorus many
awards with in the region and they are the home town pride of
Indiana County.
Her husband, Dave who is our coach and a behind the scenes
manager and confidant of our chorus is an active Barbershop
Harmony Society member . He sings with The Sweatermen Quartet,
entertaining you this afternoon. Dave and Mary Lou spend
many weekends traveling to various performances, competitions
and education seminars. They have three sons, three daughtersin-laws
and eight wonderfully talented grandchildren who all
have a love of music in various forms, including barbershop.
Mary Lou and Dave will celebrate 50 years of marriage and their
love of music together in March of 2017. They love to spend time
with their family and encourage them and everyone they
meet to fill their lives with music.

MARY JANE GATTI
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
BASS SECTION LEADER &
CHOREOGRAPHER
Mary Jane Gatti hails from upstate New York, where she and her
six sisters spent many years studying piano, voice, and dance.
Last year her hometown paper in Rome, New York, published a
feature story about Mary Jane and her sisters, describing where
they are today, and how they have used their musical training
and experiences. Mary Jane has been a Sweet Adeline for 35
years, and has served in a variety of positions, including
choreographer, member of the Chapter Board of Directors,
chorus Treasurer, lead section leader, Director and Assistant
Director. She was chorus Director for five years, and Mary Jane
has attended numerous Regional and National Sweet Adeline
classes and seminars in choral directing and performance. Other
hobbies include golf, skiing, travel, and dance. Mary Jane and
her husband Bill have four grown children and ten grandchildren.
Mary Jane is a dual member with the Sounds of Pittsburgh
Chorus, and sang with them five years ago, in the International
Chorus Competition in Nashville, TN.
Mary Jane has a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education,
and a Masters degree in Counseling, specializing in elementary
age children. Her latest effort for the chorus has been organizing
Young Singers Chorus, to join with the Indi-Annas in
today’s performance. It is everyone's hope that young singers
will continue to enjoy barbershop style music, and the Young
Women in Harmony Chapter will continue to flourish. Working
with young singers is her favorite part of being a Sweet Adeline!

KAREN MACVAY
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR &
BARITONE SECTION LEADER
Karen MacVay grew up in the small town of Clintonville,
Pennsylvania in southern Venango County. The youngest of three
children to Oliver and Alice MacVay, she was the light of her
older brother and sister's life-until she learned to talk. And she
hasn't stopped since.
Talking very quickly turned to singing, and that hasn't stopped
either! At Franklin High School, she was involved in the Concert
Choir and Madrigal Singers, representing her high school at both
District and Regional Choruses. After high school she attended
Clarion University, and graduated with a degree in Music
Marketing. There she was also a member of both the Concert
Choir and Madrigal Singers.
Since joining the Indi-Annas in 2000, she has been involved in 2
quartets: "4 Good Measure", singing both tenor and lead, and
baritone in "On Common Ground". She has been on the board
of directors and has also held the office of President of the
chorus. She is currently the costume chairperson and has the
costume closet to prove it!
Karen has lived in the Indiana area for almost 20 years, 16 of
those years with her dog Oliver Boliver Butt. She is a huge Pirates
fan and plans on going to Spring Training next year to celebrate
her 50th birthday.

PEGGY SHAFFER
CHAPTER PRESIDENT
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR &
LEAD SECTION LEADER
Peggy grew up in Penn Hills and graduated from Penn Hills High
School where she met her husband of 40 years, Jim. They have
three sons, Dr. James Shaffer and daughters Amy and Katie; John
Shaffer and his wife Melissa and their children Bailey, Emma, Tyler
and Mason; and third son Joe Shaffer and his wife Meghan, and
their children Brayden and Abigail .
Peggy has been singing Lead with the Indi-Annas for almost 8
years and is also the Lead Section Leader. She is the President of
the chorus. She is also an Assistant Director. Peggy also sings with
the double quartet, 2xQ, is a member of her church adult choir.
Peggy started playing clarinet in fourth grade and was a
member of her high school band. She has also performed in
school musicals and church family nights, and special music at
church services. She also enjoys sewing, quilting, crafting and
making delicious baked good treats.

SWEET ADELINES INTERNATIONAL
HISTORY
At the dawn of the baby boom era, women who enjoyed singing
close harmony formed an organization known today as Sweet
Adelines International, a highly respected source of education in
the barbershop style.
"The original purpose for which Sweet Adelines was organized in
1945 was educational, to teach and train its members in musical
harmony and appreciation," Edna Mae Anderson stated. The
main goal was to create and promote barbershop quartets and
other musical groups; another goal was to give musicals, public
and private performances for, learning and general appreciation
of all the things pertaining to music. "The organization has stayed
true to its original goals, entertaining and educating thousands of
people every year. It may look and sound different today, but
deep inside its members are the same women aspiring to perform,
to achieve and to experience the joy of singing and the
thrill of ringing chords that weave harmony into lives and into
the world around us. Today there are nearly 23,000 members of
Sweet Adelines International in more than 1,000 registered
quartets and 550 choruses who are perpetuating the unique
American art form of barbershop harmony while looking
optimistically to the future in their quest to Harmonize the World!
INDI-ANNA CHORUS
HISTORY
The award wining Indi-Anna Chorus has been a part of Indiana
County for over 45 years. The chorus was originally formed as The
Indiana Good Time Singers, a barbershop chorus for ladies from
Indiana in 1971 and was first directed by Joseph McWilliams.
The chorus went on to join Sweet Adelines International in 1974
and chartered as the Indi-Anna Chorus. The chorus has varied in
size from the original 23 singer to as large as 44, with a current
membership of 29. Two of the chorus’s charter members still
singing with us today (June Wyne and Connie Hill).
The chorus competes annually with others from our SAI Region 17,
in Cleveland Ohio.