COASTLINE CELEBRATES 30 YEARS!!

30th ANNIVERSARY
1977 - 2007

1977 - The year we chartered! - and, by a wonderful coincidence, Headquarters had booked their International Convention that year to take place in London at The Royal Albert Hall in October. The event was televised, and we were thrilled to be invited to sing on that great stage and to receive our Charter as full members. At this time we were called The Brighton Ladies, but this was again changed in 1984 to Coastline Harmony Chorus to represent our members who came from other local areas. However, none of this would have happened if it had not been for a special meeting held in 1973 by a small group of wives and girlfriends of m a l e barbershop singers who decided they w a n t e d t o s i n g f o u r - par t harmony too . A few meetings later, and discussions about outfits, in June1973 a chorus was formed. They called themselves the Sussex Harmonetts.

2007 – Thirty years on from receiving our Charter we can now boast how lucky we are to have Rebecca Thorpe as our Director. Rebecca joined us in 2004 and was a previous member of Purbrook Harmony Chorus and a Quartet Gold Medallist. She is also the youngest Director in our Region, and under her direction in 2006 Coastline broke back into the medal tables and were delighted to receive 2nd Place Small Chorus medals.

We marked our 30th Anniversary with a great celebration on 6th October when we held a grand Dinner/Dance.  Attending this event were three founder members who we are proud to say are still singing with Coastline today - Jackie Collier, Valerie Paddock and Pauline Wakeling.

We look forward with pride knowing that through all the highs and lows of the past 30 years, Coastline Harmony will continue to shine for many years to come.

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