Rehearsal Schedule for the Summer

During the summer months our rehearsals will be impacted by members travelling, taking vacations, staying at cottages, and spending time with family. As such on occasion we might not have the full voice part coverage we would like. Some weeks we are planning to visit other chapters in eastern Ontario as part of the Barbershop Harmony Society program of Chapters Helping Chapters, and these will be held on other than a Tuesday night and will replace our Tuesday rehearsal for that week. Some evenings we will place a slightly greater focus on a piece of music, technique, introduction of a new song in addition to singing songs from our repertoire.

With some of our meetings shown as tentative arrangements during the summer, we would recommend that if you are planning to drop in during the summer months, you send us an email message and we will confirm the meeting arrangements.

Our tentative schedule is as follows:
Wednesday, 18 August - regular rehearsal (except night change), sing many songs from our repertoire
Thursday, 26 August - regular rehearsal (except night change), focus on our Just Perform songs
Tuesday, 31 August - regular rehearsal, focus on our Just Perform songs
Tuesday, 7 September - regular rehearsal, focus on our Just Perform songs
Tuesday, 14 September - regular rehearsal, focus on our Just Perform songs
Tuesday, 21 September - regular rehearsal,  first of our Open Houses
                      - please visit and find out about our love of singing
Thursday, 26 September - regular rehearsal, Open House - please visit

Support for Sing Canada Harmony and Cross Canada Youth Chorus

The Northern Stars Chorus believes that the future of sining is with our youth. And to help ensure the future of singing in Canada and the national capital area, the Chorus donated money toward assisting the Cross Canada Youth Chorus to help them get to and compete in Tampa, FLl in February 2010.

Shown here is Peter Hall presenting a cheque to Digger MacDougall, Chair of Sing Canada Harmony in support of youth singing and the Cross Canada Youth Chorus. We are very pleased to have Sing Canada Harmony as one of the charitable organizations we support.

20+ Years of Harmonizing

In September 2008 we celebrated 20 years of singing and entertaining. Most of our members have been with us eight years or less and do not have the experience of our rich, lengthy history.

To commemorate our milestone and achievements, we are collecting photos, memories, personal experiences, newspaper articles, and stories about the chorus over these 20 years. We haven't been around as the Northern Stars all these 20 years. If you were a member or were at one of our events, sing outs, etc. we are looking for your information and photos. We are especialy interested in photos from the first 10 years. We have a critical shortage of these.

Please take time and search through your 'old' photos for chorus related pictures. If you are able to scan them (with decent resolution) and send them to us, we would appreciate that very much. If you are not able to scan them or if they are not in digital format but in print or slide format, contact us. We will arrange to pick them up, scan them, and return them to you. If you want to shorten the process a little, contact Keith Lindsey directly.

We look foward to hearing from you and receiving your submissions.

And you can read a brief history here. At the end of that page is a link to a slide show of the chorus over the years.

Interested in Singing or Singing More Often?

We are always ready to welcome singers. Whether you're
- an experienced or new singer,
- interested in exploring the world of a cappella,
- needing a night out,
- interested in meeting new people, or
- you just enjoy making music,
you should come to a meeting and find out about the Northern Stars Chorus.

You don't have to be able to read music and you don't have to worry if you think you voice isn't ready for singing with others. Many of us started the same way. And we are enjoying singing a cappella music each week with our friends. A good number of us do not read music and we have learned new songs. We also enjoy the variety of music. Our repertoire includes gospel, show/movie tunes, barbershop, contemporary a cappella, country, doo-wop, musical show tunes, television shows, and even some favourites from the 50s and 60s! Our variety of music is what interests our singers.

And when you join us, an integral part of our singing evening includes instruction of proper singing techniques to help us sing and perform better. We are all looking to improve our performance level and/or our voices. We are very fortunate to have two Music Directors who have attended Harmony University, in the Director's stream, learning the latest and most effective skills, vocal and directing techniques, and approaches to singing and directing. Our quality song learning tracks provide an easy way for singers to learn their music easily and at their own pace.

You have an open invitation to join us any Tuesday evening. Come and visit for several evenings to get an appreciation for our members, our music, why we enjoy singing together each week, why we enjoy our music, how you can fit in with us, and more.