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Bay Area Showcase Chorus

Bay Area Showcase Chorus is a vibrant, award winning chorus & chapter of Sweet Adelines International We rehearse in person on Thursdays from 7:30-10 p.m.

BASC invites women of all ages, backgrounds, and singing experience to come learn a variety of music in a friendly and inclusive community. in Milpitas, California, and also broadcast our rehearsals on Zoom. Visitors are always welcome! All guests and members attending in person are required to be fully vaccinated + one booster. Contact our director, Julie Starr, for more information about joining on Zoom, additional COVID mitigation measures, or visiting a rehearsal: [email protected]

06/12/2026

All three directors of Bay Area Showcase Chorus were present last night (June 11) at our rehearsal. It was great have Pat join our rehearsal.

06/08/2026

The Vocal Clinic hosted jointly by The Peninsulaires and BASC is a lot of fun. Between 15 and 20 guests have been showing up to learn singing essentials and the barbershop style of music. It has been such a pleasure to meet the diverse group of people interested in singing that have been showing up each week. We have a finale on June 25 at 8pm at the Mt. Olive Ministries (1989 Calaveras Boulevard Milpitas, CA 95035). Come join us and hear The Peninsulaires, BASC, and all our new singers take the stage.

05/26/2026

Last Thursday, we held our annual end-of-year celebration to look back on the accomplishments of all our wonderful teams and committees that make BASC possible! We had a blast sharing food, reviewing our contest set, and singing together with our chorus family. We even awarded a WOOPS (Woman Out Of Perfect Step) award! 😉🏆

In addition to the festivities, we had 17 (!!!) amazing humans nominated for the Sweet Adeline of the Year (SAY) award. We are thrilled to announce this year’s winner: Barbara Day Zinicola 🎉

Here is just one of the many fabulous things our members had to say about her:

“Barbara is amazing! She does so many things for the chorus, always behind the scenes with a smile. She’s an incredible baritone section leader, a wonderful riser choreo teacher, and is always involved with chorus social events, especially the decorating! She’s kind, knowledgeable, creative, and always ready to help our members.”

Congratulations, Barbara! So well deserved! ❤️❤️❤️

(Pictured: 2025 SAY winner Chantal van Schooten (L) with this year's SAY winner Barbara Day Zinicola (R))

05/24/2026

Ready to find your voice? Join The Peninsulaires and Bay Area Showcase Chorus for a free 5-week vocal clinic this spring. Open to all ages and experience levels. Link in bio to sign up!

05/22/2026

Last week, May 14 – May 16, BASC attended the 2026 Region Convention in Sparks, CA. On Friday, Verve started the quartet competition as mic tests. During the quartet competition, four BASC quartets including AllSorts, OverEasy, PDQ, and Reverie competed. All five quartets gave magnificent performances.

Saturday was the chorus competition. BASC competed seventh with 40 of us on stage. It was a great stage and we sang fabulously. We received first place in the AA division and third place overall. It was a wonderful debut for our director Elaine.

The first-place chorus award was won by DVC who received the highest score ever in region 12 with a 701. BASC is so proud of DVC.

Congratulations to everyone who participated.

Included is a picture of the bass section just before we went on stage.

05/09/2026

Last Thursday, May 7th, Bay Area Showcase presented their competition songs to our friends and family. Quartets Sunny Side, Reverie, AllSorts, and PDQ joined us with their wonderful performances. It was a great evening for all.

05/06/2026

Bay Area Showcase chorus is thrilled to announce that we are joining forces with the Peninsulaires chorus for a free, five-week vocal clinic starting May 28th. We are employing a "one program, two locations" model where participants can attend either Peninsularies or BASC rehearsals on Thursday nights. It is open to all.

This year’s program is using a beautiful arrangement of "Dream A Little Dream of Me." We will have a combined concert on June 25th at the Mt. Olive site. Please come and join us.

Clinic Starts: May 28th (Running for 5 weeks)
Joint Rehearsal & Performance: Thursday, June 25th
Location:
Mount Olive Ministries (BASC)
Sunnyvale Elks Lodge (Peninsulaires)

Visit the BASC or Peninsulaires website for details.

04/23/2026

Last Sunday, April 19, BASC had a special choreography rehearsal at Los Gatos Ballet studios in preparation for contest. Led by our talented and fantastic coach, Xiaolin, we made great strides in becoming a beautiful unit.

04/13/2026

Last Saturday, April 11, Bay Area Showcase Chorus sponsored a Quartet Stage Day; the first time since Covid. Stage Day gives our quartets a “competition” experience where they can practice their performance including their walk-on, singing two songs, and walk-off, not just once but three times! In addition, the coaches give each quartet immediate feedback on how they can improve. It was really amazing to see how much our quartets improved with each run through.

A special thanks goes to Jan and Dana Gervais who traveled from Petaluma to be our expression and visual communications coaches. And praise to our very own Elaine who was the sound judge.

A very special thanks to our quartets who participated:

Over Easy
Reverie
Relentless

02/11/2026

Wednesday, February 11th is the LAST DAY to order your singing Valentine! Don’t miss your opportunity to give your loved one this unique gift of song! 🎵 💝

Order today at bit.ly/BASCvalentine

Address

Mount Olive Ministries
Milpitas, CA
95035

Telephone

+14089731555

Website

http://www.singharmony.org/

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