Top of the Rock is excited to announce that the Sing Like a Girl Summer Camp is back! The camp is open to 7th-12th graders and college students (up to age 25). The Top of the Rock Chorus Sing Like a Girl Summer Camp is a seven-week program with vocal music instruction classes that begins June 20 and culminates in an Aug. 5 show. There is a $20 cost for T-shirt and materials; however, scholarships are available for participants with financial need. Rehearsals are from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday nights (June 20, June 27, (July 6), July 11, July 18, July 25 and Aug. 1). Because the Independence Day holiday falls on a Tuesday, we will rehearse on Thursday, July 6. If you have further questions, please contact Tina Kneisler at Jahbiri@aol.com. Click here to register. Participants under the age of 18 also need to submit a photo/video release form signed by their parents or legal guardians. Please print and fill out the attached form and bring it with you to your first rehearsal. Flyer | |||
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Congratulations to Tina Kneisler, our TOTR Member of the Year, and Sharon Gardner, the 2023 recipient of the Lou Ann Davison Kindness Award! We love these amazing ladies! |
Thanks the generosity of our wonderful donors, the Top of the Rock Peggy Gram Scholarship Fund raised $2,170 at its yearly benefit concert on Feb. 12. Held at Presbyterian Kirk in the Pines in Hot Springs Village, attendees were treated to performances by Top of the Rock Chorus, Treble in the Village, Random Mix, Roundelay and Harmony on the Rocks. “We are so grateful for the support that we have received for the Peggy Gram Scholarship Fund,” said Sharon Gardner, who organized the benefit and leads fundraising efforts for the scholarship. The Top of the Rock Peggy Gram Scholarship Fund provides scholarships specifically to women involved in music education or vocal performance education at the secondary level to assist in the furtherance of their music education. The scholarship is named in honor of Peggy Gram for her more than 40 years as director of Top of the Rock Chorus. Lexie Ellis, a vocal music education major at Arkansas Tech University, is the 2022 recipient of the scholarship. Past recipients include Megan Ahne (2018), Haley O'Meara (2019), Alyssa Fraley (2020) and Veronica West (2021). Applications for the 2023 scholarship are being accepted and are due by April 15. More information is available at topoftherockchorus.com. |
What an amazing night! We had 15 amazing ladies visit us on our June 14 Membership Night! We ate yummy treats, sang some fun tags, visited with each other and generally had a ball. Check it out! ![]() Our hostesses ![]() Who's up for a tag? ![]() Look at all our Rockstar prospective members! |
Congratulations to Tamara Boggs and Janell Barkley! Tamara is our 2022 Sweet Adeline of the Year award recepient, honored for her tireless efforts as our assistant director. Janell is the first recipient of the LouAnn Davison Memorial Kindness Award, named in honor of our dear LouAnn who died in 2021. Both women were honored at Top of the Rock's installation dinner on May 3. |
Congratulations to our TOTR members who are celebrating 25 and 50 years as members of Sweet Adelines International! From left -- Brenda Craft -- 25 Years Janell Barkley -- 50 Years Kaye Washburn -- 25 Years |
Top of the Rock turns 60 this year! To celebrate, we invited current and former members to participate in a virtual choir. So pull up a chair and get ready to rock! | |
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We miss singing together, so we thought what better Christmas gift to all of us -- and hopefully, all of you -- than a TOTR virtual choir! We hope you enjoy this as much as we enjoyed making it. With no further ado, we present "Until COVID's Gone!" | |
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Many thanks to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for a wonderful article in the Sept. 17 Style section on Top of the Rock's trip to New Orleans for the Sweet Adelines International competition! | |
For more information, see: | www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/sep/17/sister-act-20190917/ |
Top of the Rock is THRILLED to announce that our TOTR Peggy Gram Scholarship was mentioned in College Magazine as a top music scholarship to apply for now! Click here to see the full list. We are committed to helping women succeed and are so thankful to all of our friends, family and supporters who have given so generously to the TOTR Peggy Gram Scholarship Fund. |
Top of the Rock performed at the Region 25 Competition on March 30, 2019, at Robinson Center in Little Rock. We are so pleased with our performance and excited that we have a video to share with you! | |
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LITTLE ROCK — Top of the Rock Chorus has accepted a wild card bid to the Sweet Adelines International competition in New Orleans in September 2019.
With a score of 633, Top of the Rock finished second in the Region 25 Sweet Adelines competition at Robinson Auditorium in March, behind Talk of Tulsa Show Chorus. Both choruses will be competing in New Orleans. “It is such an honor to be invited to compete in New Orleans,” said Kelly Causey, director of Top of the Rock. “We are thrilled to represent Arkansas at what is truly an international event featuring the best 34 Sweet Adelines choruses from around the world.” Based in Central Arkansas, Top of the Rock is a five-time regional championship chorus made up of talented women who love to sing, perform and grow as singers and musical leaders. The group, which has been performing for more than 50 years, currently has more than 50 singers of all ages. In addition to their second-place overall finish in March, Talk of the Rock also won second in the Division AA category for mid-sized choruses and tied for Most Improved Chorus after raising their score 26 points. “We were so proud of what we accomplished at regionals in March,” said Causey. “Our chorus garnered the best scores that Top of the Rock has ever achieved. Now, we are planning even greater things for New Orleans.” Top of the Rock Chorus is a member of Sweet Adelines International, a worldwide organization of nearly 22,000 women singers committed to advancing the musical art form of barbershop harmony through education, competition and performance. Sweet Adelines International choruses are divided into several geographical regions. Region 25 is comprised of 30 choruses from Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. For more information about Top of the Rock, please visit our website at www.topoftherockchorus.com or on Facebook. |
Many thanks to Only in Arkansas for publishing news about Top of the Rock! | |
For more information, see: | onlyinark.com/culture/top-of-the-rock-chorus/ |
Top of the Rock had a big weekend during the Sweet Adelines International Region 25 Competition and Convention on March 23-24. Click here to see our video! Top of the Rock tied with Show-Me Harmony Chorus for Most Improved Chorus after both groups raised their scores by a jaw-dropping 26 points! Then, Top of the Rock took home second place in both Division AA (mid-sized choruses) and overall categories, finishing behind Talk of Tulsa Show Chorus. Our quartets also wowed and amazed the judges. Vertigo, featuring baritone Tamara Boggs. won fifth place in the overall quartet competition. Roundelay, featuring Kathy Allison, Mary Devine, Karen Wesson and Ellen Withers, finished 13th out of all competing quartets. Finally, the lovely ladies of Treble in the Village -- Kathy Allison, Kay Crews, Sharon Gardner and Patty Van Cleave -- won the Audience Choice Award in the quartet open division category. It was an amazing weekend! |
We want to give a big Congratulations to the three winners of our Rudolph's Raffle and a big Thank You to our generous sponsors!![]() John Stark of Sherwood -- Rudolph's Raffle Winner of the Little Rock Package of a night's stay at the Rosemont B&B Inn and Cottages, dinner at Marriott Heritage Grille Steak and Fin Restaurant, and two tickets to the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. ![]() Carroll Allison of Hot Springs Village -- Rudolph's Raffle Winner of the Eureka Springs Package of a night's stay at the Roadrunner Inn and Cabins, dinner at Gaskins Cabin Steakhouse, and a half-day rental of a 24-foot pontoon boat on Beaver Lake from Starkey Marina. ![]() Steve Drillette of Sherwood -- Rudolph's Raffle Winner of the Branson Package of a night's stay at Mabee Lodge Keeter Center, dinner at Dobyns Dining Room Keeter Center and two tickets to the Six Show-Branson. |
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Arkansas Sounds concert to unite voices of women, menFriday's Arkansas Sounds Concert Series show leaves the instruments at the door and turns up the volume on vocals as the Top of the Rock Chorus and Acapella Rising hit the stage. The two central Arkansas-based singing groups will each take the stage for their respective sets and then join for a finale. The concert, at the Central Arkansas Library System's Ron Robinson Theater, is the latest in the Arkansas Sounds series, a project of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, a department of the library system. | |
For more information, see: | www.arkansasonline.com/news/2017/oct/26/arkansas-sounds-concert-to-unite-voices/ |