Carol Karna's blog

And a good time was had by all….Houston Horizon produced our annual show on Sat, June 22 at Memorial Church of Christ.  We had storybook characters, hippies, Christmas hippies and folks from the 1940s on the risers listening to Alexa, Siri and Cortana.  Did you know…they can talk to each other?  It made for some hilarious moments!  Our Silent Auction was a success and everyone enjoyed the Sweet Shop.  Many thanks to Kathy Railey and company for producing fun and laughter for our beloved audience.  Next big performance for HHC….International Competition in New Orleans, LA!

Lynda Keever, what can we say?!?  After spending more time than she really wanted working her way to us (all that rain...sigh!), we spent an AMAZING Saturday with her coaching and working our songs for New Orleans.  We made a few changes to some things but mostly we spent our time fixing the things that she heard that weren't quite up to snuff yet.  It was a lot of work but we also did a lot of laughing too!  She's coming back to us in August and we're so looking forward to that!  Thanks to Lynda for keeping us on our toes, on pitch and on track for New Orleans! 

We came, we sang, we volunteered....at Regional Contest this year!  The chorus arrived, like most of the competitors, at the Greenspoint Hilton, in time to watch our quartets, Mama Made Me Duet and Reunion Street, compete in the quartet contest.  Congratulations to Mama Made Me Duet on their 4th place finish!  We are so proud of you!!  On a much sadder note, after 20 years, our beloved Reunion Street has announced that they are retiring as Vicki Wyont is retiring and moving to Oklahoma.  They will be very much missed!  Our bow-out performance was much enjoyed by the crowd while we had a great time performing for the Region.  Congratulations to Essence, our new regional quartet champions and to the Woodlands Show Chorus as they became our new regional chorus champs!  All in all, a great

Houston Horizon had the fabulous Janie Macchiaroli come and do riser placement this past Tuesday. A fascinating process to see how different voices in different places make the sound change completely. We're thrilled with our new spots and cannot wait to share the sound with our Region 10 friends at Regional Contest and then in September at International Competition in New Orleans. Will you be there to cheer us on?

Christmas from the 1940's came from the studios of Radio K-H-H-C during the chorus annual Christmas show.  Everyone dressed in their best 1940's Christmas outfits, including our Christmas chorus members!  We had the Andrews Sisters quartet, the Mama Made Me Duet quartet and our guest quartet, S.L.E.D. entertain our audience also.  Radio commercials, cue cards, a reading of the Night Before Christmas and the next segment of Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories, along with our hilarious sound effects team allowed our audience to relive the 1940's in all it's Christmas glory!