August 7, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • Page 39 Ridgewood Sweet Adelines International Bowling for Barbershop This July, thousands of Sweet Adelines International members have been “Bowling for Barbershop” in bowling centers across the globe. Nine members of Harmony Celebration Chorus of Ridgewood (known as HCC), cheered on by many of their fellow chorus members, recently participated in this very enjoyable event. Team members dressed up in their glitzy finest and bowled at Brunswick Lanes in Fair Lawn. They also intermittently broke into spontaneous song in four-part harmony, delighting fellow bowlers, many of whom cheered and recorded the performers on their smartphones. For the past two months, local Sweet Adelines members from Harmony Celebration Chorus have raised donations online and within the community to help HCC raise money for the upcoming Sweet Adelines International Competi- tion which will take place in Baltimore in November of 2014. Thus far, they have raised $4,995, half of which will go to Sweet Adelines International and half of which will go toward funding the Baltimore competition for HCC. Sweet Adelines International is a worldwide women’s singing organization committed to advancing the musical art form of barbershop harmony through education, com- petition and performance. With more than 23,000 mem- bers, Sweet Adelines International brings harmony and music education to women’s lives, schools and communi- ties across the world. For more information about Harmony Celebra- tion Chorus, call (201) 689-6896, e-mail harmony. celebration@gmail.com or visit HCC on the web at www. harmonycelebration.com. Above: Team Glitz Blitz: Melissa Prew (Ossining), Heather Collins (Midland Park), Alexis DePersia-Norelli (Purchase), and Sharon Schubert (Teaneck). Right: Team Split Hap- pens - Front row: Elizabeth Harris (Parsippany) and Kat Britt (Warren). Back row: Marilyn Fiordaliso (Livingston), Janet Rowley-Cebula (Clark), and Tricia Martini (Ho-Ho-Kus).