SWEET SONGS MELODIC VALENTINES TOUCH HEARTS.Byline: John Sanders John Sanders is the name of
LANCASTER - Jenny Gonzales was a bit suspicious when her husband, Bob, invited her to lunch just before 11 a.m. Monday. ``I thought he might have something planned, but I wasn't sure,'' Gonzales said. Little did she know that when she entered her husband's City Hall workplace five women would be waiting to deliver a singing Valentine. ``After 16 years of marriage it's still nice he does things for me,'' Gonzalez said. ``It really surprised me. It was wonderful. They were wonderful. I never imagined this. I have such a sweet husband.'' Gonzales was just one of many - men and women - who received singing Valentines from the Harmony Showcase Chorus on perhaps the most romantic day of the year, Valentine's Day Valentine's Day: see Saint Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day Lovers' holiday celebrated on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine, one of two 3rd-century Roman martyrs of the same name. St. . ``It's wonderful. It really makes everybody happy,'' said Linda Agner, assistant director of the group, which is a part of the Sweet Adelines Sweet Adeline tune of a man’s former romance, usually sung in barbershop harmony. [Am. Music: Hart, 823] See : Sentimentality women's barbershop harmony organization. ``A lot of the women cry, and we have to really not watch that because we sympathize. The men are more embarrassed. You can slowly see the red creeping creeping 1. gradual progression of a lesion or tissue growth. 2. prostrate growth pattern of a plant, e.g. c. buttercup (Ranunculus repens), c. caustic (Euphorbia drummondii), c. charlie (Glechoma hederacea), c. up their face.'' Members of the group visited some 20 different locations this Valentine's Day, including Signatures Salon, Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital, Lancaster City Hall and Pinecrest School. Each valentine received two songs - ``A Bushel bushel: see English units of measurement. and a Peck'' and the classic ``Let Me Call You Sweetheart,'' a keepsake rose, a heart filled with candy and a card. ``This is as sweet as can be,'' said Kerry Sabadin, who received a valentine from her husband, Terry, at her workplace at Pinecrest School. ``When they were singing I was thinking how much I love him. We're going on 25 years (of marriage), and he still is as cute cute adj. cut·er, cut·est 1. Delightfully pretty or dainty. 2. Obviously contrived to charm; precious: "[He] as can be.'' Singing in four-part barbershop harmony, the group performs at Christmas shows, office parties and patriotic shows, as well as competing against similar vocal groups
The women practice every Tuesday from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at the Antelope Valley Allied Arts' Cedar cedar, common name for a number of trees, mostly coniferous evergreens. The true cedars belong to the small genus Cedrus of the family Pinaceae (pine family). Centre. ``There's not a lot of outlets to sing for women,'' Agner said. ``You can sing in a church choir, but there's nothing really after that, unless you're a professional singer. So this is just another outlet for us.'' For information or reservations, contact (661) 275-0995 or (661) 940-3109. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Nina Huerta at Signature Salon in Lancaster gets a keepsake rose and a singing valentine performed by Jenny Carr, second from left, Linda Agner, Lola Negaard, Betty Spears and Missy Pearce of the Harmony Showcase Chorus. (2 -- color) Bob Gonzales and his wife, Jenny, listen with hands clasped to a valentine song from the Harmony Showcase Chorus at the Lancaster City Hall on Monday. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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