We are so excited to be the Australian chorus champions! Here is an article written by Cathy Sterling for our regional newsletter, OzChords.

We have been asked how we did it… Redland Rhapsody Chorus came to the stage in Fremantle with 54 very focused members. Several were foundation members of our chorus - 28 year members!, There was a group of first timers too, and everything in between. We also welcomed fellow Queenslanders as out-of-town members. Some of them will stay with us! We are all thrilled, shocked, excited and beyond proud to be the 2024 champions. We are singers with a multitude of skill sets, but we all bring something to the stage. So what brought us to this point?

One of our foundation members spoke to a local business network group and told them how fabulous it felt to have our dreams realised after 28 years! Others are shouting from the rooftops with huge excitement and are planning a trip to Columbus Ohio, after their first time on the competition stage.

It takes a village and I believe it’s our culture that got us here. Not in a peace, love and mung beans way, just a genuine love of what we do with our chorus family. And of course there’s hard work! But we play a lot too and that’s important. It has to be fun!

All of these factors combine to give our performances “heart”, and feedback we have received supports that view. For us, we now concentrate on keeping that heart and developing our technical skills even more.

Lastly, but very importantly, we have a fabulous director in Weasy, Louise Brannon, who “feels” the music, believes in us and has a huge heart. It was beautiful to see her fairytale realised. A huge dream that became a reality! She is still asking us to pinch her. Thank you all for the fantastic support we received in Freo! We are over the moon to be representing Australia in 2025.