Regional Competition Guide
May 1-4, 2025
Sparks, NV
Hotel Information
Nugget Casino Resort
1100 Nugget Ave
Sparks, NV 89431
Local: (775) 356-3300
Toll-Free: 800-648-1177
When checking into the hotel, make sure you tell them you are with Sweet Adelines!
Notes about the weekend
**Although tipping the housekeeping staff $1 a day per person is optional, we know how much they appreciate it since we create quite a mess with our makeup and performance preparations.
**All grooming products should be unscented, without exception. Allergic reactions can prevent others from being able to sing in the performance. Perfumes are never appropriate when sharing the close quarters of risers.
When you arrive in Sparks, please check in!
Sharon Carlson 707-322-6222
SOS Schedule
Thursday: find us and have dinner with us. Pick up your badge at the Registration Desk.
Friday: Friday arrivals – Pick up your badge at the Registration Desk.
- You can join the Sound Check Chorus on stage at 8:45-10am.
- Let’s sit together and cheer for the Quartet Competition at 2:00pm.
- Flat Floor rehearsal Cascade 3/4 8:00-9:00pm.
Saturday
- Flat Floor Rehearsal
3rd Floor, Central Pacific Rooms A, B, C
8:00 – 9:30 am. - Make-up/hair/costume checks
Tracy’s Suite – we’ll share the room number once she checks in.- 10:30: Make-Up & Hair Team and Row 1
- 10:45: Row 2
- 11:00: Row 3
- 11:15: Row 4 & 5
- Plan your meal to be about 2 hours before stage time!
- 1:08 pm: gather for the Traffic Pattern Check-in Just outside Resort Tower Elevators on the 2nd Bring your ‘baggie’ with room key, All-events badge, small personal items.
- “Bag Ladies”: They hold the big bags that hold your small (very small) bag.
- 1:53 pm: THE BEST 6 MINUTES OF YOUR LIFE!!
- 4:25 pm: 2024 Champion performance & awards.
- 7:00 pm: Dinner: Cascade Room 3. Let’s have a great dinner, debrief score sheets and party!!
- 9:00pm: Afterglow Party Harmony Hoedown. Look for directions onsite.
| Schedule of Competition Events | |
| Thursday, May 1 | |
| 5:30 – 7:00 pm | Combined Chorus and Quartet Briefing (Directors & Team Coordinators) |
| Friday, May 2 | |
| 8:45 – 10:00 am | Sound Check Chorus |
| 2:00 – 7:00 pm | Quartet Competition |
| Saturday, May 3 | |
| 1:00 – 5:30 pm | Chorus Competition |
Packing List
Silver and black outfit
Smoothing undergarment
Appropriate shoes
Silvery jewelry
Contest make-up
Items for contest hair: unscented hairspray, curlers, etc
New chorus top to wear on Friday
Personal make-up
Unscented deodorant
Washcloth/towel (for makeup removal)
Other toiletries: q-tips, cotton balls, aspirin, safety pins, band-aids
Outfits for our Dinner and/or the Party Like a Rock Star! Afterglow
Cell phone charger
Snacks for your room
Cash for the weekend
Any Sweet Adelines bling!
A great attitude!
CONTEST MAKE-UP
To achieve and ensure our polished, professional unit look you will need:
| Make up kit (your own or shared)● Foundation● Blush● Neutral Set Powder (white)
● True Red Lipstick ● White eye shadow ● Black eye shadow Final Seal Spray |
Your own:ConcealerDark brown eyebrow pencil or powderBlack eye pencil- preferably waterproof
Black mascara-preferably waterproof Red lip pencil Eye shadow base Brushes Sponge wedges or circles, powder, blush, eye shadow brush and sponge, eyebrow Towel Magnifying and/or Lighted Mirror Face wash Moisturizer Black false eyelashes Eyelash glue Eyelash curler Clear nail polish or French Manicure Make-up remover |
Cell Numbers
| First | Last | Cell | Room |
| Alicia | Miller | 707-758-5182 | |
| Anne | Bazerman | 707-486-0221 | |
| Bev | Look | 321-5995 | |
| Cheryl | Ray | 217-0874 | |
| Christine | Lush | 364-5624 | |
| Claire | Urquhart | 953-8993 | |
| Cris | Duhon | 484-3745 | |
| Diane | Pimentel | 772-7514 | |
| Ellen | Kelm | 332-4149 | |
| Gloria | LaFleur | 837-6357 | |
| Heather | Evans | 707-548-6515 | |
| Jackie | Skvaril | 707-536-5354 | |
| Judy | Girard | 415-328-3349 | |
| Karen | Giovannini | 707-292-5399 | |
| Kat | Slusser | 291-1652 | |
| Kathy | Uemura | 707-479-7981 | |
| Kris | Skold | 322-4689 | |
| Laura | Drake | 707-318-7317 | |
| Lindsay | Harriman | 707-292-5198 | |
| Luree | Schneider | 612-501-7244 | |
| Lynda | Casillas | 479-4214 | |
| Mollie | Isaacks | 510-517-2293 | |
| Nada | Hadley | 328-2889 | |
| Norma | Stevens | 818-464-6911 | |
| Sara | Jones | 758-0084 | |
| Sharon | Cahn | 707-291-9270 | |
| Sharon | Carlson | 322-6222 | |
| Shirley | Stevens | 477-7062 | |
| Susan | Burkett | 415-509-8552 | |
| Suzan | Lane | 322-4513 | |
| Suzy | Martin | 591-6211 | |
| Tessa | Murray | 490-6714 | |
| Tracy | Jenkins | 332-5934 | |
| Vanessa | Birdwell | 707-303-0868 |