Register Now Download Registration Materials and Housing Forms. Register online for IES Central. IES Central Registration Registration postmarked on or before April 2, 2010: $395 Registration received after April 2, 2010: $495 Non-member Registration postmarked on or before April 2, 2010: $495 Non-member Registration received after April 2, 2010: $595 Registration fees include: On-site materials (handouts, seminar program, etc.) Links to download the seminar music and learning media All classes Admission to the opening and closing events All meals on class days (breakfast, lunch, dinner as well as snacks/non-alcoholic beverages such as coffee/tea) International Young Women in Harmony Festival, July 16 & 17 Download the Young Women in Harmony Registration form. Fee if NOT attending IES Central: $100 No charge if paid attendee to IES Central (If you are 25 and under and registered to attend IES CENTRAL in its entirety, the $100 fee will be waived.) Participants must be 25 and under Attention Non-members: Considering membership in Sweet Adelines International? View Membership Options here. IES CENTRAL July 15-17, 2010 St. Louis, MO Millennium Hotel General Information Get ready to be inspired, to focus on your vocal and visual performance and to learn about how to be a better singer with your chorus or quartet. IES Global will enrich and empower singers with skills that strengthen and integrate the voice, the body and the mind into a total performer. This education experience will help you recognize that you are part of a greater whole – by voice and the contributions you make to your chorus and quartet. The sum total of any ensemble is only as strong as each individual member. Each school location features identical classes, and presentations that are designed to be interactive and experiential through the use of demonstration and active learning. An ingredient of what makes IES Global so special is the intimacy of smaller classes and highly creative class environments. Learning will also occur in large and small group settings, all with a focus on student participation. Download the IES Global Schools Overview of Classes. Learn about your vocal instrument and employ skills that promote vocal energy, breath support, control, resonation and vowel production. Integrating your voice into the art form, learning techniques to promote physical and vocal synchronization and breathing life into your chorus experience will also be examined. Personal responsibilities such as individual focus and discipline, mental and physical preparation and balancing career and chorus/quartet life are additional topics offered. As you can see, this is the perfect opportunity to help you grow into a successful, confident and fearless performer! IES CENTRAL International Faculty Jean Barford Kathy Carmody Tori Postma Diane Porsch Sandi Wright Featured Quartet 2008 International Champion Quartet Four Bettys IES CENTRAL Housing Information Millennium Hotel St Louis 200 South 4th Street St. Louis MO 63102-1804 Room Rate: $119 plus 14.991% hotel tax per night Experience the Millennium Hotel St. Louis, located on the banks of the Mississippi River at the heart of the city’s best dining, entertainment and sporting venues. Adjacent to the landmark Gateway Arch, it is within walking distance to major attractions like Busch Stadium, Old Cathedral, Laclede’s Landing and President Casino. Soak in the views from one of the 780 guestrooms, offering amenities such as a fitness center, game room and indoor and outdoor pools. The Top of the Riverfront restaurant is St. Louis’s only revolving restaurant, serving contemporary American cuisine 28 stories above the cityscape with memorable 360º views. Martini’s Lobby Lounge offers your pick of over 30 delicious martinis, served before two-story windows with panoramic views of the Gateway Arch. The hotel rooms are spacious with pillow-top bedding to make you sleep like a baby. Many of the rooms have views of the Gateway Arch and the Mississippi Riverfront. Hotel reservations will be made through the Meetings & Corporate Services Department at international headquarters. Hotel reservations will be made through the Meetings & Corporate Services Department at international headquarters. Arrival and Departure Dates: Plan to arrive on the afternoon/early evening of Thursday, July 14 so that you may attend the Opening Reception. Plan to depart on Sunday, July 18 so that you may attend the Closing Event on Saturday evening. Additional Opportunity International Young Women in Harmony Festival July 16-17, 2010 An International Young Women in Harmony Festival, under the direction of Sandi Wright, will be offered during IES Central. It will take place on Friday afternoon and all day Saturday. Participants are not required to be members of Sweet AdelinesInternational. This is a wonderful way to introduce young women, aged 25 and under, to the barbershop art form though hands-on rehearsals culminating in a show package that will be presented on Saturday evening. There is a small fee to participate in the YWIH Festival. The fee covers meals for Friday evening and all day Saturday. If a youth participant registers to attend IES CENTRAL in its entirety, this fee will be waived. Please note that staying in the hotel is not required. Those students under the age of 18 who choose to stay in the hotel are required to have an adult chaperone. Download the Young Women in Harmony Registration form. Registration Open Now