MVA is thrilled to announce that we achieved first place in the small chorus division (Division A) and second place overall in Sweet Adeline International’s Region One chorus competition. Most of our members have been on the Symphony Hall contest stage in Springfield many times before. But we thought it would be interesting to hear about the contest experience from a first-timer — lovingly referred to as a “newbie”. This year we had six newbies on stage with us.

This is what MVA newbie, Barbara Mague, had to say: