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Congratulations Julia Lupi - 2020 Winner of the Jean Revere Ferguson Scholarship

This year the Jean Revere Ferguson Scholarship was presented to Julia Lupi, a senior at Howell High School, the Monmouth County performing arts high school. Julia plans to attend American University in the fall. She is an extremely talented young woman who was very involved with music and other programs during high school. She is a member of the National Honor Society, the New Jersey All State Chorus, the Howell High School Drama Club, the Howell High School Chorus to name a few of her accomplishments. Julia has performed in the Papermill Playhouse Summer Conservatory, the Algonquin Arts Theater, the Two Rivers Theatre, the Count Basie Center for the Arts and many more. She volunteers at the Gateway Care Center and tutors students after school with their homework at the Joseph J.

We Celebrate Katie Blackwood's 15 Years of Directing LOC!

In May 2020, Liberty Oak Chorus celebrated our director, Katie Blackwood’s, 15th anniversary directing the chorus with a video tribute from our members. LOC had been a small chorus when Katie took the reins as our director in 2005.  That first year, Katie worked on vocal skills with the chorus and at our regional competition in 2006, we went up 127 points, the largest jump of any chorus in Sweet Adelines at the time. 

With Katie’s talent and leadership, LOC continued to grow and improve. In 2010, LOC made its first appearance on the Sweet Adelines International Competition stage as a wild card in Seattle.

2019 Member of Note: Nancy Duke

IT’S NO WONDER WHY NANCY HAS BEEN OVERWHELMINGLY NOMINATED BY OUR MEMBERS AS THIS YEAR’S MEMBER OF NOTE!

NANCY HAS BEEN A SWEET ADELINE AND MEMBER OF LIBERTY OAK CHORUS FOR 13 YEARS.  SHE STARTED AS A LEAD AND WITHIN THE PAST FEW YEARS, SWITCHED TO BASS!   DURING HER TIME WITH LOC, SHE HAS BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE MODEL FOR ALL OF US, DEVOTING HER TIME WITHOUT HESITATION, SERVING AS AN LOC BOARD MEMBER IN NUMEROUS CAPACITIES, DONATING HER CRAFTING SKILLS AND TIME FOR VARIOUS FUNDRAISERS.  SHE ALSO WORKS TIRELESSLY ON OUR REGIONAL MANAGEMENT TEAM, STRINGING HUNDREDS OF MEDALS FOR YEARLY CONTESTS AND HANDING OUT AWARDS!   ALL THIS DONE AND ALWAYS WITH A SMILE!!

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