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Sweet Adeline|swiːt ˈædɪlaɪn|
U.S. A name in a popular close-harmony song (see quot. 1903), used in pl. to denote a group or organization of female barber-shop singers (cf. barber-shop 2 b). Also attrib. in sing.
[1903Armstrong & Gerard You're the Flower of my Heart, Sweet Adeline (song) 5 Sweet Adeline. For you I pine.] 1947Harmonizer Nov. 37/1 The Sweet Adelines, women's quartet organization, held their first convention and contest in Tulsa in October. 1958Music Jrnl. Nov.–Dec. 67/2 A Sweet Adeline Chapter..is a chorus and usually meets once a week. 1969Pitch Pipe Summer 7/1 We as Sweet Adelines have a..responsibility to present ourselves as an ‘in’ group..capable of presenting..choruses and performances. 1972Music Educators Jrnl. Dec. 71/1 ‘The Sweet Adelines’, an organization for women, have been largely responsible for keeping alive this style of singing. 1979Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. (Old Pueblo Suppl.) 2/4 On the bill for the 5 p.m. show are the Arizona Opera Puppets..the Old Pueblo Sweet Adelines.
So as v. intr., to sing in barber-shop style; hence Sweet ˈAdelin(e)ing vbl. n.
1949Educational Music Mag. Nov.–Dec. 38/3 So—get four boys ‘Sweet Adelining’ around the place if you want to start a real male section to your choir. 1961Pitch Pipe Aug. 13/2 I've just completed one of the most fabulous weekends in my career of ‘Sweet Adelining’. 1966Ibid. Spring 6/1 Sweet Adeline-ing is almost as habit-forming as a drug! |