In 2006, Mission Valley Chorus welcomed Angela Suraci as the new Mission Valley Chorus director. Angela is a member of Sweet Adelines International and joined Bay Area Showcase Chorus in 1998. She has served as an Assistant Director and Lead Section Leader since 1999. Her barbershop history started years before as her motherhas been an active member since 1965 and is currently a member of Bay Area Showcase Chorus as well. She has always been active in music-singing in high school, college and professional choirs as well as pursuing a career in opera. Angela received a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy and a BA in Psychology from San Francisco State University. She is also a private voice instructor and coaches quartets and choruses in the area. Angela was born in Castro Valley, CA, where her parents still reside. She is a project manager in the high tech industry and has lived in San Francisco for 28 years.

Angela and Barb are sharing the job as Freshman Professor so that they also can benefit from coaching.

Barb Tincher discovered Sweet Adelines as a child when she saw a chorus on television. Trouble was, it took her until 1979 to find a local chorus. She found the Prospective Sugarloaf Chapter in Region 1 and her whole life changed. She transferred to the West Coast in 1981. Since then, she has sung with Diablo Vista Chorus, Sacramento Valley Chorus, and Voice of the Valley Chorus. She directed Cycle City Chorus in Davis for 8 years. She is currently directing Sierra Gold Chorus in Auburn. Besides the chorus level activities, Barb has served the region as Director of Musical Activities as well as Chorus Coordinator. She also sang bass in the quartet, Plum Dandy in 93-94. In her other life, Barb is a Programmer Analyst with Delta Dental of California. She and Steven have been married for 24 years. They have an elderly cat.

Cyndi has been a Sweet Adeline for 20 years, all of them as a member of Diablo Vista Chorus where she has served as their front line director for 6 years. She is a Certified Director, Regional Faculty member, teaching classes on rehearsal planning, and the former Director's Certification Program Coordinator for Region 12. She has participated in quartets for ten years and currently sings Lead with a comedy quartet, This Side Up. Cyndi works in "real life" as an Interpreter for the Deaf for the Mt. Diablo School District, while juggling a busy family with a husband, two teenagers and a Miniture Schauzer. She is honored to be part of this exciting program and eager to share new communication skills with the Sophomore class.

Julie has been directing the Bay Area Showcase Chorus since August of 2002, after 11 years as an assistant director and five years as a director of the Diablo Vista Chorus. Bay Area Showcase Chorus is a consistent Regional champion and International competitor, with numerous top ten medals and a thriving membership that draws from the entire San Francisco Bay area and beyond. A Master Director and director mentor, Julie believes strongly in the importance of educating, developing and nurturing chorus directors, assistant directors, and musical leaders of all kinds. Julie is on the Region 12 faculty, manages the Regional Arrangers program, and coaches both quartets and choruses throughout the region. She is also a private voice teacher when she is not contracting as a technical writer and project manager. Julie sings bass in Radiance quartet, 2007 quartet champions of Rocky Mountain Region 8. Julie describes her involvement in the LAW program as one of the highlights of her Sweet Adeline year, and loves working with the eager, dedicated women who come to Learn Arm Waving.

Jan has been waving her arms for 30 years, six years as an assistant director and then as the proud director of Pacific Empire Chorus for 24 years. She has led her chorus on the International stage five times! Jan attained Master Director status several years ago, "because of the dedication to excellent singing of the members of PEC!" She is a Certified Judge in the Expression Category and currently serves on the Music Education Team of Region 12. She has also been the Director Coordinator on the Regional Management Team. Jan has many other credits including serving on International committees, coaching choruses and quartets and spreading the word about LAW. Since the program began, she has been a LAW professor where she says she has "learned much from the students."