by Helen Gagel | Jul 14, 2025 | Singer Profile
Judy Peres is writing a memoir that promises to be what booksellers call ‘a good read.’ “Old Growth: A Memoir of Love, Lumber, and Late-Life Exuberance” relates Judy’s adventures after age 60, when many of us are easing into retirement. Not Judy! She took a buyout...
by Helen Gagel | May 28, 2025 | Singer Profile
– Recycling Champion, Community Activist & Intrepid Alto – Betsy is a lifelong activist for the causes she believes in. Some of us are fortunate to have a life-changing experience while still young enough to learn from it. For Betsy Vandercook, it...
by Helen Gagel | Mar 18, 2025 | Singer Profile
Soprano, Social Worker & Blues Cruiser At the tender age of 11, few of us know what we want to be when we grow up. Betty Dayron is the exception: she knew she wanted to be a social worker, and she went on to fulfill her dream in a 43-year career with the agency...
by Helen Gagel | Nov 19, 2024 | Singer Profile
Skydiver, Life Coach, Mover and Shaker If the term “mover and shaker” didn’t already exist, it would have to be coined to describe Lois Hobart. To put it simply, she is a person who gets things done. She and her husband, Jim, were among the first residents to move...
by Helen Gagel | Oct 7, 2024 | Singer Profile
Singing in Sounds Good’s Good Memories Choir is just one way Elspeth Revere and Bruce Calder continue to expand their skills, interests, and friendships. As some of us age into our seventh and eighth decades, one wish that many of us share is that we’ve done...
by Helen Gagel | Sep 3, 2024 | Singer Profile
Ron Hadsall: Pop culture guru, historian and music collector If all you know about Ron Hadsall is that he sings bass-baritone with the Sounds Good Choir in Arlington Heights and the Skokie Community Choir, you don’t know the half of it. This former math teacher is a...
