By Tiffany Self
ELMHURST, IL — For 15 years, Joan Boutilier took the Sweet Adelines International (SAI) Choral-Aires Chorus to new heights; consistently winning regional competitions and ranking highly at international competitions. In January, her reign as the Choral-Aires director came to an end as she stepped down from the Chorus.
In a bittersweet good-bye, the Chorus celebrated Boutilier’s accomplishments—earning the elite Master Director status with Sweet Adelines International; becoming only the second director in the history of SAI to take two choruses to back-to-back international competitions; and recently being elected to the Sweet Adelines board of directors—and began their search for a new director.
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