• Sisters celebrated Incorporation Day with our annual lunch at Fresh Fish Company.
• Many sisters participated in their local church's Holiday concerts.
• Sisters joined at The Gathering Place to perform holiday carols to the guests eating lunch as part of our bi-monthly service.

• Sisters gathered for an informal meeting at the residence of Anna Maria Manalo in Denver.
• A Musicale of "Select Pieces by Amy Beach" were performed on piano by Linda Rolf.
• Four new sisters were affiliated during our January 20th meeting. Read more about them in the 'Get to Know the New Sisters' section.
• FRED: VP Ritual Linda Rolf helped us review the SAI Symphony.
• On January 27th, the chapter held a successful Fundraiser at Sipping N' Painting where $340 was raised for SAI Philanthropies, Inc.

• Sisters performed a Musicale at the Cherry Creek Retirement Community.
• Sisters gathered for an informal meeting at the home of Krista Aliga. Mischief Barbershop Quartet performed for musicale.
• Postcards were sent out to local sisters who are not affiliated with an alumnae chapter.
• FRED: VP Ritural Linda Rolf gave members a quiz to see how much we knew about our National Executive Board.

• Sisters gathered at the home of Donita Banks for an informal meeting. "Wild Mountain Thyme: Songs and Stories of Ireland" was the theme of the musicale performed by Donita Banks on piano, autoharp, and voice.
• Denver Alumane Chapter was featured in the National Newsletter Tempo!
  • We'd like to correct the mistake on the caption of the picture. The caption should read "The Denver Alumnae Chapter affiliated Nicole Kobayashi, Shelley McCluskey, and Ariana Olivero in November".
• Province Day was held on March 3rd hosted by Xi C.
• Congratulations to Catherine Rands who received her 50 year member certificate.
• Congratulations to the new chapter officers for 2019-2020: President, Marion Talley; VP Membership, Cassidy Boone; VP Programs, Anna Maria Manalo; VP Ritual, Linda Rolf; Secretary, Shelley McCluskey; Treasurer, Sabrina Green; and Editor, Rachel Davis.  
• FRED: VP Ritural Linda Rolf gave members a quiz to see how much we remembered from last month about our National Executive Board.

Keena Day is from Detroit, MI, and eventually received her B.A., and M.A., in English with education credentials from Tennessee State University. She has been an educator for 15 years, completing an educational fellowship situated at Yale University and subsequently opening her own educational consulting company and blog called The Savvy Urban Educators and is currently working for KippColorado Schools as the Director of Secondary Literacy grades 3-12. Keena is also a published author, freelance writer and journalist having written for newspapers and magazines in Nashville, TN and working in media while performing as a poet. Keena was initiated into the Kappa Iota chapter in 2003 at Tennessee State University; she went on to serve as Psi B Province Officer and Region 4 Officer while living in Tennessee. She is the mother of a graduating senior (Jimmy, III), a 6th grader (Jimari) who both play low brass instruments and her partner Jimmy, II is a member of Phi Mu Alpha and is Band Director at East Middle School and Assistant Band Director at Hinkley High School.

Jessica Kneiff graduated from Washburn University  in Topeka, Kansas in May of 2018 where she was a member of Theta Chapter. She plays the bass clarinet and the saxophone and graduated with a degree in public relations and a minor in music. Jessica moved to Denver in June for a marketing job at a software company. Her fondest memories of SAI are when her chapter earned the Katherine Becker National Collegiate Chapter Achievement Award in 2017 and when she attended the 2018 National Convention in Scottsdale, where she met some of her new Denver SAI sisters for the first time. Jessica volunteers with the Aurora Symphony Orchestra and is looking forward to finding new ways to bring music into her life through the SAI Denver Alumnae Chapter sisterhood. 

Callie O'Buckley is from North Carolina and has recently moved to Denver, CO. Before moving, she graduated from University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a BA in Arts Administration. While in her collegiate chapter of SAI, she served as the Sergeant at Arms, Secretary, and President. Callie plays flute and she is looking for new opportunities in Denver to continue playing. She has recently accepted a position with the Boy Scouts of America, Denver Council as a District Executive.


Tina Phillips is a respected Jazz artist and songwriter based in the Denver region. Influenced most by Betty Carter, Sarah Vaughn, Charlie Parker and her dear friends Sheila Jordan and Art Lande, her style is versatile - including straight ahead, bebop, blues, and Latin Jazz. Her charismatic on-stage performance is the finishing touch. Tina, a Denver native, attended the University of Colorado as a vocal performance major. She is a highly respected vocal coach, clinician, award winning billboard songwriter and performs with internationally known jazz musicians.  Her music is played worldwide and she performs nationally. Respected Internationally known Jazz critic, Scott Yannow, listed Tina in his book The Jazz Singers The Ultimate Guide.
 

Eligibility

Applicants must:

• Be enrolled as a full-time undergraduate or graduate student at DU for the semester in which the competition occurs.
• Be an initiated member of the SAI Sigma Upsilon chapter and in good financial standing.
• Not have won the competition in the immediate prior year.