Chorus History Timeline:
- January 1995 - City of Views Chorus formed under direction of Doris Ward.
- June 1995 - Name changed to Circular Keys Chorus.
- July 1995 - Competed in Ryde Eisteddford achieving 1st place, Popular Show/Choir/Barbershop Chorus.
- March 1996 - Chorus chartered by Sweet Adelines International (SAI).
- June 1996 - Competed in our first Sweet Adelines Regional Convention, "Harmony in Paradise", Gold Coast. Placed 2nd among Small Choruses. (see photo below)
- July 1996 - Competed in McDonalds City of Sydney Performing Arts Challenge. 1st place, Barbershop/Sweet Adelines Chorus.
- August 1996 - Competed in our second City of Ryde Eisteddford. Second place in Popular/Show Choir/Barbershop Section.
- 28 June 1997 - First Circular Keys Chorus Show, "Another Opening, Another Show" at Don Moore Centre, Carlingford.
- July 1997 - Competed in our third City of Ryde Eisteddford. 2nd Place, Popular/Show Choir/Barbershop Chorus.
- August 1997 - McDonald's City of Sydney Performing Arts Challenge. 1st Place, Barbershop Chorus/Sweet Adeline Chorus Section.
- June 1998 - Competed in our second Sweet Adelines Regional Convention in Adelaide, South Australia. 11th place Chorus.
- November 1999 - Second Circular Keys Chorus Show, "I've Got the Music In Me", Castle Hill High School, Castle Hill.
- June 2000 - Our third Sweet Adelines Regional Convention, "Let the Good Times Roll", Perth, Western Australia.
- June 2001 - Sweet Adelines Southern Cross Region Australian Education Symposium.
- November 2001 - Third Circular Keys Chorus Show.
- January 2002 - Circular Keys Chorus gets a new Director - Vicki Dwyer.
- June 2002 - 1st Place Small Chorus (Div A) Sweet Adelines Regional Convention, "Dare to Dream", Wollongong, NSW.
- May 2003 - Circular Key Chorus Show - "Mum's the Word" - Castle Hill.
- November 1st 2003 - The Secret's Out! Circular Keys Show - Riverside Theatres Parramatta.
- November 2nd 2003 - Circular Keys Chorus perform for Australian Prime Minister John Howard at a private party.
- May 2004 - Circular Keys Chorus named Official Ambassadors for Baulkham Hills Shire Council.
- May 2004 - Circular Keys Chorus wins Second Place Large Chorus Category for Sweet Adelines International 2004 Add-a-Voice New Member Growth Contest. ( with a New Member Growth percentage of 26.42%)
- June 2004 - 3rd Place Mid-Size Chorus (4th Place Overall) Sweet Adelines Regional Convention - Adelaide.
- September 2004 - Flying High on Harmony - Chorus Show in support of Accolade at the Hills Centre Castle Hill.
- January 2005 - 10th Anniversary of Circular Keys Chorus' first meeting.
- May 2005 - 2nd Place Chorus (and 2nd Place Midsize Chorus) Sweet Adelines Regional Convention - Adelaide.
- October 2005 - Doin' Time - Chorus Show with Idea of North and Glenn T at the Hills Centre Castle Hill.
- March 2006 - 10th Anniversary of Circular Keys Chorus official Chartering by SAI.
- May 2006 - 1st Place Midsize Chorus and 2nd Place Overall Chorus Sweet Adelines Regional Convention - Brisbane.
- April 2007 - Our inaugural Chorus Annual Awards Night and Dinner Dance held in Dural to celebrate our 11th Anniversary.
- October 2007 - CKC ON AIR - Chorus Show at Pacific Hills School Dural.
- May 2008 - 2nd Place Chorus - Sweet Adelines Regional Convention - Hobart. With our best score yet of 596 points.
- June 2009 - Finalist - Sydney Eisteddford - John Lamble Australasian Open Choral Championship.
- August 2009 - Chorus Show 2009 at the Shore School North Sydney.
- October 2009 - Joint Chorus Show with the River Blenders Chorus at Logan Centre in St.Louis Missouri USA.
- October 2009 - 25th placed Chorus at SAI International Chorus Competition in Nashville (scoring 1110)
- October 2010 - We release our CD "Never Say Never".
- October 2010 - 1st Place Galston District Eisteddfod - Barbershop Choir.
- May 2011 - 1st Place Chorus - Sweet Adelines Regional Convention - Newcastle. Scoring 610 and Master Director Award for Vicki Dwyer.
- December 2011 - Chorus Show - The Secret of Christmas - Cherrybrook Technology High School Auditorium.
- May 2012 - Competed for Evaluation only - Sweet Adelines Regional Convention - Canberra.
- September 2012 - Chorus Show - Seasons of Love - The Concourse Chatswood.
- May 2014 - Sweet Adelines Regional Convention - Sydney
- May 2015 - Sweet Adelines Regional Convention - Hobart
- December 2015 - Holiday Voices@Independent (Sydney Harmony Show)
- May 2016 - 3rd Place Chorus and 2nd Place Div AA Chorus - Sweet Adelines Regional Convention - Wollongong (Score 581)
- May 2017 - Sweet Adelines Regional Convention - Perth
- September 2018 - Chorus Show - Meet Us In St Louis - Hornsby RSL
- October 2018 - 3rd place Harmony Classic - Sweet Adelines International Convention - St Louis
- December 2018 - Christmas Voices @ The Independent (Sydney Harmony Show)
- April 2019 - BHA Eastern Region Chorus and Quartet Competition - Barker College, Hornsby
- May 2019 - Did not compete at Sweet Adelines Regional Convention in Hobart
- August 2019 - Combined Show - Hornsby RSL (Sydney Harmony)
- May 2020 - May 2021 No Sweet Adelines Regional Conventions held due to COVID-19
- May 2022 - Video Competition - Sweet Adelines Regional Convention - video entry scoring 579
- May 2023 - 2nd Place Chorus - Sweet Adelines Regional Convention - Brisbane - Scoring 622 our highest score to date - We received a Wildcard invitation to 2024 International Chorus competition in Kansas City, which we declined.
- May 2023 - BHA Eastern Region Chorus and Quartet Competition
- August 2023 - Performed at SAA Regional Acapella showcase featuring Love Notes quartet
- November 2023 - BROADWAY MEETS POP - Combined show with Sydney Harmony - Hornsby RSL> Special guests included Allouette, Basically Quartet, Mixed Voices Project, Vox Harmony and Tony Barnard.
- May 2024 - 2nd Place Chorus - Sweet Adelines Regional Competition - Fremantle - Scoring 611 - We received a wildcard invitation to 2025 International Chorus Competition in Columbus Ohio, which we accepted.
Above: Vicki Dwyer with Doris Ward - founding Director of Circular Keys Chorus
