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ARGUS-COURIER STAFF
April 29, 2021
"For some, when emotions are so overwhelming that a half-hour of “comfort walking” doesn’t quite do the trick, other, more vigorous forms of exercise are required. Over the years, Petaluma choir director Sadie Sonntag has developed a whole list of such approaches, including one that goes way beyond a stroll around the neighborhood.
She calls it “rage skating.”
“Some scary skating at the Skate Park makes adrenaline and requires hyper focus,” said Sonntag, who generally uses rollerblades for such sessions. “It burns through some of the bulls--t and forces me to sleep fully.”
Not all of Sonntag’s strategies are quite so extreme, of course.
“Chamomile does in fact help,” she said, adding another trick. “Sometimes, on really messed up days, I actually literally force myself to smile.” Full Article... "
JEREMY HAY
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
October 26, 2015
“I came down to the building that she’s in and I heard this incredible sound, it was fabulous,” Guerneville Elementary secretary Patty Grimm said. “It’s joyful.”
The combined effort pushed the arrangement across a key threshold, making Sonntag’s position nearly full time, enough to qualify for medical benefits.
“It’s so important to attract high quality candidates to be able to offer benefits,” said Steven Kellner, superintendent of the West Sonoma County Union High district.
“It’s a big deal,” said Sonntag, although she said she would probably do it without benefits.
Sonntag pushes her classes hard, urging them on with a full gamut of expressions that range from delight to horror, matched by punctuating vocal expressions. Full Article...
DAVID TEMPLETON
ARGUS-COURIER STAFF
May 25, 2018
"Singer Sadie Sonntag of Petaluma has performed in concert halls, theaters, bars, churches, coffee-shops, and fairgrounds. She’s sung the Shubert Mass with the Sonoma State Symphonic Chorus. She’s conducted the Dona Nobis Pacem from J.S. Bach’s B minor Mass. But her favorite gig ever, she allows with a happy laugh, was singing the National Anthem before the Petaluma fireworks show at the fairgrounds on Independence Day...." Full Article...
