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...capella also "allows a singer to use a lot of different performing qualities," says Maureen N. McLane '89, a member of the co-ed Opportunes and director of an informal singing troupe known as the Currier House Singing Rats. "It takes a lot of different talents. There are opportunities for backup singing, soloing, dramatics and acting, and choreographed moves. It's an entirely different dynamic...
...Harvard these a capella traditions date back only as far as the late 1940s, when Harvard became the second University to have its own singing group. The first was Yale whose Whiffenpoofs date back to the turn of the century...
...result, the first all-male a capella group was formed in the spring of 1946, named after the reptillian mascot of the Pudding Club-The Harvard Krokodiloes...
...more unique and entertaining aspects of the a capella style adapted by the Kroks involves the comedic introductions that precede each musical routine. "The Kroks would often formally present each song with a spoken introduction. These naturally developed into little jokes," Cloherty says. The comedic introduction soon became an entertainment standard for the Kroks and for every a capella group that was to follow, he says...
...intros are important because they let the audience get to know the different personalities of the group," says the Pitches' Kennedy. "Anyone who likes to be a ham will love a capella. The intros have become almost a necessary part of every show, and the audiences sometimes expect us to be funny...