Word: capella
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...attribute the popularity of a capella to its interesting sound. There's no accompaniment. We do with our voices what instruments would do," says Craig V. Hickman '90, founder of Harvard's newest co-ed a capella group, the Callbacks...
Such is the tradition of a capella singing at Harvard--a vaudevillian combination of song, dance, burlesque humor, and occasionally, something a little more serious...
Until 13 years ago the Kroks were the only formal a capella singing group on campus. Today there are more than six formally established singing groups, with new clubs being founded almost every year. Together, the groups give hundreds of annual concerts everywhere from Cambridge to Moscow...
...such explosive growth? "For starters, you don't have to carry an instrument around," says Katherine A. Kennedy '88, a member of the Radcliffe Pitches, the only all-female a capella singing group at Harvard. "But basically people like it because its just plain fun-fun to listen to, and fun to perform, especially in front of the larger audiences...
HARVARD'S a capella groups were, for the most part, in fine form. The Din and Tonics provided an exquisite rendition of "Nica's Dream" with soloist Ian Sterling. The Krokodiloes countered with an equally thrilling performance of "Lullaby of Birdland...