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Word: capellas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard-Radcliffe Opportunes' Head of the Charles Jam was not a concert for the feeble-minded or faint of heart. Four a capella groups and three droll, yet tire-some, emcees gave the packed Sanders Theater crowd three and a half hours of orgiastic a capella excess...

Author: By Daniel J. Sharfstein, | Title: Making the Best of Their Opportunities | 10/25/1991 | See Source »

After hours of fun, excitement and intermission, the crowd itched to hear the Opportunes in a way that only hard-core a capella fans can itch. But when the first three songs did not sound up to snuff, people braced themselves for a very long set, and some left...

Author: By Daniel J. Sharfstein, | Title: Making the Best of Their Opportunities | 10/25/1991 | See Source »

...Hasty Pudding Institute, which already oversees a centuries-old theatrical society and several a capella singing groups, will expand its involvement in the arts this February by publishing a magazine...

Author: By Anna D. Wilde, | Title: Pudding Plans New Magazine | 10/23/1991 | See Source »

...Blessing," the concert reached a critical juncture. Had the traffic jam ended on a mediocre note, the crowd would have experienced great pains of unfulfilled expectation. But if the jam ended on a high note, the crowd would witness one of the best moments of this young Harvard a capella...

Author: By Daniel J. Sharfstein, | Title: This Jam Was Not Stuck in Traffic | 10/17/1991 | See Source »

...opening acts provided the only negative moments of this jam. The Yale Baker's Dozen typified everything that can be vapid about a capella music. But even they had their moments-the group gave a particularly memorable rendition of Gershwin's "Summertime." Unfortunately that smattering of praise cannot be bestowed upon the Wellesley Widows. There was nothing redeeming about their performance-the group would have better entertained the audience by remaining in their part of Massachusetts...

Author: By Daniel J. Sharfstein, | Title: This Jam Was Not Stuck in Traffic | 10/17/1991 | See Source »

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