Word: capellas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...When I came here twenty years ago there were two [a capella] groups and now there are about twelve," says Jameson C. Marvin, director of choral activities. "The growth started with the Din and Tonics, but it was around eight years ago when other groups really began to develop...
Unlike Kuumba, which has completely open membership, Under Construction, an evangelical Christian a capella group formed in the '80s, does hold auditions. But members maintain the group also has a non-competitive atmosphere...
...growing popularity of non-competitive groups does not seem to threaten the a capella establishment...
...Generally, speaking, they [non-competitive groups] draw on different types of people, and take from some people we wouldn't see," says Veritones President Dwight J. Porter '98. "To the extent that there is an overlap, it's a commonly held belief among a capella groups that people would choose the more traditional a capella groups over the less high profile groups...
...never heard of a capella before I joined Under Construction," she says...