Word: cappella
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...night in its integration of various divergent art forms. Choreographer Jetta G. Martin ’05 used segments of music from disparate styles, showcasing artists from John Coltrane to Universal Healing. The collaboration did not end with the music; Martin had free verse poetry recited and an a cappella solo performed on stage as accompaniment for the dancers in a halo of blue light...
...long set, Franks got up, microphone in hand, and belted out a version of an old Charley Pride tune called (Is Anyone Going to) San Antone? As Franks warbled through--"Rain dripping off the brim of my hat"--the crowd hooted, laughed and cheered the old man's a cappella act. "We have to take our jobs very seriously," the general said, before turning the mike over to the band, "but we should never take ourselves too seriously...
...certain cases, clubs need to be exclusive by basing induction on merit. But unlike an a cappella group, the Hasty Pudding does not select members based on special talents. Indeed, Andrea L. Olshan ’02, the club’s former president, accurately described the Pudding as “the first purely social organization to be accepted as a student group.” And that’s what it is: a once-secret society premised on ad hoc partying. Such organizations have a right to exist outside the auspices of Harvard?...
...MP3s. It was about then that I threw in the towel. Perhaps it was all the love, energy and money I had poured into my CD collection. More likely it was because I watched my roommate whither away, spending entire days downloading—shudder—only a cappella MP3s. (Those were dark times.) Unfortunately, now I am teased for throwing money away on CDs, but I must confess I am drawn to their neat packaging, their cover art, their portability, their character. I also like to think of myself as a humanitarian, clothing and feeding the poor indie...
...recent spring a cappella auditions caused what Mehta calls their “crisis moment,” and they began to feel uneasy about the group’s future. “We were worried things would fall apart,” Cohn says. “We got attached to each other!” Seven members auditioned for the Veritones, and each one made it to the second round. “I think that shows what the Fallbacks has done for us,” Woodard says...