Word: cappella
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...Immediate Gratification Players, a well-known improvisational comedy group, performed Friday in Adams House, and the Din and Tonics sang a cappella at the Sackler Museum on Saturday...
...genius, I had found the perfect solution: fulfill your extracurricular and social life requirements at the same time. What could be better than joining a close-knit group of people who all share a common interest? And I had the perfect role models: no, not The Crimson, but a cappella! All I had to do was look at the smiling, poised faces of charismatic students snapping and harmonizing to realize that they were the lucky ones who had it all. I became convinced that my destiny lay as a member of one of these perfect groups—friends...
...After being rejected from the groups more times than I would ever admit, I rediscovered that my acerbic side would never tolerate the saccharine dynamics of a cappella. And as I saw more of Harvard, I learned that the smiles during performances were often only surface-deep. A cappella groups are businesses; their members have their own lives and they are not always buddies. Sometimes the same people harmonizing onstage are having an all-out fight offstage; a cappella groups are made up of a variety of personalities who come into conflict, like any other group at Harvard. So, getting...
...Legend tells of a great a cappella king who long ago held court in this common room. On quiet nights you can still hear the bone-chilling echoes of cheesy guys making dorky pretend drum noises with their nerd-mouths...
...founders of the Kappa Eta chapter never imagined that Harvard could support such a flourishing fraternity, but over the next few years, Sigma Chi became a successful campus presence, both socially and in the community. They began to sponsor the annual Miracle Jam, an a cappella concert to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network, and helped support the fledgling Greek community on campus by holding events with other Harvard fraternities and sororities. Kappa Alpha Theta and Delta Gamma, the two largest sororities on campus, both started with the support of Sigma Chi and used the house for their...