Word: cappella
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...understand. Am I missing something? Why am I not impressed by a boy who skips from one side to the other of a broomstick laid on the stage (stepping on it at one point, I might add), in the aptly named "Broom Dance." There was an a cappella duet of a chilling minor tone that caught my imagination, and then it was back to the men with sashes who hop with bells on their feet...
...Harvard's stages or athletic fields, provide better guidance for those in search of the esteemed among us. Although stage performers are more recognizable than most, how can an audience member even begin to compare them with each other? Who should impress us more: a concert violinist, an a cappella singer or a dramatic actor...
Despite the difficulties, the production itself has all the makings of a great show. McGuinness said she and Augustine "talked a lot about how the arts are segregated at Harvard, with people classified according to what they do; a cappella people, dance people, theater people." Judging from the tremendous number of non-musical theater people who auditioned solely for the show, they believe that it will "really unite all these people," serious dancers, singers and actors, many of whom are infrequent or first-time performers in musical theater, all of whom bring the richness of their own disciplines...
First-years heard the horror stories about the dread of the "bum, bum, budum, bum" of a cappella groups, but never fully understood the true terror until the jams kept coming with no end in sight. Weekend after weekend after weekend after weekend a different group vied for their money and struck fear into their hearts. But the end has come. The Harvard-Yale Jam, features The Radcliffe Pitches, The Harvard Din and Tonics, Dukes Men of Yale and Yale Whim N Rhythm. Prove that you're hardcore and make it to the encore. 8 p.m., Sanders Theatre...
...strong enough of a person to handle yet another weekend of Harvard a cappella, head over to MIT to experience MIT a cappella. The Chorallaries, a coed a cappella group, is having their Fall Concert. For once you'll see something there other than the frats. 7:30 p.m., MIT Room 10-250, 77 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, 617-225-6545. FREE...