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...many fans refuse to divide their loyalties; ardent Krok fans say that they rarely miss a major concert. "They are good singers and have great senses of humor," said Wellesley freshman Cindy M. Hoyle, adding that she thinks the Kroks compare favorably with similarly groups from other colleges. "The Kroks are better performers--they liven up the audience more...
...group's puzzling name actually dates back to its founding year, 1946. "A bunch of Kroks were sitting around thinking of things to call the group, some of which are too obscene to tell," says Stephen R. Cass '87, the Krok's historian, "but, one of them looked up at the emblem of the Hasty Pudding--a crocodile--and decided that the name could be a variation on the emblem...
...there was a question of what to do, there should have been some arbitration between the groups," said one Krok who asked not to be identified. "They shouldn't have taken the date from behind our backs...
While the Dins invited the Kroks in October to appear with them on stage this weekend, the kroks refused. "It was in the interest of both groups not to interfere" with the Dins plans the krok added...
...concert, noses tilted ever so slightly skyward, vowels stretched to aristocratic dimension, the Kroks still satiate the regulars. (They play Lowell House tonight at 8:15.) For others, repulsed either by the endless references to Bermuda, the heavy Porcellian-Krok alliance, or by a cappella singing in general, the Krok music and spirit remains anathema. Yet the Kroks should be seen, and their unique talent appreciated, if not savored. Watching those immaculate dandies preen, one can imagine, just for a moment, how the other half lives, sings--and sometimes--flourishes...