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The Boston Regional of the Harmony Sweepstakes A Cappella Competition will be
held on Saturday, March 25, 2006 at 7:30pm in Cohen Auditorium, on the Tufts
University campus.  For Tickets, call 617-627-3493.  For more information, visit
www.bubsfoundation.com or www.harmony-sweepstakes.com.

THERE ARE STILL 2 SPOTS OPEN IN THE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGIATE
COMPETITION.......
REGISTER AND COMPETE FOR BIG PRIZES!

CASA's
East Coast A CAPPELLA Summit
March 17, 18 and 19, 2006
Faust Auditorium
Oswego High School
Oswego, NY

WHAT IS IT?
One weekend. Five cutting-edge a cappella concerts, including a High
School A cappella Competition and a Collegiate A cappella Competition
-both with incredible prizes. More than a dozen master classes taught
by the masters of a cappella -performers from Broadway to Las Vegas,
Sweden to the Bronx and beyond. And of course, for the nocturnal, there
are the afterglows.



COMPETITION INFORMATION:

HIGH SCHOOL CONFERENCE & COMPETITION TICKET
Price:  $7.00 per student
Includes access to attend all "lightning round" master-classes and the
High School Concert Competition on Friday March 17, 2006 from 12PM-3PM.
High School groups interested in attending and
competing should call Diana Preisler at:
212-330-7734 Diana@....

Those who purchase this ticket have the option to
UPGRADE to a Student Full Weekend Pass for the special rate of $13.00
additional
(no further discounts, may not be combined with other offers).

BONUS OFFER: If your entire High School group upgrades from the HS
Concert Competition to the full weekend pass, your group is entitled to
a one hour group coaching workshop at the Summit on a first come first
serve basis, while supplies last (scheduling time and available
presenters).

HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS
1st Place: Trophy, MACH1 Arrangement, Song Remix by an Award-Winning A
cappella Producer (like Jeff Thatcher, Bill Hare, Marty Gasper, Freddie
Feldman or Jonathan Minkoff), Opportunity for Performance in Fri Night
Collegiate Event.
2nd Place:  MACH1 Arrangement
3rd Place: MACH1 Arrangement
Best Male Soloist: Trophy
Best Female Soloist: Trophy
Best Vocal Percussion: Trophy


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COLLEGIATE COMPETITION TICKET
Price:  $20.00 per student
Includes full-weekend pass to all master classes and concerts.
College groups interested in attending and competing should call Diana
Preisler at:
212-330-7734 Diana@...

BONUS OFFER: If your entire college group registers for the weekend
pass, your group is entitled to a one hour group coaching workshop at
the Summit on a first-come, first-serve basis, while supplies last
(scheduling time and available presenters).

COLLEGIATE AWARDS
1st Place: Trophy, MACH1 Arrangement, Song Remix by an Award-Winning A
cappella Producer (like Jeff Thatcher, Bill Hare, Marty Gasper, Freddie
Feldman or Jonathan Minkoff), Opportunity for Performance w/ Pro groups
in Summit Matinee.
2nd Place: MACH1 Arrangement
3rd Place: MACH1 Arrangement
Best Male Soloist: Trophy
Best Female Soloist: Trophy
Best Vocal Percussion: Trophy


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High School Groups shall perform for 8 minutes or less.
Collegiate Groups shall perform for 10 minutes or less.

Groups may use their time to perform as many or as few songs as they wish.

Judges shall rate performances in a genre neutral manner, and shall show no
favoritism
towards any genre (classical, jazz, pop, punk, hip-hop, etc.) over another.

All performances must be completely a cappella.

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PERFORMANCES AND MASTER CLASSES WITH...

Blue Jupiter [Currently Featured in National Radio Campaign for Oreo]

Riltons Vanner [Hot New Swedish Pop A Cappella Quintet]

Sons of Pitches [Touring Vocal Band and Local Heroes from Ithaca, NY]

Vote For Pedro [Boston Pop Group, Formerly All About Buford]

F'loom [avant cappella "language music": original melody, poetry, and
comedy]

Adam Matta [Featured Beatboxer on HBO's "The L-Word", Tommy Boy
Records]

'Round Midnight [Bbshop-NY Harmony Sweeps Winners]

Yo-Yo Beats [NYC Beatboxer]

Jeff Thatcher [the incredible Vocal Percussionist of Rockapella]

Rene Ruiz [of Broadway's Toxic Audio]

Freddie Feldman [Dark Side of the Moon A Cappella, Record Producer,
VOCOMOTION Studios]

Wes Carroll [Vocal Percussionist for The House Jacks and author of the
DVD Instructional Video "Mouth Drumming"]

The Burger Boys [Charlie and Jeff LaGrecca of Minimum Wage, Comedy A
Cappella]

The Showvinistics [Doo-Wop Sensations]

Jonathan Minkoff [Composer/Producer: Blind Man's Bluff, Altavoz;  RARB,
CASA]

Diana Preisler [The "Voice of MTV", Manager of Blue Jupiter]

Mark Suprenant [Founder of NCHSA, The National Championship of High
School A Cappella]


and more!





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TRAVEL AND HOTEL DISCOUNTS:

Check out www.casa.org for travel
plans, discount hotels, purchasing tickets and more.
[shared hotel rooms start at $12.50/person/night!]

Or contact our travel coordinator:
Christina Parke
summitdiva@...
917-553-9725

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FOR MORE INFO GO TO:

www.casa.org

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TICKETS ARE SELLING FAST!

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FOR TICKETS GO TO:

www.casa.org/tickets

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Questions or concerns?
Contact: Diana Preisler
Diana@...  212-330-7734




See you all at the Summit!

Diana Preisler
Board Member, CASA
Producer, East Coast A cappella Summit
Manager, Blue Jupiter
Diana@...
212-330-7734

Hey Folks!

My band has some great new shows coming up, AND our NEW CD is being
released soon!  We'd love to see you at a show, and we're also
running a contest for the CD name.  Details below...thanks!

NEW SHOWS:

FRI-SUN, MARCH 17th-19th
The East Coast A Cappella Summit
Oswego, NY
Friday:  we'll be arriving in town around 8:00pm, you can catch us
at the hotel
Saturday:  afternoon concert (1:00pm)
Saturday:  main event concert (8:00pm)
Sunday:  Composers Forum Masterclass (11:00am)
We'll be joined by our good friend and  special guest Wes Carroll!
Website:  http://www.casa.org/index.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=56


SATURDAY, MARCH 25th - 7:30PM
The Boston Regional Harmony Sweepstakes
Tufts University -  Cohen Auditorium
We're on FIRST!!
Website:  http://www.harmony-sweepstakes.com/boston.html
We're in great company this year for the competition, and the show
should be rockin!  As usual,  the tickets will probably sell out, so
get yours now! We'll be performing as four with our good friend Dan
Lennon from Five O'Clock Shadow!

NEW CD!

We are in the final stages of our CD and will be getting them
pressed soon.  We're very proud and excited about this CD and it
features 4 originals and one cover:

Do You Trust Me (original written and arranged by Taunia - remixed
by VFP)
Cocktail Napkin (written by Shah and Amy Malkoff, arranged by Ben)
Cool Kidz (written and arranged by Ben)
Summertime (written by Taunia - kidding.  Gershwin, baby!)
Tall, Dark, and Handsome (written and arranged by Taunia)

If you'd like to pre-order a CD and have it mailed to you, please
visit our  website (www.pedroband.com ).  On the home page, just
scroll down and you'll find information on how to pre-order.  We'll
be happy to ship it out to you once we receive the final product.
The scheduled date will likely be early April.  After that, we'll be
selling them on various online stores, but the price will be going
up.  So get a deal from us!  :)

CD NAME CONTEST:

Have a brilliant CD title name for us?  Email us back, and if we
select your title name, you get a free signed CD with a VFP gift
package!  We'll list all of the submissions on our website.

Many thanks to you all for your continued support!  Hope to you see
you soon.  Happy Spring!

Cheers,
Taunia, Ben, Shah, & Dan Lennon!
Vote For Pedro
www.pedroband.com

The Copley Cats are currently scheduling auditions for all voice
parts!  Auditions will be held on Saturday, April 8th, from 12:00 –
4:00 at the Arlington Center for the Arts (www.acarts.org).  To
schedule an audition, please send an e-mail to
copleycats@....

There will be an open rehearsal before the auditions so that you can
get a better sense of who the Copley Cats are and what we do!

More helpful information about auditioning for the Cats…

We sing because we love it and we enjoy each other's company.  This
is not a business venture, and any money we make goes into a kitty
(no pun intended) for general use by the group for expenses.
However, we are serious about the music we make and are committed to
the group and each other.

Rehearsals:  Rehearsals are held on Tuesday evenings from 7:30 to
9:30 pm at a Cat's home.  We try to keep the rehearsals in a central
location, such as Coolidge Corner (Brookline) or Wellesley, but on
occasion we meet in Framingham.  You should note that these places
are not necessarily T accessible, so if you don't have a car, you'll
need to carpool with another Cat.  Rehearsals are important, so if
you currently have a Tuesday night engagement, then perhaps this is
not the best time for you to audition.  We do understand that we all
have real lives, though, and we try to work things out when we can.

Audition Schedule:  We will schedule up to three people each half
hour.   We ask that you prepare a short piece to sing for us (a
cappella, of course).  We will also do some exercises to check your
range and musicality – e.g. singing back a sequence of notes, picking
out a note in a chord.  We will also teach you a part of one of our
arrangements where we will be looking for blend, how quickly you
learn the part, if you can hold your part while others around you are
singing other parts, etc.  PLEASE NOTE THAT READING MUSIC IS NOT A
REQUIREMENT!  We are just as interested in people who can learn by
ear.

We look forward to hearing from you!  If you have any other
questions, please let us know.

Thanks!

NOTICE:
InPulse, a professional a cappella vocal band from Minneapolis/St.
Paul, MN is accepting audition materials for the part of TENOR.

INPULSE:  InPulse is a full-time, professional, a cappella vocal band
which performs throughout the country in a variety of venues. Members
include: Gabe Koxlien, Tenor (Strum, WI), Matt McDonald, Bari-tenor
(Sydney, Australia), Marcus Hanson, Bass (Billings, MT) and Paul
Donnelly, Vocal Percussion (Petaluma, CA).  InPulse plays
approximately 250 dates per year as guest-artist/clinicians at
colleges & universities, high schools, community fine arts halls, and
professional athletic events. Winners of the 2004 Rocky Mountain
Harmony Sweepstakes, InPulse also took home awards for Best Original
Song (for "Obsession") and Best Soloist (Matt McDonald). Their debut
album, "Alone and Above" (nominated for 2 CARA awards in 2003) has now
sold over 10,000 copies, and their CARA nominated Holiday Album, "Shed
a Little Light" has sold 4,000 copies in just 2 years. In 2005-2006,
InPulse was most booked a cappella act in the Mid-Atlantic Region, and
showcased at the Mid-Atlantic NACA Conference, the Association for
Performing Arts Presents Convention and Arts Midwest to secure
bookings for the 2006-2007 Concert Season. InPulse is represented by
The College Agency (MN) and Dow Artists Inc. (IA).

JOB DESCRIPTION:  Salaried position with full medical/dental benefits
packages as a full-time, touring/performing musician. Other duties may
include: Band Promotions and assistance with general operations.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Applicant must demonstrate unique ability to sing both lead and backup
tenor in a variety of musical styles including: pop, rock, R&B,
country and soul. Demonstrating vocal control in all registers of the
instrument with special emphasis on falsetto and upper chest voice.
Applicant must demonstate ability to blend with other singers, as well
as articulate vocal techniques used in doing so.
Applicant must move fluidly on stage.
Applicant must be willing to relocate to Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN.
*Ability to write and arrange music, a plus.
*Previous professional experience, a plus.

SERIOUS APPLICANTS ONLY can submit a demo DVD or CD, resume and
photograph to the following address:

InPulse
5741 Bloomington Ave. S
Minneapolis, MN 55417

For more information:
email: managment@...
or call: Matt McDonald, 612-600-6288

Thank you and best for luck!
InPulse, Management

Tickets are still available for the Boston Regional of the National Harmony
Sweepstakes A Cappella Competition to be held next Saturday, March 25, 2006 at
7:30pm in Cohen Auditorium on the campus of Tufts University.  Call 617-627-3493
for tickets or log onto www.bubsfoundation.com for more information.

Marty Mahoney
Producer
Boston Regional

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I'm looking for a list or starting point for rehearsal
spaces for my vocal group. We'd like to keep it as cheap
as possible but everyone's home, the cheapest, isn't as
feasible as it used to be. Any reccomendations? We just
need a room with a piano or keyboard, we could even
supply a keyboard.

Thanks!

We were so lucky to have had over 20 Choral and Acapella groups join
us for the holidays to perform at the Opera House for The Nutcracker
last season!

We have already set our schedule for The Nutcracker 2006 and we
would like to invite you to join us in providing music for our
patrons, pre-performance.  Please note the dates for The Nutcracker
on our website: http://bostonballet.org/nutcracker/nutcracker_sched-
tix/default.aspx and let me know if you are interested in booking
your choral group for one or more of these performances.

Again, we will be offering your group of 20 or fewer 50% off of
ticket prices in Section B and coverage on our Boston Ballet web
site, besides the opportunity to expose your choral group to
thousands of patrons.

I hope you will be able to join us again and I look forward to
talking to you soon.

Sincerely,
Courtney Mirken
Group Sales Manager
(617) 456 – 6343
cmirken@...

I'm a fan- does anyone have details of gigs, and collegiate
competitions in NE?

Wednesday, April 19th, The East Coast A capella Review will feature a fabulous
New York
contemporary a capella group known as Blue Jupiter performing live in the
studio. In
addition, Tommy Bialoglow, the  founding member of the original DUPREES from
Jersey
City, New Jersey,
along with D.J. Tommy R., will be featured on the show. We might even have a few
more
surprises in store for Wednesday evening.

What a thrill it is for us to present such a fantastic a capella group on The
East Coast A
capella Review. Blue Jupiter is recognized, as one of the premier contemporary a
capella
groups performing today. They presently have three CD's recorded, and have
performed
in, and outside of the United States, including an international tour to Hong
Kong. They
can be heard nationwide on radio, and TV commercials, performing their award
winning
funky-pop Oreo Cookie jingle.

Be sure to tune in this Wednesday 04/19/06 at 7 p.m, to hear Blue Jupiter
performing live
in the studio.

You can access the show at either link listed below. At our East Coast Acapella
Review site,
you can enter the chat room by clicking on the link and logging in with your
Yahoo ID and
Password.

Enjoy the Show !

www.harmonize.com/thn

www.eastcoastacapellareview.com

Garry and Linda Cascio
East Coast A capella Review

Hi everyone,

The Buzz, 2005 Sweet Adelines International quartet champs, will be in
Acton, MA on May 6-7 as headliners on the Sounds of Concord annual show.
http://www.thebuzzquartet.com/

Also featured will be Minimum Wage, a contemporary a cappella off broadway
musical comedy group from New York.
http://www.miniwage.com/review.html

Representing Harmony Inc (and Sweet Adelines) are Boston Accent, current 3rd
place Harmony Inc International medalists,
http://www.bostonaccentquartet.com/

And of course the Sounds of Concord chorus. For more details please see
www.soundsofconcord.org/show.htm.  It will be a very entertaining show
featuring some great talent so make plans now!

Thanks,
Karen Rourke

Owner, SingingSingles.net
Bass, Boston Accent quartet

Tuckermans at 9, a Seacoast, NH, contemp septet, is
looking for a sound tech to set up, take down, and mix
live performances. Must "get" a cappella and have ears
not blown off by too many too-loud bands. This is a
paid-per-gig position.

Email Mark:

voicegod@...

No link to buy tickets for: BYU Vocal Point is coming to Boston!  Tues 5/2

Anyone have any tips?

I work the 3rd shift and its hard to call during day (like to buy online) :)

PS - I love this list!

Patrice Travis

Top billing goes to

 

Minimum Wage – an a cappella musical comedy group that teaches their audiences the joys of working at a fast food restaurant. Described as inventive, insane and delightful, Minimum Wage is a combination of the Marx Brothers, Forever Plaid and the Flying Karamazov Brothers rolled into one. During a performance, the audience might witness a lecture on Spatula techniques that goes hilariously awry. Or a capricious, musical history lesson about the "'Histoire du le Burger." Silly, playful, funny and brilliantly inventive, Minimum Wage wows their audiences with heavenly harmonies that are balanced by a delightfully irreverent sense of humor. The Wall Street Transcript says, “Zany, nonstop entertainment with feel-good humor and terrific singing." http://www.miniwage.com/

 

Also singing are: 

 

The Buzz – An absolutely fab quartet that has sung from Dortmund, Germany to Clinton Township, MI with stops in Florida and Pennsylvania. The Buzz took top honors at the Sweet Adeline’s international quartet champion competition for 2005. You have to hear them! http://www.thebuzzquartet.com/

  

Boston Accent – a local fantastic quartet made up of four women who sing because they sing well – in November 2005, Boston Accent won a 3rd place medal at Harmony, Inc.'s International competition – rhythm, harmony, good looks – they have it all! http://www.bostonaccentquartet.com/

 

Concord eXpress Top quartet from the Sounds of Concord chorus – these guys will make you realize you never want to eat sushi again – at least the way they do.

  Acton – Boxborough High School, 36 Charter Rd, Acton MA 01720.

7:30 pm Saturday May 6th and 1:30 pm Sunday May 7th. Handicap accessible.

For tickets - call me or go to www.SoundsofConcord.org or call 866.206.9067 x7622

Tickets - $18 advance, $20 at door, students up to 22 $5, 5 and under - free.

Hi, I've already contacted some of you individually and have had great
response so far!  I'm organizing the FIRST EVER Seacoast Acapella
Festival to be held July 23rd at the Historic Portsmouth City Music
Hall!  Would love to hear from those groups interested in singing at
this festival, as well as anyone who has some corporate contacts to
help defray the costs!
We need those groups who are hiding in the NH WOODWORK to COME OUT and
be heard!  We also are including VT, ME, MA, and CT if anyone wants to
make the drive!
Email me!  Cheers!

Spring Fev-ah 2!
June 10, 2006 -- 8PM
St Mary Parish - lower church
133 School Street
Waltham, MA 02451

Featuring
None of the Above (http://noneabove.org)
Fretless (http://fretlessvoices.com) and
Undertone (http://undertoneboston.com)

Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 at the door

Visit http://noneabove.org/sf to reserve tickets or for more information.

North Atlantic Region One of Sweet Adelines International will hold its 31st
Annual Competition at Symphony Hall, Springfield, MA.

15 choruses and 24 quartets representing the New England states,
northeastern New York State, Quebec and the Maritime Provinces of Canada
will compete for regional titles and the opportunity to advance to international
competition.

The Quartet Competition will be held Friday, May 19th, 3:00 pm, followed by
the Chorus Competition at noon, May 20th.  Both are open to the public with
tickets available at the door, at $20 per event. For more information please
call 1-800-558-SING, or visit us on the web at www.sai-region1.org.

Boston Uncommon is hosting its annual festival of local a cappella
groups this Saturday evening!

GATHERSING
Saturday, April 29, 7:30 pm
Wellesley Community Center - Rt. 16
Directions at http://www.wellesleycommunityctr.org/Pages/Frames3.html
Tickets $10 at the door

Groups (performing in this order):
Peking and the Mystics
Forte
Boston Uncommon
In the Moment
The Works