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Newsline: 2012 ACB ICCA Bracket Contest Results, 2012 Harmony Sweepstakes Results, and the “New” Straight No Chaser

By Mike Chin on May 13, 2012 in Newsline

-We are pleased to announce the winners of The 2012 ACB ICCA Bracket Contest:

First Place: Shane Fuhrman
Second Place: Tiffany Cashatt
Third Place: Rick Thomas

Congratulations to the top finishers and thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s contest! To the winners--you should receive an email from ACB management to discuss the details of delivering your prizes. If you do not receive the email, please follow up with us at contact at acappellablog dot com.

-This Saturday, The Harmony Sweepstakes National Finals occurred in San Rafael, CA.

Newsline: The Dear Abbeys Celebrate 20 Years, The Blend Commemorates 10 with a CD, New Group Shakes Things Up at Columbia, Reviews of A Cappella Palooza and the ICCA Finals

By Mike Chin on May 3, 2012 in Newsline

- The Blend from Wheaton College in Norton, MA has a Kickstarter campaign going on now to help them finish their first studio CD in honor of their tenth year as a group. Check out the campaign here.

-Boston University’s iconic all-male group, The Dear Abbeys, celebrated their 20th anniversary last weekend. Check out a great story on the group via BU Today.

Newsline: NBA Team Hosts A Cappella Competition, Sh*t A Cappella Kids Say Video, New Kickstarter Campaign for Detroit High School Group

By Mike Chin on April 25, 2012 in Newsline

-The NBA's Washington Wizards hosted an a cappella competition before their game this past Monday night, the winners of which earned the right to sing the national anthem at tomorrow night's home season finale against The Miami Heat. There was some less than flattering press for the competition and the team here and here.

-You knew it was coming sooner or later, and University of Minnesota 7 Days has delivered-- Sh*t A Cappella Kids Say:

Newsline: CARAs Announced, New Honor for Voices in Your Head, New Collaboration from Pentatonix and Ithaca College Groups, A Cappella Streaming Radio

By Mike Chin on April 15, 2012 in Newsline

-At Boston Sings (BOSS) this weekend, the 2012 Contemporary A Cappella Award winners were announced. You can check out the complete list here.

-ICCA Finalists University of Chicago Voices in Your Head won the BOSS collegiate competition.

Newsline: New A Cappella Competitions in Wooster, OH and Denver, CO

By Mike Chin on April 10, 2012 in Newsline

-On weekend of April 21, The College of Wooster in Ohio will host Wooster Jam, which will include a Saturday afternoon a cappella competition featuring 10-15 groups, including Buck THAT!, Key of Gee and The Obertones. Event organizers are still on the look out for an experienced judge to join a panel that will include The A Cappella Blog's own Mike Chin. To learn more about the event, you can check out the official website here.

Thank You to Everyone Who Has Supported The A Cappella Book

By Mike Chin on April 9, 2012 in Newsline

At the end of January, we launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the publication of The A Cappella Book. We honestly weren’t sure what to expect. We knew the a cappella community was a large one, and we knew that we had thousands of readers visiting the site each week. But would people pay to read what we had to say about a cappella? Was our vision of a multi-faceted book, centered on collegiate a cappella appeal to an audience, or were we just dreaming?

Newsline: ICCA Wildcard Champions Crowned, ICCA and ICHSA Finals Lineups, South Asian A Cappella Group Partners with Indian Film Company, ACB Clarifier

By Mike Chin on April 2, 2012 in Newsline

-This morning, Varsity Vocals announced the 2012 ICCA Wildcard Champions: The SoCal VoCals! with that, the ICCA Finals line up is complete:

Newsline: The Sing-Off Renewed! Celebrity A Cappella Super Group Announced as First Contestants!

By Mike Chin on April 1, 2012 in Newsline

The popularity of the The Sing-Off has vaulted a cappella into mainstream consciousness. The genre—and the show—may ascend to new heights, though, based on duel announcements that came out this morning—the show will have a fourth season, and a crew of celebrities are assembling their own “super group” to try out for the 2012 season of the show.

Former Dawson’s Creek leading man, James Van Der Beek, who spent his undergraduate years singing with Drew University 36 Madison Avenue, has been the driving force behind the group’s formation. “I looked around and saw that there are a lot of musical talents out there that aren’t getting the attention they once did,” Van Der Beek told reporters today. “A cappella is cool now, and there’s no reason for us not to take advantage of that.”

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