Greetings everyone!
A very busy month for us at TAS with the Singapore A Cappella Championships in full swing this Friday and the A CappellaFest Concert coming up at the end of the month.
The festival concert is part of our attempt at creating annual programmes to help sustain the popularity of a cappella singing in Singapore, so we need all the support we can get! Moreover, with top names like akatones and In-A-Chord, the festival concert promises to be a magnificent line up of performers to say the least! Gather as many friends as you can and come on down for 2 evenings of an a cappella buffet of sorts!
Come on peeps – we can do this together! It’s time for YOU to do play your part! J (This has got nothing to do with our coming National Day)
Yours In Harmony
Angie
(1) FEATURES
SINGAPORE A CAPPELLA CHAMPIOSHIPS 2004
Come and catch budding new a cappella groups compete in 3 different categories from high school to college and open categories this Friday at Mox Bar & Café, the home of our Sunday Vocal Jams. Tickets are at $5 and comes with a free soft drink. (Note: This is not a sleazy pub! In fact, it is a non-smoking venue!)
This event is organized by The A Cappella Society and hosted by Tic Tac Tone, who will be performing as well!
Singapore A Cappella Championships '04
16th July, Friday
Mox Bar & Café
6.45pm – 9pm
Tix : $5
Call 94506872 for reservations.
A CAPPELLAFEST’04
If you have not gotten your tickets, get them now!A festival concert that will feature top names in the a cappella community from akatones to In-A-Chord to Tic Tac Tone, Notations, nanu, ngam, Wolu Singers and more! This is an attempt to revive an annual event that supports local a cappella groups by providing a platform to gather and unite as one in support of an art form that is so close to our hearts.
30th & 31st July 2004 (Fri & Sat)
7.30pm, ACS Barker Concert Hall (Dunearn Rd)
Tix: $26, $22, $16 (students)
http://www.sistic.com.sg
(2) SUNDAY VOCAL JAM – JULY 2004
Sunday Vocal Jam on the 27th this month will by hosted by Sheesh! There will also be a special guest appearance by nanu. We’ll be jamming this month to tunes by both groups. Come on down and sing your lungs out!
Sunday Vocal Jam
July 27th 2004, Sunday
3pm – 5pm
Admission FREE
Mox Bar Café
21 Tanjong Pagar Road, #04-01.
Opposite the road from Maxwell Market, next to the Methodist Church and directly above Ya Kun Kaya.
Write to zara@pacific.net.sg or sms 97921429 for seat reservations. Call 94506872 during office hours.
(3) VOCAL TRAINING
New classes commencing (Monday Nights and Saturday). Write us for more details at zara@pacific.net.sg . This 8 week, level 1 class will take you through the fundamentals to good singing. $200 per participant. 1 ½ hrs per week. Class size of 8.
(5) ASIAN A CAPPELLA COMMUNITY UPDATES
KOREA:
Another festival is slated for November. More details to follow.
MALAYSIA – KUALA LUMPUR
The wicked Pitches are hard at work in preparation for their 2nd concert this year in October entitled Funkapella! Check them out at http://www.geocities.com/wickedpitches/
HEAR SAY: ASIA
m-pact may return to perform here sooner than you think. Come on S E Asian promoters – let’s get it together!
(9) GIG UPDATE
16th July National A Cappella Championships @ Mox. Tix at $5. Call 94506872.
25th July Sunday Vocal Jam @Mox Bar & Café 3pm – 5pm ADMISSION FREE
29th Jul Harvard Din & Tonics. Tix & Info at TicketCharge.
30th & 31st Jul A CappellaFest 2004 – Voices Carry at ACS Barker Concert Hall
Where else would you get a presentation of 10 a cappella groups in one concert? Top names from our talent pool of a cappella performers gear up to delight you with their music. Tickets $16, $22, $26 at www.sistic.com.sg
1st & 2nd nanu’s inaugural public concert @ Mox Bar. Tix at $35.
1st, 2nd & 3rd Oct FUNKAPELLA in KL
Wicked Pitches at The Actors Studio in Bangsar. 8.30pm
22nd & 23rd Oct FEVER! By Notations @ Mox Bar & Café. Tix to be announced.
Nov /Dec Camp A Cappella 04.
Other end year concerts: Flying Pickets and Coco’s Lunch& Swingle Singers to be announced soon.
Free Admission unless otherwise stated. If you wish to list your gigs and performances with us, please write to Angie at zara@pacific.net.sg we will be putting up this information on our web site as well.
(10) CONTACT US
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The A Cappella Society
zara@pacific.net.sg
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