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Sunday Vocal Jam Mar 2004

Changes in Sunday Vocal Jam : Urgent! Hi everyone, much to our dismay, we have to make an urgent announcement on the changes made by the Organizers at the Arts House on The A Cappella Society's Sunday Vocal Jam programme this Sunday. We apologize for any inconvenience caused and appreciate your kindattention and patience. Here are the changes: (1) CHANGE OF TIME - Start time 5pm (our usual jam time is 3pm) (2) CHANGE OF PROGAMME - Neri Per Caso(half an hour appearance & jam instead of their expected presence forthe full jam) This is the Updated Programme (3) Layout: 5.00 pm - 5.05pm Welcome & Intro 5.05pm - 5.20pm Warm Ups 5.20pm - 5.30pm Vocal Percussion by Peter Huang 5.30pm - 6.00pm - Neri Per Caso 6.00pm - 6.45pm - Jam Continues So once again, this month's jam info: Date: Sunday, 28th March 2004 Time: 5pm - 7pm Venue: The Arts House @ The Old Parliament (behind Victoria ConcertHall on Empress Place) Tix: FREE Admission (pls reserve seats thru zara@pacific.net.sg ) ...

From The Desk Of The A Cappella Society, Mar/Apr 2004

Hello everyone! Great news and updates this month!From the soft launch of our website – YES ! FINALLY! To a visit fromNeri Per Caso to auditions and contests and more!Enjoy your read and do feel free to send us your comments and or signup as a volunteer anytime! Yours In Harmony Angie (1) FEATURES TAS WEBSITE UP We have had to change our website designer and are now working with my dear cousin who has gladly given up precious sleep time to put this humble site up. Enjoy yourselves! Be reminded that it's work inprogress, so we'll do what we can! http://www.a-cappella.org.sg . Reserve your tickets for Sunday Vocal Jam here. Write to Angie at zara@pacific.net.sg BUDAK PANTAI'S SOUND-A-LIKE CONTEST Budak Pantai kicked off their 10 years together with a Sound-alikecontest of their own songs on 16 January 2004 at the YMCA Auditorium. Seven groups took turns to parody their impressions of aBudak song, some with more imagination than others, but all of them superbly executed. There...

Tic Tac Tone: Were you there at the Esplanade?

What a rush! The crowd at the Esplanade Waterfront was simply magnificient. And I'd like to take this opportunity to welcome a couple of new people into our fold :) Thank you guys for coming to our performances, your support is really much much appreciated. It was like "full-house" for both of the sets (woohoo!) and so many new people who heard us and responded so kindly! Thank you, thank you, for your kind comments. We will continue to work hard! Truly, we are trying out some new songs and don't be surprised :) More bass, more kicks and a whole lot more funky attitude. Our next gig will most likely be on 18 & 19 May 04, ACS (Barker) Concert Hall, at the A Cappella Festival organised by the A Cappella Society of Singapore. Do mark your calendar. We will be airing a new song (like new NEW) and possibly, *gasp* something from Evanescence :)So watch out! Note: You are receiving this email because you either signed up for our adhoc news flashes or are a friend of TTT ...

Sunday Vocal Jam, Feb 2004

Sunday Vocal Jam 22 Feb 2004 3 - 5 pm Mox Bar & Cafe. 21 Tanjong Pagar Road, #04-01. ( http://www.streetdirectory.com ) Hi folks, Just a gentle reminder that Sunday Vocal Jam is this Sunday (22nd FEB) at our favourite haunt , Mox Bar & Cafe at a new time slot from 3pm - 5pm. Admission is FREE! Please call 9450 6872 or email zara@pacific.net.sg to reserve your seats. PROMOTION! For every 4 friends you bring to the jam, you will receive a free a cappella CD from our collection. Sign up early! We'll be singing a retro hit, We Built This City by Starship and a current hit by Jay Chou entitled Long Juan Feng. This month we will be featuring the ladies of NANU, who will perform 3 songs for us. Not forgetting our resident group, Resonance, who will be there to assist in the jamming. Other notices: Folks from TicTacTone may be down at the jam to scout for a new bass. So if you would like a chance to meet them up close and personal, come on down to the jam. (Best to give us a tinkl...

Tic Tac Tone at Esplanade, 29 Feb 2004 Sun

Hello Everybody! It's been a while. Tic Tac Tone has been lying low for a bit. BUT, not this month ;) Catch us at the Esplanade Outdoor Theatre on Sunday, 29 February 2004. Our first set is at 7.30pm and second set starts at 8.45pm. We'll be running through some of our old favourites like Time After Time (think many of you have not heard that) and Turn the Beat Around, and of course partying with songs like Santana's Smooth and Heaven is a Place On Earth.We are also taking this opportunity to present our latest arrangement, One Last Cry. Promise you guys it'll be a blast. So, spread the word around and come join at the end of the month. Hey, it's a leap year and it is kindda like TTT's fourth year anniversary. How often is that..... ha ha. Anyways, see y'all!:) Alina, Tic Tac Tone you can't believe it's a cappella http://www.tictactone.com

From The Desk Of The A Cappella Society, Jan / Feb 2004

From The Desk Of The A Cappella Society – January / February 2004 Gong Xi Fa Cai! Nian Nian You Yu! And a Happy Hari Raya Haji to all! A blazing start to the new year for us here at TAS! We have lots in store in the year of the monkey as we set our sights on developingour prorgamming extensively and intensively! Keep us in your thoughts and prayers and feel free to volunteer anytime! Step right up! First up – Sunday Vocal Jam has found a permanent home for 2004 at our favourute haunt, Mox Café & Bar! Mr Mok and his team have kindly agreed to host us once a month. We start again in February! We are also working hard at putting the first A CappellaFest togetherthis 28th & 29th May and are awaiting to hear if we'll be included in the Ars Festival alongside other fascinating events this year. This concert will feature local groups, Wolu Singers, TicTacTone, Budak Pantai, Nanu, The Notations and more! This is also the first year that there will be a focus groups presenting origi...

From The Desk Of The A Cappella Society, Dec 2003

From The Desk Of The A Cappella Society - December 2003 Ho Ho Ho everyone! Christmas is round the corner and we are happy to share with you that November has simply been a really awesome month! We’ve had the pleasure of meeting the Flying Pickets in Taiwan, Idea of North in KL, Larry Detwiler of Joint Sound A Cappella, and Tobias Hug of the Swingle Singers all in one month! Totally mind-blowing and very inspirational. Kekeke In December, we take a break from Sunday Vocal Jam due to over-packed performance and vacation schedules of everyone involved but we look forward to seeing you again in January! So, here’s to a wonderful Christmas and a meaningful New Year! Yours In Harmony Angie (1) FEATURES THE NOTATIONS IN TAIWAN TAS' resident (school tour) a cappella group, The Notations, visited Taiwan together on their first overseas gig and got the opportunity to sing at the Taiwan A Cappella Festival during the 1st Asian Collegiate A Cappella Competition. This amazing journey brought 2 ...

Sunday Vocal Jam 30 Nov 2003

The A Cappella Society presents Sunday Vocal Jam The Play Den @ The Arts House at The Old Parliament. (Located next to Victoria Concert Hall and City Hall (aka Padang) Hi folks, Just a gentle reminder that Sunday Vocal Jam is this Sunday (30th Nov) at the The Old Parliament House from 4pm - 6pm . Admission is FREE! Please call 97921429 or email zara@pacific.net.sg to reserve your seats. (Limited seats) We'll be singing to Gweneth Paltrow's Cruisin and 98 Degrees' I Do Cherish You. (Love ballads month). We'll also get to watch the premier performances of all-guy team SWAT and the ladies from the a cappella training class at the Temasek Polytechnic. Of course we will see Resonance again this month who will guide us through the arrangements. We are also expecting guests from KL. Some of the singers from the Wicked Pitches are in town and as well as Mr Detwiler who is our clinician for Camp A Cappella 2003 this year. Pls note that the workshop on the 29th has been postpon...

From The Desk Of The A Cappella Society, Nov 2003

Hi everyone and welcome to the November issue of The Singapore A Cappella Scene! It's an exciting time for the society as our resident a cappella group, The Notations, makes its way to Taiwan for a performance at the Asian A Cappella Festival today! Two other college groups, VoiceBox and Dischordant will travel up with the team to compete in the College Competition - please keep us in your prayers! We'll be back over the weekend with more news, so for now, don't forget to jot down the dates of Camp A Cappella on the 27th & 28th and Sunday Vocal Jam on the 30th! Yours In Harmony Angie (1) FEATURES THE NOTATIONS IN TAIWAN Our resident group, The Notations will travel to Taiwan this week fort he Asian A Cappella Festival, joining the Flying Pickets and the Chinese A Cappella Festival in promoting a cappella music. The group will perform in a concert on the 13th. 2 local college a cappella groups, Dischordant and Voicebox will also be traveling to the Festival to compete in...