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Written by Brian Bumby
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Wednesday, 11 January 2006 |
 The HARVARD KROKODILOES, Harvard University’s oldest a cappella singing group, will celebrate its 60th Anniversary in Cambridge, MA from March 16-19, 2006. The main event of the weekend is a gala concert on Friday evening, March 17, 2006 at 8:00 PM at Sanders Theatre at Harvard University. The concert will feature the current Harvard Krokodiloes of 2006, with special guest appearances by alumni groups representing the six decades of the ensemble’s history.
The Harvard Krokodiloes were founded in 1946 by four members of the historic Hasty Pudding Club/Institute of 1770. Inspired by the Club’s reptilian mascot, these singers appropriated the Greek word for crocodile, and the Harvard Krokodiloes (a.k.a. “the Kroks”) were born. Over the years, the Kroks have grown from a small ensemble of Hasty Pudding Club members into a 12-man ensemble whose membership is open by competitive auditions to all male vocalists at Harvard regardless of race, color, creed, social status, and sexual orientation. The Kroks perform over 200 concerts a year in the United States and on annual world tours that allow the group to share the quintessential Krok characteristics of camaraderie, song, and humor with audiences throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia.
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Written by Deke Sharon
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Monday, 09 January 2006 |
This morning, while riding an airport shuttle, a friendly conversation about a cappella elicited the following statement from a fellow traveller:
“I wish I could sing!”
I’ve heard these words more times than I can count, and yet they still hold the power to anger and sadden me.
Why can’t she sing? It’s not for lack of desire; there’s clearly a natural longing that she feels unable to satisfy. It’s not because she has no exposure to music; she hears it every day, in the car, during every movie and television show, in every store and shopping center.
It’s because she lives in a society in which we’re all judged and subsequently informed of singing ability and potential. What’s worse, the critique usually starts happening at a very young age. Western Culture culls out “acceptable artists” before they’re old enough to know what hit them.
Somewhere between fingerpaintings that get displayed on Grandma’s refridgerator and high school, we were all told by parents, teachers and friends if we were “good” or “bad.” This is unfortunatly true of all arts, not just music.
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