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Page 1 of 2 Here is your SoCal Ambassdor Report. Happy Holidays!
DATE CHANGE
Los Angeles Regionals of the Harmony Sweepstakes:
April 20th, 2008 (this is a Sunday)
Same place (Hermosa Beach Playhouse)
Organizer Will Hamblet hopes that Sunday date may make it easier for some groups to participate in the contest. I would appreciate it if groups who have already made firm commitments for the March date would re-contact me & let me know if they can make the new date. WillHamblet@adelphia.net
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JAVAPELLA, a monthly evening featuring a cappella singing: Sunday, January 13, between 6:00 & 8:00 p.m. at Java Joes Coffee Lounge , 4973 Yorba Ranch Rd., Yorba Linda. Groups of 4 to 12 are invited to sing on stage in rotation. Please call Glenn at 714-403-6524 to R.S.V.P. your vocal ensemble. Any style of music is welcome! Free to the public! Enjoy delicious desserts, cheese & fruit plates, coffees and wine that are available for purchase.
For more information visit www.javapella.com or call 714-996-1960.
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ICCA West Quarterfinal 1
Saturday, January 26, 7 pm
University of Southern California
Bovard Auditorium
3551 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089
Host: USC Troy Tones
Featuring:
California State University at Northridge Acasola
Claremont Colleges Men's Blue and White
Claremont Colleges Midnight Echo
University of Southern California Reverse Osmosis
University of Southern California SoCal VoCals
Fullerton and Citrus colleges These Guys
University of California, San Diego Tritones
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ICCA West Quarterfinal 2
University of California, Los Angeles
details to follow
Host: UCLA Signature A Cappella
Featuring:
University of California, San Diego The Beat
Occidental College Cadence
Mt. San Antonio College Fermata Nowhere
University of California, Los Angeles ScatterTones
San Diego State University Sunset Clefs
University of Southern California Troy Tones
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ICCA West Quarterfinal 3
Saturday, February 9, 2008
7pm
University of California-Berkeley
Wheeler Auditorium
Host: UC Choral Ensembles
Featuring:
University of California, Berkeley Golden Overtones
University of California, Santa Cruz Cloud Nine
University of California, Davis Liquid Hotplates
University of California, Davis Lounge Lizards
Stanford University Raagappella
University of California, Los Angeles Signature A Cappella
Brigham Young University Vocal Point
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ICCA West Quarterfinal 4
Saturday, February 16, 2008
7 pm
University of Oregon
Hult Center
One Eugene Center, Eugene, OR 97401
Host: Divisi
Featuring:
Oregon State University Divine
University of Oregon Divisi
Southern Oregon University Dulcet
Brigham Young University Noteworthy
University of Oregon On the Rocks
Pacific Lutheran University PLUtonic
ICCA West Semifinals
Saturday, March 15, 2008
7:30 pm
Marin Center for the Performing Arts
Veteran Memorial Auditorium
10 Avenue of the Flags
San Rafael, CA 94903
Call the Marin Center at (415) 499-6800
Featuring:the top two groups from each quarterfinal
Local pride note!
ICHSA West Quarterfinals Saturday, March 3, 2007
7 pm at Cheyenne Mountain High School Cheyenne, Colorado will feature So Cal’s
Marvelous Unstrumental, from Calabasas High School
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AUDITIONS
Pacific Jazz Choir, based in Yorba Linda (north Orange County), invites singers to audition for membership. Meets weekly and performs at community events monthly. Singers must be able to sing close harmony, memorize music, have the ability to blend, and play well with others!
Next session begins in January, for information please call 714-403-6524 or visit www.pacificjazzchoir.com
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Established vocal jazz ensemble is currently auditioning singers and has openings for soprano, alto, tenor, bass. Desired attributes include the ability to learn music quickly, blend well with other voices, have an enthusiastic, pleasant stage presence, and enjoy performing!
Must be able to commit to one or two rehearsals per week in the north Orange County area, and a minimum of one performance per month. Contact Glenn at 714-996-1960 or email everythingvocal@aol.com for more information. visit www.vocalmagic.org
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TENORS AND VPs sought for anew, big group, big on horn sections, like Tower of Power, Earth, Wind and Fire,Sly and the Family Stone, also anything with big instrumental sound, so we will do some progressive rock, and other styles as well. The group will grow to about 20 members but has started with ten. Arrangements have a huge variety of voice parts as well as multiple vocal percussion parts; we're big on rhythm. More info: http://www.marinamotion.com/vox/faq Auditions by arranged meeting time, questions: Email bart@marinamotion.com Audition information is here: http://www.marinamotion.com/vox/audition
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COLLEGE TOURS SEEKING GIGS
Tuft’s University’s SHIR APPEAL
sings three types of Jewish music: Traditional Jewish melodies, Israeli rock songs, and American music with Jewish themes. Their program ranges from formal evening concerts to workshops with adult and youth choirs. This year they tour Southern California from January 7 to January 14. To hear clips, listen at: www.shirappeal.com. Contact for gigs: (847) 917-3531, or shirappealtour@gmail.com.
THE DUKE’S MEN of YALE: in So CAL March 10th through 21
www.dukesmen.com. For a sample:
http://www.yale.edu/dukesmen/media/crazy%20Little%20full.mp3
To book, contact: John Riley, Spring Tour Manager
The Duke's Men of Yale, (404)-630-1692
OUT OF THE BLUE from Oxford University will be in So Cal from March 13 2008 – March 21. In 2006 this incredibly charismatic and musical group came in 2nd in the ICCA Nationals, were Western Europe Champions, and they are master showmen – at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival they sell out a major venue every day for a month. To learn more, contact their president Callum Melville through the website: http://ootb.org.uk
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The next newsletter will go out on Wednesday, January 2 2008
Please send your news, updates, gigs, rants, and raves to socalcasa@earthlink.net
Your Southern California CASA ambassadors
Dane Hutchins: dlhutchins@SoCalSings.com
April Lacaba: ajlacaba@rocketmail.com
Betsy Hanger: socalcasa@earthlink.net
SoCalCASA website: http://welcome.to/SoCalCASA
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