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News Briefs: 7.6.06

Written by Amy Malkoff

Friday, 07 July 2006

Four Shadow: Live In Bemidji

Rockapella joined the Boston Pops and an audience of 500,000 for the July 4th festivities on Boston's Esplanade. They will be touring with the Pops this summer. They sang "Tonight" a cappella and then did "Shambala" and "Philadelphia Freedom" with the orchestra.

Vox One's Paul Pampinella says: "Hey, check out Vox One's Japanese TV ad for candy manufacturer, Meiji. (Biggest in Japan, kinda' like Hershey over there.) It's gonna run for the summer.

http://www.meiji.co.jp/info/cm/sweetlife/index.html

Look slightly down on the left hand side, under where it says "Sweet Life in small print. There are buttons that say CM(Japanese here) 30(another Japanese character), and CM (same) 60 (same). When you click on those buttons you can watch them. 30 and 60 correspond to seconds, which is the length of the TV ads."

The newest Four Shadow release is sure to thrill fans new and old. Packed with a mix of pop hits and accessible original tunes, this Live In Bemidji includes not only a 14 track live CD, but a full-length (almost 60 minutes) DVD with video footage from the same sold-out show. www.fourshadow.com for more info and to order.

The Internatonal Barbershop Convention is going on this week in Indianapolis. The convention runs from July 3-9 and features free public performances, concerts, workshops, international quartet and chorus contests, collegiate quartet contest, and more! http://www.barbershop.org