CASA - The Contemporary A Capella Society

Face is equally edgy, resting proudly on the rock end of the a cappella
spectrum, regularly selling out concerts with hundreds of screaming
fans. They recently won the Rocky Mountain Region of the Harmony
Sweepstakes, and went on to place second in the National Finals, taking
home the award for “Audience Favorite.”

The combination of the two groups promises to be dazzling.

The
idea to combine these genres came a few summers ago, when a friend of
the band named Katherine Board invited the group to come participate
with her studio/dance school, where she was working as a ballet dancer
and instructor. Her idea was to choreograph her student dancers to
Face’s live music. The group stood on blocks at the back of the stage
and sang as the kids danced in front of them. It was a hit.

Shortly
thereafter, Board joined the professional dancing company of Ballet
Nouveau Colorado. She shared the video of her student project with
Robert Mills, BNC’s new Artistic Director. He immediately saw the
potential of doing a similar collaboration with professional dancers.

“So
from the Face point of view, we've already had a taste of what it could
be,” says Megibow. “We're excited to be able to do it again, but with
the professionals.”

Some of the details of the show are still
being worked out, but Megibow says that there will be much more
interaction between the singers and dancers. Face is confident in BNC,
and delighted with Mills’s work so far.

While the group is
reluctant to let out too many details, they have said that the show
will open with Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing” and will be very sexy.

“Tell
me when a project like this has ever been done,” Megibow insists. “We
may not be the first, but it can't be common, and considering the level
of talent that will be on stage between the two professional groups,
this might be the BEST that's ever been done.”

The show will run
in four different Colorado cities on 11 different days in late March
and early April. For more information on this remarkable collaboration,
visit http://www.faceonline.biz/bnc.html.

{mosimage}Dave Brown is a graduate of BYU, where he sang with Vocal Point, and co-founded and directed Noteworthy. When he doesn't have his nose buried in his UVa Law books, he sings and records with his wife in their home studio, and directs the local church choir.