USC’s Reverse Osmosis is making "Rock and R.O." available on DVD for the first (and probably only) time. Please note that this is for personal use only – they are not able to offer it for resale as she does not have the appropriate clearances for retail distribution. If you would like a copy for yourself (or for your friends, enemies, lovers, haters, etc.), notify by Ngoc Huang: ngoc.pr@gmail.com by Friday, June 23 if you would like to purchase a copy. Pricing is $15.00 for one DVD, $50.00 for four DVDs; please add an additional $4.00 shipping for up to 4 DVDs The DVDs will be delivered in early July. If you can't wait, check out clips at www.rockandro.com, and if you're not already, be our friend at www.myspace.com/rockandro.
A cappella scores big in the new Jennifer Aniston/Vince Vaughan movie "The Break-Up". Gunnar Madsen (of Bobs fame) was hired to write a cappella arrangements for an on-screen a cappella group led by veteran actor (and a cappella fan) John Michael Higgins. They spent 4 days last summer doing pre-records at Capitol Records Studios, hiring Sixth Wave's Eric Bradley, from New York, Broadway singer Michael Winther, and members of Chicago's Vocal Chaos. They then travelled on to Chicago for 4 days of shooting.
In the film, which premiered June 2, the onscreen group, known as "The Tone Rangers", give new life to the classic disco hit "Boogie Nights", while John Michaels Higgins does some Kung Fu Fighting on Vince Vaughan. A huge concert ending of the Tone Rangers onstage doing the "William Tell Overture" and "The Rainbow Connection" was cut from the film, but will be, sources tell us, available on DVD. On the un-a cappella front, Gunnar also has a new CD out, The Fall of Troy, which is, alas, all instrumental. http://www.FallofTroyCD.com
The newsletter for Southern California will go out again on Wednesday, July 12. Please send your news, information, concert announcements, etc., to: socalcasa@earthlink.net by 6 pm of that day to be included.
Your Southern California CASA ambassadors:
Betsy Hanger socalcasa@earthlink.net
Dane Hutchins: dlhutchins@cox.net
April Lacaba: ajlacaba@rocketmail.com
SoCal CASA can be found at: http://welcome.to/SoCalCASA
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