When I was in college, I sang in the church choir. Among those choir members, several of us became pretty good friends. We loved singing together. Once, we went out to breakfast at Denny's, and we sang a few Christmas Carols acapella to all the customers and wait staff. It was so much fun. The director of our choir Eddie thought it would be great if we tried more accapella music. So we'd meet up at his place on Sunday afternoons, hang out, and sing some more. We never did perform any of the songs at Mass, but I still remember my part to a few of those lovely songs. When I sang with the Women's Chorus at Texas A&M, small groups of us would go around campus and sing the "Hallelujah Chorus," acapella to promote our Fall Concert (back then, it's wasn't called a "flash mob," lol!). There's nothing like singing that song in the rotunda of the Academic Building...the acoustics were amazing.
Ever since then, I've loved acapella music. It is HARD to sing songs with no music in the background. No piano, no bass, no nothing! I fell hard for Straight No Chaser years ago, but now I have a new love...Pentatonix. They won Season 3 of "The Sing Off" on NBC, and I've been following them ever since. Yeah...I'm a bit of a stalker.
But...just listen to their version of "Carol of the Bells." Seriously...it's different. Edgy. It rocks ya'll. And...they're coming to Houston in March. Who wants to go with me? ;-)
Enjoy...you'll be hooked by these guys!
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