Re: BOCA 2004 Line-up

When does the cd come out??

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Don Gooding) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> The Best of College A Cappella line-up for 2004 is? (can we have a
> v.p. drum roll please?):
> 
> Brandeis Voice Male              Let Me Entertain You
> Johns Hopkins Octopodes          Bring Me to Life
> UVA Academical Village People    Kate
> MIT Logarhythms                  No Such Thing
> Tufts Beelzebubs                 Take Me Home
> Boston College Bostonians        Always
> U. Michigan Amazin' Blue         China
> Elizabethtown Phalanx            Broken Wings
> UCLA Awaken A Cappella           Gravity
> Stanford Harmonics               Sadder Day
> U. Oregon On The Rocks           Yellow
> U.C. Santa Barbara Naked Voices  Winter
> USC SoCal Vocals                 Slumber
> Duke Pitchforks                  Write Me A Song
> Northwestern Purple Haze         Candleburn
> USC Sirens                       Cry
> U. Michigan Dicks and Janes      Porcelain
> Dartmouth Cords                  Enjoy The Silence
> 
> This was by far the best crop of submissions ever. After the first
> run-through, Deke Sharon and I had chosen close to 30 tracks that
> could have made it onto previous BOCAs, but we needed to pack it on to
> one CD. The final line-up is more emotion-packed for me than any a
> cappella CD I have ever heard, college or otherwise.
> 
> The winner of the first annual "Guess the BOCA Line-up" contest is
> none other than Adam "AJ" Johnson (UVA), the Mainely A Cappella summer
> intern this year. AJ guessed 13 correctly and wins a BOCA Box
> (although he already owns one along with lots of other CDs!). Three
> runners-up guessed 12 correctly, and will receive a free copy of the
> BOCA 2004 disc when it is released in early February:  Michael DeLaura
> (Villanova), Greg Campbell (Stanford '99) and Ben D'Angelo (Stanford).
> 
> The BOCA line-up always seems to stir some controversy, so I'll make a
> few observations after the selection process to get things going...
> 
> 1) Bill Hare and Gabe Rutman each produced 4 tracks on this CD (and 
>    Bill will be doing the mastering)
> 
> 2) This BOCA includes what is I believe the first original song, 
>    "Gravity," which truly belongs on the radio
> 
> 3) Although there are a number of female soloists, the Sirens are 
>    the only all-female group to make the final track... and it's
>    the first on a BOCA CD to feature a women's group using an Octaver
> 
> 4) Speaking of technology, "Enjoy The Silence" that closes the album 
>    is just way, way, way over the top
> 
> 5) My wife is Kate and Deke's wife is Katie, but AVP's "Kate" was 
>    picked in the "Guess the BOCA Lineup" contest by 3 out of 5 who 
>    guessed both the group and the song.
> 
> (Flame suit on... but be nice, it's my birthday)
> 
> Don Gooding
> Mainely A Cappella etc.
> http://www.a-cappella.com