2008 Woodie Awards
Beautiful voices draw big crowds
Emma Axt
Issue date: 3/28/07 Section: News
A hoard of a cappella singers invaded Washington and Lee this past weekend to perform for a packed house in Wilson Hall's new concert space. General Admission, W&L's only mixed a cappella group, hosted the very well-attended, second annual A Cappella Festival on Saturday night.
GA opened Saturday's concert with a dramatic rendition of Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart," and from there the audience remained captivated. In addition to GA, three guest groups appeared, including the Pennsylvania State University Pennharmonics who were returning for a second year. Both the University of Virginia Hullabahoos and James Madison University's Exit 245 participated in the festival for the first time.
GA Member Carly Levin '08 was the innovator behind the festival. She came up with the idea last year and was very excited to be hosting the event for the second year in a row.
"I would love for [the festival] to continue," Levin said. "That was my initial idea; I wanted it to be a tradition."
Levin organized this year's festival with the help of GA Member Carson Bruno '09. Levin said she was responsible for the organization and the publicity for the event while Bruno took care of the visiting groups.
Bruno and Levin were both very pleased with how well the festival went. They noted how fortunate they were to have a space like Wilson's new concert hall to perform in.
"Wilson Hall was a great location," Bruno said. "[The concert] was an excellent way to show off how impressive the concert hall is."
The pair also expressed their gratitude to the visiting groups for helping make the event so successful. Bruno explained that these are some of the best groups in the country. Levin said GA was very excited to have had the opportunity to perform with them. She was very impressed by the talent in the other groups.
"Everyone worked really hard," Levin said. "We wanted this to go really well because the groups we brought in have amazing talent and we wanted to be able to perform at that level."
GA opened Saturday's concert with a dramatic rendition of Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart," and from there the audience remained captivated. In addition to GA, three guest groups appeared, including the Pennsylvania State University Pennharmonics who were returning for a second year. Both the University of Virginia Hullabahoos and James Madison University's Exit 245 participated in the festival for the first time.
GA Member Carly Levin '08 was the innovator behind the festival. She came up with the idea last year and was very excited to be hosting the event for the second year in a row.
"I would love for [the festival] to continue," Levin said. "That was my initial idea; I wanted it to be a tradition."
Levin organized this year's festival with the help of GA Member Carson Bruno '09. Levin said she was responsible for the organization and the publicity for the event while Bruno took care of the visiting groups.
Bruno and Levin were both very pleased with how well the festival went. They noted how fortunate they were to have a space like Wilson's new concert hall to perform in.
"Wilson Hall was a great location," Bruno said. "[The concert] was an excellent way to show off how impressive the concert hall is."
The pair also expressed their gratitude to the visiting groups for helping make the event so successful. Bruno explained that these are some of the best groups in the country. Levin said GA was very excited to have had the opportunity to perform with them. She was very impressed by the talent in the other groups.
"Everyone worked really hard," Levin said. "We wanted this to go really well because the groups we brought in have amazing talent and we wanted to be able to perform at that level."
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