I wasn't going to write about our spontaneous trip to the Midwest Semi-Final round of the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella last week. (Mostly because I've written about Fundamentally Sound so many times I'm worried I made the awkward transition from proud mom to crazy stalker fan that has to sneak past security to [...]
We packed the car with seasoned precision and pointed her south for the last road trip of Spring Break 2014. Molly looked up from her perch in the backseat, rubbed a left bicep made tender by one too many games of Slugbug, rolled her eyes at her father's repeated attempts to turn nasty potholes into [...]
It seemed particularly fitting to those of us who had hosted Fundamentally Sound, an acappella group from the University of Wisconsin, that the all-male performers chose "brotherhood" as the theme of their competitive set for the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella Midwest Tournament. The young men recently completed a low-budget tour that included home [...]
Our Pitch Perfect evening Friday night included all things Chicago – a deep dish pizza, a beat boxing Bear and a spirited A Cappella contest. Seven teams competed in the ICCA Mid-West Quarterfinals in front of an over-capacity crowd, which included our enthusiastic group of seven rookie fans. As we made our way down to [...]