MONDAY
december
PAGE 9
3, 2012
the daily orange
the sweet stuff in the middle
Right in tune Syracuse a cappella groups put its vocal chops on display to raise money for charity
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allen chiu | design editor (FROM TOP) CORY TARALLO, a sophomore theater major, belts out a song during A Cappella Against Hunger. Alex Gaines, a sophomore music composition major, performed with Otto Tunes.
By Shannon Gately CONTRIBUTING WRITER
ll-girl group Main Squeeze filed onto the stage and formed a ring as the lights dimmed down in Hendricks Chapel. The stage, lit from the back, threw a warm glow on the walls that were decorated with holiday wreaths and garland. Rachel Towne and Philomena Duffy headed to the microphone at the front of the stage and began to sing a solemn rendition of “Dear Prudence” by The Beatles, alternating with bits of “Falling Slowly” by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova. On Saturday, a cappella groups across campus took part in the A Cappella Against Hunger invitational, a benefit concert to fight hunger in the Syracuse community. Sixty percent of ticket proceeds and all extra donations at Hendricks went
to the Food Bank of Central New York, an organization that disperses 11 million pounds of food to people in need annually. The food bank works with emergen-
“I love a cappella so much. I come to a lot of the a cappella shows for all the different groups on campus.”
Mary Bromfield
SOPHOMORE IN THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
cy programs in 11 New York counties to distribute food, to educate and to advocate about hunger in Central New York. At the beginning of the concert, members of the Food Bank of Central
New York shared statistics about hunger in the United States. The invitational featured groups from Syracuse University and two visiting vocal ensembles. Main Squeeze — the host of the event — Orange Appeal and Otto Tunes are all mainstays of the a cappella circuit at the university. Other performers included the Vocal Jazz Ensemble from Nottingham High School and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s first a cappella group, the Ecotones. The group chose the invitational as its first performance on the SU campus. Many students and family members attended the concert to support the performers, but others went just to see the performances. Sophomore Mary Bromfield is a familiar face at the concerts. “I love a cappella so much. I come
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