Friday Night Live – 2003 Harmony Sweepstakes

2003 feels like a simpler time, right?

We’re going back to a rocky time for the US and the world, but we all persisted on then, just as we are doing now.

However, despite the unrest, Australian a cappella rocked the Harmony Sweepstakes A Cappella Festival National Finals, with The Idea of North becoming the first international champion.

Hear them, moosebutterCadence, All About Buford, Undivided, The Groove Society, Nightwatch, and Second Chance Singers tonight at 9 pm EDT/6 pm PDT. Or, catch the rebroadcast at 8 am & pm PDT on Sunday!

Friday Night Live – 2002 Harmony Sweepstakes

The year was 2002.

Predecessor to the EU, EuroZone became official. Queen Elizabeth mourned the passing of the Queen Mother and celebrated her Golden Jubilee, The Olympics came to Salt Lake City. Brazil won the FIFA World Cup. Switzerland finally joined the UN. The US officially established the Department of Homeland Security.

And The Perfect Gentlemen won Harmony Sweepstakes. Hear them, plus Eclipse 6The Tone Rangers, The Standards, 1 Of A Kind, The Groove, Autri, and Chapter 6 on this week’s episode of Friday Night Live. Tune in at 6 pm PDT Friday or 8 am & pm PDT on Sunday

2020 Mid-Atlantic Harmony Sweepstakes Interviews

We are gearing up to give you lots of new content interspersed with our regular music programming. Tonight at 6:50 pm we’ll bring you the interviews with the host and competitors at the Mid-Atlantic Harmony Sweepstakes A Cappella Festival. Although the remainder of the season has been postponed, we’re excited to see Ember get to take the National Final stage in the fall!

Get to know Better Together QuartetCapital Blend, ember, Epiphony A CappellaForecastNote-orietyQuadrophonic, and Up All Night Quartet!

These interviews will rebroadcast at 8 am & pm EDT before being posted on pulsepod.org!

Friday Night Live – 2000 Harmony Sweepstakes

It was the peak of the dot-com bubble. The year we lost Peanuts and Charles Schultz. AOL bought up Time-Warner and Microsoft was penalized for an “oppressive thumb” on competitors. The Human Genome Project ruled the headlines. The Olympics lit up Sydney and the International Space Station welcomed its first resident crew.

And in a rare century leap year, Toxic Audio (now touring as Vox Audio) took home the title at the 2000 Harmony Sweepstakes!

Listen tonight at 6 pm PST/9 pm PST or hear it again on Sunday at 8 am & pm PST!