Friday Night Live – 1999 Harmony Sweepstakes National Finals

Clinton is acquitted. “Shakespeare in Love” wins Best Picture. Napster starts killing the music industry. Y2K panic ensues.

It’s the year that everyone wants to party like.

Welcome to 1999 and the Harmony Sweepstakes A Cappella Festival National Finals with winners Naturally 7 and chicago voice exchange, Euphorics, Minimum Wage, Pickup 6, Ja’a, The Standards, and Octane.

Listen in tonight at 6 pm PST or Sunday at 8 am/pm PST!

Vocal HERspective Episode 24 – Cassie Greene

Tonight on Vocal HERspective we chat with Cassie Greene, a member of Business Casual. Even though this group isn’t a full-time endeavor, they’ve seen some incredible success- including a National Harmony Sweepstakes A Cappella Festival title, winning the VoiceJam Festival and earning a ticket to Vocal Asia, and two trips to the Varsity Vocals AcaOpen Finals.

Hear her unique perspective tonight on balancing a successful career and a cappella experience at 9:30 pm EST/6:30 pm PST on Acaville or the rebroadcast on Sunday at 10:30 am and pm PST!

Vocal HERspective Episode 22 – Judy Minkoff

If there were a poster woman for girl power, Judy Fontana Minkoff might just be it. This DC area native has taken the NYC a cappella scene by storm, leading the SingStrong Single Singers and founding the 2016 Harmony Sweepstakes A Cappella Festival Champions and headliners for SoJam and Kettering National A Cappella FestivalStiletta

Sit down with her tonight on Acaville Radio at 6:30 PST/9 pm EST on Episode 22 – or catch the rebroadcasts on Sunday, December 29! You’ll be able download on all of your podcast networks TOMORROW. Link in the Podcast Menu above or at vocalherspective.org

And, as all of the Acaville original content, we’ll be on break for the holidays and we’ll be back with Episode 23 with Lisa Forkish on January 7th!

The 1998 Harmony Sweepstakes Finals on Friday Night Live

The Olympics were in Nagano. Titanic broke all the box office records and won 11 Oscars. Two Stanford PhD candidates created a little thing called “Google.” Hugo Chávez was elected President of Venezuela, while North Korea officially became a military dictatorship. The Drudge Report released reports about the blue dress that would lead to a Presidential impeachment.

And in a cappella news, Metropolis Quartet took home the national title at Harmony Sweepstakes A Cappella Festival. Their baritone was this guy “Mike McGee” – anyone ever heard of him?

The finals also featured Ball in the House, Blind Man’s Bluff, The Heebee-jeebees, +4dB, Cool Shooz, ACApelicans, City Lights, and a reprise from SoVoSo!

Hear it all tonight at 6 pm Pacific/9 pm Eastern on Acaville! You can also catch the rebroadcast at 8 am & pm Pacific on Sunday.