Thursday, February 12, 2004
THE PENDULUM
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ENTERTAINMENT
Sweet Signatures gains regional win, heads to semifinals
Nuri Abdur-Rauf
Copy Editor
What do you get when you put
together a group of 14 Elon
female vocalists, an .extremely
important competition, and a tight
practice schedule? Magic.
So was the case with Sweet
Signatures, Elon’s all-female a
capella ensemble, consisting of
Cara Leidy, Lexy Apostolou, Cara
Antosca, Tara Dykes, Sara
Hodges, Brannon Dellinger,
Christine Piche, Lauren
Redmond, Kacie Kelly, Andrea
Palmer, Virginia Galvez, Ellie
Lightburn, Diana Nolan and
Natalie Newman.
The group traveled to Duke
University’s Baldwin Auditorium
Jan. 31 to compete in»the
International Championship of
Collegiate A Cappella against five
other schools; leaving with the
first place title for the southern
region.
With this win. Sweet
Signatures will advance to the
semifinals at Clemson University
Feb. 28, and then on to New York
for the finals if they receive first
place again.
Lexy Apostolou, 3 junior
vocalist, was very enthusiastic
about the victory.
“We not only placed, but we
got first. It was really good for the
group; we’re all very excite
about what’s to come. I think we
have a really good chance at p ac
ing in the semi’s.”
The ladies’ exhilaration has
much to do with the sheer
ness of earning accolades, u
also has a lot to do with this pos
tive outcome after so muc a
work and dedication.
Due to the fact that so many ot
its members were either .
ing internships or stuW a
over Winter Term, .
Signatures only had the t re
before the competition o
pletely prepare their se ec i
tii'
icated their time for four years.
The end of this year brings what
Apostolou calls a “kind of a turn
ing point” for the group.
Sweet Signatures has a CD for
sale as a fundraiser, titled “Time
After Time,” in the campus shop
with a collection of its songs so
Elon students can hear their win
ning vocals for themselves.
They plan on returning to the
studio in the spring to record their
second CD.
There are also several per
formances on campus throughout
the. year. Concerts are held every
semester.
“Our spring concert will be
mid-April; we’re still setting an
exact date.” Apostolou said.
Photo courtesy of Lexy Aposolou
Eton's all-female a capella singing group. Sweet Signatures, above won first place for the southern region of
the International Championship of Collegiate A Capella. Pictured from left back row are: Virgima Galvez,
Ellie Lightburn, Diana Nolan and Natalie Newman. The middle row from left is Cara Leidy, Lexy Apostolou,
Cara Antosca and Tara Dykes. The front row from left is Sara Hodges, Brannon Dellinger, Christine Piche,
Lauren Redmond, Kacie Kelly and Andrea Palmer.
For more information,
Visit Sweet Signatures'
Web site at:
http://sweetsignatures.tri-
pod.com.
“We basically put in six hours
of hard work,” Apostolou said. “It
wasn’t the most opportune of
times, but we pulled it together.”
The ladies sang three selec
tions, including “Boys of
Summer,” “Son of a Preacher
Man” and “Sweet Child of Mine.”
Their contenders included two
other all-female groups, two co
ed groups and one all-male group
from schools such as Rice
University, Florida State
University and The University of
Georgia.
Still, even this sampling of tal
ent from colleges in a variety of
southern states could not outshine
Sweet Signatures.
“We have a group of talented
girls and when we come together,
it sounds amazing,” Apostolou
said.
In addition to the first place
win, senior Christine Piche took
home an individual certificate for
Best Soloist.
The group includes one fresh
man, five sophomores, four jun
iors, and five seniors;
Coincidentally, the five gradu
ating seniors are the founding
members of the team, having ded-
Contact Nuri Abdur-Rauf at pen-
dulum@elon,edu or 278-7247.
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