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PAGE 12 // WEDNESDAY. MARCH 31. 2010 STYLE the pendulum Senior Da*' Bickershauser and junior Greg F\i» »»«9 ® , version ol "B®al Men of Genius" InvoWing the railroad tunnel underpass. Rip_Chord Men's a cappella group becomes more complex, plans for second CD Freshman Aaron f"m>wrs sings Bon Jo„'s My “Bunaway” PHOTOS 0Y ASHLEY BARNAS | Photographer ihley Bamas ikx Reporter Midnight Meals, a generally routine event for Rip_Chord, showcased three new songs, a touching moment for an alumnus and an exciting announcement for Elon’s all-male a cappella group, plans are in the works for a second CD. The group came out with its first CD, “Resisting A.Rest,” last spring, but since then the group has continued working toward musical growth. “I think the group’s come a long way in the musical sense,” sophomore and Rip.Chord president Chris Kilgore said. “Now we’re not just a random group of guys singing ‘Stacey’s Mom’ and ‘Hey Juliet.’ I think we’re a legitimate a cappella group, and a force to be reckoned with." When sophomore Dave Kerman approached the microphone to sing the first few haunting notes of a new song, “Danny Boy,” the usual noisy ambiance of Irazu fell dead as silence stole over the audience. A music education major, Kerman was in jazz choir in high school. He said “Danny Boy” is the only professionally arranged song the group has right now. Though it’s much slower than Rip_ Chord’s usual song choices, it's a contemporary arrangement. Arrangements have gotten more complex in general. “All of our arrangements used to be four parts and now it’s five or six parts,” senior Patrick Lane said. “It seems minor but it’s a big difference.” Freshman Connor Stirland added that since there are fewer people singing each part, every individual in the group has to hold his own. Everyone is trying harder because of it, he said. And each member knows multiple parts to one song. Stirland has been singing his entire life and was in an a cappella group during his junior and senior years of high school. He wanted to be in a band in college, but ended up arranging one a cappella song senior year and loved it. Stirland saw Rip_Chord on a visit to campus during pre-orientation weekend. “It was somewhere in between ‘Chasing Cars’ and ‘Disney Medley’ and I was like, ‘I want to be part of this group,’” Stirland said. He talked to some of the guys who have now graduated and “decided there were some sweet bros in the group.” Stirland is a music technology and business double major. Kilgore is also a business major who plays guitar and said he would love to do something with music for the rest of his life. Kilgore was in a men’s a cappella group as a high school senior but did not sing before then. He heard about Rip.Chord when he came to orientation and met now-senior Chris Beeson, the music director at the time. “Basically, I wanted to be a part of a group of guys that can have a lot of fun and sing,” Kilgore said. The difference between the group now and the group that founded Rip.Chord three-and-a-half years ago is “a lot of young blood, young talent that hit the ground running,” junior Greg Flis said. The group still goofs around a lot, they said, but that never stops them from getting their job done. At the beginning of this year, they were learning five new songs, three of which debuted at Midnight Meals March 18. “Chasing Cars” made a comeback as a spur of the moment encore. Tom Boyd, who graduated in 2009, rode in on his motorcycle to see the group’s Midnight Meals performance. He had no idea he would be invited on stage for the encore song. “There’s just something in my eyes,” he said when he was called up to the microphone. “I’m not crying.” The lyrics “I don’t quite know how to say how I feel” could not have been more appropriate for how Boyd was feeling. He said his legs were shaking as he experienced stage fright all over again. “These days will never change for us at all," Boyd sang. “Words cannot express," Boyd said after the performance. “I can’t even say anything." With a concert coming up April 10, and the promise of a new CD, Rip.Chord is looking to help the five seniors go out with a bang. “This is the last of the founding members in the group, so we’re really trying to put on a good spring show," Kilgore said. “This whole semester we've been working toward that to kind of honor them." is I:- #BK Coiigi'atulatioiis to Eloii University’s Phi Beta Kappa 2010 Inductees Phi Beta Kappa Society^ founded in 1776j is the nation's oidest & most prestigious academic honor society/ and has for more than two centuries fostered the principles of freedom of inquiry & liberty of thought & expression. The letters (P6K represent fhe Greek initials of the society's mottoj '"Love of learning is the guideoflife." Elon University is honored to shelter the Eta Chapter, to be established on April 13, 2010. 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