Section 8 and Others Leave Audience Swooning

#10. Be serenaded by Singing Men of Ohio and Women’s Chorale at a concert

For my last post, I decided to turn to the Ohio University Programming Council's '100 Things to Do Before You Graduate' and select something off of their list. Number 50 caught my eye--"Get serenaded by Singing Men of Ohio and Women’s Chorale at a concert."

I have watched SMO and the Women's Chorale perform at the Ohio Upclose programs, but I have never actually (which is a shame) attended one of the many concerts the groups put on each quarter. It's something I've been meaning to do especially since my little sister in my sorority, Sarah Engle, is in Women's Chorale and Title IX.

So, tonight (actually yesterday) I trekked over to Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium and attended the OU A Cappella Invitational 2010, where smaller groups inside of the Singing Men of Ohio and Women's Chorale performed.

Singing Men of Ohio has a handful of men who perform in Section 8. They recently did an a cappella rendition of Jay Sean's Down that literally makes any person within a 50 mile radius smile ear to ear. If you don't believe me, scroll down to the bottom to watch it for yourself. Other groups that performed included: H.O.W. (Heart of Worship), The Leading Tones, Tempo Tantrums and Title IX.

Tempo Tantrums and Title IX are both smaller sections that are derived from the Women's Chorale, similar to SMO's Section 8. Both groups have performed at The Front Room Coffeehouse and do a lot of a cappella renditions of pop songs. Title IX recently performed at an Ohio Upclose visit day and left the audience in complete awe. Heart of Worship holds the distinction of being the first and only co-ed a cappella group at OU.

I wish I could do the groups justice. The quality of the performances literally blew me away. Heart of Worship performed Madonna's Just Like a Prayer; The Tempo Tantrums sang a rendition of Ego by Beyonce; The Leading Tones performed barefoot and sang I'll Make a Man Out of You from the Disney classic Mulan; and Section 8 (the hosts) stole the show with so many crowd stoppers that the entire audience was grinning ear to ear by the end. Needless to say, I'm still swooning.

I think Junior Sociology major Liz Bracher summed up the concert the best. Bracher said, "The stage presence of all of the groups was contagious and I haven't laughed that much in a long time."

Until next time,
Mak

P.S.- Enjoy the video below!