Lotsa A Cappella - Archived News

Missouri Shape Note Singing

The Saint Louis Shape Note Singers will hold their annual Missouri Singing Convention, Saturday, March 13 and Sunday March 14, 2010, from 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM both days, at St. John's United Church of Christ in Pinckney, Missouri (near Marthasville). Dinner on the grounds at noon. Visitors are welcome to listen or to sing along. Singing from the Missouri Harmony and The Sacred Harp songbooks which will be available for loan at the site. No admission charge; a free will offering will be taken to defray expenses. For more information visit the website stlfasola.com.

TWO Halloween Lotsa A Cappella shows this year (2008)

After weighing the pros and cons of having the annual Lotsa A Cappella Halloween show before or after October 31st, I have decided to have two special shows. Week one - Pre-Halloween Bash featuring music of The Bobs on October 25. Week two - Day of the Dead Special with frightening folk & gospel music, creepy classical, and many scary Halloween favorites on November 1. Both guaranteed to be "real scary, kids!"

KDHX schedule changes (AUGUST 2008)

For the first time in many years, KDHX has moved around a lot of programs at once. Lotsa A Cappella moved to its new time slot, SATURDAY from 6-8 AM, starting August 16, 2008. August 10 was the last Sunday Lotsa A Cappella show.

Longtime listeners know that we've been lucky in the past to have the same time slot for almost 14 years. Lotsa A Cappella fans will just have to get up a little earlier in the morning!

Don't forget, you can always listen online at KDHX.org to archived shows from the past couple of weeks.

AC100: The A Cappella Centennial Celebration (2008-09)

The Yale Whiffenpoofs will be celebrating their 100th anniversary during the 2008-2009 school year. As the first college a cappella group, the Whiffenpoofs were the spark for today's exploding college and high school a cappella scene. College a cappella, in turn, was the birthplace of numerous contemporary a cappella groups, including Rockapella and The House Jacks.

Check out the AC100 website for audio and video files, a listing of a cappella groups, and much more.

WINNERS of BOBS CD (2007)

Thanks to everyone who entered our contest to win the latest CD by The Bobs, "Get Your Monkey Off My Dog."

The person with the highest number of correct answers, Susie 2 Socks of Wood River IL, wins the Bobs' new CD. The winning random entry is Pam J, also winning the Bobs' "Get Your Monkey Off My Dog."

The runner-up, Renee, wins Vox One's Chameleon CD.

Tribute to Virginia Tech UPDATE

After raising over $10,000 in one month for the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund, the "For Today" CD Project has announced a line-up of top professional and collegiate a cappella groups from across the country to headline a second CD compilation entitled "Hokie Nation". Grammy Award winning artist, Take 6, and world-renowned a cappella group, Rockapella, along with professional a cappella ensembles m-pact, Blue Jupiter, the House Jacks, Cadence, Firedrill!, Hookslide, and transit will be featured on this new CD, along with nine top collegiate groups.

A cappella groups from all over the Commonwealth of Virginia have contributed to the first tribute CD, "For Today" to support and honor the students at Virginia Tech. Read more about it at ForTodayCD [link no longer available]. Thanks to the generosity of those involved with the CD's recording, production, and distribution, 100% of the proceeds from CD sales will go to the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund and Hokies United.

In addition to the support from Virginia, regional and national support is vastly expanding with feedback and support from collegiate groups across the country. Plans are under way to determine the best way possible to gather and show the support of these groups across the country. An online-only album may be released allowing each of these groups to help in the effort to raise money for Virginia Tech

Contributing to this project are Matthew Bolling of Magnolia Productions in Mechanicsville, VA, who is producing and organizing the album; Dave Sperandio of Diovoce in Raliegh, NC who is mastering the album at no cost; and Rick Segal of TripleDisc in Fredericksburg, VA who is printing all of the cd's 'at-cost'.

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Lotsa A Cappella makes first week goal

We made our goal for the first week of the KDHX Fall 2007 Membership Drive October 4 - 14. This coming Sunday is the last day of the drive and is also the 20th Anniversary of KDHX going on the air for the first time. Lotsa A Cappella has been on the air for 13 years. Thanks to everyone who pledged support in the past and to all who continue to support our radio station. We couldn't do it without all of you.

Interviewing Scott Leonard of Rockapella

On Saturday, September 22, 2007 I spoke on the phone with Scott Leonard, the chief songwriter and arranger (and frequent lead singer) of Rockapella, recording our conversation for posterity and for airplay on Sunday, Sept. 23.

Java Jived

The vocal jazz group Java Jived was featured on Lotsa A Cappella, April 15, 2007, "live from the KDHX studios". They performed standards such as Hoagy Carmichael's Georgia, George & Ira Gershwin's Someone To Watch Over Me, and (of course) the song Java Jive, made famous by the Ink Spots and Manhattan Transfer.

April Fool!

My buddies Rich Barta and Jeff C of Down In The Alley were good sports about my spoofing their weekly show on Lotsa A Cappella's April Fool's Day Special 2007. I played a lot of goofy songs and kept claiming that the music was "emanating from Way Deep Down In The Alley!"

Changes in Daylight Saving Time

Daylight Saving Time started earlier this year. Starting in 2007, daylight time begins in the United States on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. On the second Sunday in March, clocks are set ahead one hour at 2:00 a.m. local standard time, which becomes 3:00 a.m. local daylight time. On the first Sunday in November, clocks are set back one hour at 2:00 a.m. local daylight time, which becomes 1:00 a.m. local standard time.

Check these for more info:

• Navy website
• Energy website

WORDS of WISDOM

If you'd like to view a veritable plethora of quotations, check out these sites:
GoCreate, Tubegator, Quoteland, BrainyQuote.

Find recent quotations on the "and i quote" blog.

Broadway Oyster Bar event a success!

On Wednesday, September 6, 2006, the Howzit Bayou? guys and I were thrilled to see so many guests at the first annual KDHX Tastes for Tunes restaurant event. Mark "Sunnyboy" Mason, Mark "Special Correspondent" Silverstein and I were the hosts at the Broadway Oyster Bar. The weather was perfect for sitting out on the beautiful outdoor courtyard and enjoying some great Cajun cuisine. We got to see old friends and meet some new ones. Thanks to everyone who participated, and congratulations to the folks who won our door prizes: Terry, Brad, Jean, and Dennis. I hope the folks who visited any of the 69 participating restaurants had as much fun as we did at the Broadway Oyster Bar!

Thank you to everyone for your support of the radio station that brings you everything "from a cappella to zydeco" - KDHX - your community, your media!

September 19 is Talk Like A Pirate Day (every year)

Check out Talk Like A Pirate Day! Arr! and Arrgh!

KDHX "Tastes for Tunes" Sept. 9, 2008

KDHX is again offering an opportunity to support the station and meet some of the folks who program and host your favorite radio show, as various KDHX personalities host an evening (or lunch at some places) at a local restaurant. All you need to do is show up and purchase a nice meal, and a percentage of the proceeds benefits KDHX.

This year, I (Marjie of Lotsa A Cappella) will be at the Iron Barley, 5510 Virginia in south St. Louis (phone 314 351-4500) along with the guys from Howzit Bayou? - Mark "Sunnyboy Mason and Mark "Special Correspondent" Silverstein, from 6:30 to 9:30 PM on Tuesday, September 9, 2008. Fred Friction of Fishing With Dynamite will be tending bar.

You can support KDHX by having lunch or dinner at one of over 40 restaurants. Check out the Tastes for Tunes page at KDHX.org.

Thanks to everyone who came out to support KDHX!

Tom Hall's guitar stolen

Musicians need their instruments: it's their way of making a living. Tom Hall, long time KDHX programmer and member of the Geyer Street Sheiks (that's his deep bass voice on the song about "legions of angels, unseen angels"), recently had his National Steel Guitar stolen from his locked vehicle. If you missed the recent benefit to help raise money to buy a replacement instrument for Tom, you may still mail contributions to The Iron Barley Restaurant, 5510 Virginia Avenue, St. Louis MO 63111.

Guest Book:

Here is where you can sign the guest book: Guest Book entry or check out the Contact page.

AC100: The A Cappella Centennial Celebration

The Yale Whiffenpoofs will be celebrating their 100th anniversary during the 2008-2009 school year. As the first college a cappella group, the Whiffenpoofs were the spark for today's exploding college and high school a cappella scene. College a cappella, in turn, was the birthplace of numerous contemporary a cappella groups, including Rockapella and The House Jacks.

Check out the AC100 website for audio and video files, a listing of a cappella groups, and much more.

Ball in the House

the Boston a cappella band visits St. Louis, Missouri

See what the band is up to lately:
Ball in the House website

www.flickr.com MBK's Ball in the House photoset