With a seamless set consisting of a Lady Gaga mashup of "Bad Romance" and "Love Game", a gorgeous rendition of Peter Bradley's "Lay Your Head Down", and what was hands down the most adorable moment of the show, Hello Goodbye's "Here (In Your Arms)" as a duet between a male and female member of the group, All-Night Yahtzee set the bar for the following groups to reach. All-Night Yahtzee, however, didn't even allow the audience to use their newly acquired skills.
As we awaited ANY's set, the emcee for the night, Nick Lyons, very appropriately instructed the audience on proper clapping techniques for each set- short claps between songs and thunderous applause as each group got on and off stage. It was Florida State University's All-Night Yahtzee, University of Maryland PandemoniUM, Clemson University Tigeroar, University of North Carolina-Greensboro Sapphires, University of Georgia Accidentals, College of William and Mary DoubleTake, The Georgetown Phantoms, and University of Florida No Southern Accent. The lovely Lindsay Howerton followed with the usual Varsity Vocals ICCA welcome and announcement of the show's order. The lights lowered as the University of North Carolina-Greensboro Spartones took the stage with a Black Eyed Peas medley starting the show appropriately with "Let's Get It Started". Having been there with AcaBelles just last year, I knew everything the performers were feeling and was almost nervous for them. On Saturday night in Greensboro, NC I found it quite odd to be taking a seat in the Aycock Theater rather than nervously awaiting my group's turn to take the stage for ICCA South Semifinals.
This is her first review for The A Cappella Blog. Lauren Barreiro is the music director of the Florida State University AcaBelles.
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