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The Trinity College musical season kicked off Friday night with the biannual A Cappella Auditions concert, and all five of the college's groups were on hand to perform and audition new members. Each ensemble treated the audience to two songs.

The Trinitones, Trinity's oldest all-female group, started off the night in style, singing "Better in Time" featuring soloist Claire Talcott '10. The girls all dressed in basic black, and finished up with a spirited rendition of the group's traditional song, "The Peppermint Twist,' featuring Brooke Staley '11 and Olivia Miller '10 on vocals, while the group revved up the audience with some dance moves.

As the Trinitones retreated to applause and cheers, the Accidentals took the stage and sang their own signature piece, "Good Old A Cappella." Ben Dawson '11, Jake Robertson '10, and Michael Magdalinskas-Vasquez '11 took care of the lead vocals on "Good Old A Cappella," a comfortingly familiar song to those who might have frequented an Accidentals concert in the past. The one and only all-male group on campus finished up with "Some Kind of Wonderful," with solos by Elliot Faust '12, who was sporting some stylish sunglasses, as well as Ben Feldman '10, Finley Harckham '10 and Jeremy Zimmerman '10.

The second all-female group, the Quirks, came up next, and wasted no time in wowing the audience. Courtney Duffy '12 belted out "Mercy" with passion and poise, turning in a performance that would be difficult to surpass, but the Quirks weren't done impressing. Their second and last song, "Somebody to Love," featured Duffy, Amanda Sweat '12, Kat Lawlor '10, and Natasha Jeremiah '10, and despite the fact that the tone of the song was slightly more subdued, the vocals were outstanding once again.

The Pipes, Trinity's oldest a capella group, was fourth, and put an energetic new spin on the old favorite "Cecilia" with an interjection of "Jump On It," featuring some interesting and vigorous dance moves by Griffin Keady '10 and Tom Weir '10. After some comedic relief, the Pipes came back down to Earth with a striking rendition of "Happy Ending," featuring beautiful solo work from Keil Coit '11, Sarah Muir '09 and Alana Tabacco '09.

The final performance was by youngest group on campus. The Dischords, about to celebrate their fourth birthday, began with "Suddenly I See," featuring a difficult solo from Audrey Blumstein '11. The highlight of the Dischords' performance was definitely the impressive falsetto work from David Caffrey '11 during the last song of the night, "Take Your Mama Out."

With auditions following the performances, there will undoubtedly be many more enjoyable a cappella concerts in the near future, and we can all look forward to some new faces (and new voices) in the crowd.

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