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The Chromatics take 2nd Runner Up

The Chromatics are pleased to announce their 3rd place finish at the Atlantic Region Harmony Sweepstakes. The a cappella festival, presented at Lisner Auditorium in Washington DC on February 27, 1999, featured 8 groups from the East Coast. Each group presented a 10-minute program which was judged on musicality, originality, and overall performance. The Chromatics squeezed four original songs into their performance: Chromatic Organum, La La Land, Web Goddess, and Buns & Muffins. Three of these songs are available on their debut CD, First Light.

The winning group, Minimum Wage, is a zany sketch comedy male a cappella group that hails from New York City. They were named "outstanding Musical Comedy Act" at the BackStage Bistro awards and were also Grand Prize Winners on "America's Funniest People." Most recently they could be heard on Comedy Central singing the Little Donnie Foundation theme song for the Upright Citizens Brigade.

The 1st Runner Up group, Toxic Audio, hails from Orlando, Florida, where these three men and two women perform at the Disney/MGM Studios Theme Park. This group came together to explore the human voice and its ability to express ideas at the Orlando Fringe Festival in April 1998. Their unpredictable style and wide ranging musical tastes have captured the attention of audiences ever since.

The Chromatics wish to thank all our fans and friends for all of your encouragement and support over the last couple years. As the result of many things, not the least of which is the confidence that many of you have inspired in us, we were able to pull together and do our very best at this important event! It was a wonderful thrill for us just to share the stage with such talented groups. The concert was fabulous, each group a strong contender, and the shock of placing in the competition has yet to wear off!

So thanks all of you who wear our T-shirt, bought our CD, come to our gigs, or came out to the Sweeps. We totally appreciate it, and hope we can go on singing our off-beat flavor of modern a cappella for you in the years to come.

- The Chromatics