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SingStrong – Friday

Pins for the 2013 SingStrong DC music festival ©TimeLine Media
Pins for the 2013 SingStrong DC music festival ©TimeLine Media

Last night was a great start to the SingStrong A cappella Festival in Reston, VA! There were rehearsals for the Single Singers, and the first show, the Aca-Idol contest in the evening. The Single Singers was created so that if you do not have a group to sing with during the weekend, you can join others in the same boat. Join them, and you can add your voice to all the others and maybe meet other people to join up for next year. It is a big task to put this all together with a few rehearsals before a performance on Saturday afternoon! So many strong groups competed this year, and the judging by both a cappella-celebrity judges and the crowd was close! In the end, JMU’s Note-oriety took home both the audience favorite and the overall win. Congratulations!

SingStrong producer Johnathan Minkoff ©TimeLine Media
SingStrong producer Johnathan Minkoff ©TimeLine Media
Emcee Jonathan Minkoff of Blue Jupiter ©TimeLine Media
Emcee Jonathan Minkoff of Blue Jupiter ©TimeLine Media
Schedule for the stage shows at South Lakes High School for SingStrong DC ©TimeLine Media
Schedule for the stage shows at South Lakes High School for SingStrong DC ©TimeLine Media
All-female group performing on the main stage at South Lakes High School ©TimeLine Media
All-female group performing on the main stage at South Lakes High School ©TimeLine Media
Note-oriety wins the Act-Idol contest at SingStrong DC ©TimeLine Media
Note-oriety wins the Act-Idol contest at SingStrong DC ©TimeLine Media
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SingStrong DC starts today

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This will be just a quick posting today. I am packing up my gear for a weekend of shooting at SingStrong DC starting this evening. The last I heard, there were still tickets available, so come out if you want to hear some of the best a cappella groups with the proceeds from the event going to the Alzheimer’s Association. 

From what I remember from previous years this is a festival geared to real creative musicians. In particular singers that are familiar with the genre. However, other musicians can find how they can fit into group singing. In addition, they have some workshops on the business of music. With this in mind, SingStrong DC is building a community around music.

For fear that I will repeat work I did previously, I am envisioning what to capture this weekend. Although I cannot foresee exactly what the event will look like, I am prepared for something new. I am hoping to try to make some different photos in addition to the other performance photos from the concerts this year. With excited performers, I hope to post updates as soon as I can. Stay tuned to see what happens!

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Street Corner Symphony

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This photo is one of my favorites from covering the SingStrong DC event. Street Corner Symphony performed there in 2011, and the organizers gave me great access to shoot all around the venue. This was a shot from just back stage during their performance. It gives a different angle from most of the audience. The streaming stage lights give add a nice element to the photo. At this time it breaks up the big black hole for the top 3rd of the frame. Additionally, there is a little view of the audience in the bottom part of the frame. I processed the photo to be a contrasty black and white reminiscent of classic rock musician photos from the 70’s and 80’s.

The coolest thing was that I had the opportunity to see Street Corner Symphony perform again this month at Jammin’ Java in Vienna, VA. Not only were they still as good as they were on the NBC Show, the Sing-Off, but they are still accessible and responsive to their fans. If you ever have the opportunity to see them, definitely take it! There will be more great singing this weekend at SingStrong, and I hope to make more great photos there again.

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