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alistairglidden
Nov 23, 20213 min read
News from the Soon Room - Fall 2021
by Sean Crites '22 L-R: Aaron Hilton '23, Yuyu Yasuda '25, Proby Gottipati '24, Casey Beidel '24, Ian Accetta '24, Tim Manley '24, Karlo...
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alistairglidden
May 10, 20211 min read
Tidbits
The ‘90s ‘Soons began a weekly Zoom call back in April 2020 and have maintained it more or less for the last year. Doug Roberts ’96...
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alistairglidden
May 10, 20211 min read
Stream That Tune
After eight decades of records, cassettes, and compact discs, the Nassoons’ entire repertoire will soon be available to stream digitally....
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alistairglidden
May 10, 20212 min read
The Mullikin Archive
By Jim Schenkel '68 Throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, it was a rare Nassoon performance that didn’t include a song arranged by Kent...
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alistairglidden
May 10, 20214 min read
Profile: Deke Sharon
By Roger Bates '67 Nassoons, meet Deke Sharon…the driving force behind the surging popularity of a cappella singing around the world....
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alistairglidden
May 10, 20212 min read
Scott's Thoughts
By Scott Watson '74 It’s been a challenging year for all of us who love close harmony singing and the Princeton Nassoons. The...
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alistairglidden
May 10, 20212 min read
News from the 'Soon Room
By Sean Crites '22 During the Spring 2021 semester the Nassoons have continued to operate virtually, hosting weekly ’Soon Zooms’ to work...
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John Whelchel '15
Feb 6, 20213 min read
The Comedian Harmonists (Roger Bates '67)
(As Nassoons, we all owe a debt of gratitude for the talented close harmony singers that came before and brought close harmony into...
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John Whelchel '15
Feb 6, 20212 min read
News from the 'Soon Room (Sean Crites '22, President)
What a year it has been. I hope you are all doing well and staying safe. First and foremost, I’d like to offer the undergraduates’ thanks...
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John Whelchel '15
Jan 7, 20213 min read
Reinventing the Yale Jamboree (Tim O'Brien '81)
Coming back to campus in September 1980, the Nassoons faced a huge recruiting challenge. We had lost five terrific singers to graduation...
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John Whelchel '15
Jan 3, 20213 min read
Scratching the Itch (Tim O'Brien '81)
I’m sure all of us have stayed connected to music since we left the Nassoons, even if just by singing in the shower. When I graduated, I...
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John Whelchel '15
Aug 23, 20201 min read
'Soons and Whiffs, 30 years back
The Chicago Tribune covered a joint concert by the 'Soons and 'Whiffs in 1990 at the Gold Star Sardine Bar. Sent in by Chuck Goldberg...
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John Whelchel '15
Aug 23, 20201 min read
SONG OF PRINCETON, 50 YEARS GONE
The below poem by Margaret McGlynn '86 (Tigerlily MD '84-86) was sent in by Rich McGlynn '60: "All below focuses on my daughter...
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John Whelchel '15
Aug 23, 20201 min read
Remembering Robert "Bob" McKinley '50
Bob McKinley, age 91, died outside Saginaw, Michigan on June 14, 2017. Bob was born in Bay City, the son of Frank and Amelia (Webster)...
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John Whelchel '15
Aug 23, 20202 min read
Remembering Russell Boles '44
Russell Sage Boles Jr., M.D. of Osterville, passed peacefully at his home at the age of 96 on February 4, surrounded by four generations...
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John Whelchel '15
Aug 23, 20202 min read
Remembering Charles Layne '64
Many thanks to Kent Mullikin '64 for this remembrance and the numerous 'Soons who wrote in with kind words Charles Lee Layne '64, known...
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John Whelchel '15
Jun 7, 20202 min read
Remembering Joe Lawrence '58
Joseph D. Lawrence died March 23, 2020, the last member of his family line. Born March 27, 1936 to J. Don Lawrence and Christine Marie...
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John Whelchel '15
May 27, 20200 min read
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John Whelchel '15
May 17, 202010 min read
Nassoons in the time of COVID-19
Nassoons around the country and world have been coping with the global pandemic in a plethora of ways. Here follows the thoughts and...
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John Whelchel '15
May 17, 20202 min read
Remembering Barry Coon Phelps '53
Barry Coon Phelps, class of 1953, T1 in the Nassoons as well as BM in 1951, died at the end of this past year, December 1, 2019. Some...
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