Eleventh Hour members are (front row, left to right) Brandon Williams, Brooke Gudgell, Bethany Magee and Daniel Wagner. In the back row (left to right) are Cameron Heaps, Anna Townsend, Kendall Young and Bobby Symes.
Eleventh Hour nominated for
awards Kettering Fairmont High School's pop a cappella group, Eleventh Hour, has been nominated for four Contemporary A Cappella Society Recording Awards for their 2009 release Like Clockwork.
The nominations are for:
• Best High School Album (Like Clockwork)
• Best High School Song ("Suddenly I See")
• Best High School Solo (Bethany Magee for "Just No Good")
• Best Scholastic Original Song (Morgan Shope for "Hey Sunshine").
Eleventh Hour joins five other high schools from around the country who were also nominated in the "Best High School" categories. The category of Best Scholastic Original Song has Eleventh Hour competing against four university groups including Brigham Young University's Noteworthy, who were featured on NBC's Sing Off.
This is the third year in a row that Eleventh Hour has been nominated for the CARAs. In 2008 Eleventh Hour won for best high school album and best high school song.
The CARA's have been presented annually since 1992 by the Contemporary A Cappella Society to recognize the best recorded a cappella produced within a calendar year. Thirty judges - selected for their experience
with, talent in, and knowledge of a cappella music - listened to the CARA nominees to determine the best of each category.
The CD, Like Clockwork, featured Fairmont students Cameron Heaps, Anna Townsend, Kendall Young, Bobby Symes, Brandon Williams, Brooke Gudgell, Bethany Magee and Daniel Wagner.
To purchase a copy of Like Clockwork visit www.fairmontchoirs.org.
About KFHS Eleventh Hour:
Eleventh Hour is selected from the best musicians in the Kettering Fairmont music department. They choose, rehearse and perform their own music with guidance from Brody McDonald, FHS Director of Choirs. They
perform many outside engagements and represent the highest level of vocal musicianship.
They have performed with a cappella groups Rockapella, Up In The Air, Fourth Avenue, The Fault Line and m-pact as well as renowned artists Kenny Loggins, LeAnn Rimes and The Beach Boys.
Eleventh Hour has presented at the Ohio Music Education Association State Conference as clinicians and featured performers.
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