Harmonics

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1994-1995 was a year of many firsts for the Harmonics. First tour, first cd (tentatively titled 'Flaming Avocados in Purgatory'), first all-campus show, first major league performance (for a Giants game at Candlestick Park). Joining Ryan Henderson and Lara Smith on soprano was Radhika Dasmahapatra (who held the esteemed title of longest name in Harmonics history until usurped by Debarun Bhattacharjya in '03-'04). The all new alto section consisted of Emma Petty, Christine Nguyen, and Zareen Poonen, whose incredibly rich tone defined Change in my Life, which she soloed all the years she was in the group. Into the mix of Brian, Matthew, and Jody blended sophomore Pat Hurley. Joining Bob on bass were Kevan Lewis and Zach Foreman. Damon Silver, Lusan Chua, and Charlotte Smith all sang for part of the year.

The main event of the year (at least to hear the alumni tell it), was the Harmonics spring tour to Southern California, where the Harmonics sang with Chevy Chase, as well as several other wandering lunatics on Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica. This tour also included the first infamous trip to Tijuana, which concluded with a besotted rendition of Moondance to the US Border guards. 

By the end of this year, the Harmonics were members of the Stanford A Cappella nation by any standards. We were invited, for the first time, to the Amnesty International Show, the largest charity show on campus, and performed our first all-campus show (outside of the one and only Cheez Whiz themed spring show) with Counterpoint in Toyon Hall. The Harmonics by this point focused entirely on pop and doo-wop music from the past four decades, with an emphasis on the eighties... (more on the 94-95 year)