My Straight No Chaser Poem

THE HISTORY OF STRAIGHT NO CHASER

(as I see it)

Picture the scene its '96 in Bloomington IU

when 10 friends got together and wondered what they could do,

"I have an idea" shouted Dan an all round lovely fella

Lets make a group with no instruments, lets sing songs a-cappella

"A-CAPPELLA" they said as one "MAKE MUSIC WITH OUR VOICE??"

"If we want to meet the ladies" said Dan "I'm afraid we have no choice"

So Straight No Chaser was born that year also known as SNC

Serious about their music but not wanting to be taken too seriously.

They set about arranging songs and practised whenever they could,

they wanted to meet the ladies so they knew they'd best be good.

And then they got their break to perform at a 36 hour dance

With all the ladies going there they where sure to find romance

From here they went from strength to strength with a mixture of humour and covers

They toured around the country less like friends and more like brothers

From '96 to '99 they performed both night and days

Then graduation came along and took them their seperate ways

Fast forward to April 2006, Randy Stine an original member,

who found a recording from 98 from a show they did in the December

he put the recording onto disc then uploaded to his pc

12 Days of Christmas made him smile and he wanted the others to see

So he put the song on You Tube as he wanted to show the others

and set about getting in touch with all his SNC brothers

They reminisced, they laughed, they cried they loved this song to bits

They shared it with loved ones and friends and it soon started getting hits

The clips uploaded of SNC exploded when they went viral

The number of views from the songs began to grow and spiral

It wasn't long before contact was made from a record company

Asking if they would get back together to record a Christmas cd.

Not all could make it back for this once they knew where and when

so two former college SNC got the numbers back up to ten,

over the coming months three more talented guys joined to play

and these are the ten who tour around that we can see today

The way they engage with all the crowds to watch is a real pleasure

To see Straight No Chaser performing live is a memory to treasure

and nothing has changed since their college days a love of music is there to see

but one things still sadly missed is the dance award for choreography

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