The AACI is excited to announce the competitors for SoJam 2007!

Thank you to all of the groups who submitted audition materials. The videos were excellent across the board, and we really enjoyed reviewing all of them. It's always difficult to narrow the competition down to only 6 groups, and we had some tough decisions to make this year.

The competitors for 2007 are:

• A Completely Different Note - University of Connecticut
• All Night Yahtzee - Florida State University
• Bluestones - James Madison University
• No Southern Accent - University of Florida
• Out of the Blue - Duke University
• Sapphires - University of North Carolina Greensboro 

Thank you again to all the groups who submitted videos for the competition and to all others who have purchased tickets thus far. The AACI relies on your support and attendance to make this event happen each year. We look forward to continuing the tradition of bringing you innovative classes, incredible performances & competition, and epic afterparties.

 
- The Details -

Judges
The competition will be judged by a panel of 3 professional musicians/performers.  Judges for SoJam 2007 are:

• Abbey Janes
• Roger Thomas
• Jon McLemore

There will also be an "audience vote", so bringing your friends and family would be a great idea! However, please don'tassume that only the 'local groups' will be able to sway the audience.We know good a cappella when we hear/see it! No whiners allowed.

Scoring
Groups will be scored based on Musicality, Performance, Energy, and Creativity. If there are close decisions by the panel of judges, the audience vote will make the difference. Thefinal decision, however, will ultimately be reached through consensus of alljudges. The judges will award first, second and third place winners.Additional prizes may be awarded to each competing group, regardless ofplace. Again, no whiners allowed - these judges know what they are doing!

Prizes
We, the AACI, understand and appreciate the fact that a competition wouldn't be complete without some kind of incentive.  Though we are admittedly biased, we like to think our prizes are pretty sweet. 

Logistics
Competing groups will be allowed a ten minute sound check.  Groups will be provided with any and all necessary sound equipment and are not permitted to bring their own microphones, headsets, sound technicians, etc.  Performances will be no longer than 12 minutes each.  Competing groups who drop out for any reasonnot approved by the AACI will be barred from competition for one year.All competition/ticket fees are non-refundable.

Merchandise
Only competing groups may submit their merchandise to be sold at the AACI merchandise table, which will be in a central location.  The AACI will maintain the merchandise table throughout the event, and will retain a percentage of all merchandise sales.  Any of the Sing series discs will only be sold by the AACI.