Each Friday an A Cappella Blog contributor will take a look at both sides of a controversial, interesting, or seemingly random statement related to collegiate a cappella.

We welcome you to weigh in on the topic at hand by posting a comment.

We also welcome readers to offer up their own statements for our writers to consider, Measure for Measure.

This week’s topic: A group has the best chance of succeeding in competition if its material is fresh and new to the judges and audience. Therefore, it is not in a competing group’s best interests to have its performances posted on YouTube or other public websites.

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Each Friday an A Cappella Blog contributor will take a look at both sides of a controversial, interesting, or seemingly random statement related to collegiate a cappella.

We welcome you to weigh in on the topic at hand by posting a comment.

We also welcome readers to offer up their own statements for our writers to consider, Measure for Measure.

This week’s topic: In recent years at ICCAs, some quarterfinals featured as few as five groups competing, while others boasted as many as nine competitors. In the interest of fairness, ICCA competitions should feature equal numbers of groups at each level of the competition.

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Each Friday an A Cappella Blog contributor will take a look at both sides of a controversial, interesting, or seemingly random statement related to collegiate a cappella.

We welcome you to weigh in on the topic at hand by posting a comment.

We also welcome readers to offer up their own statements for our writers to consider, Measure for Measure.

This week’s topic: In competition, groups should be able to watch all of the other competitors for the evening.

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Each Friday an A Cappella Blog contributor will take a look at both sides of a controversial, interesting, or seemingly random statement related to collegiate a cappella.

We welcome you to weigh in on the topic at hand by posting a comment.

We also welcome readers to offer up their own statements for our writers to consider, Measure for Measure.

This week’s topic: If you’re going to be a judge, you should have experience with what you are judging. It is important for ICCA adjudicators to have prior experience performing in collegiate a cappella before they work a competition.

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Each Friday an A Cappella Blog contributor will take a look at both sides of a controversial, interesting, or seemingly random statement related to collegiate a cappella.

We welcome you to weigh in on the topic at hand by posting a comment.

We also welcome readers to offer up their own statements for our writers to consider, Measure for Measure.

This week’s topic: For new and developing collegiate a cappella groups, it is a good idea to start performing in competitions.

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