THE LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT
SCHEDULE IS IN AN INTERMISSION
OF SORT RIGHT NOW... BUT YOU CAN
FILL
YOUR HOME WITH MUSIC.
A NEW P-B-S WISCONSIN
DOCUMENTARY WILL FEATURE G-E-T'S
VOCAL POINT.
IT'S CALLED ACAPOCALYPSE... AND
V-P DIRECTOR RYAN STUEMPGES
JOINS US
REMOTELY THIS MORNING.
GALE-ETTRICK-TREMPEALEAU HIGH
SCHOOL"S (G-E-T) A CAPPELLA
GROUP, VOCAL POINT, IS FEATURED
IN ACAPOCALYPSE! A
CAPPELLA"S NEW NOTE, AN
ORIGINAL HOUR-LONG DOCUMENTARY,
PROFILING
THREE WISCONSIN HIGH SCHOOL
VOCAL
GROUPS AS THEY PREPARE FOR AND
PERFORM IN THE PORT WASHINGTON
ACAPOCALYPSE, AN
ANNUAL A CAPPELLA FESTIVAL
CELEBRATING THE BEST YOUNG A
CAPPELLA
GROUPS FROM AROUND THE STATE.
ACAPOCALYPSE! A CAPPELLA"S NEW
NOTE, WILL PREMIERE 8 P.M.
TUESDAY, MARCH 31 ON
PBS WISCONSIN. THE FULL PROGRAM
WILL
ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR LIVE
STREAMING ON PBS WISCONSIN"S
FACEBOOK PAGE AND
AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ON THE DAY
OF THE BROADCAST AT
PBSWISCONSIN.ORG.
THE PROGRAM FEATURES A MIX OF
LIVE CONCERT AND DOCUMENTARY
FOOTAGE WITH SEVERAL
ANIMATED EXPLAINER VIDEOS THAT
WERE
SCRIPTED AND ACTED OUT BY
WISCONSIN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
THE SECTIONS OF THE PROGRAM
FEATURING
G-E-T"S VOCAL POINT FOCUS ON
THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE STUDENTS AND THEIR
CHORAL DIRECTOR RYAN STUEMPGES.
THEY DEMONSTRATE HOW HARD WORK
HAS ENABLED STUDENTS FROM A
SMALL SCHOOL IN WESTERN
WISCONSIN TO BECOME ONE OF THE
COUNTRY"S TOP HIGH SCHOOL A
CAPPELLA GROUPS.
RWHAT WE"RE DOING AT G-E-T
WITH
OUR MUSIC PROGRAM, AND I THINK
THIS GOES FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL
AND THE ADMINISTRATION, IS
WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE THE
BEST AND TO BE THE BEST, SAID
G-E-T CHORAL DIRECTOR RYAN
STUEMPGES. RWE JUST DON"T
SETTLE. THE PROGRAM FEATURES
TWO LIVE
CONCERT PERFORMANCES FROM VOCAL
POINT"S APPEARANCE AT
THE 2019 PORT WASHINGTON
ACAPOCALYPSE CONCERT.
FUNDING FOR ACAPOCALYPSE! A
CAPPELLA"S NEW NOTE WAS
PROVIDED BY THE FOCUS FUND FOR
YOUNG PERFORMERS AND FRIENDS OF
PBS
WISCONSIN.
PBS WISCONSIN AND WPR ARE
SERVICES
OF THE EDUCATIONAL
COMMUNICATIONS BOARD AND
THE UNIVERSITY OF
WISCONSIN-MADISON.
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THANKS.....
AFTER THE BREAK.............
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