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Sweet 'Village Jam'

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It's time again for another a cappella concert. It's time again to fill the pockets of University singers so they can run off and get drunk somewhere. Just kidding. Actually, the money from this musical performance is going to the International Red Cross to provide relief to tsunami victims.

Saturday the Academical Village People (whom we all know and love as AVP) are presenting "Village Jam," a concert featuring a cappella groups from a variety of other universities, and it's going to be big. How big? Well, the Generics from the University of Maryland, Note-oriety from JMU and the Octopodes from Johns Hopkins are some of the most talented groups at their respective schools. And of course, no a cappella concert would be the same without performances by some of the weirdest but most strangely appealing male vocalists on grounds

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