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<1997-98 brought many new faces to the group. An all new soprano section featured Holly Goodliffe, Melissa Wheeler, and Hannah Goldie. Sarah Meyer joined as a mezzo-soprano. Zareen returned from overseas to join Shannon and a new alto, Marcella White. Joining Matthew and Greg on tenor were George Hoffman and Raj Duvvuri. Ben and Jon were back on bass for the third year, and joining them were Khar Liang Chan, and a Harmonics alumni from the distant past, Damon Silver (whose voice was as elastic as ever).

More than the new faces, the biggest change in the Harmonics this year was repetoire. For the last several years, the Harmonics had focused on eighties and seventies pop music. This year, however, in addition to much more complicated arrangements, the focus shifted to 90s rock and roll. Songs like Criminal, Push, Hurt, 32 Flavors, and Strong Enough debuted this year, making the group sound decidedly different. The trend of using vocal percussion, which started in '95-'96 continued to expand, with three members providing percussion on 2/3 of the repetoire... (more on the 97-98 year).

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