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Arlington A Capella Group Pentatonix Won TV’s ‘The Sing-Off’

by Jerome Weeks 5 Dec 2011 1:07 PM

The five-member group includes three high-school friends from Arlington, and they bested the college singers Dartmouth Aires and the hip-hop group Urban Method to take the top prize — and appear on All Things Considered.

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Pentatonix, a five-member beatbox and a capella group, includes three friends from Arlington. Last week, they won the NBC competition,The Sing-Off and appeared on All Things Considered. Listen to the story and to their rapid-fire harmonies:

About Jerome Weeks

Jerome Weeks is the Senior Arts Reporter/Producer for KERA. Previously at The Dallas Morning News, he was the book columnist for 10 years and the drama critic for 10 years before that. His writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Salon, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, American Theatre and Men’s Vogue magazines. View more about Jerome Weeks.

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