Chessmen A Cappella Invitational - Ben's Underground, Nov 9, 2024

The Franklin & Marshall Chessmen welcome you to the first (and hopefully) annual Invitational!!! Joined by the Millersville University Chromatic, Elizabethtown College Vocalign, Haverford College 'Ford S-Chords,' & the Millersville University Marauder Men!

The Chessmen are Franklin & Marshall's best (and only) all male A Cappella Group and sang three songs during the invitational: 1:51

Mashup - Beautiful Girls & Eenie Meenie by Sean Kingston & Justin Bieber
Arranged by Jake Lamb '24.5
Soloist Tommy Keating '26 & Jake Lamb '24.5

Rude by MAGIC!
Arranged by Carl Parkin '26
Soloist Ben Fryer '27

I Want You Back by The Jackson 5
Arranged by Johnathon Screen '22
Soloist Nay Moo '27

Millersville University Chromatic: 15:16

Ain't it Fun by Paramore
(Soloist: Cassidy McNew; Arranged by: Mike Asprea)

Copycat by Billie Eilish
(Soloist: Kylie Calogero; Arranged by: Kylie Calogero)

Elizabethtown College Vocalign: 23:43

Viva la Vida
(Arranged by: Michael Sagedy)

Green Light
(Soloist: Corryn Burnett; Arranged by: Owen Wertzberger)

Somebody to Love
Soloists: Grace Deihl, Kelsey Bishop, Indie Jaikaran, Michael Sagedy, and Emily Witmer:
Arranged by: T.G. Stefano)

Millersville University Marauder Men: 37:16

The Longest Time
(Soloists: Ray Lucera, Max Guthrie, and Dakota Shertzer;
Arranged by: Roger Emerson)

Spend My Life With You (Arranged by: Kyle Kitzmiller)

Cecilia
(Arranged by: Deke Sharon)

Haverford College ‘Ford S-Chords’: 51:42

Breakaway
Kelly Clarkson
(Soloist: Jared Saef; Arranged by: Matt Ruiz, a.k.a "Chico")

Wicked Game
Chris Isaak
(Soloist: Reed Solomon;
Arranged by: Amal Al-Jallad, Viktor Merkulov)

Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
-Elton John and George Michael (Soloists: Viktor and Santos;
Arranged by: Ben Jiang and Amal Al-Jallad)

One last surprise at the end!!!

We would like to thank each group for coming and making this such a fun experience!!! Enjoy the performance!!!