A Cappella Palooza Event

Carter Smith Staff Writer

Last Friday, March 17th, 2023, Jake Nevin Fieldhouse hosted Villanova’s biggest event of the year. No, it’s not NOVAdance, Special Olympics or even 1842 Day - it is A Cappella Palooza.

“Palooza” is regarded as the Villanova a cappella community’s biggest performance of the year, where all eight a cappella groups perform a ten-minute song set, complete with themed wardrobing and choreography.

For the readers who have not already attended a Palooza during their time at Villanova, the presidents of all eight a cappella groups, collectively known as the Directors of Villanova A Cappella (DVAC), wished to comment on what they were most excited for going into the event.

“Minor Problem most wants to showcase how close we are and that we know how to work hard while also having fun together, and I feel like our set shows how much we love each other and how much fun we have,” junior Skylar Musick, president of Minor Problem, said when asked about her group’s biggest focus going into the event.

Senior Alex Petrozzi, president of the Sirens, also commented.

“Our set is very experimental,” she said. “We’re technically doing fi ve songs. There is a mash-up and one song that blends into another, so it’s a little scary, but it has been a lot of fun and I think we have really embraced the challenge.”

“Palooza is one of those moments where we sit down to put together

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