Category: advent bracket

Voting is now closed for round one! All of my seeds held, with the one exception of Michael W. Smith as a nine seed overcoming eight seed A Kenton Christmas. So we move on to round two. Please vote again, and the deadline is Thursday …

It’s time to vote! My encouragements (which I have no way of enforcing) are to please actually listen to the songs before voting and only vote once. I will declare a winner based on the vote totals at 9 pm PST on Wednesday! [polldaddy poll=7636689] …

Welcome, one and all, to week 2 of Advent Caroling Madness! This week, 16 versions of “Angels We Have Heard on High” will face off to see which emerges as the best. I received many suggestions again this week, and only added one of my …

There is no surer sign that Advent Caroling Madness has captured the heart of America than this: I am being bullied and threatened and intimidated as we get closer to the finish. There are people out there (Bylsma and Rourke) who, in a telling sign …

In 7th grade journalism I was taught that you never bury the lead. Our number one seed is gone, in only the second round. (Bethany Bylsma is so going to yell at me. In all caps.) Whitney. I’m just not sure where to begin. It’s …

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1 Whitney Houston vs. 16 Rob Halford Whitney came with her A game, demonstrating effortless range and never missing a note. Sometimes a big favorite comes out flat, but not here. Just over the top domination. Halford impressively stuck with his game, and executed it …

Evie: Come on, ring those bells! I’ll be your cheerful host tonight as we break down the “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” bracket. I’m not even bitter that I didn’t get selected for my humble little offering. Not at all. Well, maybe a little, tiny, teensy …

There has been some push back that me deciding everything takes the fun out of this endeavor. So, I’ve made an adjustment. I will still decide my bracket how I want; but I will let all of you vote on your winners in the bracket …

Without further adieu, I present you with the bracket for the battle to discover the best version of “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”: Bethany Bylsma nominated Whitney Houston’s version, which I must confess I had never heard. Her peerless pipes earned her the #1 seed! …