Category: advent bracket

Your votes have whittled the field down to four. The first match up is classic crooner vs. Celtic cadence, while the other semi-final round pits three seeming mis-matches against the Piano guys. You’ve got until Thursday night at 9 pm to vote! (Plus, don’t forget …

You people always surprise me with what you like…who knew Sheldon was so incredibly compelling? What is it that you like about the Piano Guys? I just don’t get it… Plus I don’t care how cute Hugh Grant’s looks are, or British children. This is …

It’s time for tip off, so plug in those Beats headphones and crank up your bluetooth speakers, and get ready to begin the voting for your favorite version of “Good King Wenceslas”! Now, granted, this is not the best musical choice I’ve ever made, but …

It was three years ago tomorrow that I had one of my best ideas of all time: put different versions of Christmas songs into a basketball-like bracket to fight it out for the best version! It’s morphed from a writing exercise under my full control, …

…#2 Tasha Cobbs, for the best rendition of “O Come All Ye Faithful”. Thank you all for joining on this Advent journey. I’m grateful for all of you and the fun and fighting we have with this. May you have a wonderful Christmas!

Davida Ankeny Brown’s nomination of #4 Luther Vandross proved able to upset #1 seeded BYU, and moves into a finals matchup with #2 Tasha Cobbs. Make your final vote in Advent Caroling Madness 2015 before noon PST on Christmas Eve! [polldaddy poll=9244964] #2 Tasha Cobbs …

As they say in March Madness…the chalk all advanced. But it was a close battle. Luther and Tasha each won by one vote. Winnow it down to two by Tuesday at 8 pm PST. [polldaddy poll=9242930] #1 BYU #4 Luther Vandross   [polldaddy poll=9242931] #2 …

The storyline from round 1 is that even without Elizabeth Curtis Gemeroy on Facebook, Amy Grant pulls the upset and advances. In fact, she received more votes than anyone else. The other upset brought grief to Bethany Bylsma, as Carly Simon defeated Mariah Carey. Please …

Whew! Advent Caroling Madness has such a groundswell of support now! I can’t even fit all the nominations in the bracket anymore. 23 versions of “O Come All Ye Faithful” were nominated, and I had to whittle that down to 16. I cut out my …

…the a cappella group from Assyria. Beautiful and poignant. Love it! Get your submissions for your favorite version of “O Come All Ye Faithful” by Wednesday at 9 pm PST.