LSJ - The Prelude
Two Boston grads enjoying the Windy City decided they missed singing too much. Time to invent a brand new a cappella motley crew! Ed Peck and Micaela Kim (Fisher) placed an ad in the local Chicago Reader and the best was history! A fun, fabulous and talented group of singers joined together to share their love of singing (and having a good time).
LSJ - The Intro
It took a while to come up with a name—many silly options came up, but finally Lisa Cardonick's bro proposed Lake Shore Jive and it felt perfect! Our first "professional" performance was in a Magnificent Mile condo building entrance lobby. It was a 6-hour gig commitment, our repertoire consisted of a whopping 10-ish? songs, and...of course, we were dressed in "amusing" Halloween outfits. Needless to say the lessons learned were: 1. Expand the rep! and 2. Hmm...maybe shorten the gig commitment...just a tad...
LSJ - The Journey
We have been blessed over the years with so many (over 60!) amazing singers who have remained great friends. Many of whom joined us for our 20-yr anniversary reunion show to perform Jive favorites, share great memories and remind us all what a good time we've had, and continue to have, being a part of LSJ. We look forward to continuing with a celebration of our 30th later this year!
Every year or two new friends & opportunities have come along. We’re thrilled to recently have new (fabulous) co-funsters Maria-Paz, Brenna, Ulysses & Karli join our motley crew!
And there is such a lively a cappella scene in Chicago. We have been honored to gather with our fellow group cohorts for the past few years to team up on a variety of fun shows & fundraisers.