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The performance is part of Transylvania&#8217;s Dorothy J. and Fred K. Smith Endowed Concert Series.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHome Free is a five-member a cappella group with wide appeal. The band is traveling coast-to-coast on its first headlining tour since being crowned champion of Season 4 of NBC\u2019s \u201cThe Sing-Off\u201d in December. The tour will celebrate the \u201cSing-Off\u201d victory, as well as the release of the group\u2019s debut album, Crazy Life.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nTickets will be available to the general public beginning Sept. 15. The performance is free, but tickets are required and must be picked up at the information desk in the lobby of the William T. Young Campus Center before the day of the concert. There will be no online ticket reservations and no &#8220;will call&#8221; accommodations. Each person coming to the Campus Center can secure up to two tickets. Beginning Sept. 8, Transylvania students, faculty, and staff can get tickets by showing their Transylvania ID.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSince the \u201cSing-Off\u201d win, Home Free has performed more than 80 shows in 2014 alone\u2014from theaters and clubs during the 32-city, 36-show Sing-Off Live Tour, to stages and amphitheaters at some of the summer\u2019s biggest events, including the CMA Music Fest in Nashville, Tenn.,\u00a0 and The Boots &#038; Heart Festival in Ontario, Canada.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cThis is such an exciting new step in our musical journey\u2014to be able to tour the country with our own show and give so many of our fans the first chance to see us live,\u201d says group co-founder Chris Rupp.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nBass Tim Foust adds, \u201cWe\u2019ll be lending our signature sound to some new country songs, as well as our originals and fan favorites, with, of course, a healthy dose of Home Free humor. We guarantee a good time.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Smith Concert Series at Transylvania University was created in 2007 by the late Dorothy J. Smith, a 1942 Transylvania graduate, to bring high quality musical performances to Transylvania. The series is named for Smith and her late husband, Fred K. Smith, a 1940 Transylvania graduate. Previous concerts in the series include Anonymous 4, Canadian Brass, Chanticleer, Kronos Quartet, Tiempo Libre and the Rose Ensemble.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe <a href=\"..\/about\/campus_map.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">William T. 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Home Free is a five-member a cappella group with wide appeal. The band is traveling coast-to-coast on its first headlining tour since being crowned champion of Season 4 of NBC\u2019s \u201cThe Sing-Off\u201d in December. The tour will celebrate the \u201cSing-Off\u201d victory, as well as the release of the group\u2019s debut album, Crazy Life. Tickets will be available to the general public beginning Sept. 15. The performance is free, but tickets are required and must be picked up at the information desk in the lobby of the William T. Young Campus Center before the day of the concert. There will be no online ticket reservations and no &#8220;will call&#8221; accommodations. Each person coming to the Campus Center can secure up to two tickets. Beginning Sept. 8, Transylvania students, faculty, and staff can get tickets by showing their Transylvania ID. Since the \u201cSing-Off\u201d win, Home Free has performed more than 80 shows in 2014 alone\u2014from theaters and clubs during the 32-city, 36-show Sing-Off Live Tour, to stages and amphitheaters at some of the summer\u2019s biggest events, including the CMA Music Fest in Nashville, Tenn.,\u00a0 and The Boots &#038; Heart Festival in Ontario, Canada. \u201cThis is such an exciting new step in our<\/p>\n<p class=\"continueLink\"><a class=\"btn btn-info\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2014\/07\/nbc-sing-off-winner-home-free-to-bring-crazy-life-tour-to-transylvania-university\/\">Read &ldquo;NBC \u201cSing-Off\u201d winner Home Free to bring Crazy Life Tour to Transylvania University&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"feeds":[],"class_list":["post-1459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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