KRISTOFER KAROL

Take the wild stage antics of the Barenaked Ladies, mix with the harmony of a traditional a cappella choir and add a pinch of girl power.

That’s a recipe for kiwi - Wicked Kiwi, to be exact.

The seven-member, all-female a cappella group performed for a packed crowd at the Music Building’s auditorium on Saturday night, singing covers of “Tom’s Diner” by Suzanne Vega, Gloria Estefan’s “Turn the Beat Around” and several other classic and modern songs.

Members of the group, MSU’s newest a cappella performers, donned outfits that included sunglasses and giant diapers during the performance. One member wore a blonde wig while the group paid homage to Elle Woods, actress Reese Witherspoon’s character from the movie, “Legally Blonde,” with the song “Perfect Day” by Hoku.

The concert also featured fellow singing group, Ladies First. The two groups came together at the program’s end to sing, “Why do Fools Fall in Love,” by Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers.

The women left to thunderous applause.

“I was very impressed with them, since there were only seven of them (in Wicked Kiwi),” physiology senior Beth DeVries said. “I can think of anything better to do on a Saturday night.”

Wicked Kiwi put in 24 hours of rehearsal time in preparation for the concert.

“It was a lot of hard work, but everyone put everything they had into it, learning the music and keeping it positive,” group member Randi Bolding said.

The group was created in spring of 2000, when Bolding, a music education junior, decided she wanted to start singing popular music.

After talking to friends, the group - and its name - were created.

Bolding said the group had seven days until its first gig, and it still had not created a name.

Enter music performance senior Meghan McKown.

McKown said the name came from a conversation when she was in fifth grade, while she and a friend were trying to start a band.

“We were for some reason talking about the name Meatloaf