It's surprising that it wasn't easy to convert. There may be other factors that prevent it. That's not to say that Mother Nature won't come along and throw us a curve ball.

It's all down to statistics and chance. It could happen tomorrow, it could happen 10 years from now, it may never happen.

The more these viruses interact with the human population, the more likely it is that it could adopt this type of mutation.

The university hasn't officially named us a national touring group yet. But as long as we keep getting invited to tour, hopefully we can keep fulfilling those requests.

This is a potential way that if the virus did take this mutation route, it could gain a foothold into the human population.

RYA courses and certificates are renowned throughout the world and indicate that the bearer has been trained and examined to the highest standards,

We knew going in that, if we won, we wouldn't be able to go. We actually didn't know there was a university policy against it at the time. We just decided not to go on our own.

We just drill it over and over until we feel like we have it right. We also put together a full two-hour concert, so we've only had a few weeks to polish for the competition. Other groups get to work on the same four songs for 10 months, so I think that's to Vocal Point's credit.

We're not trying to thwart anybody's right to bring in a subdivision, ... We're trying to plan it right.

We can plan ahead if we know what we think might happen.