Famed a capella group, playing State Theatre, continues success along ‘Holiday Road’

EASTON, Pa. — From its start, a capella vocal group Straight No Chaser, with Forks Township native Walter Chase and Allentown native Jerome Collins among its members, has been best known for its holiday songs.

The group still is best known for its 2007 video of “12 Days of Christmas” mashed with Toto’s “Africa” that became a viral hit on YouTube.

But in recent years, Straight No Chaser has released albums of “yacht rock” — songs from the most commercially successful genres of the mid-1970s to mid-’80s — and last year released a disc of 1990s covers…

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