A Cappella!

My a cappella group just had a gig last weekend, which was our first big concert of the semester. I’m in the Night Owls, which is one of the all-female a cappella groups here on campus. Our claim to fame is that we’re also the oldest continuous, all-female jazz a cappella group in the United States! Woo! Anyway, last Friday night we had a joint concert with the Axies (Accidentals), Vassar’s all-male group. It was in a lecture hall on campus, and it was probably the most packed I’d ever seen that room… people were absolutely crammed in there—we could barely even walk in to start singing, which was really amazing to perform in front of! Even though I’ve been in the group for three years at this point, I definitely still get nervous before performances, but the audience was awesome. We had practiced with the Axies a few times that week, and they learned one of our songs (White Winter Hymnal by the Fleet Foxes) and we learned one of theirs (Drift Away by Dobie Gray). They’re all great performers… they had a new arrangement of Stacy’s Mom by Fountains of Wayne, which was hilarious. We have a bunch more gigs coming up, so if you’re interested, check out our website!

http://vsa.vassar.edu/orgs/nightowls/