Octaves Update -- Feb, 2007

Alright, so I've fooled around with the Blogger thing a bit, and now lets start updating you all with the current state of Octaves Nation.

This past year or two (don't know when you were last contacted) has definitely been busy for the Taves. Last semester alone, we released our newest CD, Shotgun, toured the North East, and performed a holiday concert before exams in addition to other various Taves shindigs (does anyone say that anymore?).

Here's a little time line of Taves since September:

- September 16, 2006: Shotgun, the Octaves eighth CD, released at Parents Weekend.

- October 6-10, 2006: The Octaves tour the Northeast including stops in Boston, New York, and New Jersey.

- October 7, 2006: Perform at the 10th Annual Faneuil Hall A cappella Festival and place third overall for best performance.

- October 8, 2006: Perform in New York City: Times Square, and Columbia University with the Columbia Nonsequitor.

- October 11, 2006: Perform at UR with the UNC Lorelis (soooo hot).

- November, 2006: Lonely No More (Shotgun) selected for BOCA '07! We were estatic to be recognized on a national level for our latest recording.

- December 31, 2006: Octaves latest CD, Shotgun, receives an awesome review by RARB. The link is to the right. Enjoy!

- February 1, 2007: Octaves nominated for three Contempotary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARAs) including Best Album by a Male Collegiate Group, Best Song by a Male Collegiate Group (Lonely No More), and Best Arrangement for a Male Collegiate Group (Come Clean; arr. Mertz).

And we continue to keep ourselves busy preparing for Spring Fever XIII and various other performances this semester. Also very cool: the UVA Academical Village People invited us to their big Winter Jam. It's like their version of Spring Fever, but it's at a bigger University, so it's gonna be huge. If you're gonna be around Charlottesville on February 17, be sure to come see us (and we'll have a few CDs too, if you don't have a copy yet).

I'm going to try monthly news updates for now during the busy winter months, but stay tuned if you want to contribute more to the conversation here. I think it would be really cool to construct a detailed history of the group so future Octaves can reflect on the origins and development of the group they love. So that will come next.

Health and happiness to you, your friends, and family,

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Mike T
Alumni Relations Director