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Mixed Company, founded 1981See the Official Website of Mixed Company of Yale., is one of as well as music. The repertoire covers a wide range of genres, including rock, pop, musical theater, jazz, and rhythm & blues. The group additionally goes by the nickname "The Gump" due to once being called “Mixed Gumpany” at a routine concert.See the Official Website of Mixed Company of Yale. HISTORY In the fall of 1981, a small group of Yale undergraduates found themselves torn between the call of sketch comedy and the allure of a cappella singing. Unable to decide between these competing activities, they decided to form a new group that incorporated the best elements of both. Since then, the group has recorded 11 albums and has toured around the country and world. See the Official Website of Mixed Company of Yale. MEMBERS during Winter Tour '07 to California.]] The members of Mixed Company are all carefully selected as freshmen or sophomores through Yale's long and involved rush process for their singing talent, which takes place every fall at the beginning of the first semester. The rush process is governed by the Singing Group Council of Yale . The first part of the rush process is Woolsey Jam, a concert at which each group performs two songs. This is followed by Dwight Hall Jam later in the week, directly after which rushees, mostly freshman undergraduates, sign up to audition. That weekend, Mixed Company watches typically over a hundred rushees audition, and in the following few weeks the rushees get to meet the members of each group through a series of "rush meals," where they eat with members of each group they audition for. During these weeks, each group also holds a concert called a "Singing Dessert" where the rushees get to see which group they like best musically. Afterwards, Mixed Company calls back any students they see fit to potentially be in the group to hear them a second time in order to finally decide who to tap. Tap Night, an important Yale tradition, takes place during the next week at midnight on a day not known to rushees until announced by the Singing Group Council that day. See the Official Website of the Singing Group Council of Yale. NOTABLE ALUMNI The most notable alumni are Ari Shapiro '00, reporter for National Public Radio , and Ben Eakeley '00, actor best known for recent Broadway and National Tour productions of Sweeney Todd and a brief role in Robert DeNiro 's " The Good Shepherd " ALBUMS Mixed Company has recorded 11 studio albums: "Change of Plans" and "Two Steps" have both been rated by the The Recorded A Cappella Ratings Board . EXTERNAL LINKS REFERENCES |
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