“We are Divisi, pretending we’re Usher.”
OR
“Everytime I think I’m out…”
So, I just got back from what I will consider a great trip to Ithaca. Reunited with the men of Last Call, visited a REAL Wegmans, and dined with the lovely El. I also had the pleasure of watching possibly the best a cappella group I have ever seen. And get this: they were women! I was really trying to “grow out of a cappella”. Tell myself that those days were over and I should stop caring about bops and d’jims and ziggas. But now I’ve got the itch again.
I wish everyone could have the pleasure of seeing a performance by University of Oregon Divisi. Female a cappella gets a bad wrap for being boring and/or lacking performance. These ladies blow all of those stereotypes out of the water. I have been in this game for awhile, and I’m pretty familiar with what different groups are doing. Not only am I going to say that they are the best female group around, hands down, but they are quite possibly THE best group in the country. Men, women, and coed. You’ve got your ‘Bubs, and Off the Beat, and Everyday People, but a lot of them are living on borrowed time. They built a name for themselves awhile ago, and people still remember those past accomplishments. Hell, I still tell people about The Today Show, and that was 4 years ago. These ladies are totally making a name for themselves today, and it’s hard to believe that they’ve only been around since 2002.
Not only were they incredible performers, but they were cool as shit. Best. Guest.Group.Ever.
So, enough gushing from me because A) I would like to avoid the “So, why are you so obsessed with Divisi?” coming from the missus, and B) I would like to walk away without looking like too much of a stalker.
Anyway, check ’em out for yourselves:
http://www.myspace.com/uodivisi
and
http://www.uodivisi.com
