As one of the nation’s most renowned acapella groups, the Yale Alley Cats have been spreading music around the world since 1943. Rooted in jazz, the Cats’ musical repertoire has grown to include Motown, pop, classical, and many other genres, highlighting our commitment to musical excellence. Every one of our signature arrangements has been produced within the group, and we debut new songs each year, demonstrating our group’s flexibility and tradition. Our choreography and humor make every performance truly unique, allowing us to perform at concerts worldwide. In the past few years, the Alley Cats have appeared on programs such as The Early Show and Martha Stewart Living, sang for Bill Clinton and the cast of the West Wing, and flown down to Florida for a weekend to sing at a Barack Obama fundraiser. With some of the most elaborate and ambitious tours of any Yale group, last year’s tours took us to Los Angeles, Hawaii, Northern California, and across Eastern and Central Europe. This year will continue the experience with tours through the metropolitan East Coast, Japan, Western Europe and the Mediterranean. We hope that you will take part in our sixty-four year old tradition of song and brotherhood.

Friendship, song, and revelry brought thirteen Yale men together in 1947 to form the Baker's Dozen. Decades later, the group has grown in accomplishment and notoriety, but continues to cherish its founding principles and traditions. The BDs are renowned for their outstanding musical talent and distinguished by their strong spirit and enthusiasm. The group offers its members the opportunity to dazzle audiences with spirited performances of songs from an extensive repertoire, including classical, rock, pop, and jazz arrangements. Recent highlights include a performance for President and Mrs. Bush at the White House, entertaining the likes of Ewan McGregor and Hilary Swank in Hollywood, and spending New Year's Eve singing and celebrating in Las Vegas. From the simple pleasures of time spent at the BD House, to the spectacular thrills of life on tour, becoming a member of the Baker's Dozen promises many unforgettable experiences. The BDs eagerly await the tap class of 2011 becoming a part of it all. Be a BD.

Founded in 1952 by a beloved master of Saybrook College, The Duke's Men have a fifty-five year history of outstanding musicianship, witty humor and close camaraderie. From entertaining the Clintons and the Bushs at the White House to singing in Hollywood for Vanna White to performing at Lincoln Center in the International Competition of Intercollegiate A Cappella, the past few years have proven the most amazing yet for da doox. With annual tour destinations ranging from the beaches of Hawaii to the skyscrapers of Japan to the temples of Thailand, the Duke's Men consistently thrill audiences across the country and around the world. Fresh from the high of our epic concert last spring, Da Jam, and international tour of Italy, The Duke's Men are ready to make 2007-2008 our most incredible year yet! The new members of the Class of 2011 will join us in the passionate spirit, eclectic repertoire, clever humor and musical excellence that define The Duke's Men of Yale.

At twenty-eight years old, Living Water is still restless to make a joyful noise, to make known the Song behind our songs: the good news of Jesus Christ. We are dedicated to loving each other, the students of Yale, and the New Haven community, through music, skits, testimonies, and lives brimming with the River of Life. With a repertoire of songs penned by everyone from King David to Switchfoot, we sing hymns, gospel tunes, and modern Christian rock at concerts around campus, local community service events, winter and spring Jams, and annual spring tours. Our spring tours have taken us to prisoners in L.A., homeless multitudes in Atlanta, firefighters at Ground Zero, and malls, churches and street corners in countless other cities: Honolulu, San Francisco, Washington, Houston, Seattle, and Vancouver. In all these things, our goal is to quench thirst - our own thirst for the Spirit of God, and the thirst of audiences parched for music, joy and a life larger than existence. We are a community of musicians, servants, brothers and sisters. We are Living Water, Yale's Christian a cappella group.

Founded in 1981, Mixed Company established itself as the funniest and most eclectic group on campus.  Now, the group prides itself on its powerful soloists and fun group dynamic in addition to its unique sense of humor.  As the name implies, Mixed Co is also the most diverse group on campus, in both membership and repertoire.  The group sings a variety of musical styles including pop, classic rock, musical theater, jazz, and R&B.  Mixed Co also regularly tours throughout the country and indeed the world, having travelled to Brazil, Florida, New Zealand, Chicago and California in recent years.  We are incredibly excited for the newest members of Mixed Co and can't wait to sing with them for the next four years!

The year of 1969 marked the arrival of women on campus and the creation of The New Blue, Yale's first all-female a cappella group and oldest women's organization of any kind. For over thirty-five years, The New Blue has proudly maintained an unparalleled blend of musical excellence, enthusiasm, and friendship. New Blue's repertoire ranges from traditional favorites of the past to award-winning renditions of current artists, including Aretha Franklin, Ani DiFranco, James Taylor, Lauryn Hill, Martin Sexton and Des'ree. This year, the New Blue toured Southern Florida, New York, and Connecticut, recorded a CD, and sang for Barack Obama and Tyra Banks.  Join the New Blue as we celebrate the release of our newest album, Delta Tango Romeo, and tour Texas with us in the winter and internationally in the spring of 2008.

Out of the Blue is proud to be Yale's only co-ed, pop-rock a cappella group! Founded in 1987, OOTB performs original, energetic arrangements of the music of the past few decades, including songs by such artists as Green Day, Kelly Clarkson, Madonna and The Postal Service. Innovative vocal percussion adds extra spirit to the professionalism and musical excellence that distinguish Out of the Blue as the alternative to traditional a cappella at Yale. OOTB has dazzled audiences all over the world, performing for a nationwide audience on the Jane Pauley Show, singing at Madison Square Garden, wooing tourists on the beaches of Hawaii and Jamaica, and jamming in Ukraine. This year, Out of the Blue is thrilled to rock out for international audiences in London and, most importantly, for Rush 2007!

Proof of the Pudding, an all-female a cappella group, was founded by Adrianne Furniss and Virginia Welles in 1975, just six years after women were first admitted to Yale University. Ever since, Proof has been successfully performing for audiences worldwide with our characteristic sophisticated sound and energetic style. Originally established as a jazz and swing a cappella group, Proof continues to specialize in these musical genres but has gradually expanded our repertoire to include a variety of contemporary favorites as well. We perform our own arrangements of songs by such artists as The Andrews Sisters, Ella Fitzgerald, Glenn Miller, and Duke Ellington, as well as more recent performers like Aretha Franklin. This year, Proof plans to tour both domestically and internationally, making its first visit to the Asia continent with its spring tour to India.

Redhot & Blue is Yale's oldest co-ed a cappella group, having just celebrated its 30th Anniversary. Redhot's award-winning jazz arrangements have taken it around the world: from Hawaii to Europe to Carnegie Hall to the White House, but never cease to provide "the nation's most consistently excellent mixed collegiate a cappella" (Contemporary A Cappella Society of America). This year will take us to L.A., the Bahamas, and London, Paris, Nice, and Florence. When not traveling and winning acclaim, Redhot is a close group of friends who love having fun together in every way, whether kicking back with a movie, out partying it up, or showing off our amazing dancing skills to 90s music. Redhot & Blue is thrilled and excited to welcome you to Yale and to rush.

Shades is the youngest of the Yale a cappella groups. Shades was founded in 1988 at a freshman pre-orientation program, formerly known as PROP but now known as Cultural Connections, to sing music of the African-American tradition, particularly R&B, gospel, jazz, pop, and traditional music. Since its founding, Shades' rich tradition has grown, expanding from a small 9 member group to a performance ensemble that regularly fills venues on Yale's campus and around the world. We have three major jams each year including our highly popular Valentine's Day Jam! In recent years, the group has toured to such destinations as South Africa, Puerto Rico, and Japan, performing in front of numerous notable figures. In the spring of 2007 Shades was fortunate to perform on stage with recording artist Lenny Kravitz and record song tracks in his New York Studio!!! Drawing on the rich ethnic and musical backgrounds of its members as well as the use of striking choreography, Shades strives to achieve the most dynamic and powerful musical presentation possible. The group's closing song "Amen/We Shall Overcome," demonstrates how the individuals of Shades, who come from many ethnic backgrounds, have united in their passion for music and their desire to share the history from which Shades' music emanates. We are very excited for the upcoming year and rush season! We invite you to visit our official website for more information. Happy "Rush"-ing!!

In 1938, twelve Yalies converged on Mory's Temple Bar to form an a cappella group like no other, invoking the talents of Orpheus, minstrel to Olympus, and the legacy of Bacchus, god of revelry. Since then, The Society of Orpheus and Bacchus has seamlessly fused the ancient traditions of music and merriment with the hip attitude of every rock band that has ever titillated the braces off of their pre-pubescent fans. The SOBs boast 67 years worth of arrangements -- Yale songs to jazz and blues standards, original compositions to straight-up rock & roll. On tour, our music and comedy have made audiences laugh, cry, and go into spontaneous childbirth. Also, we are the only non-senior group with a weekly engagement at Mory's; our private room on Tuesday nights is a cross between Paris salon and Def Comedy Jam, with guests ranging from exotic dancers to Vice President Al Gore. Seriously. After an incredible year of travel to the far corners of America and the heart of wine country in Bordeaux, France, we SOBs are thrilled to begin Rush and tap the newest class of Neophytes into our distinguished society.

Something Extra, a women's a cappella group founded in 1977, enjoys a legacy of over three decades of great music and even better friendships. Over the years, the group has amassed a diverse repertoire--jazz, popular, folk, oldies and traditional music--which continues to grow and evolve with the tastes of its members. Having toured extensively throughout North America, France, Brazil, the Caribbean, and Germany, Something Extra has performed at a range of venues, including the White House, on the set of Jeopardy, at US embassies, and in town squares across the globe. Something Extra is proud to continue the tradition of musical excellence and professionalism that has been established by our alumnae, which continues to be inspired by the fun we have while performing with each other and the love we share as a group of friends.

In 1914, friendship, humor, and the pursuit of musical excellence brought four freshmen to the hallowed tables of Mory's Temple Bar. There they forged a group of such character and camaraderie that it survived two World Wars, the Great Depression and the presidency of Richard Nixon. This, the Spizzwinks’(?) ninety-fourth year, promises to be particularly spectacular. Whether performing for luminaries such as John Kerry and Magic Johnson, singing concerts in far-flung regions of the world, or entertaining at Mory’s, the Spizzwinks(?) wield their broad repertoire with careful professionalism. Great experiences await those who choose to ride with the 'Winks. Setting forth to plant the ‘wink flag on our sixth continent in two years, the Spizzwinks(?) will embark upon not one, but two international tours. From the sun-drenched shores of California, to the Australian Outback and the highlands of New Zealand, to European Europe, the Spizzwinks(?) will leave behind a trail of awe-struck and heart-broken girls wherever they roam. Indeed, these are exciting times to be a 'Wink.

Every year, fourteen senior Yale men are selected to be the Whiffenpoofs, the world's oldest and most famous a cappella group. Founded in 1909, the "Whiffs" began as a senior quintet that met for weekly concerts at Mory's Temple Bar, the renowned Yale tavern and club. Today, the group has become one of Yale's most celebrated and hallowed traditions, carrying on almost a century of musical excellence and professional showmanship at Yale, across America, and around the world. Each Whiffenpoof group maintains a busy performance schedule throughout the year, records an album, and circles the globe on a six-continent world tour. Audiences have included such notable figures as Presidents Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and Bush, the Dalai Lama, Mother Theresa, and fans at Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center, the Rose Bowl, the World Series, Saturday Night Live, Gilmore Girls, and The West Wing.

Whim 'n Rhythm of Yale University is the premier undergraduate female a cappella singing group in the nation. Delighting audiences from Maine to Hong Kong, from Club Med to the White House, Whim 'n Rhythm brings professional musicianship, a strong spirit, and an elegant presence to every performance. Whim 'n Rhythm's diverse selection of songs -- from upbeat jazz standards and classic show tunes to contemporary pop favorites and traditional ballads -- appeals to a wide variety of musical tastes. Whim was founded in 1981 by a group of seven Yale women who came together to create what had long been absent from Yale's a cappella tradition: a senior women's singing group. The original members combined their musical talent with a solid interest in promoting the equal role of women. Today, the group has achieved world renown and culminates each season with an international tour. This year, Whim 'n Rhythm proudly celebrates its 25th anniversary.