<p>Just wanted to share my delight about my son’s making it into Out of the Blue, Oxford’s most popular a cappella group. It is all-male - they do rock and pop tunes, vocal percussion, and dance routines. They tour in Scandinavia, Europe, and the US (yay!), and performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer (guess where I’m going next summer).</p>
<p>This particular group was probably about 30-40% of the reason he chose Oxford, because he heard them on a US visit and was determined to sing with them. It is wonderful for him to have an absorbing, satisfying activity that will help him keep his emotional balance.</p>
<p>Yulsie–how great is that! Congratulations to your son! I also love a capella groups, and recently purchased one of the BOCA CD’s, and now my daughters are also getting hooked. Am I remembering right–you’re the one whose son was recently in “How to succeed. . .”? Let us know where/when they do the US tour!</p>
<p>When I read Yulsie’s earlier thread about her son going to BNC and being interested in singing, I was going to post he must audition for OOTB! Glad to hear he did!</p>
<p>How cool! (sorry, came late to this thread). D says she saw OOTB singing on the Royal Mile at this year’s Fringe and that they’re fantastic. I see they will be touring in N. Ireland in December - are you keeping fingers crossed for another US tour too? Yulsie, remember to book your Edinburgh B&B/hotel by spring at the latest - everything fills up fast for the Festival. We booked in March and had to take what we could find…although we were travelling with our dog which limited us somewhat. Congrats again to your S.</p>
Congrats to you both.</p>