Dear Duke’s Men Alumni,
First of all, for all of my Jewish people out there, Happy New Year! For everyone else, the group sends positive vibes and general goodness as we head into the winter months.
Life over here in New Haven has been crazy! After the standard, month-long rush, we were unbelievably lucky to tap six incredibly talented freshmen into the group. Not only are they fantastic singers, but also, they are exceptional people, who stood out both musically and socially from the rest of their class. We are very lucky that they are now a part of our Duke’s Men family, and I hope that you all have the chance to meet them soon.You can do that by coming to our parent’s weekend concert, which is this Saturday, October 29th. We have an 8:30pm and a 10:15pm concert (both with Mixed Company) in Branford Dining Hall. Hope to see many of you there.
Also: we are now in the planning stages of our Winter and Spring Tours. From December 31st – January 7th, we will be inFlorida (Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, West Palm Beach, and the surrounding areas), and from March 2nd – March 18th, we will be in Southern California. In organizing these tours, the group hopes that the alumni will offer assistance in a few different ways:
- Performance Ideas and Contacts: If you know of schools, businesses, friends, or venues that might be interested in hiring the group to perform, please pass on ideas and contact information.
- Housing: If you are able to host group members in your house, apartment, studio, front lawn (wherever), please let us
- Organizing an alumni meet up: Some of our most memorable experiences as a group in the past couple years have been alumni gatherings in New York City, San Francisco, and most recently, the Berkshires. We’re interested in organizing alumni events in both Florida and California, but we would love some assistance in planning. If this is something you’d like to help organize, we would love to work with you.
It is our goal this year to continue to involve and communicate with our alumni more consistently. In our first meeting this year, group members frequently talked about our relationship with alumni, and about how we want to strengthen that connection because, frankly, we like you guys and we want to get to know you better.
So, please, if you’d like to contact the group or offer support in any way, contact me at Alexander.Caron@yale.edu or dukesmen@gmail.com. We hope to hear from you soon, and for those of you in Florida or California, we can’t wait to see you in the coming months!
Sincerely,
Alex Caron ’13, Business Manager