Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Out of the Blue (Oxford University) - all-male a cappella vocal group at the Edinburgh Fringe 2009

Out of the Blue (Oxford University) - all-male a cappella vocal group at the Edinburgh Fringe 2009 Tube. Duration : 1.52 Mins.


Out of the Blue (OOTB) is an all-male a cappella vocal group at Oxford University in England. The group concentrates on covers of modern rock and pop songs, though also perform soul, folk, hip hop, dance and regularly perform their own comedy sketches. They regularly perform in Oxford and travel extensively around the UK having performed in schools all over the country. In recent year gigs have included performances at Edinburgh Castle, Nassau Coliseum at an NHL match between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the New York Islanders and for guests the world-famous Gleneagles Hotel. As pioneers of college a cappella in Europe, they have travelled to the USA and were instrumental in starting the first European regional competition for the International Championship of College A Cappella. Not only did they host the first competition, in April 2006, having beaten all other UK groups to be named European Champions of Collegiate A Cappella Out of the Blue were invited to sing in New York's Lincoln Center in the World Finals and were placed second in the International Championship of College A CappellaSee 2006 Results. With that achievement they became the only non-US group to place in the top three in the competition's history. That same month, Out of the Blue went on tour around the West Coast of the United States, with performances in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Oregon and Seattle. In March 2008 the group were named European Champions again, taking home the award for Best ...

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