Keeping in Touch With Your Alumni
On selected Thursdays, ACB Production Manager Mike Scalise makes his recommendations on a cappella performance in a DO and DON’T format.
DO: Maintain connections with your group’s alumni.
DON'T: Allow your network to shrink.
Being involved in a cappella is a great way to build a network. As an a cappella group member, you will inevitably form relationships with your peers. While that is important, it's equally, if not more important to continue these relationships as your peers become alumni of the group.
Alumni can offer suggestions on song selections, continue to arrange music, give general tips based on their experience, and potentially even book your group for shows if they find themselves in a position to do soare in the type of position that would allow for that.
With the increasing popularity of websites like Facebook and Twitter, staying connected with alumni is easier than ever. Another good way to maintain your network is to see how your college works to connect its alumni base, and apply those same techniques to your individual group, perhaps even going so far as to establish a more formal alumni association. These efforts will be beneficial to you now and far into the future, when you yourself have left college behind.