Woolsocks

In a brief break from memorizing irregular Greek verbs, I found these videos on youtube of the Woolsocks, the male acapella group at Rhodes College. I was a part of this group for four years while in college there. These are from our 2008 spring concert. Woolsocks began twenty-two years ago at Rhodes and started in large part because of Dr. Diane Clark's love of barbershop music. Dr. Clark, a music professor, started the group as a double quartet of men, and originally members received credit for the group. Eventually, though, the group decided to go more in the way of collegiate acapella music, converting popular songs into voice-only arrangements and expanded the numbers to twelve.

The Woolsocks primarily perform on campus and for Rhodes events but occasionally sing in the community as well (and the occasional Memphis Redbirds baseball game). The group is entirely student-run and on a volunteer basis. They also receive no direct funding from the college, but raise their own money through cd sales, which in turn go to create new cds. We're always looking to find some of those original members. If any of them happen upon this blog, let me know who you are. I don't know who recorded these videos and put them and put them online, but I thought I'd share them here.