The first review of our CARA-nominated album, "Late Nights, Parades," is in! And Melinda Thomas seems to love it!

"All in all, Late Nights, Parades is a sleek, surprising, and gutsy group of songs from some very talented, smart, independent, powerful young women – well worth checking out."

You can purchase "Late Nights, Parades" through A Cappella Records or iTunes.

We are so stoked to be competing in the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella for the first time tomorrow evening! We've been working really hard on four new songs and can't wait to debut them! We hope to see you tomorrow night!

We are so incredibly honored to have been nominated for FOUR 2013 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards, for Best Scholastic Original ("Something in the Water"), Best Female Collegiate Album (Late Nights, Parades), Best Female Collegiate Song ("On the Wing"), and Best Female Collegiate Arrangement ("Hurt")!!!!! Thank you so much to everyone, our friends, families, fans, and everyone who worked on these tracks. We are so excited and proud and grateful!

We are so thrilled that "Cherry Pie" was selected to be track #15 on the BOCA 2013 compilation album (Best of Collegiate A Cappella)! Huge thanks to Varsity Vocals for the honor, as well as to James Gammon, James Cannon, and Dave Sperandio for working on the track. And congratulations to Voices in Your Head, The Nor'easters, The G-Men, and every group on the album. We can't wait to hear it!

So AcappellaFest happened. And it was amazeballs. On Friday, we had the pleasure of hosting the collegiate competition (congrats again to the WashU Stereotypes on the much-deserved victory!), which was super fun. We had a blast hanging with the groups backstage and getting to meet a lot of people. It was also our first performance of the year with the new girls, so we were all so excited. In addition to the competing groups, we saw performances by the oh-so-talented Voices in Your Head, our co-hosts, and our new obsession: Six Appeal. We thought our "Cherry Pie" choreography was tough, but these guys literally jumped around on stage for their entire set and still sounded absolutely amazing. Get it.

On Saturday, we attended the most wonderful and informative workshops. Our very own Brianne Holland taught one for the first time, and it was on how groups can challenge the expectations an audience might have of their performance based on the gender of the group. Naturally, it was called "Sex on Stage." She did us proud. We also had our masterclass with Kathy Hoye, Benjamin McLain, and Rachel Bearer of Sonos, which was incredible and so helpful. On Saturday night, Sonos and The Edge Effect performed, and both were jaw-dropping.

We had such a wonderful experience at AcappellaFest, and we're exhausted but incredibly inspired. The first-ever mid-west CASA festival was a huge success, and we are so thrilled to have been a part of it. We want to thank CASA for putting on such a truly fantastic festival and asking us to host it, as well as Kathy, Ben, and Rachel for the wonderful masterclass. Until next time!

We are so, SO excited for tomorrow! Friday night, there will be a collegiate competition hosted by us and Voices in Your Head. On Saturday, there will be a professional showcase featuring The Edge Effect and Sonos that's sure to be amazing!

While we are very excited for the festival in general, and we feel honored to be hosing it, AcappellaFest marks the beginning of a resurgence of a midwestern a cappella community. The east and west coasts have resources and a strong sense of community that helps their groups really thrive. While there is an a cappella community in the midwest, it is still developing, and the first midwest CASA festival is sure to help it grow. We are so excited to meet and interact with other groups and the community as a whole!

If you still haven't bought tickets, you can do so here, and if you use the promo code MID, you get $10 off!

See you there!

We are so so thrilled to announce the addition of three new girls, and one returning girl to Men in Drag!

Simone Aldredge, Frances Bernstein, Jordan Miller-Surratt, and Aya Smith are the best newbies we could ever ask for. They are sassy, sweet, extremely talented, and just all-together amazing. We are so excited to have them on board and for you all to meet them either at AcappellaFest or our album release concert!

Welcome to the family, girls!

Love,

The Lovely Ladies of MiD

Well friends, auditions are upon us! Whether you know you'd like to audition for us or you're still thinking about it, we encourage you to go to these events to get more information on all the a cappella groups. Also, if you'd like to read a blog post on why you should audition and learn more about what MiD is all about, you can do so here.

On Thursday, September 27, there will be an RSO open house at 4pm in Hutch courtyard (right behind Reynolds). All the groups will have tables there so you can talk with members, learn more about them, and sign up for auditions. Men in Drag will have candy. Come for the candy.

On Monday, October 1, come to the A Cappella Showcase at 9pm in Hutch Commons (in Reynolds). You'll get to see all seven groups sing, and it's the best way to get a sense of our personality and style.

Auditions are Tuesday and Wednesday (October 2-3) from 5-10 in Cobb. You can sign up for a 7-minute slot at either of the events mentioned above, or by emailing us at mid@menindrag.org. All the groups will have auditions at the same time, so it's very easy to audition for multiple groups.

Callbacks will be held on Friday the 5th at 6pm in Cobb. Make sure you keep this night free, as there are no make-ups.

Once you sign up for an audition with us, make sure to keep an eye on your email, because this is our primary way of communicating with you.

If you have any questions about the audition process, be sure to check out our FAQ page, and if it's not answered there, email us at mid@menindrag.org. We can't wait to hear you sing!

Our "Cherry Pie" music video is finally here! This is the product of months of hard work, and we are extremely happy to share that with all of you. We'd like to thank everyone who played a part in making this video, especially Wills Pumphrey for shooting and editing the footage, Ivan for squeezing all the badass out of us and into the camera, and Ian for being our sassy star! We hope you enjoy watching it as much as we enjoyed making it!

We are so stoked to announce the release of our newest single, "Cherry Pie!" A lot of hard work went into this track, and we're so happy to be able to share it with all of you. You can check it out at A Cappella Records and iTunes. We will also be releasing an accompanying music video later this month, so look out for that!

We are so, SO excited to announce that Men in Drag and Voices in Your Head will be co-hosting CASA's AcappellaFest at UChicago, October 19-20, 2012! We are already outrageously stoked about this event, so save the date, and stay tuned for more details!

We had the most amazing weekend at the Boston Sings A Cappella Festival! We traveled with our all-star friends, Voices in Your Head, and had the pleasure of placing fourth in the collegiate competition on Friday night with "Cherry Pie" & "Hurt." All the other groups were absolutely incredible, and Ball in the House were GREAT hosts! In addition, our music director Brianne Holland won 2 awards: the 2012 CARA for Best Female Collegiate Arrangement for "On the Wing," and the goofy "Quick Change Award" for her quick costume changes between MiD and ViYH's sets.

We had a great time at the workshops on Saturday, and a terrific masterclass with Hannah Juliano and Kari Francis of Musae! They gave us excellent feedback on our music, and we are so grateful that they took time to work with us. On Saturday night, we saw several phenomenal professional groups perform, including Redline, Cadence, and the especially inspiratonal Traces.

BOSS was an incredible experience for all of us. We're exhausted, but so motivated and inspired. Thank you CASA for a great weekend!

In April, Men in Drag is headed to the Boston Sings A Cappella Festival! We, along with our friends Voices in Your Head, are proud to be representing the University of Chicago on a national scale. This festival is a great opportunity for us to learn from some amazing professional groups, teachers, and collegiate peers.

But wait, there's more. We've been selected to be one of the six groups performing in the Collegiate Competition, which will coincide with the live CARA Awards Ceremony. We've got our prom dresses picked out for the red carpet, our ties are ready for our competition set, and we're stoked to show the east coast what we're all about!

A thousand thanks to the University for pulling through on funding, and a thousand more to our friends and families supporting us! We're excited to see some of you in Boston!

Congratulations to our amazingly talented and wonderful music director, Brianne Holland, for her Best Female Collegiate Arrangement CARA (Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award) nomination for Men in Drag's latest single, "On the Wing"! We couldn't be more excited!

"On the Wing" was previously featured on the international compilation album, Voices Only 2011, and you can check out the track on iTunes!