Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate a Cappella Glory (34 page)

And what memories they are. Over the summer of 2007— like countless coeds before him—Joe Cassara, having just graduated from the University of Virginia, went to Europe to celebrate. He was at a hostel in Nice, France, when a girl looked at him funny. She’d just graduated from Virginia Tech. “Um, are you in the Hullabahoos?” she said. “I just downloaded ‘Wonderful Tonight. ’ ”

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thank you to Brett Valley, Patrick Mulligan, Rachel Ekstrom, Farley Chase, Howard Sanders, Jim Nelson, Fred Woodward, Michael Hainey, Jason Gray, Mark Kirby, the staff of
GQ
, Joshua Jacobson, Ben Berentson, Andrea Oliveri, Alanna Zahn, Robert Alarcon, Deke Sharon, Bill Hare, Tim Vaill, Keith Bachmann, James Gammon, Danny Lichtenfeld, Joseph Campagna, and Cayuga’s Waiters. A special thanks to my parents, Jane and Lenny Rapkin, Jon Rapkin and Erin Rapkin, and Julio Gambuto.

I’d like to thank the Beelzebubs, the Hullabahoos, and Divisi—both the current members and their alumni—for sharing their stories with me.

THE 2006-2007 UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HULLABAHOOS

Dane Blackburn
Christopher Brown
Joseph Cassara
Brian Duhon
Myles Glancy
Bobby Grasberger
Patrick Lundquist
Brendon Mason
Kyle Mihalcoe
Matt Mooney
Chad Moses
Blake Segal
Pete Seibert
Morgan Sword
Brian Tucker
Alan Webb
Joe Whitney

THE 2006-2007 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON DIVISI

Emmalee Almroth
Meghan Bell
Michaela Cordova
Sarah Klein
Andrea Lucia
CharliRae McConnell
Keeley McCowan
Marissa Neitling
Megan Schimmer
Haley Steinberger
Jenna Tooley
Andrea Welsh
Rachelle Wofford
Betsy Yates

THE 2006-2007 TUFTS BEELZEBUBS

Paul Alvarez
Benjamin Appel
Tim Conrad
Adrian Dahlin
Arkady Ho
Ben Kelsey
Alexander Koutzoukis
Matt Kraft
Nick Lamm
Matt McCormick
Matt Michelson
Andrew Savini
Doug Terry
Matt Thomas
Chris Van Lenten
Lucas Walker