After battling several colds, one almost burst spleen, and some throwing up (tour wouldn't be complete without vomit...) we made it to CA!  The trip was fine (except for the sicknesses.)  None of us got to sit together on the plane.  Whoever booked our tickets did it late enough so that we were all in middle seats away from each other.  Oh well ( Read more... )

Well, here we are, two days before leaving for OADN's CA Tour 2007!!!  We have 10 out of our 12 girls going this year, which is phenomenal.  We'll miss Michele and Emily though ( Read more... )

It's been a while since we updated. Well, basically, all of tour happened between our last update and now. We're gonna blitz through the boring parts. Lets start with Tuesday. Tuesday we went to Ojai Rotary West where we sang and talked a whole bunch. they loved us a lot and we were rewarded with a lovely donation. After we finished, we were ( Read more... )

Amazing things happened to OADN today. We have to wake up too early in the morning tomorrow for one of those amazing things for me to update now, but i had to say something. Get ready for OADN celebrity encounters, ageism, fun things for free, and unexpected encounters with Drew alums.

--Elyse

beautiful california weather finally!! it was still a bit cool, and from what i've heard the weather is pretty nice back east too, but we're happy to finally see the sun here ( Read more... )

well of course it seems that we've brought the crappy nj weather with us. it is currently HAILING. elyse says that this is maybe the fifth time in her LIFE that she's seen hail here. of course it is. but it's okay, we've still been amusing ourselves with the puzzle, which is annoyingly missing an edge piece, and with singing in the bathroom ( Read more... )

After little -- or, for many of us, no -- sleep, OADN left for the airport at 4am this morning. We had about a 6 hour flight, which was pretty smooth. Helen was sandwiched in between two guys on their way to a friend's wedding in LA, so of course she made friends. The in-flight movie was "The Family Stone," much of which was filmed at Drew or in ( Read more... )

We can't believe we only have one day to get through before we wake up ridiculously early and get on a plane to California! Many of us are packed (or almost packed... or at least thinking about packing...) We're going to bring some cd's with us on our tour to sell, so if you're interested, buy away ( Read more... )

Just about 8 classes, a few extra curricular activities, some homework and midterms, and packing are between us and California! We've figured out who's driving us to and from the airport(s) and have booked a few more last minute gigs. Helen is going to meet with Dean Merckx to get the final OK from him this week. We're all set with a few last ( Read more... )

Only 8 more days until we leave! We had another productive rehearsal tonight. We are so surprised and pleased at how quickly things are moving. Tonight we learned our newly arranged (as of about 20 minutes before rehearsal) song for tour. It's a really fun song for us (with a cascade! We love those ( Read more... )