Outspoken prepare for Spring Show: Biggest show of the year

By: Craig Bidiman

Posted: 5/30/08

Tomorrow night, OSU's premiere a cappella group, Outspoken, will be hosting their sixth annual Spring Show in Milam Auditorium at 8 p.m..

"This [show] will be the final for a number of our founding members," said Kenneth Cox, a second-year member of the group.

Cox mentioned that it will be the final show for Jason Taylor, the group's founder and last original member. It will also be the last performance for five other members.

The show will include performances by the University of Oregon's female group, Divisi, OSU's Divine and, naturally, Outspoken.

"This is the biggest show of the year, so we'll sing a lot," said Kenneth Lowe, a graduating senior whose last show will be Saturday.

Lowe explained that the event is being utilized as a Greek competition to find which sorority or fraternity can have the highest turnout to the event.

He went on to say that the group with the highest turnout will have the funds raised at the Civil War show in the fall put toward its philanthropy.

"We will be debuting three new songs for Corvallis," Lowe said.

Fresh off their first round of auditions for next year, the group is excited to unveil a few of its newest members at the show.

"We're feeling good about the spring auditions," said Alex Imlay, who is finishing his first year in the group. "We're being quite selective right now because spring auditions are usually pretty tough."

Cox mentioned that the fall auditions will most likely fill out their lineup, as it usually does.

Outspoken will also we holding its first ever LightsOUTSPOKEN event in the MU Quad next Thursday, June 5 at 9 p.m. This event will consist solely of Outspoken performing each of its songs.

"It is scheduled to be two solid hours of fun," Imlay said of the event.

Outspoken can be seen at the sixth annual Spring Show tomorrow night in Milam Auditorium Admission at the door is $5 for students, $8 for general admission.

Craig Bidiman

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