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<div style="width:300px;float:right;text-align:center;margin-left:0.5em;">{| style="text-align:left;font-size:95%;background:#E8E8E8;border:1px solid #666;width:100%;"|+ style="font-size:14pt;padding:0.2em 0;border:1px solid #666;border-bottom:0;" | '''Octet'''|-| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | |-! Type of group:| A cappella|-! Selective?| Yes|-! Membership:| 12|-! Office:| Dodd Circle/Greylock Quad|-! Contact:| [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view/mpg1 Michael Girouard]|-! Established:| 1940|-! Website:| [http://www.williamsoctet.com Here]|-|}</div> The all-male ''Williams Octet'' is the oldest [[a cappella]] group at Williams College, founded in 1941 1940 by the illustrious Warren Hunke. Here's to you, our jovial friend.
The Fall concert 2005 featured song, dance, nerf warfare, two recorders played simultaneously, apocalyptic language, and the now-famous Kang hug.
Here are the YouTube links to the Spring 2008 Endend-of-year concert video, PLANET OCTETPlanet Octet: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUCh547i5RA PART1] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzp5UJhY0KM PART2] In February 2010, the Octet shared the stage with Motion City Soundtrack. The band saw the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBqllpwDw3w Octet's version] of "Fell In Love Without You" on YouTube and invited them to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdSf-BgIbA8 perform it at MCS' Irving Plaza, NYC concert]. Solo and arrangement both by Lucas Bruton '11. In the spring of 2010, the Octet sang a medley of Taylor Swift songs, which resulted in an invite to meet Ms. Swift herself backstage at her Madison Square Garden concert in late fall of 2011. Every member received a Taylor Swift hug, several Taylor Swift band guitar picks, and the group formed a fast friendship with Ms. Swift's parents.
The Octet has a history of integrating skits into their concerts. Famous recent skits include "The Octet Adopts a Child" (spring 2009) and "The Octet Goes to Rehab" (spring 2010). Octet videos from fall 2009 to the present can be found [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUCh547i5RA link PART1][http:user/wcs1223#p/wwwa here].youtube The same channel has a chronological playlist of all Octet videos dating back to 2001.com/watch?v=Dzp5UJhY0KM link PART2]
--We don't wear dresses (on stage).
-TMFWRBS
Polo Black Golde '08
Rich McDowell '09
Aroop Mukharji '09 Harris Paseltiner '09 Eric Beam '10 James Trotta '10 Abiy Hailemichael '10.5 Andrei Baiu '11 Lucas Bruton '11 Matthew Cranshaw '11 Rob Pasternak '11 Alex Puskas '14 ====Other Alums==== Steven Louis-Dreyfus '16 (abroad Past Music Director) Jace Forbes-Cockell '0716 (Past Co-President) Brian Astrachan '0816 (Past Co-President) JC Bahr-de-Stefano '17 John Dillon '17 Thomas Luke "Tito" Guest '17 Jimmy Miotto '18
Chris Washington '18
Karsten Salveson '''Current Members:'''19
Matt Schuck '011Duquette ’22