Post performance, the Yale Alley Cats pose with Ambassador Matthew Barzun in Stockholm.
Living as an expat in Stockholm, I get the opportunity to do a lot of things that I probably would not get to do in my life in the US. Take today, for instance. I took the afternoon off and went to the US ambassador’s residence to watch a performance by the Yale Alley Cats.
The Alley Cats are an a cappella group of singers who have been performing around the world since 1943. These poor guys just finished exams, landed in Europe this morning and were performing in the afternoon. They had to have been tired, but they give a great show anyway.
I have to say that I am not a fan of the old “Has anybody seen my gal” singing standards, but the guys did a great version of the Beatles’ Norwegian Wood, as well as the Temptations’ Get Ready. And they were also fantastic in their singing of a Bulgarian folk song. It’s definitely not something I would have typically gone too, but I enjoyed myself. And the Cats seemed like a good group of guys.
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