An Interview with Julian Cihi of the Bear Necessities

Chantel: Okay, um, first with the a cappella community, how often do you interact with other groups?

 

Julian:  Other groups?

 

Chantel: Mhmm like your group as a whole.

 

Julian: Um not very often.

 

Chantel: okay

 

Julian: wait group hanging out with another group or individually?

 

Chantel: Either/or

 

Julian: Either or… um…not often, but I do know that for example the bears and the derbies um are having a joint grilling and chilling (or something like that) concert soon, in about a week or so um you know it happens but not very often. I mean, sometimes we have joint arch sings, I mean, but are you, is this like outside of you know concerts and a cappella?

 

Chantel: Yea sure

 

Julian: then uh, No it doesn’t happen very often.

 

Chantel: okay um, why not, do you think?

 

Julian: Why not? I don’t know that’s a good question. I feel like we used to but then again, maybe it’s just because I’m like a senior now, but like a cappella is not as um sort of new, like novel um and exciting as it was when I was a freshmen. So maybe its like um I don’t like if I were to hang out with a cappella people it would just be like because I am friends with them you know not because they’re in another cappella group kind of deal. Um, I don’t know, I feel like a cappella kind of goes down on your priority list as you get older and so for everyone, for most people, and so its I mean naturally as you get older its like you hang out, I mean a cappella just becomes not as im..portant. (chuckles) Again, this is my opinion so yeah.

 

Chantel: okay so um do you think that Brown a cappella is special in anyway and if so why?

 

Julian: well,  it does have the most a cappella groups per capita as we all know, I think its great, I think its real special, I mean I did say its not that important anymore but you know I just went on tour with the Bears ad it was the best spring break ever. And so um I really think that the brown groups are very very good and very strong, all male, all female, coed, pirate, whistling, all those funky groups I mean I cant really think of any other place that does pirate a cappella-

 

Chantel:  Yea, I don’t think there is—

 

Julian: I think, I don’t know why a cappella is so huge here, I think its great its really great and I think its great how people come up with crazier ideas about themes for groups, I think its pretty cool

 

Chantel: Cool. Um, is there any competition between groups?

 

Julian: Um, competition? Well I remember back when I was a freshmen, it was like whose the best all male group? Um and you know different groups have different reputations but I always, musically, I always thought the Bears were the best so I wanted to be in that group and you know reputation wise the Jabberwocks were the coolest group and the derbies have fun, and no cares about the all female groups, no I’m just kidding. I'm sure some people may feel competition, but I don’t feel like that exists. I feel like it exists less now, because we get along with so many people like we, I think most of the a cappella groups get along really well now.