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With the Power of 100 Raging Buffalo we are proud to present the first official Alumni Newsletter! You will now be able to hear about and reconnect with guys you once shared the stage with, while keeping up with the current group!! Will Friedman #10 Founder Fall 1994 – Spring 1995 Current Group Corey Slutsky #29 1998 Spring – 2001 Winter After founding The GMen back in the fall of 1994 and graduating at the end of that spring semester, “Willy Will” moved out to Seattle where he worked for Microsoft until 2000. He then moved to San Francisco for 3 months to work for a start up company that decided to send him out to London for “a few months”. Two and half years later he moved to Paris, with his future wife. After spending another few years there he made it back to Seattle, which is where he lives now. While living in Seattle, Will has become a fluent French speaker, thanks to his French wife and maybe even a little help from his 2 year old daughter who they are raising bilingual. Will made it back to Ann Arbor for the Glee Clubs 150 th Anniversary, and we hope to see you back here again soon! This year was surely one of the most successful in GMen history. We sold out our 2 nd Annual GFest Variety Show, released our 3 rd album “Disc in a Box”, filled Rackham Aud. for both of our concerts, and placed 2 nd at the ICCA Midwest Semifinal, our 2 nd Top 3 finish in the past 2 years! Just because school is out, doesn’t mean GMen stop too…this summer, the GMen will be featured on the national TV show “America Sings”! The show will air *JULY 6 TH * and we would love some Alumni support with the voting! Especially since we have the chance to win $10,000!! We’ll be sure to remind you when the times closer and if any of you are planning a trip back to the beautiful city of Ann Arbor please let us know! We’d love to see you guys! It’s been exactly a decade since Corey graced the stage as a GMan. After graduating UofM, “SLUT” earned a masters in Broadcast Journalism at USC, and is currently the Chief of Sports Programming at a company that broadcasts TV and Radio to American troops serving overseas. Corey is about to celebrate his 1year anniversary to his beautiful wife, Alexis, who works alongside him in Murrieta, CA for Voices Only, a company Corey founded that puts out an a cappella compilation CD every year and helps a cappella groups around the country. Alas, Corey was never able to give up his love for singing as he’s performed not only with the GMen, but also the USC SoCal VoCals, the pro group STREETNiX, and is in the process of putting out his first solo album!! After all of this success, Corey still looks back and misses those unforgettable and still delicious tequila shots. Tony Pachella #11 Fall 2007 – Winter 2011 After graduation, Tony’s life has taken too many eventful turns to chronicle effectively in this brief newsletter. Suffice it to say that he is no way similar to that 21yearold kid who graduated all those years ago. When asked to recount one significant event, he chose his experience earlier today when he tried a Reese’s Nutrageous bar…”it may not be life changing, but certainly life affirming”. Since graduating a month ago, Tony has been married 6 times, but doesn’t have any known heirs. He’s recently moved out to LA where he continues his a cappella career as “that guy who beat boxes” and singing along to Les Miserables 25 th Anniversary DVD. For the past month, Tony has been recalling many GMen memories, but none as good as the 2011 trip to Champaign Urbana where he saw Gavin Chensue pole dancing “There are some things you just can’t put a price on”. Now in LA, Tony is hoping to take some outrageous, or maybe Nutrageous, experience and turn it into a TV program… maybe HBO or AMC. If you are in the LA area, give Tony an email and grab a drink or two! [email protected] MEN MEN GMen Alumni Newsletter

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Page 1: GMen Alumni Newsletter

  With  the  Power  of  100  Raging  Buffalo  we  are  proud  to  present  the  first  official  Alumni  Newsletter!    You  will  now  be  able  to  hear  about  and  reconnect  with  guys  you  once  shared  the  stage  with,  while  keeping  up  with  the  current  group!!  

Will  Friedman  #10  Founder  Fall  1994  –  Spring  1995  

Current Group

Corey  Slutsky  #29  1998  Spring  –  2001  Winter  

 After   founding  The  GMen    back  in   the   fall   of   1994   and  graduating   at   the   end   of   that  spring   semester,   “Willy   Will”  moved   out   to   Seattle   where   he  worked  for  Microsoft  until  2000.  He  then  moved  to  San  Francisco  for  3  months  to  work  for  a  start  up   company   that   decided   to  send   him   out   to   London   for   “a  few   months”.     Two   and   half  years   later   he   moved   to   Paris,  with   his   future   wife.     After  spending   another   few   years  there  he  made  it  back  to  Seattle,  which   is   where   he   lives   now.    While   living   in   Seattle,  Will   has  become  a  fluent  French  speaker,  thanks   to   his   French   wife   and  maybe   even   a   little   help   from  his   2   year   old   daughter   who  they   are   raising   bilingual.    Will  made   it   back   to   Ann   Arbor   for  the   Glee   Clubs   150th  Anniversary,   and   we   hope   to  see  you  back  here  again  soon!  

This  year  was  surely  one  of  the  most  successful  in  GMen  history.    We  sold  out  our  2nd  Annual  GFest  Variety  Show,  released  our  3rd  album  “Disc  in  a  Box”,  filled  Rackham  Aud.  for  both  of  our  concerts,  and  placed  2nd  at  the  ICCA  Midwest  Semifinal,  our  2nd  Top  3  finish  in  the  past  2  years!  Just  because  school  is  out,  doesn’t  mean  GMen  stop  too…this  summer,  the  GMen  will  be  featured  on  the  national  TV  show  “America    Sings”!    The  show  will  air  *JULY  6TH*  and  we  would  love  some  Alumni  support  with  the  voting!  Especially  since  we  have  the  chance  to  win  $10,000!!    We’ll  be  sure  to  remind  you  when  the  times  closer  and  if  any  of  you  are  planning  a  trip  back  to  the  beautiful  city  of  Ann  Arbor  please  let  us  know!  We’d  love  to  see  you  guys!  

It’s   been   exactly   a   decade   since  Corey   graced   the   stage   as   a  GMan.     After   graduating   UofM,  “SLUT”   earned   a   masters   in  Broadcast  Journalism  at  USC,  and  is   currently   the   Chief   of   Sports  Programming   at   a   company   that  broadcasts   TV   and   Radio   to  American   troops   serving  overseas.     Corey   is   about   to  celebrate   his   1-­‐year   anniversary  to  his  beautiful  wife,  Alexis,  who  works  alongside  him  in  Murrieta,  CA   for   Voices   Only,   a   company  Corey  founded  that  puts  out  an  a  cappella   compilation   CD   every  year  and  helps  a  cappella  groups  around   the   country.    Alas,   Corey  was  never  able  to  give  up  his  love  for   singing   as   he’s   performed  not  only  with  the  GMen,  but  also  the   USC   SoCal   VoCals,   the   pro  group  STREETNiX,  and   is   in   the  process   of   putting   out   his   first  solo   album!!     After   all   of   this  success,   Corey   still   looks   back  and   misses   those   unforgettable  and  still  delicious  tequila  shots.  Tony  Pachella  #11  

Fall  2007  –  Winter  2011  

After  graduation,  Tony’s   life  has  taken  too  many  eventful  turns  to  chronicle  effectively   in  this  brief  newsletter.    Suffice  it  to  say  that  he  is  no  way  similar  to  that  21-­‐year-­‐old  kid  who  graduated  all  those  years  ago.    When  asked  to   recount   one   significant   event,   he   chose   his   experience   earlier   today   when   he   tried   a   Reese’s   Nutrageous  bar…”it  may   not   be   life   changing,   but   certainly   life   affirming”.     Since   graduating   a  month   ago,   Tony   has   been  married  6   times,  but  doesn’t  have  any  known  heirs.    He’s   recently  moved  out   to  LA  where  he   continues  his   a  cappella  career  as  “that  guy  who  beat  boxes”  and  singing  along  to  Les  Miserables  25th  Anniversary  DVD.    For  the  past  month,  Tony  has  been  recalling  many  GMen  memories,  but  none  as  good  as   the  2011  trip   to  Champaign-­‐Urbana  where  he  saw  Gavin  Chensue  pole  dancing  “There  are  some  things  you  just  can’t  put  a  price  on”.    Now  in  LA,  Tony  is  hoping  to  take  some  outrageous,  or  maybe  Nutrageous,  experience  and  turn  it  into  a  TV  program…  maybe  HBO  or  AMC.    If  you  are  in  the  LA  area,  give  Tony  an  email  and  grab  a  drink  or  two!  [email protected]  

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