Alumni
As many of you reading this know... Johnnie Blend
is a ten-member a cappella group from St. John's University. However, one
thing alot of people don't know is how we got our name. There is a coffee shop
in St. Joseph, MN (a mile away from Saint John's University) called "The
Meeting Grounds." At this coffee shop they brew a coffee called... you guessed
it, Johnnie Blend.
We thought that name fit us well since we are all Johnnies and the term blend
is associated with singing. Now you're starting to realize why we picked the
name Johnnie Blend "Decaffeinated"... aren't you? Of course, it is referring
to the Fall of '04, when five of our members (the caffeine, if you will) took
study abroad trips, and thusly, we were left with a decaffeinated version of
Johnnie Blend. The five members who studied abroad in '04 came back in the
Spring of '05, and we are once again the fully caffienated version of Johnnie
Blend. We just thought you might like to know that!
P.S. We are using the name with permission from the coffee shop, in case you were wondering.