In a sea of electrified students, Michael Gonczar wobbled back and forth to the beat in the middle of Jenison Field House on Saturday evening. The environmental studies and agriscience senior was one of many attendees at the first-ever Cultural Remix who participated in a line dance number at the event. “It was a lot of fun,” Gonczar said.
It is almost the weekend. Classes are ending, and students are ready to unwind. Here is a roundup of events to attend during the weekend respite. Billy Bell: Student Performances Choreography developed by Billy Bell of Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance” will be performed at 6:30 p.m.
To experience success with their current band, Dillon Gorden and Drew Irwin first had to let another one fall apart. Lansing resident Gorden and East Lansing resident Irwin both were members of alternative act A Letter to You, which broke up about two years ago, before forming their new group, Redbird.
After greeting an entirely seated audience on Friday night, four-member alternative and pop band Last Night Saved My Life was determined to do everything it could to get members of the crowd on their feet, including running through the audience several times during the performance. “We’re used to playing shows for people who are standing and moving,” marketing sophomore Wilson Shaner, the band’s lead singer said.
Drumsticks in hand, Adam Phelps started learning to play music before he even was able to walk. Before his second birthday, the LCC alumnus already was being taught to play the drums by his father, who also was a musician. “He gave me the influence that I have today,” he said.
It is almost the weekend. Classes are ending, and students are ready to unwind. Here is a roundup of events to attend during the weekend respite. “Riverdance” Even if you’ve never seen it, you’ve probably heard of it.
Thanks to a bit of faith and encouragement from his brother, Craig Palm’s music career has blossomed.
For Okemos resident Ben Hassenger, all it took was one trip to Hawaii to fall in love with the ukulele, which he discovered at a ukulele festival in Honolulu in 2009.
It is almost the weekend. Classes are ending and students are ready to unwind. Here is a roundup of events to attend during the weekend respite. Dia de la Mujer Let’s get the more serious one out of the way first.
It is almost the weekend. Classes are ending and students are ready to unwind. Here is a roundup of events to attend during the weekend respite. Dia de la Mujer Let’s get the more serious one out of the way first.
Six local metal bands will take the stage at The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave., in Lansing, on Saturday — but they won’t be playing their usual material.
It is almost the weekend. Classes are ending and students are ready to unwind. Here is a roundup of events to attend during the weekend respite. *The Blat!
On a spring evening in 2006 outside Landon Hall, Matthew Milia and Zachary Nichols sat on a bench playing the musical saw and singing together for one of the very first times. The two soon were joined by fellow student Anna Burch, who was walking by, knew the song the pair was playing and jumped in, spurring an impromptu gig that would become the basis of the folk group Frontier Ruckus’ rustic sound.
MSU alumna Karen Nielsen, who runs her own practice in osteopathic manipulative medicine in New York City, spends her days working with patients to find ways to relieve their pain. But when she heads for home at the end of the day, the best relief she finds comes through music.
With the creation of his company, Justin Silverman believes he is one step closer to changing the music industry. The marketing senior recently launched HumanFankind, an online service that collects and distributes donations from music lovers to musicians, in the hopes that he can help curb the negative effects of music piracy.
When lead singer and guitarist Michael Motherwell took the stage Sunday afternoon to perform with his band, Something Utopic, he was playing with more of a sense of purpose than usual.
A year has passed since no-preference freshman Ryan Carter discovered blues dancing, a relaxed, slowed-down style of partner dancing, at a local studio near his hometown of Grand Rapids, and the love-at-first-sight feeling has yet to wear off.
It is almost the weekend. Classes are ending and students are ready to unwind. Here is a roundup of events to attend during the weekend respite. ATD Fashion Show The Department of Art and Art History will present its annual Apparel and Textile Design Fashion Show at 7 p.m.
After refining his skills at open mic nights on campus and at small local shows, Adrian Sanchez finally has proof his hard work is paying off.
While some bands are preoccupied with becoming famous, Doug Mains & the City Folk are satisfied simply creating music.