Avion Spring 2013 Issue 12

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Tuesday April 16, 2013

Volume CXXXVI Issue 12

BIGSHOW:

Big Success

TREY HENDERSON / THE AVION

Jarrett Bruckner

Touch-N-Go Chairperson As the sun set on Saturday, April 13, 2013 Touch-N-Go Productions – the EmbryRiddle Student Programming Board – redefined the term ‘BigShow’ as they transformed the Voyager parking lot into an elaborate concert venue; Yellowcard and The All-American Rejects shared the stage once again (the former being the 2003 Warped Tour) and delivered a spectacular show to the 1,600+ students, faculty, staff, and public audience that were in attendance. The stage went dark as Touch-N-Go Productions roused the audience members for the first performance of the night. Suddenly, the stage erupted in a surprising display of pyrotechnics while Yellowcard began their set list. The audience was ecstatic – going as far as hoisting up complete strangers in the largest wave of crowd surfing the organization has seen during a spring concert. Yellowcard’s energy and appeal was captivating throughout their entire perfor-

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mance; they held their stage presence all the way through to their last song Ocean Avenue one (if not the most) trademark song in their discography. The show was far from over as a quick 15 minute intermission ensued while the Sound Technicians of Touch-N-Go Productions swapped out the bands equipment. Audience members were able to enjoy free refreshments, pretzels, and popcorn throughout the performance including $3 draft beers in a segmented area of the parking lot. The master of ceremonies returned to the stage to introduce the second artist of the evening. Expecting nothing less, the audience went wild as The All-American Rejects took to a dark stage with an instrumental of Kenny Loggins Danger Zone (quite fitting for our University); the band started strong as they launched right into their first song: Dirty Little Secret. The All-American Rejects graced the audience with notable favorites including Swing, Swing, It Ends Tonight, and Move Along. When they con-

cluded with their set list “ENCORE” roared through the crowd as well as “GIVES YOU HELL” referencing a popular song of the band. The All-American Rejects quickly returned and preformed an encore featuring one of their newer songs Heartbeat Slowing Down and the classic Gives You Hell as hundreds of glow sticks appeared out of thin air. During their final song Gives You Hell a vast display of fireworks accented the stage from the recreational field and continued a few minutes after the band concluded this year’s spring concert. A truly notable fact was the amount of preparation and planning required to make this event a success. Touch-N-Go Productions first began planning the spring concert in October of 2012. Various Departments on campus collaborated and offered their services in all aspects of concert planning from Facilities / Materials Management to Student Affairs. While the complete list of individuals would quickly extend beyond the page of this article we would like to publically thank all the Departments and Faculty / Staff mem-

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bers that helped make our concert a success. In addition, do not forget to recognize your Student Government Association, The Avion Newspaper, and The WIKD 102.5 for their contributions to the success of our concert. Everything that you enjoyed at the spring concert this year was organized by students. Eight of your peers who serve on the Executive Board of Touch-N-Go Productions as well as the entirety of our General Programming Board worked rigorously throughout the past several months to bring these two artists to campus as well as create that concert experience for ERAU. We are always looking for new members and if you would like to see events from the stage, Touch-N-Go Productions may be for you! For more information visit us at www.touchn-go.org. We are also looking for pictures of the concert! If you took some during the performance send them to us at touchngo@ erau.edu (include your name to be recognized) or tag us on social media, and always remember: #TNGBIGSHOW!

Avion Editor-in-Chief Farewell on Page A4


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