2008 Woodie Awards
Augustana to play Page show
By: Shreya Rao
Issue date: 1/10/08 Section: News
Last update: 1/10/08 at 6:58 AM EST
Last update: 1/10/08 at 6:58 AM EST
Bands Augustana and Boys Like Girls will star in the Duke University Union's spring concert, Feb. 9 in Page Auditorium, Union officials announced Wednesday.
The pair was selected based on both the bands' national popularity and their popularity on campus, said Major Attractions Chair Chamindra Goonewardene, a junior.
Many students, however, said they were either unfamiliar with or only vaguely familiar with the choices.
"They're different, but they seem kind of like niche bands," sophomore Chelsea Goldstein said.
The choices were also made in interest of recruiting "talented" musicians, said DUU President Katelyn Donnelly, a senior.
"We said the same thing with [singer] Regina Spektor," she said. "We weren't sure how wide an audience she would attract, but it ended up being a great success. We're hoping that the same will happen with the spring show... that people will listen to the sound clips and get interested in the talented act."
Rock band Augustana is best known for its 2007 single "Boston" and No. 1 Billboard Top Heatseeker album "All the Stars and Boulevards," released in 2005. Boys Like Girls, who falls into the pop-punk or alternative rock genres, gained national attention with its recent single, "The Great Escape."
The upcoming show will be one in a series of DUU events replacing the Cameron Rocks! concert typically held in March.
"We feel like we're catering to a much wider audience this way," Goonewardene said. "The whole programming flow doesn't go well when you have nothing for eight months and then two big concerts at the end of the year."
Other shows include last semester's fall concert, featuring Spektor, January's scheduled Pablo Francisco comedy show and concerts in Reynolds Theater, Krzyzewskiville and the Duke Coffeehouse planned for later in the semester. Last Day of Classes festivities will also be hosted by DUU as in years past.
"Unless you have a big artist to sell out the show, there's no point in doing Cameron [Indoor Stadium]," Goonewardene said.
He added that Page offers the benefit of superior sound quality in comparison with the infamously poor acoustics offered by the basketball stadium.
Although some students said they appreciated the increased variety this year's plan offers, others said they are skeptical that it will truly cater to more students.
"It's better to have one big concert than smaller ones, where people have never heard of the artists and won't buy tickets," sophomore Diana Okwali said.
Other students said the artist selection so far appeals to one sector of the student body rather than different groups.
"It's cool that they're bringing them, but it's somewhere around the same as Regina Spektor last semester, so I was expecting someone within the neo-soul or R&B categories," sophomore Salem Tsegaye said.
The pair was selected based on both the bands' national popularity and their popularity on campus, said Major Attractions Chair Chamindra Goonewardene, a junior.
Many students, however, said they were either unfamiliar with or only vaguely familiar with the choices.
"They're different, but they seem kind of like niche bands," sophomore Chelsea Goldstein said.
The choices were also made in interest of recruiting "talented" musicians, said DUU President Katelyn Donnelly, a senior.
"We said the same thing with [singer] Regina Spektor," she said. "We weren't sure how wide an audience she would attract, but it ended up being a great success. We're hoping that the same will happen with the spring show... that people will listen to the sound clips and get interested in the talented act."
Rock band Augustana is best known for its 2007 single "Boston" and No. 1 Billboard Top Heatseeker album "All the Stars and Boulevards," released in 2005. Boys Like Girls, who falls into the pop-punk or alternative rock genres, gained national attention with its recent single, "The Great Escape."
The upcoming show will be one in a series of DUU events replacing the Cameron Rocks! concert typically held in March.
"We feel like we're catering to a much wider audience this way," Goonewardene said. "The whole programming flow doesn't go well when you have nothing for eight months and then two big concerts at the end of the year."
Other shows include last semester's fall concert, featuring Spektor, January's scheduled Pablo Francisco comedy show and concerts in Reynolds Theater, Krzyzewskiville and the Duke Coffeehouse planned for later in the semester. Last Day of Classes festivities will also be hosted by DUU as in years past.
"Unless you have a big artist to sell out the show, there's no point in doing Cameron [Indoor Stadium]," Goonewardene said.
He added that Page offers the benefit of superior sound quality in comparison with the infamously poor acoustics offered by the basketball stadium.
Although some students said they appreciated the increased variety this year's plan offers, others said they are skeptical that it will truly cater to more students.
"It's better to have one big concert than smaller ones, where people have never heard of the artists and won't buy tickets," sophomore Diana Okwali said.
Other students said the artist selection so far appeals to one sector of the student body rather than different groups.
"It's cool that they're bringing them, but it's somewhere around the same as Regina Spektor last semester, so I was expecting someone within the neo-soul or R&B categories," sophomore Salem Tsegaye said.
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great bands, stupid article
posted 1/10/08 @ 10:22 PM EST
If it's supposed to be a great show, why wasn't there any information about TICKETS in the article? E.g. when, where, how much? Please let us know so we don't miss out!!
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