| February 19, 1999 |
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Calvin College Chimes
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IN OTHER NEWS:
Homecoming brings students, alumni together
Course requirements to be changed in 2000
Some zany homecoming ideas ditched for reality
Airband ’99: Performing is more important than winning
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By Sarah Potter
EDITOR IN CHIEF
Airband ’99 kicks off tonight at 8:00 p.m. in the Fieldhouse. The 16th annual lip sync contest features seven bands and will be followed by a dance (which will not be only swing music). Tickets are still available at the box office.
The event will be judged by Dean of Student Development Bob Crow, Uppercrest employee Rhonda Riley, CAS Professor Helen Sterk, English Professor Gerald Fondse and varsity basketball player Aaron Winkle. Prizes for first and second place, people’s choice and best video will be awarded.
“It might be interesting to see if one band sweeps the show again like the last two years,” said Holly Vande Griend, chair of the Airband committee. “It will be a good show, and Airband is always something that people don’t want to miss,” she said.
The participants have been practicing regularly to ensure Airband 1999 will not disappoint the hundreds of students who attend each year.
Matt Visser who is a member of the band “The Brady Bunch” said, “We have practiced almost every night for the past two months. ...We have a great time at our practices 90 percent of the time.”
Stacey Wieland, who is a veteran performer, agreed that coordinating practice times is the most challenging part of Airband.
Even though performers like Wieland and Visser spend a lot of precious time practicing, they claim that winning is not the ultimate objective.
Visser, who was in the band “The Village People” last year said: “We were very happy with last year’s performance. We did everything we set out to do, and that is giving the people an entertaining show that they would hopefully remember. We felt we accomplished that goal, even though we did not win anything.”
Wieland, who is in the band “The Jackson 5,” which is made up of RAs, agrees. “The fun for me is in performing,” she said. “It would be nice to win, but that is not why I do it.”
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