Spooks and strings brings tricks and treats
Adam Case is used to performing in front of drunk people in bars, so to him, singing to a crowd of almost 70 students was a new experience.
“I’m used to playing at bars where no one listened to me,” he said. “So this is really new.”
Returning for the second time in two years to Central Michigan University, the strums of Case's acoustic guitar brought an intimate, coffee shop feeling to the University Center Rotunda room Thursday. As students began pulling out their phones to take photos of the Dallas performer, Case played “Heartless” by Kanye West.
“It was that kind of atmosphere that people could come in, grab a donut, stay for a few minutes, and then head out,” said Program Board President and Livonia junior Josh Palmer.Case tried for casual conversation with the audience, telling a story of when his roommates once attended a country concert before he began to play “The Country Song” as requested by a woman in the audience. Halfway through the song, the audience began to clap along.He also played covers by artists like Drake, Phil Collins, Coldplay and Otis Redding.
“I do donations, meaning if you’re a broke college student you can take a CD. But if I see you at the bar downing shots later, I’m going to be mad,” he joked.
The event, hosted by Program Board, also featured two student performers, Aaron Johnson and His Boy Harry. They performed covers of Death Cab for Cutie, Wagon Wheel, Lil Jon and Hands Down while wearing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costumes.
Senior Mike Muscat and Palmer decided to tie the casual atmosphere together with Halloween festivities in hopes of bringing a larger crowd. It was the students who went out of their way to get dressed up in their Halloween costumes to compete against each other during the costume contest.
The competition gave awards to the Best Procrastinated Costume, Best Couple Costume, Best Female Costume, Best Male Costume, and Most Traditional costume.
“When you’re looking around and see a table of people laughing and talking over here and a couple people over here, it seemed like everyone was relaxed and that’s what we were trying to achieve,” Muscat said.
