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...Athena, a popular Square folk singer, says sheagrees. "Harvard Square," says thesinger/keyboardist, "is great because people fromall over the world come here." On a sunnyafternoon when Athena was playing outsideLearningsmith, she acted as a "musical U.N.,"using her harmonies to engender ethnic harmonies.Athena says she "positioned the Indians andPakistanis together. I was a little fried, I'dbeen playing all day, but...I feel like if peoplewould only look at each other...it was sobeautiful...
...Athena had a less-than-beautiful experiencewhen she was performing in the pit. A drunk man inher audience spent her entire set encouragingother audience members to sing along. According toAthena, people were responding and "it wasactually rather humorous" until the man rushed atthe bewildered musician, apparently geared forattack. "Three guys I didn't even know ran toprotect me, so that felt nice. I felt veryprotected. I guess the man was just trying to giveme a hug, but I was like...
...street performer's audience can provide morethan just drunk fans. One warm Sunday, whileperforming for a large crowd in front of Origins,Athena was approached by a saxophonist who wastraveling through Boston with his band. Athenainvited the mysterious stranger to jam with her;he immediately agreed and soon returned with foursaxophones and a flute. They ended up performing aimprovised duet. "it was magic," says Athena. Theysustained the "beauty" for over three hours,merging their souls in wild, passionate,uninhibited...music. "It was like musical love atfirst sight. It was beautiful." Although thesaxophonist lives three hours away, he joinsAthena's band...
...Athena wasn't always capable of this melodicmagic; rather, her success is the result of yearsof tenacity. She began performing as a backupsinger in a folk band that played at Fanueil Hall,thriving on the opportunity to play for people whomight not hear her in a club. "I just love peopleand also wanted to be able to set my own hours.'Two years ago. Athena decided to commit herself tostreet performance full time...
Also going to the ECAC's is the Crimson's 4x400 relay team, which finished second in a time of 3:55.55. Co-captain Shireen Boulos, freshmen Athena Jones and Allison Goldkamp, and Williams garnered the eight points awarded for a second-place finish. Brown's team came in first with a time...