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...groups like Major Major and the Dharma Seals, will participate, and the event should be worth watching if just to see each band cram set-up, performance, and disassemble in the amount of time it takes a crew of five roadies to position the amps at a normal rock concert. To get a glimpse of music culture at Harvard, and perhaps even some literal battling, the student bands are a great bet, and the whole weekend promises to be full of pop-[insert term] fun of all sorts. —Staff writer Henry M. Cowles can be reached...
...Katherine Chen ’06 accompanying.Although the performances—which are open to the public—do attract families and general audiences, everyone involved in the fair stresses that there is no room for mediocrity or pandering. “Musicians at Harvard prepare for a concert in a way that’s very spontaneous,” says Arielle A. Hansen ’07. She adds that “People are very last-minute, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the quality is last-minute.” Hansen is planning...
...type of vocal improv, which will happen next Friday night. Each of the six compositions (three performed by each singer) will start off with a traditional, spot-invented vocal prelude, which will be backed up by the violin. Later, percussion will be added. “As the concert progresses, we will start with heavy, deep classical pieces, followed by lighter ones that will have a focus on rhythm. Traditionally, there is more audience interaction—like a devotional,” said Sridhar. The Sangeet performance will feature a drum solo as well (also improvised), in which Avadhany...
...proclaimed alternately that “Eliot House sucks big donkey dicks” and that “Eliot House is not that bad” in minor and major keys, was prompted by a miniature inflated beach ball that landed near Folds’ piano during the concert. Picking up the ball to toss it back into the crowd, the artist—who is known for improvising lyrics in live shows—noticed that the words “Eliot House Sucks” had been inscribed on the toy in permanent marker...
...Don’t holler.”)But it’s goodbye to the good times, too. Four years after a pair of red folders and a boatload of desperation first brought us together, we have run a marathon, seen Phil Collins in concert, and had full sex with three of the same girls (this last part is false). We’ve also never voted in a UC election, never been to an a cappella concert, and never worn rash guards and Hawaiian shirts to Mather Lather. All in all, we can’t really complain...