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Faux News: Band provides Fall Fest with appropriate amount of rocking
Luke McIntyre
Issue date: 10/2/07 Section: Life
Fall Fest began last Friday with the reportedly adequate performance of a local band, according to John Mavitts, special event organizer for UNCG.
Greensboro-based Dustin Hoffman fan band "The Dustin Rockmans" entertained the audience with a repertoire of songs appearing in Hoffman movies.
"It was a big show for us," said leading man Dillon Jeffers. "It's not our first show, but it is the first show we've played since everyone bought instruments. John's air guitar was making his solos really awkward for everyone."
Mavitts commented that past Fall Fest experiences led him to carefully select performers for the event.
"Once in the 90s we had 'N Sync perform on the first day of Fall Fest," explained Mavitts. "It was early 'N Sync though, way before Justin Timberlake. In fact, it was just Joey Fatone and Lance Bass singing duet. It was horrific. I mean children were literally crying."
Though the performance was not a crowd favorite, Mavitts said, it still "put the rest of the weekend to shame."
"Real downer for everyone, really," Mavitts added.
The key to a successful Fall Fest at UNCG, explained Campus Affairs Manager Gerald Hopkins, is a steady pacing of the events.
"We like to start out with a certain level of confused dissatisfaction, which if all goes well will progress into a state of general boredom throughout the weekend," said Hopkins. "You don't want to set the bar too high. Save the best for last, as they say. And by best I mean least bad."
This year's annual Fall Fest was advertised as being "back by popular demand." This is a change from the slogan two years previous, "Fall Fest: To hell with what you want."
Fall Fest does run at the same time as a few other UNCG events, including Parents' Weekend. That event began Friday with a showing of the movie We Are Marshall, which depicts the true events following the plane crash that killed a majority of the Marshall University football team.
The film selection was, to some, a surprise.
"I know what parents want to see," commented freshman Andrew Williams. "How about a film that starts with the horrible fiery deaths of college students!"
"We considered showing a number of movies that wasn't guaranteed to drive parents to tears, such as March of the Penguins, Meet the Parents, or just about any other movie ever made," Mavitts explained. "But hey, kind of makes you feel better about not having a football team at UNCG, right?"
Faux News is a weekly satirical look at news and events on campus and off. Any similarity to actual news is coincidental and completely unintentional.
Greensboro-based Dustin Hoffman fan band "The Dustin Rockmans" entertained the audience with a repertoire of songs appearing in Hoffman movies.
"It was a big show for us," said leading man Dillon Jeffers. "It's not our first show, but it is the first show we've played since everyone bought instruments. John's air guitar was making his solos really awkward for everyone."
Mavitts commented that past Fall Fest experiences led him to carefully select performers for the event.
"Once in the 90s we had 'N Sync perform on the first day of Fall Fest," explained Mavitts. "It was early 'N Sync though, way before Justin Timberlake. In fact, it was just Joey Fatone and Lance Bass singing duet. It was horrific. I mean children were literally crying."
Though the performance was not a crowd favorite, Mavitts said, it still "put the rest of the weekend to shame."
"Real downer for everyone, really," Mavitts added.
The key to a successful Fall Fest at UNCG, explained Campus Affairs Manager Gerald Hopkins, is a steady pacing of the events.
"We like to start out with a certain level of confused dissatisfaction, which if all goes well will progress into a state of general boredom throughout the weekend," said Hopkins. "You don't want to set the bar too high. Save the best for last, as they say. And by best I mean least bad."
This year's annual Fall Fest was advertised as being "back by popular demand." This is a change from the slogan two years previous, "Fall Fest: To hell with what you want."
Fall Fest does run at the same time as a few other UNCG events, including Parents' Weekend. That event began Friday with a showing of the movie We Are Marshall, which depicts the true events following the plane crash that killed a majority of the Marshall University football team.
The film selection was, to some, a surprise.
"I know what parents want to see," commented freshman Andrew Williams. "How about a film that starts with the horrible fiery deaths of college students!"
"We considered showing a number of movies that wasn't guaranteed to drive parents to tears, such as March of the Penguins, Meet the Parents, or just about any other movie ever made," Mavitts explained. "But hey, kind of makes you feel better about not having a football team at UNCG, right?"
Faux News is a weekly satirical look at news and events on campus and off. Any similarity to actual news is coincidental and completely unintentional.
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