Concert held at Pearson Scholarship Hall

Monday, April 23, 2007

Pearson Lawn Rock-A-Thon, an outdoor concert held in the front lawn of Pearson Scholarship Hall, 1426 Alumni Place, attracted a lively crowd Saturday night.

Students sat on blankets on a hill near the stage and enjoyed free hamburgers and hot dogs, 80 degree weather and live music by the local bands Marry Me Moses, Hella Ivory, Adam’s Eve and Lloyd Likes Mike.

Two audience members, David Burchfield, Shawnee sophomore, and Hadley Galbraith, Topeka junior, were so moved by the music of Marry Me Moses that they got up and danced during a song that Ted Kritikos, the lead singer, characterized as “a little bit country.”

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It was a perfect day to sit on the grass and listen to music.

-Brendan Shaw, Milwaukee, Wis., junior

Burchfield and Galbraith said they weren’t embarrassed to have danced in front of the crowd.

Galbraith said last year the event was moved inside to the kitchen of Pearson Hall because of rain. Although she enjoyed the concert last year, she said she preferred the nicer weather.

Brendan Shaw, Milwaukee, Wis., junior and president of Pearson Hall, said the weather Saturday was amazing, without a cloud in the sky.

“It was a perfect day to sit on the grass and listen to music,” he said.

Shaw said the concert was an incredible success and that the only thing that could have been better was to have had the road blocked off.

“We didn’t get the street blocked off, but I think it was more fun to have cars driving through a live concert or to watch the cars decide to reverse and drive down another street,” Shaw said.

Members of Marry Me Moses and Adam’s Eve are current and former residents of Pearson Scholarship Hall. Both bands performed at the event last year.

Shaw said in previous years the crowd began to thin as the food disappeared. This year, however, he said the audience stayed through all four sets and was responsive and enthusiastic to the bands.

Saturday was the seventh year for the Pearson Lawn Rock-A-Thon, which is the scholarship halls biggest social event. The event is free for students and paid for by Pearson Hall’s social and food budgets.

Kansan staff writer Bethany Bunch can be contacted at bbunch@kansan.com.

— Edited by Katie Sullivan

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