Anberlin to appear at End of Year Bash
Anberlin is set to perform at USU’s End of Year Bash April 27, as announced at the ASUSU Executive Council meeting Tuesday.
The band cost $22,000 to book, said Zach Larsen, ASUSU Programming vice president. Larsen said he estimated about 90 percent of the cost for this event is covered by revenue from the Howl, and the remaining 10 percent is covered by student fees.
After Anberlin’s performance, which is scheduled to start at 10 p.m., there will be a dance party, Larsen said. A venue for the performance has not yet been finalized, Larsen said, but full details about the event will be released soon.
Anberlin is a rock band from Florida whose album “New Surrender” peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard 200 in 2008.
Larsen said Plastic Musik and other local bands will also be performing during the End of Year Bash. According to the band’s website, Plastic Musik is an “abstract percussion show” based out of Las Vegas that combines plastic tubing and other plastic objects to recreate well-known songs.
Gym Class Heroes, Jack’s Mannequin, Matisyahu and Manchester Orchestra were other bands Larsen said he considered booking for the End of the Year Bash.
“We have been working on this for months,” Larsen said. “We had a hard time locking down a band.”
Larsen said credit for booking Anberlin lies with Activities Director Kellen Hansen.
Hannah Blackburn, the current Pulic Relations director, announced that a junior majoring in communications, Abigail Kingsford, was appointed as next year’s ASUSU Public Relations director.
The ASUSU Public Relations director is primarily responsible for organizing ASUSU elections and inauguration, Blackburn said. Kingsford will also in charge of performing networking and marketing activities on campus and throughout Cache Valley for both ASUSU and other student-run organizations, she said.
Kingsford said her experience as the chairperson of the Government Relations Council – an ASUSU related organization that promotes civic engagement among students – and as secretary or the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Council have prepared her for the new position in ASUSU.
Kingsford also served on the Blue Goes Green grant committee and on the Student Fee Board.
One of her main goals as the Public Relations director of the 2012-2013 school year is to improve the ASUSU elections bylaws, she said. Though her plan is still in its beginning stages, Kingsford said she wants to make elections a more positive and easy-going experience for everyone involved.
“I want to avoid anyone walking away from elections hurt or annoyed,” she said.
Luke Ensign, a sophomore studying political science and family, child and human development, was appointed as Arts and Lectures director the week before Spring Break.
He said his experience as a event organizer at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, and as a member of the Government Relations Council has prepared him for his new position. He also said he will be working for Rep. Jim Matheson this summer in Washington, D.C.
He said he anticipates this experience will provide him with skills he can apply to his new position. He said his main goal for next year is to organize events that will appeal to a broad spectrum of students.
“No student should have an excuse to not get involved and participate,” he said. “I want all students to feel as though they can approach me with an idea for an event, and I’ll help them make it happen.”
Kingsford said one of her main plans as the Public Relations director of the 2012-2013 school year is to improve the ASUSU elections bylaws. She said while her plan is still in its beginning stages, she wants to make elections a more positive and easy-going experience for everyone involved.
– rouchelle.brockman@aggiemail.usu.edu