2004 Miracle Yearbook

Guest Concerts ,..06-hin me _weykw Few things in school were greater than guest concerts at Cedarville Uniirersity—especially whenthose guest concerts were awesome Christian artists such as Switchfoot and Tait. Switchfootrocked thecampusduring Homecoming in October. Freshman Jenna Jackson said that her favorite part was seeing "a band that is becoming more successful every day, whilepraisingGodinthe secular world, come to our school." Johnny Veerkamp, also a freshman,added thathis favorite part of the concert was when "they played the song `24.' It was one of favorites and it a nice ending an electrified performance." Cedarville students agreed that Jon Foreman's mouth performance on the guitar was "incredible,""the best part," and"like nothingI had everseen before." Tait, who came to Cedarville in December, was equally as popular. Sophomore Virginia Bishop exclaimed afterwards that it wasthe"besttwo dollar concert I'd ever been to!" Sophomore Jessica Waggoner credited the responsiveness of the audience with the factthat he used some oldDCTalk songs. Goodaudienceinteraction,whichincluded going down into the crowd and pulling students onto stage with him, added to Tait's rave reviews. Overall, the concerts were a huge success at Cedarville mostly due to the fact that, gccordin5 to Jenna, "they connected well with the audience because they were so casual. In between songs it my Guestconcertsallowforclassicalas was almost as if was well as contemporary musical they were having to expression,appealing to varied a conversation." tastes. A classical guitarist plays in chapel. (Above Right) Switchfootentertainsthecrowdduringhome- comingfestivities. 196 Activities "Catchy guitar hooks and vocals also got peoplenoddingtheirheadsortappingtheir feet even if they didn't know any ofthe songs," added Johnny. Freshman Ricky Normandeausaid thathethinksCedarville "should have had more special guest concerts." With two such successful concerts, who knows? Maybe they will.