WRCM Bash on the Quad. @WRCM.ROCKS / INSTAGRAM
Sarah Rolka, Contributor
We Are College Music (WRCM) held their first event of the academic year on the quad on Sept. 19, named the WRCM Bash. The event featured a set list stacked with student performances that had the crowd cheering and excited on Friday night.
The WRCM Bash is a night where students get together and rock out to bands and other performers, and this time was no exception. Dylan Deokarran, sophomore electrical engineering major and sound studies minor, and Matt Napoli, sophomore sound studies major, were a few of the many performers for the night. They spoke to The Quadrangle about their experience at the concert.
“It was definitely one of the most genuine performances we’ve had,” Deokarran said. “With all the bands that were playing and everyone that set it up, it felt so welcoming… it felt like we were hanging out with the audience.”
Napoli agreed with Deokarran, adding that he particularly enjoyed the community aspect of the event.
“There really is such a great community here but it was my first time performing for a bunch of people I didn’t know; and that was a little daunting at first,” Napoli said. “But I think this school has a really good community – they were very good at this kind of being ‘engaged’ [with the performances and music].”
When asked if they would come back to perform for the next bash, the pair replied with an enthusiastic ‘yes.’
Flyer for the WRCM Bash on Sept. 19. @WRCM.ROCKS / INSTAGRAM
“Defininitely, it was so fun,” Deokarran said. “Being able to set up everything, being able to be up there, be a part of a whole process [was great].”
The team at WRCM plans and organizes these musical events, making it possible for the student body to have the opportunity to showcase their talents and abilities.
Billy Walker, senior and technical director of WRCM, spoke to The Quadrangle about holding the event and the work behind the scenes.
“It’s surreal to an extent, I don’t think I really took the time before to realize what we were doing together,” Walker said. “As far as picking the bands, Sam Wofford worked on that one…we knew we had Help Wanted…but I think everybody else besides them was new this year, so that was really exciting to see.”
Walker further commented on his experience setting up the event the day of.
“It did [run smoothly],” Walker said. “Everything when it came to the stage was on the fly – it was like ‘We thought we could do this, but this didn’t work.’ There really was no rehearsal process for the bands, we just told them ‘you have 30 minutes to perform,’ and everybody was really nice, they all listened – they all were very respectful of their time.”
Walker also told The Quadrangle that WRCM is going to be organizing more events throughout the year that students should keep their eyes peeled for.
“We are going to host another Bash around Halloween time…this will be a collaboration with Lotus Magazine,” Walker said. “We might do another open mic too in December. There’s a lot of interest in performances on campus, so I think open mic’s are a great solution to that.”