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Josh
Brown - The Appalachian
Brave souls test the
tightrope erected between Coltrane and Gardner Residence Halls Monday
for Friday’s taping of MTV’s “Road Rules.”
Entertainment
Beat
Students
uncertain of role on MTV show
Janelle
Silverman - Staff Writer
As
MTV’s “Road Rules” rolls onto campus today, many students
jumped at the chance to audition as guest hosts for the show Monday
afternoon. However, none of the students who showed up to fill out an
application seemed certain as to precisely what sort of job they were
applying for.
The applicants were told they were applying for a job as guest hosts
on the set of the MTV show “Road Rules,” which is coming to
Boone today, according to officials at MTV.
Though the applicants did not know what they would be doing, the chance
to be on television was just too good to miss.
“This is the opportunity I have been looking for to become famous,”
said Appalachian State University senior Sion Harrington.
After Harrington filled out his application, he was directed into the
Linville Falls Room in Plemmons Student Union to participate in a group
interaction interview, along with 15 to 20 other applicants.
Other applicants, like Appalachian State junior David English, heard
about the audition while walking through the union on his way to class.
“My class was cancelled, so I decided to stop,” said English.
“You can’t beat the chance to be on TV in front of two million
people.”
Most students on campus did not know anything about the audition until
Monday morning, said English.
The one-page application asked students basic questions such as their
age and major, along with specific questions such as whether or not
they had been in front of a camera or had ever acted before.
Mary Catherine Floyd, a sophomore, showed up at the audition and decided
to apply just for fun. As she sat in the Linville Falls Room during
her group interview, she noticed odd behavior coming from her fellow
students.
“It was really weird,” said Floyd. “Everyone was trying
to steal the spotlight. They don’t act that way
Dave
Matthews Cover Band brings extensive playlist to ASU
Kevin DeLury -
Entertainment Beat
The Dave Matthews
Cover Band will perform Thursday at 9 p.m. in Legends.
The group boasts a 40-song repertoire that draws from the entire catalog
of the Dave Matthews Band’s six-album career. Fans can expect to
hear older Dave Matthews songs such as “The Christmas Song”
or “I’ll Back You Up,” as well as newer songs from the
Dave Matthews Band’s most recent album, “Everyday.”
The Dave Matthews Cover Band is also known to perform songs off the unreleased
“Lilly White Sessions” and a handful of other cover songs like
“Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago” by the now-defunct group Soul Coughing.
The five-piece band hails from Athens, Ga., where they often perform on
the local club circuit and have managed to build a following of fans based
on the striking likeness of their sound to that of the real Dave Matthews
Band.
Fronting the band is Dave Koon. Besides sharing the same first name, Koon
also shares a remarkably similar voice to that of Dave Matthews. The idea
of a Dave Matthews cover band started after Koon began jamming for fun
at fraternity houses and dorms in Athens, only to find his covers growing
in popularity. Soon, Deniz Felder joined him on saxophone, Lance Tilton
on drums, Rob Handley on bass and Jimmy Dimartini on violin.
Recently, Koon received free tickets to a Dave Matthews concert and the
title of “Morning X Biggest Dave Matthews Fan” after winning
a Dave Matthews Band trivia contest for Atlanta radio station 99X.
Thursday’s show will be the fifth show on the 14-date tour. The tour,
which goes throughout February and into March, will include six shows
in North Carolina and take them everywhere from Chattanooga, Tenn., to
New Orleans, La.
Jessica Cross, concerts chairperson for the Appalachian Popular Programming
Society (A.P.P.S.), has seen firsthand just how closely the group resembles
the actual Dave Matthews Band. “We brought them in the fall, and
that was the first time we ever brought them,” says Cross. “We
decided to bring them back because they did so extremely well.”
“Dave Matthews is so big right now,” says Cross, “and we
would never be able to afford to bring them to Boone, so I think a lot
of people enjoy seeing a cover band of them.”
For more information on the Dave Matthews Cover Band, visit their Web
site at www.thedmcb.com.
Advance ticket sales for the show are $4 and can be purchased at the information
desk located in Plemmons Student Union. Tickets can also be purchased
at the door for $6. The event is BYOB with a six-pack limit and valid
ID.
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