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| Weekend Excursion back in Boone,
at Legends tonight |
Stephanie
Marshall
Entertainment Beat |
Appalachian Popular Programming Society (APPS)
is starting the second semester off with a bang, bringing a band
to Appalachian State University whose members once were Appalachian
students themselves.
Weekend Excursion, consisting of Appalachian
alumni, is coming to Legends tonight.
Weekend Excursion is a popular, fun band that
always puts on a good show that brings in the crowd, Peter D. Van
Schoick, stage shows chairperson, said Tuesday.
Weekend Excursion’s members include, but
are not limited to, lead guitarist and backing vocalist Chris Groch,
rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Jeff Foxworth and drummer
and backing vocalist Cas Edmunds, according to the Weekend Excursion
Web site. This Raleigh-based band got its start
in 1995 while the members were still seniors in high school. Their
first show was held in Edmunds’ basement. According to their
official Web site, that year they ended up making a demo tape that
was sold in a local dentist’s office.
After graduation the band headed off to become
students at Appalachian. When they received an overwhelming response
to their demo tape, they brought in John Plymale to record their
debut, self-titled CD, according to their Web site.
From then on, the band was forced into juggling
its time between school and weekend tours. The time paid off because
they again recorded with Plymale in 1998 for a second EP, “Five
to Six.”
While at Appalachian, Weekend Excursion was involved
with the fraternity scene, Van Schoick said.
After college, the band went on to record their
third EP, released in 2000, called “Radioactive,” which
would become one of North Carolina’s hottest sellers released
that year. The band also spread their touring radius from Florida
to Washington, D.C., according to their biography on the Web site.
In 2001, violinist Mike Ferry announced that
he would be leaving the band, which was a shock to all, including
the other band members, according to www.SamHillbands.com.
Mike Ferry left the band to go to graduate school
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Van Schoick
said.
Weekend Excursion recently released their debut
with The Redeye label called “Take Me Home.”
This new release is the first song-writing contribution
of Fisher and the first without the violin work of Ferry, according
to the Web site.
“Kick off the new semester with a party,
Weekend Excursion style,” Van Schoick said.
The tickets are $7 in advance and are being sold
at the information desk in W.H. Plemmons Student Union or $9 at
the door.
The show starts at 9 p.m. with an age limit of
18 years or older. |
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