Serendipity 2008 will be what you make it
Lauren Newmyer
Issue date: 2/29/08 Section: Forum
"I don't remember Serendipity last year, and this year, I hope it's the same," was a common response of students when asked about Serendipity; the notorious weekend at Guilford where public safety seems to turn a blind eye to underage drinking. Blurry images of a thousand kids across campus enjoying live music, warm weather, and cheap beer spring to mind. Rumors have been trickling through campus as excitement mounts, so I took the liberty of finding out a little bit about what we can really expect for Serendipity 2008.
Serendipity is confirmed for April 4th and 5th. Laura Milot, head of Campus Activities Board, is aiming for a "Woodstock feel" with several music artists playing on a stage set up on the lawn down by the lake on Friday and Saturday night. Friday will be more of a 'rock' oriented night, and the winner of the previous week's battle of the bands competition will perform, and on Saturday, the music will be more hip-hop and rap based.
"I've already booked about two or three artists that are definitely coming," Milot said. "Then we have three or four more that we're talking to. We also have some local artists. There's not going to be anyone outstandingly famous. We're not going to have Britney Spears or Fergie."
Although Milot could not yet disclose who will be performing, she did say that there will not be one major headline for the weekend. Unfortunately, this means that the rumors of M.I.A coming are false.
"M.I.A. would have been awesome to bring, but she's really expensive and backstage she wants $5,000 dollars worth of riders," said Milot. "She wants food, she wants alcohol, she wants cigarettes, and all kinds of weird things. If we bought M.I.A., the rest of serendipity would suffer because of it, because she would be so expensive."
Last year, rapper Common played at Serendipity and priced at over $30,000 he drained most of the budget. From what I understand, many students did not even make it down to the stage to see him perform. I have to say, had I been here last year, I would most likely have been one of the many missing out, simply because tickets cost 10 dollars and rap is not my thing.
Serendipity is confirmed for April 4th and 5th. Laura Milot, head of Campus Activities Board, is aiming for a "Woodstock feel" with several music artists playing on a stage set up on the lawn down by the lake on Friday and Saturday night. Friday will be more of a 'rock' oriented night, and the winner of the previous week's battle of the bands competition will perform, and on Saturday, the music will be more hip-hop and rap based.
"I've already booked about two or three artists that are definitely coming," Milot said. "Then we have three or four more that we're talking to. We also have some local artists. There's not going to be anyone outstandingly famous. We're not going to have Britney Spears or Fergie."
Although Milot could not yet disclose who will be performing, she did say that there will not be one major headline for the weekend. Unfortunately, this means that the rumors of M.I.A coming are false.
"M.I.A. would have been awesome to bring, but she's really expensive and backstage she wants $5,000 dollars worth of riders," said Milot. "She wants food, she wants alcohol, she wants cigarettes, and all kinds of weird things. If we bought M.I.A., the rest of serendipity would suffer because of it, because she would be so expensive."
Last year, rapper Common played at Serendipity and priced at over $30,000 he drained most of the budget. From what I understand, many students did not even make it down to the stage to see him perform. I have to say, had I been here last year, I would most likely have been one of the many missing out, simply because tickets cost 10 dollars and rap is not my thing.
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