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Karaoke heard by the few, lost to the many
The Advocate
Wednesday's homecoming karaoke event started late and the uneven talent of the performers attracted minimal interest from students and faculty in the Vista Dining Center.
A large projector displayed the song lyrics and during short lulls when people were still scurrying to the stage, the projector showed music videos to popular songs such as "F**k You" (clean version) by CeeLo Green and Usher's "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love." There were more than 130,000 songs for students to select.
Once the karaoke began, only a few students were watching and participating, perhaps because of the delay. The event started almost 75 minutes late.
To start the event, two guys attempted to sing "Blue" by Eiffel 65. They had their backs turned to the audience most of the time and missed so many of the lyrics that they started the song over. They even added some fist-pumping in at the end. They received some applause but students in Vista were still not interested.
Keishan Dorsey, SAB's seasonal event coordinator, and another student Aida Antonio, sang Chaka Khan's "Ain't Nobody." They were pretty good and probably the most accomplished of the performers.
Next were three girls who appeared to have a lot of fun singing "Stop" by the Spice Girls while flinging their arms and dancing.
The next act was a woman who sang Evanescence's "Save Me from the Dark" in a loud and off-key rendition. Many people at this point took the opportunity to exit the event, either because they were voting with their feet or since it was close to 1 p.m. they may have been leaving to go to class. But either way, no more than 50 people remained in the seating area. The crowd was spread throughout the room and not very focused on the event.
Then the two guys who started the event came back up to redeem themselves by singing, "Where is the Love" by the Black Eyed Peas. It didn't work for them; this song is for the most part a pretty catchy one but their rendition was not.
The only good part of the song was ASG President Larry Collins-Morgan sitting in the audience jamming out the song.
At this point in the event, it seems as if no more than 20 people were paying attention.
The event wasn't a showstopper, the singing was for the most part awful but hey, that's karaoke, right? And it probably would have had a better response if it had started on time. The event had a lack of theme and uniformity; it was for the most part misplaced and seemingly had nothing to do with homecoming.
The event was supposed to start at 11:30 a.m. and conclude at 1 p.m., although the Karaoke Company had trouble getting to MHCC due to inclement weather and the karaoke did not start until around 12:45 p.m.
"The guy got stuck in Hillsboro because of the snow, so it's been moved back to 12:30," said Leigh Oliver, director of the Student Activities Board.
"Hopefully, he will get here on time or we will have to cancel it because everybody leaves Vista at a certain time," said Oliver shortly after noon.
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