All that was missing was a prancing Julie Andrews last Saturday as the quad came alive with the sound of music.
Stagstock, the annual gathering of Fairfield’s musical finest, proved once again to be a jewel of the social calendar.
Workers from both WVOF and the Ham Channel brought the event to life, providing continuous coverage throughout an evening featuring the eight bands of the Stagtock lineup, including Mates of State and Piebald.
With both great talent and great weather on their side, the afternoon seemed promising from the get-go.
“Things are even better than last year,” one Ham Channel worker said, “We have a great team at the Ham Channel and at WVOF; we expect a great evening of music.”
And a great evening it was- once the wait was over. The show didn’t begin until almost an hour and a half after the schedueled time.
This wait inititally hurt the crowd, which started at a hundred or so but died to a mere thirty-something despite the great weather and food provided by Sodexho. But Super Falling Stars brought the people back. This fun, charismatic punk rock trio kicked the afternoon off with a series of bouncy songs that the crowd ate up greedily.
Following them was Running on Rooftops, another stand out band, and then a great performance from Back and Forth of Courage. The rest of the line up included This Blue Holiday, Up Up Down Down, and Barstow. And as more and more fantastic music filled the stage, the crowd swelled in number until finally, by nightfall about two hundred people were enjoying the energy of the event.
Of course, part of the reason the crowd built up too would be because of all the hype regarding Mates of State and Piebald-the two most anticipated bands of the evening.
And boy did they both deliver.
By the end of the night, the crowd was worked into a thorough frenzy of appreciation for all the fantastic music that rocked and rolled them.
The only thing truly missing from Stagstock was a bigger audience. Every one of these acts is fantastic in their own right and deserve to be heard.
While two hundred is a big number, that’s a mere fraction of the total student body at this university.
It was fun, it was free, and it was an easy way to spend a fall afternoon with friends. Next year, I encourage you to go experience the sound.
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