An event in which you looked around to see who would take the stage next and who would close the show.
Open Mic Night took place in the Atrium of Hunter Hall at 8:30pm on September 25th, 2015. In the kick off of the event there were eighteen people in the crowd as more performances continued it grew to thirty-nine people and in the end there were a total of fifty-three people there. The audience was a mixture of Southern Vermont College students, Bennington College students, guests, and parents. The first performer was Pablo Aguirre-Lagandre who is a junior here at Southern Vermont College. He played his guitar and sang a little bit. After the first performance a sophomore from Bennington College named Jack Labbe arose from the crowd to take the stage. Jack Labbe played his harmonica and his guitar and he also sang. His first two songs were written by himself and were called “Motel Walls” and “Katherine Please”. A line I picked up from one of his songs was “As long as this mattress is gone we can make love with the color TV on”. The next performer who sat under the light with all the attention on them was a sophomore from Bennington College named Dana Foote who played the guitar as well while singing two songs written by her called “Bitter Women” and “Anthony”. The night did not stop there for Bennington College students performing because after Dana Foote performed Webb Crawford (sophomore) did to. She played the guitar and sang two songs. The first song Webb Crawford sang was by Jackson Browne called “These Days” and the second song she sang was written by her called “Time is Running Faster Everyday”. An eventful night full of talent continued with junior Emily Bagley from Southern Vermont College singing two songs called “Photograph” by Ed Sheeran and “Magic” by Rude. After all the singers and guitarists performed came the humor with Austin Teitelbaum. He made a lot of jokes starting off with jokes about the new snapchat update, then about how at big game events there is always a line for the bathroom but never a line for the sink, the existence of virtual sex, and sports. Which then led us into poetry by Na’shon Kemp with a piece written by him called “Love Yourself”. Wrapping up the event Jack Labbe took the stage for the final time singing another song written by him called “Man on Mars” with lyrics such as “I was one rock ahead, but two steps behind” and “You were my first love and my first regret”. When in doubt, if you feel you missed out just attend the one on October 24th!
Performers Include:
Austin Teitelbaum (Performer from Southern Vermont College)
Webb Crawford (Performer from Bennington College)
Emily Bagley (Performer from Southern Vermont College)
Jack Labbe (performer from Bennington College)
Na’shon Kemp (Performer from Southern Vermont College)