This week the MCAB concerts committee announced its annual spring concert event, “Triptych,” a three-DJ lineup that will feature DJs Drop the Lime, White Panda and Savoy. The three groups will perform Saturday, May 7 in Chip Kenyon ’85 Arena. Doors open at 9:30 p.m.
Drop the Lime hails from New York City and is known for bass-heavy sets that often feature original vocals. White Panda, a mashup duo from Chicago, has all of their music available as free downloads on their website. Brooklyn-based Savoy will play a full-band set of remixes with a light show.
“We decided to do a DJ event because we thought the campus would be more into that kind of music — especially because it could be like a dance party, something they could have fun at — rather than a band that people would feel they had to know the music to attend,” said MCAB concerts committee co-chair Catherine Ahearn ’11. “We were looking to make the greatest amount of people happy.”
“For the spring show, we were trying to look at [something in the] rock [genre] or a band and not just a performer, because we feel like that’s really what’s been lacking at Middlebury,” added co-chair Hannah Wilson ’11
Ahearn reflected on the extended process of attempting to book a spring concert.
“It’s been a really long process — really exhausting and frustrating — and ultimately we’re just happy to bring something we think a lot of people would want to go to,” said Ahearn.
When asked why skeptical students should attend the show, Wilson responded:
“You should go to this show because there will be lots of people there dancing and having a good time,” said Wilson.
“It’s like going to a giant party,” she added.
The co-chairs plan to set the stage within the arena to make the dance floor smaller than the hockey rink itself. MCAB will also decorate the space in order to mask the hockey-rink atmosphere.
Ticket prices were deliberately kept low for the event to compensate for the lack of name recognition.
Tickets are currently on sale at the Box Office or online at go/boxoffice. Tickets are $5 until Friday, $7 until the day of the show and $10 at the door.
DJs headline spring concert
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