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Students announce Wildstock performers

Posted by :jprokop On : March 21, 2013
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Outasight and The Ready Set will be the headlining acts for Wildstock 2013, which is slated for May 10.

Junior Evan O’Kelly, vice president of programming for the Associated Students of Linfield College, left the announcement in the hands of 10 students to spread the word around campus.

“We considered different options, but we felt we had an offer we couldn’t refuse,” O’Kelly said.

The Ready Set, a pop band, and Outasight, a rapper, are touring together this year and came as a package deal. This made them more affordable for O’Kelly and Dan Fergueson, director of College Activities,  to choose for Wildstock.

The opening act will be Rootdown, a band that performed at a Pro Cat Cab during spring 2012. Each band will perform for one hour.

“Separately, there was no way we could afford both of them,” O’Kelly said.

Other changes for this Wildstock include Action Sports Entertainment providing secondary entertainment before the performances. There will be field games, such as relay races, football tosses and laser tag for students to participate in while waiting for the show to begin.

There will also be a battle of the bands May 10 and a comedian May 11.

“It will be like a three day festival,” O’Kelly said. “I feel pretty confident with our selection. I think students will really enjoy it.”

Samantha Sigler/News editor

Samantha Sigler can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.

ASLC’S LAB announces Wildstock performers

Posted by :jprokop On : February 27, 2012
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The anticipation in the room reached its peak as “Macklemore and Ryan Lewis!” flashed across the screen.

The two big-name performers for Linfield’s annual Wildstock festival were announced during an Associated Students of Linfield College Senate meeting Feb. 20.

Wildstock is the end-of-the-year festival put on by the Linfield Activities Board (LAB) complete with food catered by local restaurants, many activities and live music. It will take place on the IM field on May 18.

LAB works throughout the year to organize the event, starting the process of booking the act early in fall semester. Senior Nicole Bond, vice president of programming for LAB, worked with a booking agency to find the headlining act for the event.

“Between brainstorming, making an offer and negotiating the contract, it takes a lot of time and energy,” she said.

She said she feels the hard work has paid off and was excited to finally be able to announce the artists to the student body.

“I worked closely with Dan Fergueson in the booking process, and John McKeegan, Linfield’s lawyer, worked on the contract with us. The three of us were the only people on campus who knew who the Wildstock artist was until Monday night,” Bond said. “It was a hard thing to keep to myself,
especially when everyone involved with ASLC knew what I was doing and continuously asked me about it.”

As it is the largest student event on campus each year, LAB tries to book well-known bands or artists. Last year, the band Parachute performed and the event was a great success.

Bond said she was
happy with the artists that she was able to book this year. Macklemore is a hip-hop artist from Seattle, Wash., who works with Ryan Lewis, a producer and designer also from Seattle.

“I am a fan of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, and I know that many of my friends and classmates are too, so I felt pretty confident about my decision,” Bond said. “It’s a little bit out there, since we rarely, if ever, bring rap artists to campus. But I am sure that everyone will enjoy the music. And no matter what, there is something for everyone. Between the music, food, activities and just hanging out with your friends outside on the last day of classes, every student will have a great time.”

Bradley Keliinoi, ASLC vice president, said that he feels that with the chosen artist, Bond has ensured a Wildstock to remember.

“[Bond] scored a big victory with this selection, and the response from the campus has been one of extreme excitement and anticipation,” Keliinoi said. “The countdown has begun to May 18, 2012.”

Bond would like to remind students that there are still ways to get involved through planning an activity with a club. Students can work to make the event even more encompassing and exciting. However, Bond said that either way, students are sure to have a great time.

“It’s just a really fun time to celebrate the end of the school year and spend time with your friends outside while enjoying some delicious food, fun activities, and amazing
entertainment,” she said.

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Andra Kovacs/Senior reporter
Andra Kovacs can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.

Wildstock to feature free food, music, games

Posted by :jprokop On : May 20, 2011
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At the end of each year, the Linfield Activities Board hosts Wildstock, a free concert and festival for students. This year’s festival is on May 20 and features a highly anticipated musical lineup, as well as food and activities.

Parachute, a nationally recognized pop rock band, will be the featured band at this year’s Wildstock festival.

Parachute will be accompanied by student bands Prowler and Na Hemo. Prowler, who will open the show at 6 p.m., was the winner of this year’s LAB sponsored Battle of the Bands. Na Hemo will begin at 7 p.m. Parachute will play from 8 p.m. until the festival ends.

Although all three bands have different styles, Nicole Bond, vice president of programming ASLC, said she thinks it will be a great show.

“It’s nice to have diversity,” Bond said.

The event will also include student activity booths sponsored by ASLC  chartered clubs. There will be several booths, including the Hawaiian Club’s shaved ice booth and the Greenfield Henna tattoo booth. There will also be carnival games, trivia and more.

Booths will open at 5 p.m.

Ribslayer Barbeque, El Primo, Odmo’s Pizza, Thai Country and Coldstone Creamery will cater Wildstock. Because food has been known to run out at previous Wildstock events, LAB has ordered even more than usual, with 75 pounds of pulled pork, 30 extra large pizzas, 200 enchiladas, 50 orders of pad thai and enough ice cream for 600 people. Each student will be able to have a plate from two different restaurants, as well as a dish of ice cream from Coldstone Creamery.

Students will begin the evening at the student check-in table where they will receive two food tickets and one ice cream ticket. From there, the event will be free-flowing and students can choose to eat, listen to the bands and visit booths at their leisure.

The event will be a good time for everyone, Bond said.

“If you are interested in music, in food or if you just want to hang with friends, there is something for everyone at Wildstock,” she said.

T-shirts for Wildstock will be on sale every night in Dillin and in the CIC leading up to the event. They will also be available at Wildstock. Shirts cost $3, and are available in hot pink, blue and charcoal gray.

Wildstock will begin at 5 p.m. May 20 on the IM field .

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Marissa Cole/News editor
Marissa Cole can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com

Bigger budget brings bigger band to campus

Posted by :jprokop On : February 26, 2011
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The Linfield Activities Board made an announcement on its Facebook page Feb. 15, declaring, “You heard right, Parachute will be performing at this year’s Wildstock Festival, May 13. Excited yet?” The post garnered 13 “likes” and four positive comments.

“I’m really excited. I didn’t really think I would ever have the opportunity to see them,” freshman Gabi Leif said upon seeing the announcement. “I definitely had a little freak-out.”

Junior Nicole Bond, Associated Students of Linfield College vice president of programming, said she offered the band $12,500 during January Term to come to Wildstock this year. The band accepted.

Bond oversees the Linfield Activities Board and said she is the primary organizer of Wildstock.

Director of College Activities Dan Fergueson said that the budget committee, which comprises the ASLC president, vice president of business & finance and three senators, voted to increase the amount of money spent on the act for Wildstock.

The changes were noted when they drafted the 2010-11 ASLC budget at the end of last year in an attempt to bring in widely known bands that could draw a larger turnout.

“The program board was given more money for the entertainment this year than in past years, where the entertainment budget ranged from $4,000 to 7,000, so this was a very intentional increase both by LAB and by ASLC to have a larger-named act at Wildstock,” Fergueson said.

“For a number of years now, the vice president of programming has wanted to bring an act who folks would know, which unfortunately has a price point associated with it,” he continued. “By choosing an act last year with a little more name recognition, they were able to show what that could be, and so the budgeting committee liked that approach and decided to grant some more money to try and get a bigger name.”

While other groups, such as clubs, saw cuts in funding from the 2010-11 budget, LAB was among the groups that saw an increase in funding: $31,857 more than the previous academic year for a total of $142,087 (“Penny Wise or Pound Foolish?” TLR, May 21, 2010).

Fergueson also mentioned that previous acts involved opening bands, which increased the costs, bringing them somewhat closer to the current budget.

Leif said she thought the increase was money well spent because it gives students the opportunity to see a popular name band without traveling far or paying money.

Bond also emphasized the draw of a more popular band.

“I wanted to get a band that a lot of people on campus would know, and I know they [Parachute] had one really big hit song and a few other pretty popular songs, and I thought they’d be fun for outside,” she said. “I wanted to get upbeat, energetic music.”

Wildstock will also take place shortly after Parachute releases its new album, “The Way It Was,” on April 12, making the event even more exciting, Bond said.

Braden Smith/Managing editor
Braden Smith can be reached at linfieldreviewmanaging@gmail.com.