Victory (Concert)

Victory (Gospel Performance)

The concert that I chose to attend was named Victory. It was a gospel performance that was performed by Benedict College, Claflin University, and the chosen ensemble students who attend The University of South Carolina. The gospel concert was directed by Romell Dash and was located in the music building on campus. 

They did not have any props. The only props that they had on stage was microphones for the singers. They did however use different lighting schemes for different parts of the performance. Whenever someone would sing a solo or slower pitched song, the lights would dim and focus on that one person while everyone else would sing in the background. 

The setting of the show had a 70's theme to it. The songs that were song were meant to uplift the listeners who were present in the room. Just like many other gospel performances, the music and soulful tones of the singers brought about a since of yearning or wanting more from your own life. The social meaning attached were that you can make it through anything no matter what the circumstances. 

I have to say that I really enjoyed the performance and wish that more people could have seen it. From the solo performances to the duets that some of the singers sang, it was a hearting experience. I am really glad that i was able to attend the event. 

Classics to Contemporary (Dance)

The dance performance was hosted from November 18-19, 2010 and was located in the Koger Center for the Arts. It was directed by Susan Anderson and Thaddeus Davis. The Classics to Contemporary was a collection of many different dances with The Great Galloping Gottschaulk being the main and final performance. 

The dancers used many different costumes with a lot of different colors throughout the play. During the plays lighter moments, the dancers had many light colors such as light blues and light shades of yellow and red which created a gentile and happy environment on stage. During the darker, sadder moments, the lights would dim to a dark blue while the dancers changed into darker green costumes. In doing this, you could feel the whole overall mood of the dance change. Having only two -three people dancing during that time also contributed to the sad scenes. 

During different scenes throughout the dance performance, I experienced many different feelings while watching. There was a playful scene where two dancers would try and fight each other to prove who was the tougher man. There were also different depressing scenes where you felt sadness in the environment. 

There were many scenes that I liked over other scenes from the dance performance. I enjoyed the The Great Galloping Gottschaulk part of the performance the most. I also enjoyed the playful scene where the two male dancers fought each other to prove their strength. There was also many scenes that I saw that seemed to drag on. Overall however though, I can tell that the dancers put a lot of time and effort into their performance so i commend them for that. The whopping $16 that I had to pay I feel was too much. Other than that, it was an okay performance.