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Educating Women To Excel
September 14,2005
Volume XWIII, Issue 4
ON THE
INSIDE:
Hurricane
Katrina
Page 2
Cokie
Roberts
Page 2
Shannon Kelly
Profile
Page 3
Fashion
Column
Page 3
Meredith
Sports
Page 4
Concert
Review
Page 4
Sizzlin’ Singers in September
WEDNESDAY
Showers
High 81/Low 69
THURSDAY
Mostly Sunny
High 96/ Low 69
FRIDAY
Mostly Sunny
Hi^ 87/ Low 65
SATURDAY
Partly Cloudy
High 81/Low 61
SUNDAY
f
Hi^ 82/ Low
Mostly
MONDAY
Mostly Sunny
High 85/ Low 63
TUESDAY
Isolated Thunderstorms
High 87/ Low 64
JOY STRICKLAND
Staff Writer
Members of Meredith com
munity do not be alarmed:
the sudden influx of students
possessing a lack of hearing
and roughened vocal cords
is not due to colds—the Siz-
zlin’ September Concert oc
curred Saturday night, and
everyone is feeling the afler-
effecLs. The Sizzlin’ Septem
ber Concert celebrated the
success of Meredith’s Rock
for Relief marathon, wherein
students “rocked” in festive
rocking chairs for twenty-
four hours in order to raise
money for the tsunami vic
tims in Sri Lanka and other
affected areas. The concert
provided a chance to revel in
our accomplishments and re
lax away the stress of school-
work for a night.
Students arrived early for
the 8;30pm concert, buy
ing pizza and setting down
comfy blankets around the
amphitheatre on which to sit.
Others settled onto the grass
in front of the large stage,
impatient with excitement
and more than ready for the
concert to start. Students
carrying necklaces of metal
lic beads traveled through
the crowd, selling the neck
laces in order to raise money
for the victims of Hurricane
Katrina, a helping sentiment
shared by the performers,
who had created non-profit
t-shirts to aid the relief ef
forts.
Sizzlin’ September fea
tured Sister Hazel, a popular
band from the mid-90s who
are very interested in aid
ing relief around the world.
Mid-way through the con
cert, the lead singer threw
out a t-shirt that the band
will be selling in the upcom
ing weeks in order to raise
money for relief efforts for
the areas devastated by the
recent Hurricane Katrina.
They were preceded by an
up-and-coming artist, Ari
Hest, who performed sev
eral original songs. The
crowd certainly loved him,
for when he moved to his
booth to sign autographs, he
was practically swamped by
the endless line of new fans.
When Sister Hazel ascend
ed the stage, the crowd re
Photo by: Terri Richards
Sister Hazel performs at the much anticipated Sizzlin' September
concert.
sponded enthusiastically.
The once-small group of
fans settled before the stage
had jumped up at the first
resounding note and were
quickly joined by most of
the people settled around
the amphitheatre, leaving
several empty blankets and
pizza plates behind. The
mass of people before the
stage swayed and danced to
the music, shouting out the
words and reveling in the
great atmosphere.
The concert carried on un
til eleven that night, extend
ing a bit longer with a sud
den encore by Sister Hazel.
Though the amphitheatre is
empty now, the sore throats
and ringing ears show just
how wonderfully the event
succeeded.
Photo by: Terri Richards
Photo by: Ctirissie Bumgardner
FYE students rock for relief between 2-3pm on Friday afternoon.