Despite a rainy start to the day, Covenant College's annual musical festival, Bakertree, swept up the campus in a flurry of activities this Saturday, April 17.
Musicians found center stage in Covenant's cafeteria throughout the afternoon. Student musical groups sang one or two songs in five and ten minute slots while crowds sat in chairs and on hay bales.
"Bakertree is a great opportunity for younger musicians like us to perform because it's laid-back and goes all day," according to Robbie Brown, a student performer.
Student artists brought out their pottery, jewelry, and paintings for their peers and faculty to buy. Freshman Stephen Bates said, "The art is fantastic. It feels so good to buy real art from your friends and support them in what they do."
The festival was going to be outside on the two front lawns of campus, according to sophomore Peter McCrory, the concert coordinator for the campus actives board (CAB) who planned most of the event. But light drizzle in the morning forced tables and stage inside the dining hall and outer lobby for the day.
McCrory expects that more people would have come had the day started out brighter. CAB emphasized the art from students more this year though. According to Scott Schindler, a senior at Covenant, the closed space of the lobby brought a market-like feel for the students walking around.
Besides the art and music, the campus activities board also set up inflatable obstacle courses, set out potted flowers, and handed out gold fish as prizes.
Students also enjoyed a chalk drawing contest as well as a cardboard castle contest and a pie-eating contest.
The day culminated in a picnic dinner for the student body and an official full concert by Third Lobby, Covenant's own product.
Annie Huntington, a freshman, said "Today has been such a great break from all the work at the end of the year."
Matt Brown from Third Lobby Interview
Covenant students Melissa Wise and Ashley Pierce perform a Colbie Callait song. Photo taken by Adrienne Belz.
Musicians found center stage in Covenant's cafeteria throughout the afternoon. Student musical groups sang one or two songs in five and ten minute slots while crowds sat in chairs and on hay bales.
"Bakertree is a great opportunity for younger musicians like us to perform because it's laid-back and goes all day," according to Robbie Brown, a student performer.
Student artists brought out their pottery, jewelry, and paintings for their peers and faculty to buy. Freshman Stephen Bates said, "The art is fantastic. It feels so good to buy real art from your friends and support them in what they do."
The festival was going to be outside on the two front lawns of campus, according to sophomore Peter McCrory, the concert coordinator for the campus actives board (CAB) who planned most of the event. But light drizzle in the morning forced tables and stage inside the dining hall and outer lobby for the day.
McCrory expects that more people would have come had the day started out brighter. CAB emphasized the art from students more this year though. According to Scott Schindler, a senior at Covenant, the closed space of the lobby brought a market-like feel for the students walking around.
Besides the art and music, the campus activities board also set up inflatable obstacle courses, set out potted flowers, and handed out gold fish as prizes.
Students also enjoyed a chalk drawing contest as well as a cardboard castle contest and a pie-eating contest.
The day culminated in a picnic dinner for the student body and an official full concert by Third Lobby, Covenant's own product.
Annie Huntington, a freshman, said "Today has been such a great break from all the work at the end of the year."
Matt Brown from Third Lobby Interview
