Singarama, Lipscomb’s biggest theatrical event of the spring semester, will look slightly different this year.
The massive effort by Lipscomb students to write, produce and perform their very own musical normally culminates after spring break, but this year the popular annual event will be March 8-10, the week before spring break.
Garner Goode, director of student involvement, announced the change during an interview about the semester’s main events. He said a few years ago Singarama used to occur before spring break and staff decided to return to the former schedule.
Goode said having the event late in the semester was causing problems.
“People were coming back from spring break,” Goode said, “and not really getting an opportunity to focus on their classes, which is what’s important.”
Singarama is only one of the events that Goode said he expects to be popular this year. In addition to the usual fairs and special occasions, Goode said Lipscomb in Motion is hosting a kickball tournament and a three-on-three basketball tournament called “The Brickyard.”
“They’re just fun large group events that we think people will come participate in,” Goode said, “kind of like dodge ball where there are some set teams, a little ridiculousness and a fun atmosphere.”
Goode said The Brickyard will take place in the square later in the semester.
Lipscomb in Motion will coordinate some surprise events during the next few months—often in the middle of the day, involving food and giveaways.
Goode said the spring events are designed to help students deepen their friendships.
“The spring is more of a community experience,” Goode said, “because in the fall new students are coming in, people are developing their community groups. So, in the spring they’ve already got those community groups, and we want to give them the opportunity to enhance it.”
Lipscomb in Motion will also host weekly events on Thursdays and Saturdays.
For the next seven weeks, food trucks will be on campus at 10:30 p.m. on Thursdays for students who might want a night time study break. Every Saturday night throughout the semester there will be game night in Arlo’s from 9-11 p.m.
Goode said game night will serve as a “fun place for you to come play board games or video games with a group of friends.”
One event Goode is excited about is the Running of the Bison, which happens the night before the Battle of the Boulevard basketball game at Lipscomb.
“This will be kind of special because this will be the last one while Belmont is in our conference,” Goode said, “so we’re going to try to have a few surprises out for that.”
Goode said he welcomes suggestions about new events or improvements to existing ones and encourages students to email or contact him via social media.
Lipscomb in Motion exists and creates these events in order to enhance students’ lives, Goode said.
“The whole reason we do all this is to give students the opportunity to be a part of a community,” Goode said. “Rather than just go to school, [they] actually develop friendships, develop themselves socially, as well as spiritually and mentally. We really look for opportunities for students to thrive in that community space.”