by Erin Turner | Apr 4, 2014 | News Slider
April 3-5 marked Lipscomb’s 51st Singarama production, entitled “Singarama’s on Fire.” The show featured three groups: “Don’t Stop Me Now,” “Just Drop It” and “Roll With Me.” Pictures from this year’s Thursday show can be seen below. Update: Photos from the Saturday evening show have been added as well. To see the full gallery, visit Lumination’s Flickr page. Created with Admarket’s...
by Brianne Welch | Apr 4, 2014 | News Slider
Lipscomb’s 51st edition of Singarama is in full swing, and the six hosts and hostesses are excited to share the hard work they have dedicated to the show. Senior Lincoln Mick, sophomore Michael Oruma, junior Caitlin Phelps, senior Lacey Printz, junior Tyler Russell and junior McKenna Smith are the hosts and hostesses of the 2014 Singarama. This year’s theme is Singarama’s On Fire. The show will consist of three different smaller themes that will be broken up by performances from the hosts and hostesses who vary in Singarama experience. Three have hosted the show before, and three are new to the hosting lineup. Smith and Oruma hosted last year, and Mick hosted his freshman year. “I’ve wanted to do it for the past four years, but because of track, I haven’t been able to because I’ve been competing, but since I’m injured, I have the opportunity to, and I’m just really excited about it,” Printz said. “This is my first year, also,” Russell said. I saw the show last year and loved it. “It just looked like so much fun, so I just thought I’d try out.” The hosts and hostesses’ job is to entertain the audience and keep the flow of the show going. “We kind of kick off the show, and then we help entertain the crowd in between social club shows,” Russell said. The group had been rehearsing at a recording studio away from campus, SIR Nashville. “It’s making it real being off-campus,” Printz said.”That’s such a cool environment with so many people that are so passionate about music. “It’s all business, too. We have a great...
by Jesica Parsley | Apr 4, 2014 | News Slider
“Just Drop It” took home the Theme Category Award Thursday night in the 51st annual Singarama show, Singarama’s On Fire. The cast of the “Drop” theme show includes Delta Sigma, Kappa Chi, Pi Delta, Sigma Iota Delta and friends. Director Aaron Joseph said he was glad to see all the hard work pay off. “I’m so excited right now,” Joseph said. “It’s just been a blessing to see the story that we came up with come to life on stage and win an award for it.” The next show will take place on Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Collins Alumni Auditorium with the Music Category Award on the line. Joseph said he thinks winning the award in the first show helps the team’s chances of maintaining success. “I think this win has given our cast momentum going into tomorrow night’s and the next shows, which is huge,” Joseph said. The Staging Category Award will be given away Saturday at 2:30 p.m. The Sweepstakes Award will be given away that night at the conclusion of 7:30 show. Carousel photo and gallery credit: Erin Turner To see the full gallery, visit Lumination’s Flickr page. Created with Admarket’s...
by Savanna Schubert | Apr 3, 2014 | News Slider
Don’t stop them now. One of the themes for this year’s Singarama show Singarama’s On Fire is “Stop.” Director of the “Stop” cast and Delta Omega member Makenzie Kanyuh is very excited about this show, cast and overall production of Singarama. The show itself is around 20 minutes, but it’s the preparation behind the scenes that really counts. “I pretty much spend every waking moment of my day doing something for Singarama any chance I can get, from calling a place to get a costume to putting the design team together, I’m doing it,” Kanyuh said. A director’s job is never done. Kanyuh explains what a normal day in the life is like for a Singarama director. “I wake up and have a million e-mails from the cast, texting people back about costumes, making sure the script is correct, it’s just a different thing each day,” Kanyuh said. “Six o’clock is usually when everything comes together, and we go over everything. It’s an all day job.” The cast, crew, ETS, design staff, choreographers and director all spend many hours putting together the show. “We have 65 friends with us this year in our cast,” Kanyuh said. “That’s the majority of our cast this year. We love having all of these new people. They work really hard for our group.” Although there are different groups performing and the competition is tough, Kanyuh says that it’s not about the competition, but the friendships that the practice and experience build. Kanyuh’s main goal for this cast is to just have fun and get to know one another. “I have developed some great friendships throughout...
by Aaron Schmelzer | Apr 2, 2014 | News Slider
This year’s Singarama, called “Singarama’s On Fire,” showing April 3-5 in Collins Alumni Auditorium, offers a trifecta of shows with the themes of “Stop,” “Drop” and “Roll.” Members of Phi Sigma, Delta Nu, Delta Tau and Tau Phi, along with friends, will be staging the “Roll” performance. “Roll” director and Phi Sigma member Alex Shumate said that the show is about a boy who purchases a bike with hopes to gain friends. But when the bike is stolen, he must figure out a way to find the bike, which pushes him to learn more about himself. Throughout the show, there are plenty of recognizable songs, primarily from the 80s and 90s. “The hardest part [has been] making it all come together and making it all make sense,” Shumate said. This is also the first time she has directed a Singarama show. “It can be difficult, but I have a lot of people who are really great, and a lot of people [who] are helping me a ton,” Shumate said. Another unique aspect of every Singarama production is the integration of music within the show. Cece Ramsey, the show’s main choreographer, said that though she enjoys the work, it is difficult to manage so many dancers. “It’s always crazy trying to get 80 [people] on stage,” Ramsey said. “You want as many as possible for visual effect and volume.” Ramsey has choreographed the shows in some way since freshman year. In creating the dances for each song, the “Roll” crew collaborated on what music to use, how many dancers are needed for each song and what style of music to...
