2008 Woodie Awards
Student bands perform in all-day Bruce Jam
Ryan Feuerhelm
Issue date: 11/20/08 Section: ARTS & LIFE
The semiannual Bruce Jam will take place from noon to midnight today in the Bruce Hall lobby.
Different bands from NT and the Denton area will come together to play their music for students, residents and fans until the lights go off in the dorm.
Bruce Jam is in its 21st year on campus.
The music is free to attend and the event gives musicians a chance to let their sound be heard by anyone within earshot.
Fashion design senior and Bruce Hall resident assistant Liz Gonzalez said the program is just a day to hear cool bands play.
"Since we're such a musical dorm, it's nice to have bands playing all day," Gonzalez said. "It's neat to have different forms of music that doesn't have to be like the typical band."
Some of the bands tonight include The Rob Sheehy Experience, Antonio, Zombie Complex, Andy, the Four O'Clock Lab Band. The bands will start playing at the top of each hour.
Anthropology junior Mary Knowlton plays guitar in Zombie Complex, and this will be her band's debut.
"I'm pretty excited because we've only been together since September, and this will be our first official time playing in front of people," Knowlton said. "We're pretty stoked."
Originally known as the Bruce Hall Jam, the concert began in 1988 to honor the hall's 40th anniversary. Anarchy ensued as bands played longer than their allotted times as the night grew late.
The last band only played one song before they were told to end their set, Gonzalez said, but the band played on. The hall director cut off the power to the entire building and called the police. It was sworn that there would never be another Bruce Hall Jam, but 21 years later, the tradition continues.
When the last band finishes their set, the lights are still turned off, but not to the entire building and not by the hall director, Gonzalez said. The lobby now fades to black because of the residents.
Different bands from NT and the Denton area will come together to play their music for students, residents and fans until the lights go off in the dorm.
Bruce Jam is in its 21st year on campus.
The music is free to attend and the event gives musicians a chance to let their sound be heard by anyone within earshot.
Fashion design senior and Bruce Hall resident assistant Liz Gonzalez said the program is just a day to hear cool bands play.
"Since we're such a musical dorm, it's nice to have bands playing all day," Gonzalez said. "It's neat to have different forms of music that doesn't have to be like the typical band."
Some of the bands tonight include The Rob Sheehy Experience, Antonio, Zombie Complex, Andy, the Four O'Clock Lab Band. The bands will start playing at the top of each hour.
Anthropology junior Mary Knowlton plays guitar in Zombie Complex, and this will be her band's debut.
"I'm pretty excited because we've only been together since September, and this will be our first official time playing in front of people," Knowlton said. "We're pretty stoked."
Originally known as the Bruce Hall Jam, the concert began in 1988 to honor the hall's 40th anniversary. Anarchy ensued as bands played longer than their allotted times as the night grew late.
The last band only played one song before they were told to end their set, Gonzalez said, but the band played on. The hall director cut off the power to the entire building and called the police. It was sworn that there would never be another Bruce Hall Jam, but 21 years later, the tradition continues.
When the last band finishes their set, the lights are still turned off, but not to the entire building and not by the hall director, Gonzalez said. The lobby now fades to black because of the residents.
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