The AfterDark Variety Show, presented by the student productions committee, kicked off family weekend. The show aims to showcase Baylor’s many talents to new freshmen and their visiting families. Friday night’s show was emceed by First Gentleman Brad Livingstone.
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This week’s schedule includes a whole lot of stage time for our talented Waco and Baylor performers. Join the crowd in supporting them, and take a parent along to show off the Waco scene while you’re at it. It’s Family Weekend, after all!
All around campus, Baylor has wonderful shows to offer. Whether they’re from the theater department or student organizations, each one is distinct, and students should take advantage of the opportunity to go see them.
Worship, messages and praise will all come together Monday night. Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty will be joined by singer/songwriter Matt Wertz and speakers Joe White and Dave Barnes at 8 p.m. Monday in the Ferrell Center with After Dark, locally known as Crossroads. The event is sponsored by Baylor Athletics and Spiritual Life.
Flashy talents like hip-hop dancing, a cappella and ventriloquism at After Dark wowed students and parents on Friday.
Sudent Productions hosted the annual variety show in Waco Hall to a full crowd of families and students as a part of Baylor’s Family Weekend festivities.
“Traditionally, we have two nights of auditions,” Cheryl Mathis, assistant director of Campus Programs, said. “Usually, we have 50 different acts apply and audition.”
It’s not all “song and dance” for Student Productions’ After Dark variety show coming today to Family Weekend.
Cheryl Mathis, assistant director of Campus Programs, said After Dark will feature numerous acts with diversity and originality.
Baylor’s annual variety show, After Dark, will be held tonight in Waco Hall. Artistic talents that have been practiced for weeks will be displayed for all to see.
Out of more than 70 talents who auditioned, there were 13 acts chosen to participate, a difficult decision according to Cheryl Mathis, the assistant director of campus programs.
When the sun sets on Parent’s Weekend, students will rise up and show everyone what they can do.
After Dark, the annual campus variety show gives students the opportunity to display their various talents before and audience and judges.
Auditions begin next week
Trannie Stevens always had her eye on partnering with Uproar Records. Now, she grew up in Waco, and the freshman has watched the student-run record label on Baylor’s campus since its early beginnings a few years ago.
“The Little Rascals” was a film released in 1994 based on a series of early-20th century short films called “Our Gang,” but The Little Rascals are also a gang of musicians at Baylor.
In addition to the traditional events of Parents Weekend, such as Parent-Faculty Coffee and After Dark, Baylor Chamber of Commerce is introducing a new event, Exploring Waco, which is aimed at getting parents out into the Waco community.
Thirteen acts were selected for the After Dark performance, set for Sept. 23. About 60 Baylor students auditioned Tuesday and Wednesday in Waco Hall for Baylor University’s After Dark student variety show.