The Final Showcase... We'll call it #6

MC - Ronnie Jordan - He was this really big loveable black comedian. His jokes were definitely for the college crowd, I found him funny but not halarious, more mediocore I guess. "When you walk a lot your legs rub together and you get the chafe", word. He made a lot of Ruben Jokes, and as someone who has never watched American Idol, I couldn't really follow what he was referencing, but it was funny enough without knowing. NACA Price - 1,500

Onsite Selection - Okay, so I really wanted 7K to preform, but you can't always get what you want... I guess (7K still rocks, especially for taking lots of pictures with us, congratulating us on our award, andddddd for our Starbucks breakfasti (yeah, it's a word, according to me)) But Article 19 won the onsite selection, so they performed instead. They were really fun & wicked energetic, I think they were local to Hartford (?), They played all original songs and you could definitely just rock out with them without knowing the songs. They had a very Maroon-5 Sound (which I'm probably going to say about a lot of them, because I'm terrible at describing music) Also, their guitarist had the. sexiest. arms. ever. Just ask Katie ;) She'll agree. NACA Price - ?

Girl Comedian - Bernadette Pauley - Okay, so I have this thing about really not liking female comedians, regardless of how funny they are, so maybe you should YouTube this one to get a better description, if you feel like it. She started off with a creepy "cookie" joke, which, I didn't want to hear about (not the kind you eat or put in a jar, more like a sexual reference). I feel like her voice annoyed me and her jokes were mostly dumb, something about Sarah Palin, being Irish and bad TV. "All the guys want me - Ya, They also get turned on by donuts." And, Okay the Bathroom Signs were funny.. the first time, the second time, and even the 3rd time, but I swear she was the 6th comedian to make a joke about the enormous bathroom signs, and it was getting old, and her's weren't as good as everyone elses (to her (and their) credit, they didn't know everyone else was making the jokes about the bathroom signs too). NACA Price - $1000

Music - Curtis Peoples - They said it was "coffeeshoppe arena rock" and I have noooooooo idea what that means, do you? But basically, it was pop... I'd give them like a Jason Mraz meets U2 maybe? They had a guitar, drums and a bass. They did a cover of Last Dance with Mary-Jane. Check out their video "All I Want" on FB/YT, their record debuted this year, so props to them. Then they won me over with the simple question "who out there likes 80's rock?!" I rushed to the stage with Katie and Casey for some nice covers of 'Maniac' and 'Don't Stop Believing,' can't go wrong with those. NACA Price - $950

Music - Jer Coon - It was a typical 5-man-band but they sounded fun, different... very Pop-y and Upbeat Sounds like the All-American Rejects meets Maroon-5 (maybe?) Their songs play in Hollister (YT - 'Legs' to hear what they sound like). I really loved this band and I'm not sure why. Casey snagged one of their shirts, which was siiick. Idk, check them out! definitely worth the NACA Price - $900

Magician - Jay Mattioli - This guy meant business. He was on America's Got Talent, and was honestly one of those Magicians where you sit there and are like "WTF did he just do?!!?!?!?" He came out and said he "was here to Magish" which I thought was funny. Instead of doing magic tricks and telling you what he was doing, he had a finese to him, where he performed with 'BoomBoomPow' and 'Let It Rock' playing in the background, with some other songs too, which made it much more exciting to watch. He made a girl disappear, He made himself disappear, he made some girl float, and did some other trickys. 1 thing is for sure: this guy is legit... and his price shows it! NACA Price - $2,500

Music - Black Violin - They reminded me a lot of Bad News Brown (I think that was his name, he played last year, and did the same thing they do on hermonica) They played along to hip-hop songs on Violins. I'm not gonna lie, these guys were great... really great, I just don't really see this as something that would go over well with the BSC community, especially at the NACA Price of - $5,000 (w/o NACA Price they are $7,500!)

The Nighttime "Closing Night Special Event Showcase" - GrooveBoston - These guys were AWESOME. Now I'm usually not much of a dancer, but they made the environemnt so much fun (and I heard that they usually bring more props, screens and fun stuff like that when they come) . I think what really sold me on them was the fact that they played music that anyone could dance to, even the geeky white boys (ehmmmm DAYNE MY MAN, Meg and I danced with him for a bit) (see Fb for pictures of Dayne, loved him, he was awesome) instead of just playing crazy hip-hop. I feel like this would be a great end-of-the-year event, possibly for 'Here Comes The Sun' Yikes! NACA Price - $7,5000?

- Rachel
See you all tomorrow!