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here's the scope on the other days at NACA:

Monday Ed. Session 1 - 8:50-9:50

So the Ed. Session I went to was called "The Seven-Day Work Week Club - Keys to Success, Survival and Scheduling for Weekend Programmers" now that's a mouth full. I was really looking forward to the session and it really let me down.. The lady said about 3 words to us, broke us up into groups, and we talked amongst ourselves about the programs we put on & our budget and kind of traded ideas.. but I was in a group with schools who had a budget of $385K and MORE andddddd they were wet campuses and they were like "ya we have bar nights" and I was like "ya we have Wii nights" but, I still think our weekends rock so, whatevs crazy people.

Next upppppp

Club Showcase 1 - 10:00-Noon

So the Emcee was Na'im Lynn, and he was pretty decent; he's been on a few TV shows, but I don't really think there was anything too stand out about him.. just another comedian.

The Andrew Ripp band played after, and I really liked them. It reminded me of being outside and peaceful.. They played Kazoos which I think was the greatest thing ever. They had a song that was called "Savior" that they said was about beauty, and I think everyone should give it a listen on YouTube or something.

Ernie Halter and James Reunion were both musicans/bands. Ernie played a cover of Baby Bash's "Cyclone" it was pretty interesting. I think James was the one that did Pants on the ground.. which was the first time I ever heard it.

Kalai was this crazy man and boy did he have some pipes! He just went straight up crazy wailing out on everything. Definitely eclectic.

Sabrina Jalees was a comedian, and I wasn't really in love with her.. she told some funny stories about her dad and how he always embarrassed her cause he was pakastani and he would blast the bollywood music when he'd pick her up from school.

Stacy Clarke... eh. singer/songwriter, and eh.

Then it was time for the good ol Box Lunch & of course a Starbucks break for me! The lunch was a crazy wrap, orange, crackers, cheese, chips, cookie, maybe other things? I feel like they realllly packed that bad boy up. Venti Caramel Macchiato with Soy upside-down for me!

Mainstage Showcase 1:30-3:30

KT Tatara was the Emcee.. he was funny, but he kept doing this wickeeeeed creepy smile in between every punch line. Like really, that thing freaked me out. I also suggest YouTube-ing this one.

The Arkanes was this sweet band from the United Kingdom.. their sound was definitely a little different.. and from the audience I swear they all had the same hair cut. But they were all cute, and had nice accents.. even though it disappears when you sing, which is the strangest thing. They said they traveled three-thousand and a half miles, and we debated if they meant 3,500 or 3000.5 miles.. what do you think?

Baby Wants Candy was the performance I was reallllly looking forward to. They were AMAZING. They do this Improve Comedy-Musical. Someone from the audience shouted out Sarah Palin so they did a whole one on her and one of the guys was a polar bear the whole time and it was just so great.

Then GRO (Green River Ordinance) came on, hopefully you all caught them at Springfest last year, if not, then you should work on it, cause they were great. And are from Texas, so they also had cute accents. They got the whole audience singing "Goodbye LA" which was about their van breaking down in LA. I liked them.

Natasha Leggero came on after, Comedian, and I can't remember anything fantastic about her. Scratch Track was on next, they were a reggae/rap group with a little Jason Mraz pumped into them..

Then, the Finale! David Garibaldi! He was FANTASTIC. I'm pretty sure he's been on Ellen before, and I'm pretty sure he is coming to Bridgewater. He does these crazy paintings in like 5 minutes all well dancing and he really makes a show out of it. He did Michael Jackson and then Albert Einstein... and he did the whole painting upside down!

Ed. Session 2 - 3:30-4:30

I went to "Utilizing Campus Athletic Events to Program and Build School Spirit on Your Campus" It was suchhh a great Ed Session. I came up with like a million great ideas, and I'm going to try to put together a "spirit team" (with a different name than that, obviously) with hopefully, SGA, RHA, and PC. I'm in the middle of working on a proposal now.. so hopefully this will all go well and we can increase our school spirit :)

Sampler Showcase - 4:40-5:40

We got lost on the way to this one, but pretty much it was all these crazy random weirdo's (kinda) and Steve Moakler <3<3<3 superskinny. Also, there was this hilarious comedian Phil Hanley. He was very very very dry, but so good. We went to CAMP and Meg and I got tons of good stuff at this one, then we went to meet up with Kyle Dooley, Ana Takahana, Mohamed and Erin Roberts at this place called Cactus, which was wicked good mexican food... I got AVOCADO FRIES. simply amazing. When we got back it was time for another... Mainstage Showcase! 8:20-10:50

Emcee was Sonos - an acapella group.. who was at Regionals, not really my thing.

We got there a little late, but Butch Bradly was on, Comedian. SO Funny... then Beast came on.,. and ehhhhh they are from Quebec, kinda strange. So Matt and Kelly and I left to prepare for our Presentation the next day. There was also a Marketplace where I stalked Snookie, but never found her, and was depressed and sad because Cindy Kane and Kyle Dooley and just about everyone else and their mom found her, and not me. Sad, Sad, Sad, Sad, day.