Written by Aaron T Hanson
The line was surprisingly long. The people were excited. When the doors finally opened, the people screamed. Having their ticket scanned, they went into the Administration Auditorium to wait. The Owl City concert was about to begin.
Owl City, along with Lynhurst, came to Harding to perform in concert last Monday at 8 pm.
“I couldn’t believe it when I heard Owl City was coming to Harding,” freshman Ashlee Lichtblau said. “I wanted to scream.”
Lynhurst, a three-person band from Minneapolis, Minn. opened up the concert. They did their best get the crowd ready for Owl City.
“They told us not to swear on stage,” the lead guitarist for Lynhurst said. “But to properly tell you guys how excited I am to be here, I would have to.”
Lynhurst showed Harding their music making ability, and did their best to entertain the audience.
“The first band was okay,” Lichtblau said. “But when I heard they were from Minnesota, which is where I’m from, I got really excited.”
When Owl City took the stage, people flocked down to the stage to get as close as they possibly could. Friends lost track of their other friends as everyone scrambled to get as close to the stage as possible.
“It wasn’t much of a ‘mosh pit’ at the concert,” freshman Skyler Hodge said. “I thought we were supposed to only sit. When they allowed us to go down to the stage, I was very surprised.”
The lights flashed onto the stage, and the band members walked onto stage, the whole auditorium was overtaken by applause and screaming. They played their first song. People began to jump up and down, and some people even had the guts to crowd surf. The security people did not stop them from having fun.
“Overall the concert was just okay,” Hodge said. “I’ve been to far better concerts, but this was very good concerning that it was at Harding.”
Checking into the concert welcomed a new process. Instead of just handing in a normal ticket, people bought the ticket over the internet, athttp://hardingtickets.universitytickets.com/,then printed off their ticket, which then the people at the door of the concert scanned and let them in.
“This new process seemed to work fine,” Hodge said. “I mean, I saw some people whose ticket was wrinkled up and the scanner couldn’t read it. That was the only problem I saw.”
At the very end of the concert, Lynhurst made an appearance outside the auditorium, selling their shirts. People could freely go up to them and either show their gratuity or buy a band t-shirt.
