{"id":17107,"date":"2022-04-28T21:05:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T03:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/?p=17107"},"modified":"2022-04-28T21:35:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T03:35:27","slug":"social-clubs-hosts-annual-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/2022\/04\/28\/social-clubs-hosts-annual-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Social club hosts annual concert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Men\u2019s social club Theta hosted \u201cSketa\u201d for their formal in downtown Searcy April 23 at Citizens Park.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sketa was a concert that a Theta band performed at, including formal organizers seniors Caleb Young and Jonah Murray.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Murray said there was a lot of preparations that went into the event.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe chose Sketa to perform because, in fact, we are Sketa,\u201d Murray said. \u201cI am lead vocals and&nbsp; guitar, and Caleb plays the keys and backup vocals.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Murray said he and Young had always wanted to be in a band.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with the excitement of playing in the band, Theta was very excited to be hosting.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSketa is something you hear about year-round,\u201d Theta member sophomore Gabe Mahon said. \u201cIt starts as a quiet whisper that gradually turns into a shout as the event draws closer and closer.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with Sketa playing the event, there were four other bands that were in attendance.&nbsp; \u201cFour bands played at it,\u201d Young said. \u201cTwo were Harding bands. Two were from Memphis.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the bands were Massey Lane, Rivers West, Avon Park and Therealdy. When searching for bands, Young said he tried contacting 20 bands before he found the four that performed Saturday.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe decided who would be performing in a completely unbiased way,\u201d Murray said. \u201cThe four&nbsp; other acts [made] this a great concert for everyone.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Murray and Young prepared for the events for months ahead of time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSketa has been a works in progress for many months,\u201d Mahon said. \u201cIt takes only the best&nbsp; people to plan such an incredible event.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some genres that Theta was looking for in the bands was a mix of rock, folk and rap. Young said rock was a necessity to the concert.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the second year of the event, and the members have said that they want to make it a&nbsp; reoccurring tradition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTheta responds very well to Sketa,\u201d Mahon said. \u201cBeing a relatively new club, we are tasked&nbsp; with not only defining what Theta is, but also incorporating traditions and events for the many&nbsp; years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Men\u2019s social club Theta hosted \u201cSketa\u201d for their formal in downtown Searcy April 23 at Citizens Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15210,"featured_media":17100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17107"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17111,"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17107\/revisions\/17111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}