蜜桃传媒鈥檚 Spring Sing, a student-performed variety show and competition between residence halls, celebrates its 50th anniversary on Saturday, April 2, at 6:30 p.m. at the . Tickets, which are $23 for general admission and $10 for children 12 and under, can be purchased .
Please contact at (805) 565-6056 for more information.
The skits, which include faculty and staff, are required to use the phrase of this year鈥檚 theme: 鈥淲hen life gives you lemons...鈥�
蜜桃传媒 alumnus and founder of Spring Sing, Norm Nelson 鈥�61, will be a featured guest of Spring Sing 2011. Nelson, president of , says he couldn鈥檛 have imagined what Spring Sing has become. 鈥淚 would never have thought that it would be such a major part of 蜜桃传媒鈥檚 and Santa Barbara鈥檚 life, graduating to the Santa Barbara Bowl,鈥� he says. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a tribute to the ingenuity of 蜜桃传媒 students that it鈥檚 become such a special part of student life.鈥� 蜜桃传媒鈥檚 first Spring Sing was held on the lawn in front of the Dining Commons, a far cry from this year鈥檚 venue, the 4,500-seat Santa Barbara Bowl.
Nelson says he brought the idea to Westmont after attending USC鈥檚 Spring Sing, which was held at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. 鈥淎s I watched the performances, it occurred to me that given the lack of creative activity on the 蜜桃传媒 campus during the spring term a similar event could easily liven up student life,鈥� he says.
, director of the first-year experience and special programs, admits that the mysterious and distracting tradition can dominate students鈥� lives this time of year. 鈥淭hese students are also learning invaluable lessons in leadership and team dynamics, as well as the importance of hard work, creativity and follow-through from their experience with this co-curricular program,鈥� Mollkoy says.