2008 Woodie Awards
A Deafening Springfest '06
Katie Jones and Matthew Lee
Issue date: 4/10/06 Section: Entertainment
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This year's SpringFest included comedian Gilbert Gottfried, along with three bands, Up North, Stoke 9, and Sister Hazel. Students, staff, and members of the Clarkson community were there to enjoy the show, hosted by CUB in Cheel Arena.
The concert started as most do, in line. As is common place with a good performance the line waiting to get in to the show was extremely long. The line stretched from Cheel Arena entrance to the back door of Cheel itself. If you did not come at least an hour early to when the doors started opening then you would find yourself at the end of this enormous line. However the good news is that the line moved fairly quickly and all were admitted long before the music began and with enough time to find a good spot to watch.
A crazy Gottfried opened the show by gathering cheers from the crowd, and moved into some impressions. He used masking tape as a visual effect and had some funny impressions of celebrities such as Bill Cosby and Jerry Seinfeld. He made fun of Jews and being Jewish, and he even mentioned that he had a parrot suit in his hotel. (Gottfried played the voice of Iago, the parrot in Disney's Aladdin in 1992). Gottfried also appeared in Problem Child and Problem Child II, and is also the voice of the annoying Aflac duck on Aflac's TV commercials. Recently he has been promoting his DVD, Gilbert Gottfried Dirty Jokes, and he told some of his jokes during his performance. At the end of show, Gottfried came out again and made some obscene gestures at the people in the front row who were more than happy to recieve them and be a part of the show.
Next up was Up North, a band comprised of six very talented Clarkson students. In their own style of rock they proved to get the night off on the right track. The crowd was very enthused and many people began dancing in their places in the crowd. They played three good songs, and one featured a band member playing the electric violin. Unlike many live bands, they were in tune and sounded very good live. They looked like they were having a lot of fun in front of so many people, including many friends and family.
The concert started as most do, in line. As is common place with a good performance the line waiting to get in to the show was extremely long. The line stretched from Cheel Arena entrance to the back door of Cheel itself. If you did not come at least an hour early to when the doors started opening then you would find yourself at the end of this enormous line. However the good news is that the line moved fairly quickly and all were admitted long before the music began and with enough time to find a good spot to watch.
A crazy Gottfried opened the show by gathering cheers from the crowd, and moved into some impressions. He used masking tape as a visual effect and had some funny impressions of celebrities such as Bill Cosby and Jerry Seinfeld. He made fun of Jews and being Jewish, and he even mentioned that he had a parrot suit in his hotel. (Gottfried played the voice of Iago, the parrot in Disney's Aladdin in 1992). Gottfried also appeared in Problem Child and Problem Child II, and is also the voice of the annoying Aflac duck on Aflac's TV commercials. Recently he has been promoting his DVD, Gilbert Gottfried Dirty Jokes, and he told some of his jokes during his performance. At the end of show, Gottfried came out again and made some obscene gestures at the people in the front row who were more than happy to recieve them and be a part of the show.
Next up was Up North, a band comprised of six very talented Clarkson students. In their own style of rock they proved to get the night off on the right track. The crowd was very enthused and many people began dancing in their places in the crowd. They played three good songs, and one featured a band member playing the electric violin. Unlike many live bands, they were in tune and sounded very good live. They looked like they were having a lot of fun in front of so many people, including many friends and family.