What this was is that we had an opportunity to perform music at the voting polls on campus for the students. We signed up in groups and would come during a time slot and preform. I really liked the idea but their were a few things that were difficult to deal with. The first one was the place we were given, we weren't actually given a very good place to set up, in fact we weren't even aloud inside which sucked for all of our instruments. I was frustrated because we weren't really advertising a specific candidate so I didn't see why they couldn't let us in. Next the parking and getting equipment there was difficult, I ended up parking halfway across campus and running with my instrument because I couldn't park in the regular parking due to the basketball game. Seeing both of these made it logistically a nightmare for me. Lastly I didn't think anybody was even listening to us because everybody was either inside or walking by us to go inside. This was a good idea but I think JMU voting needs to do more on their end so we can do more on our end in this. As for what did civic engagement through music and its meaning to me. I think this has a lot of deep planted roots. I heard flutes playing yankee doodle and other people playing we didn't start the fire, I ended up just playing some jazz with a group. I really wasn't sure what to play, I wish in the future I would have a little more time to put this stuff together and plan so we can figure out songs and think about our groups. I think we gave it a good shot but this still needs serious adjusting to next year. I have a single picture from our group playing at this event posted below.
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Brandon RhinehartHere I will post videos of the performances I partake in. Archives
March 2021
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