My Devotion to ViCE: Forever and a Day
ViCE, or Vassar College Entertainment (the “i” is silent), is responsible for putting on events for the student body throughout the school year. Split up into subcategories such as Jazz Night, Student Music, Film League, and Special Events, to name a few, ViCE is budgeted a large sum by the Vassar Student Association (VSA) each year to bring the best acts, speakers, and experiences to campus.
Two of the largest events that ViCE constructs each year, which I always look forward to with bated breath, are the Fall and Spring musical concerts. Proposed primarily by ViCE music, performers in the three years I have attended Vassar have been Of Montreal, Kid Sister, Skizzy Mars, Das Racist, Yeasayer, and Phantogram. This year, however, ViCE outdid themselves and brought my new favorite artist to campus.
The one, the only, SOLANGE KNOWLES.
This was, to my memory, the first concert during my run at Vassar that has sold out. Expectations were high. Would you believe it, though, Solange totally came through.
The Chapel was packed with people, and even though we waited forty five extra minutes, elbow to elbow with sweaty students, the enthusiasm was palpable. By the time Solange exploded onto the stage, rocking the coolest button down/shorts combo to ever exist, everyone went wild. The girl, quite simply, has it. Her stage presence was phenomenal, her dance moves were clutch, and she hit notes with her voice that I didn’t know existed.
The ultimate comment following the concert was one of the following:
- “How about them pipes, though?!”
- “I just wish I could dance like that.”
- “I LOVE HER.”
Solange, thank you.
ViCE, I am forever indebted.
Best Vassar concert experience of my entire time here… LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SPRING!
