Idol winner to rock Bardavon Opera House
David Mielach
Issue date: 2/19/09 Section: News
Marist College will be getting a taste of Hollywood as the Student Programming Council announced an exclusive concert featuring last season's American Idol winner David Cook coming to Poughkeepsie. The concert is set to take place on March 10th at The Bardavon 1869 Opera House in Poughkeepsie.
The concert was announced in an e-mail to the Marist College Community from Vice President of Student Affairs, Deborah Dicaprio. This concert marks the second major performance of the year at Marist following the fall show where Lupe Fiasco came to the college.
Cook, who won the seventh season of American Idol, has gained much success with his self-tilted album. Cook's "Declaration Tour" is scheduled to start on Feb. 19, 2009 in Tallahassee, Florida. The concert is scheduled to make stops at other college campuses all over the country before it ends on April 25, 2009 at the University of Tulsa.
"We were able to book David Cook through the National Association for College Activities Conference," said Laura Veltre, campus concerns officer for the Student Programming Committee. "He was looking to do a tour of small college theaters, so we applied to have him come to Marist, and luckily were selected, based on the size of the theaters available, and the size of our campus"
This marks the first ever solo concert for Cook whose album has hit as high as number three on the Billboard Chart. This concert, according to Cook, attempts to follow in the tracks of the many bands which have played college tours in the past. These colleges provide the intimate venue Cook attempts to bring to his tours.
"Being able to make a 16,000-seat arena feel intimate is one of the trickiest things to pull off," Cook says on his website. "If you can get the people in the nosebleed seats to feel as though they're getting the same show as the people sitting front and center, then you're doing something amazing. That's always going to be my goal."
For Marist students the opportunity to experience this intimate concert begins on February 20, 2009 when tickets go on sale starting at 7:00 p.m. at the College Activities Office.
The concert was announced in an e-mail to the Marist College Community from Vice President of Student Affairs, Deborah Dicaprio. This concert marks the second major performance of the year at Marist following the fall show where Lupe Fiasco came to the college.
Cook, who won the seventh season of American Idol, has gained much success with his self-tilted album. Cook's "Declaration Tour" is scheduled to start on Feb. 19, 2009 in Tallahassee, Florida. The concert is scheduled to make stops at other college campuses all over the country before it ends on April 25, 2009 at the University of Tulsa.
"We were able to book David Cook through the National Association for College Activities Conference," said Laura Veltre, campus concerns officer for the Student Programming Committee. "He was looking to do a tour of small college theaters, so we applied to have him come to Marist, and luckily were selected, based on the size of the theaters available, and the size of our campus"
This marks the first ever solo concert for Cook whose album has hit as high as number three on the Billboard Chart. This concert, according to Cook, attempts to follow in the tracks of the many bands which have played college tours in the past. These colleges provide the intimate venue Cook attempts to bring to his tours.
"Being able to make a 16,000-seat arena feel intimate is one of the trickiest things to pull off," Cook says on his website. "If you can get the people in the nosebleed seats to feel as though they're getting the same show as the people sitting front and center, then you're doing something amazing. That's always going to be my goal."
For Marist students the opportunity to experience this intimate concert begins on February 20, 2009 when tickets go on sale starting at 7:00 p.m. at the College Activities Office.
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