Club Day: Music, costumes, performers set De Anza in motion
Justin Taylor
Issue date: 2/8/10 Section: Features
The sun was shining for Club Day after a rather bleak and rainy week, and almost all of De Anza's 68 clubs were in attendance.
"Even though we didn't have the turn out we expected, we still fulfilled our main goal of spreading club awareness," ICC Chairman Peter Lin said.
The Auto Tech club brought their tricked out red Datsun 510. "The students build it, the students race it," was their mantra. "This program has more money than the entire ICC combined," said Lin. "They bring out a different car every year."
Other displays involved a gurney laid out by the Nursing Association with a life-sized mannequin lying in it. The Anime club came with their bucket-headed mascot, in makeshift medieval garments and a fake sword.
Eight out of the nine clubs scheduled performed. Lin notes that while the attendance for this year's club day was lacking, the variety and execution of the performances more than made up for it.
"In terms of performance, it was one of the greatest club days we've ever had," said Lin. "Every one of them was well thought out and well prepared."
The performances began with the Disabled Students United club singing old-time, original acoustic rock songs from the 70s.
The Asian Pacific American Students for Leadership had one of their own members hold up the mic. He also provided amusing commentary as one of APASL's female members took the stage and sung her own acoustic piece.
The 4 Elements hip hop club was next to perform, drawing possibly the largest crowd as their troupe of break dancers busted moves to a variety of high-energy hip hop beats and cheering.
Following the break dancers were the board breakers. The Tae Kwon Do club gave the same performance as they did last year.
The crowd watching the performances was not without its dissenters. Several students in attendance took to jeering and calling out expletives as clubs attempted their performances.
There were four new clubs being showcased this quarter: The newly formed Badminton club, The Fellowship Overseas club, The AZN Obsessions club, and the Anthropology club.
Kim Urenda, 27, forensic anthropology major and founder of De Anza's first ever Anthropology Club, was very excited to participate in club day.
"There was a lot of interest," said Urenda. She described Club Day as a "cool opportunity to meet lots of people."
"Even though we didn't have the turn out we expected, we still fulfilled our main goal of spreading club awareness," ICC Chairman Peter Lin said.
The Auto Tech club brought their tricked out red Datsun 510. "The students build it, the students race it," was their mantra. "This program has more money than the entire ICC combined," said Lin. "They bring out a different car every year."
Other displays involved a gurney laid out by the Nursing Association with a life-sized mannequin lying in it. The Anime club came with their bucket-headed mascot, in makeshift medieval garments and a fake sword.
Eight out of the nine clubs scheduled performed. Lin notes that while the attendance for this year's club day was lacking, the variety and execution of the performances more than made up for it.
"In terms of performance, it was one of the greatest club days we've ever had," said Lin. "Every one of them was well thought out and well prepared."
The performances began with the Disabled Students United club singing old-time, original acoustic rock songs from the 70s.
The Asian Pacific American Students for Leadership had one of their own members hold up the mic. He also provided amusing commentary as one of APASL's female members took the stage and sung her own acoustic piece.
The 4 Elements hip hop club was next to perform, drawing possibly the largest crowd as their troupe of break dancers busted moves to a variety of high-energy hip hop beats and cheering.
Following the break dancers were the board breakers. The Tae Kwon Do club gave the same performance as they did last year.
The crowd watching the performances was not without its dissenters. Several students in attendance took to jeering and calling out expletives as clubs attempted their performances.
There were four new clubs being showcased this quarter: The newly formed Badminton club, The Fellowship Overseas club, The AZN Obsessions club, and the Anthropology club.
Kim Urenda, 27, forensic anthropology major and founder of De Anza's first ever Anthropology Club, was very excited to participate in club day.
"There was a lot of interest," said Urenda. She described Club Day as a "cool opportunity to meet lots of people."
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