Doing face paint, having food trucks, carnivals, Lake Placida races and a concert were some of the ideas that students suggested for this year’s Thank Goodness It’s Spring (TGIS) event.
The student body tweeted suggestions, and the Office of Student Activities (OSA) listened. At the end of this month, the campus will celebrate its 40th annual TGIS event by bringing musical duo OCD: Moosh & Twist to Etown.
The two 20-year-old Philadelphia natives, DeQuincy “Moosh” Coleman McRae and Oliver “Twist” Feighan, are an up-and-coming musical duo.
According to their official website, “After bonding in first grade over the love of music and poetry, Moosh & Twist formed a group shortly after and the rest is history. As independent hip-hop artists, OCD have amassed a devoted fanbase which has resulted in over 100,000 mixtape downloads and over seven million YouTube views, all without a debut album.” Some of their biggest YouTube hits include “Hold It Down,” which reached 1,893,015 views, and “Take Me Back,” which had 1,112,803 views two years ago.
Senior social work major and E-fit Coordinator Ashley Fisher sits on a leadership team for OSA. Fisher also plays a major role in managing the Twitter account for OSA.
“By the end of March, there were close to 300 tweets, retweets and favorites from students requesting a musician or a concert at TGIS,” Fisher said. “A majority of the tweets requesting performers were people asking for OCD Moosh & Twist. The band members themselves tweeted the OSA account saying how awesome, or ‘dope’ as they phrased it, [it would be] if they came to TGIS.”
OCD: Moosh & Twist are currently on their Living Out Loud tour, which is from April 26 to May 23. Stops on their tour include major U.S. cities and their hometown of Philadelphia, Pa. Despite their busy schedule, they will be stopping by to perform at Etown for TGIS on Thursday, April 24. Moosh & Twist have performed for “thousands of fans as headliners as well as opening for acts such as The White Panda, Hoodie Allen, Wale and others,” according to their website.
The college will sell 350 tickets to see OCD: Moosh & Twist in the KAV on the Thursday night of TGIS. “The lights in the KAV will be going and music will be loud — it will be more of a dance party or rave atmosphere. Tickets will be collected at the door, and there will be security at the entrance,” Fisher said.
This year’s TGIS was centered around what the students want. “I can’t give too many of the surprises away, but you can expect a TGIS like you’ve never experienced before. By taking requests and suggestions from the student body, we are trying to get something for everyone to enjoy. All I can say is expect for TGIS to be #Epic,” Fisher said.
