Fall Lawnparties succeeds with Cheat Codes

On a hot and humid Sept. 16, 2018, Undergraduate Student Government hosted fall Lawnparties on Prospect Avenue.

Festivities started around 10 a.m., as students and visitors received their wristbands at 1879 Arch and proceeded to cool off in the Fountain of Freedom. Student groups and friends gathered for photos in front of the Wilson School building.

“It’s a pastel mess but it’s a lot of fun!” said Hye Jee Kim ’21.

Vendors such as Rita’s Italian Ice, Chabad BBQ, Oink and Moo BBQ, and others lined Prospect Avenue with free food and drinks for students.

At 2:30 p.m., the crowd began to assemble at Quadrangle Club for this year’s headliner act, Cheat Codes.

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DJ CTE (Colin Tonge ’21) opened for Cheat Codes.

“I feel that the Lawnparties are an excellent way for students to de-stress and have some fun,” said Theodora Petrovich ’22. “However, I personally found the timing of the event to be strange. If it were to occur on a Friday evening, it would’ve been perfect.”

Also performing were Two Friends at Tiger Inn; Waka Flocka Flame at Colonial Club; NICE at Ivy Club; DJ Cream at Cottage Club; Rozes at Tower Club; Michael Carsley at Cloister Inn; and Shower Thoughts, Spencer Hadley and Band, and Yeenar at Terrace Club.

“Despite being blisteringly hot, it was great to see friends and dress up crazily,” Scott Overbey ’21 added.

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“I like the idea of a private music festival for Princeton students, it’s very unique but could be expanded upon,” said Chris Brisbin, a visiting student from the University of Delaware.

While students enjoyed the day, it took months of preparation to organize and plan the exact details of the event.

Claire Thornton
Audience members and performers at Terrace Club, on Sunday afternoon.

Coordinating this effort was the USG Social Committee and its chair, Liam Glass ’19.

Despite difficulties in finding an available artist during a busy time of year, Glass stated that the committee was very excited for the show.

Turnout at Lawnparties was sizeable, with students going from club to club for performances.

“We expect turnout to be great this semester, last spring’s was too,” Glass said.

Glass added that in the future Lawnparties may see more student performers, depending on what students say in polls. Polls may also be used more heavily in the future to select headliners.

USG has previously surveyed the student body to find musical preferences for headliners that will suit the tastes of a sizable proportion of students.

“I aim to represent the musical tastes of students. The two genres that best matched the student body’s taste were EDM and hip-hop/rap,” Glass explained.

Glass added that the same survey also showed a significant, though lesser, interest in having more alternative rock, country, and pop music on campus, so USG hopes to organize events this semester that will bring a wider variety of music to campus.