Every year in the spring, Covenant holds a music festival called BakerTree. Students from all over campus come together to play music – whether it be original songs they wrote or songs from well-known artists and bands. Traditionally, it’s been on the chapel lawn with the musicians playing on the chapel steps. This year, it was on the held on the Dottie Brock Lawns with the musicians playing in the breezeway of Brock Hall.

It’s always a great time. It was such an incredibly beautiful day yesterday too… tables and chairs were set out on the lawn for people to sit and listen, and then dinner was moved outside while we continued to enjoy some great music. Covenant even brought in some bouncy castles for students/staff to enjoy.

The Economy of Sound (Asher Payne and Zach Terrell)

In the evening, a concert was hosted featuring the two student bands Left-Handed (Chris Nystrom and co.) and The Economy of Sound (Asher Payne and co.). It was phenomenal. The vast majority of the songs they performed were originals, including the song Ivory Ivory which The Economy of Sound performed at Mountain Affair last year (and won 1st place with). It was a great performance.

I’m heading to Atlanta in a few hours to see OneRepublic! I’m excited… exams are done, papers are done, and I’m pretty much cruising until Thanksgiving break. I’m so ready to be home. It’s going to be amazing.

I went to Knoxville last night for a concert called AFTERdark. It was hosted by Kanakuk Kamps. There was a speaker named Joe White, and Matt Wertz, along with a few other artists, sang and played worship music. It was right on UT campus… in the fraternity park called Fiji Island. It was incredible. I went with Olivia, Jen, and Pelts.. three good friends from school.

There is a group on facebook that talks about what AFTERdark is and what their mission is. Check it out here.

Saturday was an incredible day! I wish I had had time to write about it then or at least yesterday, but this weekend has been busy writing three papers and studying for a test — all of which are due today (as of now, two papers are handed in and the test is done).

Every year in the spring semester, usually the week before finals, Covenant has a music and art festival called Baker Tree. It happened this past Saturday, and it was an incredible day! The stage was set up on the steps of the chapel, and tables and chairs were set up on the chapel lawn. It was sunny and beautiful for the majority of the day. The music started playing around noon. Various Covenant students that had signed up to play took turns playing favorite songs – songs ranging from jazz songs to “Imagine” by John Lennon… to “Come on Ilene” …to “Burn” by Usher (performed by our very own Director of Student Development, Scott Hwang) …and a ton of other awesome songs. It lasted all afternoon and evening. The dining services brought dinner out to the chapel lawn and grilled fresh burgers for us as all 1000 students (give or take :) stood in line. It was just amazing to hang out with students and faculty, kick soccer balls around, listen to incredible music, and just take a much-needed break from studying.

Brendan James came to perform in the chapel that evening too. He has his first record coming out in June, and no doubt, he’ll be big in the next year or so.