Fiddler on the Roof/ANYF

Hey all! Thought I would write a post tonight about my Vandytastic weekend.

On Friday night I went to see Vanderbilt Off Broadway's production of The Fiddler on the Roof. I love this musical (who doesn't?) so I was really excited to see VOB's version of it. The cast was so talented and they really put on a fabulous show. The guy who played Tevye was phenomenal and all of the supporting cast (including two of my friends!) was amazing as well. It's always really cool to go to something like this and see how talented your fellow students are. That's one of the things I love most about college and, specifically, Vanderbilt.

On Saturday night I went to the Asian New Year Festival, which is an annual cultural celebration put on by the Asian American Student Association (for more about this club, click here) to celebrate the new year. This year is the Year of the Rat so there were lots of gummy rats scattered around on the tables--haha. Anyway, the evening started with an optional dinner of Asian food and was then followed by a ton of performances including a Korean fan dance, a Chinese yo-yo act, and a hip-hop routine that combined Asian and American pop songs. And that's only a small sampling of the night. If you'd like to see a slide show of ANYF, click here to go to InsideVandy.com and check out a presentation that my friend Ben put together. Overall ANYF was REALLY well done and it was awesome to watch my friends who participated in the dances and performances. And it was just a cool celebration of Asian culture!

By the way, are any prospectives out there interested in studio arts? I'm asking because I spent a couple of hours last night at Vandy's Studio Arts Center throwing pots with my friends Eric and Tom. I'd never been to our Studio Arts Center before but it was really cool! There was a lot of showcased student art and the building itself is just fantastic. I didn't know we had such great resources for Art majors.

Well that's all I've got for now. I'll try to write another post later this week! Hope everyone had a great weekend!