Free Drinks, New Ideas, and Beautiful Beats: The Infinity Quad Has It All

The Infinity Quad was a ghost town at the start of the inaugural Imagine RIT Festival. Then RIT musical group Surround Sound hit the stage and drew a large crowd with its smooth beats and melodic harmonies. A mix of contemporary and classic-barbershop music delighted on-lookers young and old. All grooved to the beat that was happening on stage.

“This show is the first thing I’ve seen all day,” one said. “It’s set the pace for the entire day…what a great way to spend a Saturday!” A group nearby added, “We are new to the area and wanted to see what was going on at RIT…we are impressed.”

Surround Sound performed for 30 minutes and ended their set, in perhaps ever-classic RIT style, with their Star Wars mix (combining movie quotes such as “Luke, I am you father” with Wookie noises and musical themes from the film). Overall, the concert was enjoyable and showcased creative ideas from a successful group.

The band’s eight members include: Craig Martek, Mark Oswald, Henry Zendano, Ethan Borger, Bryce Cooney, Phil Hays, Kodi Taylor and Alex Karantza.

The Infinity Quad Stage is set to host concerts and speeches all day:

10-10:30, Surround Sound
10:30-11, Brick City Singers
11:15-11:45, 8 Beat Measure
12-1:00, RIT Jazz Combo
2-2:30, Em Dash
3-4:00, Foreign Language Poetry

Nearby, the RIT based club Students for Cambodian Schools presented a block-building exhibit to raise money that will be donated to help build an elementary school in rural Cambodia.

Participants were asked to build a model of what they feel the school should look like and then offer a donation of any size. The clubs hope to raise $13,000 in accordance with a program they are affiliated with, The Rural School Project, though will donations be matched by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. If the club’s goal is achieved, it will have helped build a school, provide a teacher and dig a well to aid in the development of the Cambodian people.

Learn more about Students For Cambodian Schools by going to www.rit.edu/sg/cambodianschools/. Visit www.cambodiaschools.com to donate directly to the Rural Schools Project.

FREE lemonade is being offered in front of the library courtesy of JAVA Walley’s.

Don’t forget to check out “The SpiRIT Molecule: A Philosophical Analysis of Creativity and Innovation.” Created through the collaborative efforts of RIT students and faculty, this conceptual sculpture “expresses subjective accounts of creativity and innovation” and consists of four megaphones offering ideas for and accounts of innovation playing simultaneously. Connected to the megaphones is a video preview of a “CUE,” “Preview,” and “On Air” image.

Photo credit: Matthew Woyak

Photo credit: Matthew Woyak