2017 Virginia Tech Welcome Back Kickoff Concert and Hokie Spirit Rally ft. Ripe
Venue: Commonwealth Ballroom (Squires), Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: DJ C-Jay, Ripe
Date: Friday, September 1, 2017
Time: 6:00 - 9:30 PM
Event Types: Music, Sports, Miscellaneous
Cost: Free

Description:
UPDATE: Due to the weather, the concert and rally have been moved inside to the Commonwealth Ballroom inside the Squires Student Center.

The Virginia Tech Class of 2019 presents the 2017 Welcome Back Kickoff Concert featuring Ripe and Hokie Spirit Rally on Friday, September 1, 2017 inside the Commonwealth Ballroom within Virginia Tech's Squires Student Center.

Start the fall of with the annual Kickoff Concert! Live music will be performed by headliner Ripe along with Noah Kahan and DJ C-Jay.

Ripe is a Funk and Pop band out of Boston, MA that was born as a result of its seven members' uniting over one belief: with enough passion and honesty, music can still make the earth shake. With one eye looking back to the inception of both funk and psychedelic music, and the other looking forward with a modern concept of what makes people move, Ripe seeks both to honor musical history as well as to make it. The perfect fruit is equal parts past and present, and this is the approach of the Ripe sound.

With a strong devotion to consistently creating an unforgettable live experience, Ripe has kept the groove going touring nationally from coast to coast. With a recently released sophomore EP, Hey Hello, and plans to start recording a full-length album in the coming year, Ripe is shifting into overdrive with every intention of taking this to the stratosphere. The Ripe family asks you to get loose, get down, and get ready. The party is just getting started.

Links:

• http://www.ripetheband.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/RipeMusic
• https://www.twitter.com/ripe_love
• https://www.instagram.com/ripelove

DJ C-Jay started as a DJ for events in his hometown of Ridgeway, VA and has expanded his business to work in many places, local and non-local and currently in Blacksburg, VA. From this, he has gotten into recording music, which he has been writing for years. Currently, he is trying to get his name out for DJ'ing and his music heard as well.

Links:

• https://www.facebook.com/DJCJayEntertainment
• https://www.reverbnation.com/cjay276

The Spirit Rally is provided by the Student Alumni Associates and will include many special appearances including the Low Techs to get you ready for fall football season and the West Virginia game!

Admission is free.

The event is sponsored by the Class of 2019 to celebrate their Junior year, Ring Premiere, and celebration of the Ring Tradition at Virginia Tech.

To view the event flyer, visit: http://i.imgur.com/R7Es55N.jpg.

For more information, visit: https://www.facebook.com/vtclassof2019/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/144587109465012 or http://www.calendar.vt.edu/main.php?view=event&eventid=1503701155442.

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