JESSICA D’NONSENS
Lampoonist
Fredonia a cappella groups get together each year to host AcaFest, which usually happens on a Saturday for two hours. Some Like Hot, the all-female a cappella group that organizes the event, brings in groups from all over the state to sing.
This year, however, plans changed.
The normal two-hour long show was extended to last for five days in Dods Hall Grove. Attendees claimed that there were multiple people with dreadlocks, beer, marijuana and strange white powders in small plastic bags scattered around the field.
Some Like it Hot and other Fredonia a cappella groups, in addition to The Binghamton Crosby’s and Vocal Accent, brought in Miley Cyrus and Fetty Wap to really make things crazy.
“Ever since FREDFest was cancelled, Fredonia has completely lost touch with any sort of school spirit or university pride,” said Kent Pardee-Nuff, the music festival coordinator for Fredonia. “It’s been too long since things at Fredonia got weird like they used to, and the aim for civility is entirely denying a generation of Fredonia students the opportunity to be themselves in a public sphere.”
Reports of overturned cars, a rise in pictures of breasts on Fredonia’s Snapchat account, miscellaneous fires, urination in water fountains and wild animals seen on campus went up last week. A cappella group Much More Chill reportedly brought in 30 “gin buckets” — a special recipe of jungle juice — for sale on campus.
“We usually let other groups handle AcaFest,” said one of the members of Much More Chill who preferred to remain anonymous, “but when we heard they were making it into a music festival, we knew it would be up to us to bring the real party.”
Much More Chill also brought in an unlimited supply of Busch beer.
The damage to the property, however, was not as bad as campus administrators feared it would be. While Fredonia made hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue from vendors and alcohol sales, the campus suffered only about $3,000 in damages, and most of these were centered around the fountain and gazebo near the Williams Center.
The classes of 2013 and 2014 were happy to contribute their part in the vibrant festivities that Fredonia was once known for.