Tonight, Richardson Auditorium will be flooded — students, faculty, community members, guitars, voices and drums will fill the grandiose performance space. Singing professors will share the stage with students from your chemistry course who apparently double as folk dancers. It's sure to be a virtual Princeton tapas platter.
The second annual "This Is Princeton" fundraiser for Community House, presented by the Student Groups Project Board of the Undergraduate Student Government, will showcase the diverse and wide-ranging talents of Princeton University students, faculty and staff members. Poetry, rap, dance, comedy and a cappella will blend into each other during this Princeton fest.
"What distinguishes this from every other event," said Projects Board Co-Chair Daphra Holder '07, "is we're really incorporating everyone from the Princeton community."
Holder emphasized the widespread appeal and participation in the show.
"This is a very collective response," she said. "It's the whole university, really, from staff to students to professors."
In a recent press release, Co-Chair of the Projects Board Jen Albinson '05 echoed Holder's sentiments.
" 'This Is Princeton' is a truly unique and special event because it showcases both the depth and the breadth of talent at Princeton University. We hope to have a sold-out house this year," she said.
The show will include a poetry reading by Pulitzer Prizewinning professor C.K. Williams, a jazz performance by University alumni, a photography slideshow by Professor Emmet Gowin, a reading by Grammy-nominated Professor Sean Wilentz and dance performances by groups such as Naacho, Sympoh Urban Arts Crew and Princeton Capoeira.
In comparison with other shows, "This Is Princeton" more fully encompasses the local community and the University, according to Andrew Bruck '05, a former Projects Board member who has managed the publicity for this year's show.
The Projects Board members aim "to show people there's so much more to someone's identity than what meets the eye," said Co-Chair Lide Paterno '06.
Thomas Dunne, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Students, has been heavily involved in planning "This Is Princeton." In an email, Dunne discussed the conception of the show, a collaborative effort between himself, Albinson and former Co-Chair of the Projects Board Rishi Jaitly '04.
"Rishi, Jen and I decided that we should create an event for members of the Princeton community who have not been able to attend programs like Tiger Night. Also, in reflecting our hopes of a broader audience, we decided to include the broadest representation of the Princeton community, and we included performers representing Princeton faculty, staff, and alumni," Dunne said.
The show also aims to provide a service to the Princeton community. Proceeds will fund scholarships for select students to attend arts programs this summer, Paterno said.
In addition, 50 tickets have been set aside so that students from the community can attend the show.
"We think this type of contribution reinforces the core values of 'This Is Princeton,' " Dunne wrote.
"We're excited, if you can't tell," Paterno said. "I don't know what I'm going to do when it's over. Get ready for next year, I guess."
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