Woodstock success raises £2,500

June 30, 2009
Adrian Choa and Ben Gascoyne

Last Saturday Vanbrugh Paradise was host to RAG’s annual Woodstock event.

The open-air music festival showcased the depth of the musical talent on campus across three separate stages from midday to midnight. Spectators were treated to 230 acts ranging from the ‘York Hornets’ cheerleading squad to Arctic Fury, York’s pioneering metal band.

York musicians such as Dreamz Murphy and Magnapow also played alongside acts such as York Samba Band.

This year RAG have made an estimated £2,500 profit, a marked rise from last year’s £85. This money will go to six different beneficiaries: three local charities, one national and one international.

This year’s ‘York’s Got Talent’ competition ended during Woodstock, with victory going to a dancing tribute act from Derwent, NSINK.

The group, chosen to represent Derwent College in the final at an earlier event, faced competition from fellow competing acts such as a duet from Vanbrugh’s Chris Shultz and Amelia Hogg, and Goodricke’s Bon Jovi tribute Sean Ahlstrom. They emerged successful as onlookers voted with donations to their collection bucket to give them the honour of winning.

The event was a culmination of smaller competitions to decide the entrants for each college, held in bars across campus in the weeks running up to Woodstock. While performances at the earlier events had been more varied, the acts on the day were mostly acoustic guitar playing singers, and karaoke acts.

While the heat to decide the winner of the contest was held shortly after the start of Woodstock, the winners played on the main stage later on in the day as the prize for raising the most money, despite not having enough material to fill the twenty minute long slot.

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