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Students persisted amid raindrops Wednesday evening (April 30) to make final preparations for Wallypalooza, the University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA) music festival held on the HUB-Robeson Center's lawn at University Park.
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Stage crew volunteers tested blue stage lights in front of a backdrop of spring-blooming trees as Wallypalooza's final minutes of preparations ticked toward the 6 p.m. opening stage act.
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Several acts were scheduled to take the stage for Wallypalooza. Headliner Asher Roth was scheduled to follow several acts including Cory Gunz, Scarecrow Collection and the locally based group Forensic Unit.
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Wallypalooza volunteers inside the UPUA refreshment tent inflated several sizes of beach balls for crowds to bat around overhead during the performances.
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Despite light rain, the line for free refreshments at the UPUA tent remained robust prior to the start of the first act.
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The end of the line rewarded patient students who helped themselves to scoops of flavors of Rita's Italian Ice inside insulated beverage containers and soft pretzels.
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Next to an equally lonely giant plastic Twister game slick with rain, an abandoned dunk tank on the HUB lawn held still water and no dunk victim. Rainclouds threatened throughout the evening but generally didn't affect concertgoers until well into the 9 p.m. Wallypalooza headline act, Asher Roth.
Saturday, January 16, 2021
