Students to “get their country on” at the bay

Jennifer Sans/ Contributing Writer 

Cowboy boots will not only help warm your feet during the few cold days this March. Keep them on for the Student Programming Council’s Country Throw Down.

Tomorrow, March 7 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., SPC will be holding their Country Throw Down in Panther Square at Biscayne Bay Campus. Students at the Throw Down can listen to country music  and learn to square dance.

Vice President of the SPC, Cristina Miralles, said she wanted to coordinate this particular event because she really likes country music. She also said that there were other students who thought doing this event would be a good idea because they also like country music.

A DJ, from the Roundup Nightclub in Davie, Florida, will be teaching participants how to square dance to different country songs. All students passing through Panther Square are welcome to participate in the event.

“The purpose of this event is to reach an audience of students we haven’t reached before,” said Kaytien Franco, public relations assistant at Campus Life. “Any students that like country music and haven’t seen an event at BBC targeting the genre will now get the chance to be a part of it.”

To many students, country music is not their first choice of music, but there seems to be a body of students at BBC who think the country theme is a great idea for the event.

“I think it would definitely be a fun event to participate in. The square dancing sounds like a lot of fun and I love country music,” said Natasha Perez, senior English major. “I’ve been to the Roundup Nightclub before and the DJ plays country music along with other styles of music. They also teach line-dancing there.”

Jazmin Felix, a freshman majoring in nursing and English, said she loves country music and she actually listens to it a lot.

“I think this is going to be such a fun event,” said Felix. “I once tried square dancing in high school and it’s a lot of fun. Most people are surprised that I like country music so much. I can sing songs word for word by country music artists Chris Young and James Otto!”

This will be the first country themed event to be held at BBC.