In ONLY 14 days (that's just 2 weeks), I'll be back on campus at my alma-mater at an extra special homecoming as Lebanon Valley College continues celebrating its 150th birthday. In honor of that countdown, here's memory #14: that time that Toad the Wet Sprocket came to campus.
I love me some Toad. Almost every song of theirs released prior to that date on this (dirty) shirt from April of 1995 reminds me of some different aspect of my college living.
Which is why I was so excited when Jenn D had a few of us students in her office and she said that student council had some money and was thinking of bringing a band to campus. I offered up Toad and they were in the right price range ... and soon enough they were booked!
I got to go pick up the band (except the lead singer) at the Lebanon Quality Inn in my little two door Ford Escort (only the best!) ... and they repaid me by signing my cassette (and getting the lead singer to do so as well from the tour bus parked outside the gym). The show itself was amazing ... although we did have extra student volunteers who lined up in front of the stage for the first song until Toad asked us to disperse because it felt like they were playing in a prison.
What a way to cap off (the majority of) my college career!
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