Cobra Starship performs at annual Bigelow Bash

Bigelow Bash is supposed to be a break from Pitt’s upcoming finals, so when students flocked… Bigelow Bash is supposed to be a break from Pitt’s upcoming finals, so when students flocked to see Cobra Starship, all they wanted to do was dance.

In the middle of their set, the band asked the crowd if they wanted a slow song or a fast song, and the audience members threw up their arms in favor of speed.

Pitt Program Council’s three-hour event brought hundreds of people to the streets Sunday afternoon. The crowd sang along, danced and cheered as the band performed, following openers Twenty One Pilots and Pitt student band Too Young at the annual Bigelow Bash.

Samantha Bycura, Pitt Program Council’s special events director, said the Bash is the last big party-like event for students before the onset of finals week. She said it also served as a way for students to forget about the bomb threats for a little while.

“After the past couple of months, we needed the morale of the campus brought up,” junior Bycura said. “[The] crowd was awesome. The furthest thing from their minds were the bomb threats.”

Other students echoed Bycura’s response.

Sophomore Samantha Jones, a chemistry major, said the event was a chance to escape from not only thoughts of bomb threats, but also looming finals.

“With everything going on on campus, it’s a good break,” Jones said. “It’s the last chance to have fun before finals.”

Jones said she was studying in her apartment when a friend showed up at her door and invited her to the concert.

That friend was Brianna Lutheran, a sophomore public relations and communications major at Pitt-Bradford who cited “Kiss My Sass” as her favorite Cobra Starship song.

This was Lutheran’s second time seeing Cobra Starship, and although she enjoyed the show, she said she would have preferred it to take place in the evening.

“It’s weird during the day. The atmosphere is different,” Lutheran said. “It could be better at night.”

Unlike Lutheran, junior Ian Smith didn’t know much of Cobra Starship’s music, but he decided to come out to the show anyway. After hearing the band, he said that he will probably listen to more of their music.

Smith, a chemical engineering major, said he expected more students to show up, but the band had a good stage presence despite the event taking place in the middle of the day.

“I’d rather be at a club on a Friday night, but this is cool,” Smith said about hearing the bands. “You can tell they work the crowd.”

Vice Provost and Dean of Students Kathy Humphrey stood at the side of the stage listening to the music. She said that the event showed that students are “carrying on” in light of the recent string of bomb threats.

“Students look like they are having a good time,” Humphrey said. “And that’s what’s important to me.”