On Friday, May 15, Students Together: Outdoor Recreations & Programs at Seattle Pacific University hosted their annual music event Shapadooah. The on-campus Ross Lot held students and visitors for a night of music, club booths and catered food.

Sodexo, the food service and facilities management company associated with Gwinn Commons on campus, catered the event, providing hot dogs, nachos and various desserts.

Several clubs put up booths with attractions for students. Clubs such as Lingua were featured providing attendees with tote bags to decorate along with portrait making. Games were provided as well, including KSPU’s giant jenga.

Quinn Ryan, a third year majoring in psychology, is known on campus and beyond as DJ Quinn. He opened for Junior Varsity at Shapadooah, playing a mixture of well-known pop and some personal favorites.

“I was going for a hyperpop, recognizable vibe. But, I also added a lot of stuff people wouldn’t know, like some electronics that just came out. When it comes to DJing, my philosophy is playing what people want, but also playing what people haven’t heard, and what they can’t hear anywhere else,” Ryan said.

Junior Varsity consists of singer/songwriter duo Brooke Lindsey Danaher and Greg Varterisian, guitarist Dwight Pendleton and producer Zach Michel. The group performed some of their own hits, but were set apart in the looseness of their set, frequently talking to the audience and taking song requests.

“[I hope students left feeling] optimistic and encouraged to take more freedom and liberties in life, because we took a lot of liberties in that set,” Varterisian said.

Lizzy Butler, a fourth year SPU student and frontwoman of the band Clover, booked the group with Danaher’s vocals in mind.

“[Butler] really wanted to put on female vocalists and she wanted to book a band with a female singer. We didn’t know if I could be here, but I’m here. She loves us and we love her,” Danaher said.

Producer Zach Michel reminisced on his history of making music, and offered advice to music students at SPU and in the greater Seattle area.

“I think if you pursue anything long enough, eventually you will succeed at it,” Michel said.

Danaher emphasized the real stars of Shapadooah: the popsicles.

“They were large and they really made me feel excited for summer,” Danaher said.