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• music <br /> a <br /> Area accents <br /> w� UNC's ConvergeNC Southern music festival <br /> ° focuses on more than roots <br /> BY CORBIE HILL <br /> g <br /> ,° scvOCrr` <br /> is a cold day in late March,but hardworking area stalwart and UNC alumnus <br /> jp,ZZLI1yG ' two-dozen University of North Kaze,ConvergeNC casts a purposefully wide <br /> net. <br /> Carolina-Chapel Hill under rads <br /> B--&—m F Y y ,rc�•,, �d 1?ESRZE " P g "It's not meant to be a comprehensive <br /> c srcn e,�n r r A �y y °ro HANG OUT answer,"Rodenbough admits,"but it is one <br /> C�G Ju' iN tatcrrr cLUa$ are gathering excitedly at the Bell g <br /> tmg.u.cerm��-az�uci, ,rna�Yaw,a�,,,n.0 -03 °- shot that we're throwing out there this year- <br /> 4aDr,!nacys. MN ... axaznv Tower Amphitheater,a humble „ <br /> JAUS[ �aous and we're hoping to start a convcrsauon. <br /> 11�ri13—ZI} C � slope of winter-dry grass that For Chess,the initial idea had little to do <br /> funnels toward Kenan Stadium's with Southern identity.The goal was simply <br /> BUY TODAY! 4 c main entrance. to bring more live music to the UNC campus <br /> and strengthen the intersection between the <br /> TICKETS 5 s� Some wear absurdly summer-ready student population and the greater Triangle <br /> outfits—khaki shorts,scuba goggles,big music community.But a theme allowed <br /> pLlcf r sunglasses.Others ride skateboards,toss the pair to give ConvergeNC focus while <br /> PPORi�fi r�NCS Frisbees or simply sprint.One even cavorts balancing student music with that of the <br /> by in a full lion costume. community around the school.The plan is <br /> u 3'I A>1�LD[ s They've gathered for the promotional based on a blueprint from when Bill Ferris, <br /> video shoot for ConvergeNC,a new one-day the associate director of the Center for the <br /> Southern music fest scheduled for this very Study of the American South,tried to start a <br /> field on Saturday,April 6.Organizers Gabe much larger festival. <br /> Chess and Libby Rodenbough stand at the "It was going to be more blues,I think, <br /> top of the unlikely venue,wedged between based on his interest,"says Chess.It never <br /> the football stadium and the futuristic happened,as it was too big for the college <br /> Genome Science Building.With excited to take on.They used that model as a <br /> sweeps of the hand,they indicate where the springboard,even if their chosen musicians <br /> L stage,band tent and food trucks will sit.They are easier to tie together geographically than <br /> are pleased with their classmates'energy. traditionally or historically. <br /> "We're going to present to you one possible "I don't think we want to come to <br /> answer to the question,`What is Southern our audience here—our UNC and <br /> music?"'says Rodenbough.While headlining Triangle audience—as an authority,"says <br /> string band Mipso,a band of Tar Heel <br /> ` f students in which she plays fiddle,may be a <br /> . , ... <br /> stylistic shoe-in,the lineup comes populated Libby Rodenbough and Gabe Chess explore definitions of Southern music <br /> with curveballs.From Some Army's with a new festival at UNC. <br /> inward psychedelic rock and the hip-hop of <br /> PHOTO COURTESY OF CONVERGENC <br /> Id Y T <br /> presented by <br /> ^rx �' �' a - s i� T 'e —.�• .x� <br /> _.. 77 Z <br /> � * Aa <br /> Mi pin as O,r <br /> Tickets On Sale Now <br /> ® 919-956-BULL • -CoM r <br /> 42 1 INw coi <br />