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Project Mayhem rolls out rock concert
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Neighbors | Sarah Foor .Before their rock orchestra show, some of the students involved in Project Mayhem showed off their stylish rock and roll outfits and colorfully striped hair. Ready to rock were, from left, Leah Knaus (front), Rachael Bishop, Christian O’Niel, and Maria Joseph (back), Alex Gordon, Lindsay Soltis, and Kyle Bishop.
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Will Eddy had some dramatic staging during his guitar solo in the Jimi Hendrix song “Purple Haze.”
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With a little help from Pittsburgh company Lightwave International, the stage of Project Mayhem was alive with lasers and colored lighting to add flavor to the student’s music.
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Students and young guests to event were permitted to rush the stage, jump around, and play with beach balls during the show. Even when a beach ball hit guitarist David Tambulonis on the head during a wailing solo, he just smiled and kept on playing like a pro.
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Katelyn DeLadurantey (center) joined Project Mayhem for a few songs, hitting some high notes during a rendition of “It’s Raining Men.”
By SARAH FOOR
On March 23, the Boardman Performing Arts Center echoed with wailing guitars, violins and drums that rivaled any rock concert in a giant arena.
That night, the school’s rock orchestra, Project Mayhem, played a two-hour concert that celebrated the varied musical skills of the students at Boardman High School.
Senior David Tamulonis, who played many guitar solos during the show, offered an explanation of the program.
“This is Boardman’s version of a Trans-Siberian Orchestra. We have string instruments and electric string instruments, piano, synthesizers, guitars, and everything for a really big rock band. It’s a lot of fun to be a part of.”
Project Mayhem director Bill Amendol thinks the students enjoy the event because they get to hold the reins.
“Tonight, the directors aren’t going to be on stage at all. The students are stopping and starting each song on their own, running light and sound, and directing the taping of the event. We helped arrange the music and prepare them, but the night is theirs,” Amendol said.
The students of Project Mayhem took the stage March 23 with colored hair and with ripped T-shirts and jeans, and played on a stage with colored lights, lasers, and smoke. Fellow students and young guests were welcome to dance at the base of stage while the orchestra played selections from Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, and Bon Jovi.
Senior Kristi Yazvac played a solo in the show to Billy Joel’s “Piano Man,” and hoped to make her third year in the rock orchestra her best.
“This is my last time here and I’m just trying to make it as great as I possibly can. I’m definitely going to rock it and let it all out,” she said.