UCA Band Plays Through Power Outage

This past weekend was grandparent weekend at UCA. The culminating event is the Spring Arts Festival. It is a celebration of creativity in voice, art, instrument, and much more.

For part of the program, the UCA band (under the direction of Dean Kravig) performed “Allegro Barbaro”, a difficult number in 2/2 and reaching tempos of 178 beats per minute. In the midst of performing this difficult song, the Spangle area, and UCA, suffered a momentary loss of electrical power. The gymnasium went pitch black but the band kept playing without being able to see their music. The power came back on and the band finished the song. The song was met with wild applause and a standing ovation.

A proud parent shot video of this performance and UCA is happy to share it with you. Enjoy.