MAFia MANia (Music Appreciation Night)

Karaoke and Just Dance sponsored by LAF!!

Date: 7:30 PM on Friday, September 6, 2024

Laf’s Got Talent 2024
This years talent show featured acts such as a piano solo from Leo Ontiveros, a performance from the Lafayette Corduroys, and a clarinet duet featuring our VP of Communication Emily Rice, and we raised over $100 dollars for the J. Larry Stockton Scholarship in the process!
 
Lip Sync 2023
Our Annual Lip Sync was a huge success this year, featuring guest judges Professor Walter Wadiak, Professor Christia Kelleher and Professor Brooks Thomas.  The 9 different acts were all excellent, but in the end a rousing performance of took home the victory.
 
 
Music Video Exploration Night – Fall 2020

The rules: the next music video must be visually related to the previous video (i.e. both videos feature a cool hat; both videos are animated, etc.).  As per tradition, we begin with “Salsa Tequila”.

“Ferris Wheel”   -Sylvin Esso     

“Dead Crush”   -AltJ        

“Elastic Heart”  -Sia 

“The Mesopotamians” -They Might Be Giants   

“Tranquility base hotel and casino” -Arctic Monkeys  

“WAP” -Cardi B  

“Look what you made me do” -Taylor Swift

“Pain”      -War on Drugs   

“Makeba”      -Jain  

“Grace Kelly”     -Mika 

“TGIF”   -K.T Perry      

“Uptown Girl” -Billie Joel 

“Stylo”        -Gorillaz      

“Give it away” -RHCP   

“This is america” -Childish Gambino  

“Something I need” -OneRepublic

“Camouflage” -The Front Bottoms 

“Season 2 episode 3” – Glass Animals

“Watermelon Sugar” – Harry Styles

“Shia Lebouf” – Rob Cantor

“Big Enough” – Kirin J Callinan

Music Video Exploration Night – Spring 2020

The rules: the next music video must be visually related to the previous video (i.e. both videos feature a cool hat; both videos are animated, etc.).  As per tradition, we begin with “Salsa Tequila”.

The journey of our music video rabbit hole:

Anders Nilsen – Salsa Tequila
Panic! At The Disco – Girls/Girls/Boys
Gotye – Somebody That I Used to Know –
AJR – Sober Up
Kiss – Beth
Fountains of Wayne – Stacy’s mom
21 pilots – Chlorine
Real Estate – Its Real
Mika – Popular Song
Ylvis – Stonehenge
Coin – talk too much
Macklemore – downtown
Manchester Orchestra – Simple Math
Childish Gambino – This is America
OneRepublic – Rescue Me
Bombo Estereo – Soy Yo
Jungle – Platoon
RED HANDS – Walk Off the Earth
Bart Baker – Sugar Parody
Smash Mouth – All Star
Coldplay – The Scientist
Amine – Caroline
Dr Jean – Dr Jean’s Banana Dance
 
Lip Sync and Air Band Competition – Fall 2019

The Fall 2019 Lip Sync and Air Band Competition was another fun-filled, high-energy success! The competition featured guest judges Professors Chris Hawley, Annemarie Exharos, Joseph Woo, and Gary Gordon.

Participants from both on and off the floor performed a variety of songs for the audience in Farinon Atrium.  The winning performance was “You and Me, but Mostly Me” from The Book of Mormon, with Eartha Kitt’s “Santa Baby” coming in second and “Wake Me up Before You Go-Go” by Wham! in third. 

We raised $284.50 for the Save the Music Foundation, which works to keep music education in public schools.  Thank you to everyone who performed, judged, and attended, and especially to everyone who donated!

 

Music Video Exploration Night – Fall 2019

The rules: the next music video must be visually related to the previous video (i.e. both videos feature a cool hat; both videos are animated, etc.).  As per tradition, we begin with “Salsa Tequila”.

The journey of our music video rabbit hole:

  • Anders Nilsen – “Salsa Tequila”
  • Clipping – “Summertime”
  • Hozier – “Take Me to Church”
  • Lil Naz X – “Panini”
  • Justin Timberlake – “Filthy”
  • One Direction – “Best Day Ever”
  • High School Musical – “Stick to the Status Quo”
  • Two Cellos – “Thunderstruck”
  • Lonely Island – “Jack Sparrow”
  • d moll – “Heaven”
  • The Hooters – “I’m Alive”
  • Streetlight Manifesto – “We Will Fall Together”
  • Panic! At The Disco – “Emperors New Clothes”
  • The Menzingers – “America (You’re Freaking Me Out)”
  • Lonely Island – “Incredibad”
  • Bryant Oden – “The Duck Song”
  • bobbaforce – “Ron Baker the Rap Song”
  • High School Musical – “Getcha Head in the Game”
  • OK Go – “Obsession”
  • Portugal, the Man – “Sleep Forever”
  • Harry Styles – “Kiwi”
  • Jon Lajoie – “I Kill People”
  • Feeki – “High Road”
  • Ed Sheeran – “I Don’t Care”
  • Lil Naz X – “Old Town Road”
  • Kirin J Callinan – “Big Enough”
 
Lip Sync and Air Band Competition – Saturday, April 6th at 7pm in Farinon atrium 

The Spring 2019 Lip Sync and Air Band Competition was another fun-filled, high-energy success! The competition featured guest judges Professor Alex Brown, Professor Jonathan Steffens, and Professor Amy Van Asselt.

Participants from both on and off the floor performed a variety of songs for the audience in Farinon Atrium.  The winning performance was “Shoop” by Salt N Pepa, with “Snow Miser & Heat Miser” from A Miser Brothers’ Christmas coming in second and “Seagulls (Stop It Now!)”, a Bad Lip Reading of The Empire Strikes Back, in third. 

We raised over $300 for VH1 Save the Music Foundation, which works to keep music education in public schools.  Thank you to everyone who performed, judged, and attended, and especially to everyone who donated!

 

Music Video Exploration Night – Spring 2019

The rules: the next music video must be visually related to the previous video (i.e. both videos feature a cool hat; both videos are animated, etc.).  As per tradition, we begin with “Salsa Tequila”.

The journey of our music video rabbit hole:

  • Anders Nilsen – “Salsa Tequila”
  • Diddy, Dirty Money, ft Skylar Grey – “Coming Home”
  • Portugal. The Man – “The Dead Dog”
  • The Wonder Years – “Sister Cities”
  • Muse – “Uprising”
  • Stomae – “Papaoutai”
  • Sigala – “Easy Love”
  • Rudimental ft Alex Clare and John Newman – “Not Giving In”
  • Joji – “Slow Dancing in the Dark”
  • Billie Ellish – “Bury a Friend”
  • Hozier – “Dinner and Diatribes”
  • Dan Croll – “From Nowhere”
  • AWOLNATION – “Kill Your Heros”
  • Young Thug – “Wyclef Jean”
  • Matchbox Twenty – “She’s So Mean”
  • Avenged Sevenfold – “Almost Easy”
  • Panic! at the Disco – “Emperor’s New Clothes
  • The Ron Baker Rap Song
  • Feeki – “High Road”
  • Jon Lejoie – “I Kill People”
  • “Out for a Rip”
  • Kirin J Callinan – “Big Enough”
  • They Might Be Giants – “Spoiler Alert”
  • Talking Heads – ” Once in a Lifetime”
  • Napolean XIV – “They’re Coming to Take Me Away”
  • Suicidal Tendencies – “Institutionalized”
  • Alexander Rybak – “Leave Me Alone”
  • Evanescence – “My Immortal”
  • Lana Del Rey – “Love”
 
 
Lip Sync and Air Band Competition – Friday, November 2nd at 7pm in Farinon atrium 
The Fall 2018 Lip Sync and Air Band Competition took place on Friday, November 2nd at 7 pm in the Farinon Atrium. The competition featured guest judges Professor Jason Simms, Professor Aseel Bala, and Professor Trent Gaugler.

There were a many participants this year from on and off the floor who performed a variety of songs.  The winning performance was a 2000s Medley by Todrick Hall, with “Footloose” coming in second place and “Won’t Say I’m in Love” from Hercules in third.  

With the support residence life, WJRH, the Lafayette community, and all the Easton businesses that donated to the raffle, we were able put on a fun event  made for a great cause.

 

Music Video Exploration Night – Fall 2018

The rules: the next music video must be visually related to the previous video (i.e. both videos feature a cool hat; both videos are animated, etc.).  As per tradition, we begin with “Salsa Tequila”.

The journey of our music video rabbit hole:

  • Anders Nilsen – “Salsa Tequila”
  • Nickleback – “This Afternoon”
  • Blink 182 – “Man Overboard”
  • Alt J – “Pleader”
  • Sabaton – “Uprising”
  • Pup – “DVP”
  • Radiohead – “Paranoid Android”
  • Alt J – “In Cold Blood”
  • Fall Out Boy – “The Phoenix”
  • Panic! at the Disco – “This is Gospel”
  • The Greatest Showman: Movie Cast – “Rewrite the Stars”
  • Rub Ne Bana Di Jordi: Movie Cast – “Dance Pe Chance”
  • High School Musical: Movie Cast – “The Boys are Back”
  • Panic! at the Disco – “That Green Gentleman”
  • Trombone Shorty – “Do it to Me”
  • Balkan Beat Box – “Dancing with the Moon”
  • George Ezra – “Listen to the Man”
  • Injury Reserve – “All this Money”
  • Anderson .Paak – “Bubblin”
  • Janelle Manae – “Make Me Feel”
  • James Bay – “Pink Lemonade”
  • I Don’t Know How But They Found Me – “Modern Day Cain”
  • Lucky Chops – “Problem”
  • Cro – “Meine Gang”
  • Jon Lejoie – “I Kill People”