58 Social Clubs The RENAISSANCE Men’s social club Knights releases country music album. When fall 2020 social club activities were paused due to COVID-19, president of men’s social club Knights senior Easton Davis called on members to channel creative energy. They called this phase in the club’s history “The Renaissance,” because it demanded a renewal of ideas for the club. “I made a post on our Facebook page calling the club out for a lack of energy, and the club responded,” Davis said. “The post became a massive brainstorming session on how we can create COVID-19 energy, and then we followed through. Once we complete a project– [the] country album is the first of many– we want to market it very well in order to encourage ourselves, and honestly, campus as a whole, that we can still have fun with increased restrictions.” Junior Cody Porter was one of the Knights members involved with the production of the album. “Thomas Burke had the initial idea to do an album,” Porter said. “Then, he put up a poll for the genre, and country won out. I know how to edit music and always like stepping up to help the club in any way, so I offered to help edit. Myself and Connor Park recorded and edited all the songs, and I even hopped in on a song with Coleman Bevill. It was a ton of fun.” Junior Thomas Burke conceived and pursued the idea of creating a club country music album. “Inspiration comes so easily whenever we’re together,” Burke said. “I had the job of organizing and putting together a country album, and two weeks to do it. We made it on time, and that’s mainly because of how well everyone worked together for it. Isaac Foster made the album cover, about four guys worked on editing and producing the songs and we had about 20 different singers across all the songs.” Within the first day of publication, the album received about 3,000 track plays. “It’s been one of my favorite things we’ve done since I joined the club, and it’s this kind of personality that brought me to Knights in the first place,” Burke said. story by Ellie Shelton KNIGHTS
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