78FALL SOCIAL CLUBS CLUB CREATIVITY WAS ALIVE and thriving in fall 2021 when various social clubs produced original works and covers of music to highlight the members’ talent and imagination. Men’s social club Knights held a reputation for creating music albums, which inspired the beaux of women’s social club Pi Theta Phi (PTP) to develop one of their own. Senior Mary Kathryn Ascencio shared that the idea was conceived the previous semester. “As soon as I was voted in as beaux mom, they came up to me and said that we had to do an album next semester,” Ascencio said. “We kind of had it cooking in our heads over the summer.” When they returned to campus for the fall semester, Ascencio and the beaux met to collaborate about the album. The album covers were inspired by an American singersongwriter beloved by PTP— Taylor Swift. Swift produced nine albums over her career, and the nine beaux each selected a song from an album. Before recording began, PTP beauxed three sophomores who were featured on the album, including Austin Taylor. “It was exciting to get to work with the other beaux,” Taylor said. “They already had this planned and wanted to include us too on this big project. Literally three days after we were beauxed, we recorded it at the Reynolds.” The beaux brought their energy and excitement to give back to the women of Pi Theta Phi. Senior Connor Newsom orchestrated the project from start to finish, recording and editing in the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Music and Communication. The beaux coordinated schedules, memorized lyrics and created the covers before the surprise release date on Oct. 4, 2021. Newsom was excited that the beaux united to build relationships with each other and honor PTP. “It was a goodbye memento,” Newsom said. “It’s really sad to leave, but you are leaving something behind that you poured a lot into for the people that you love. I hope that this project will be repeated and talked about in PTP for years to come.” WRITTEN BY HANNAH DILES Pi Theta Phi beaux record an album with covers of Taylor Swift songs. Taylor 15.2% 15.6% 20% 18.1% 31.1% Favorite Taylor Swift Era RED FEARLESS 1989 FOLKLORE/EVERMORE OTHER *Votes collected from the student body
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