The newly revived literary magazine, Reveille, has been actively working out ways to publicize their annual magazine and is hosting their first-ever creative arts festival today.
The main purpose of it is to “try to raise community and student awareness,” sponsor and English teacher Joyana Peters said. The event will also help raise money to keep the club going.
However, a challenge the club is facing is that it is “having a hard time raising money to put into the festival even before [they] could get anything out of it,” Peters said.
Peter also cited some limitations on the types of fundraisers clubs can implement.
Nevertheless, the group has incorporated some innovative ideas like open mic, which allows people to read original literature pieces, and a cake walk—a musical chairs-like game that awards baked goodies as prizes.
The festival showcases the many different creative arts clubs and courses offered at Marshall. Reveille is collaborating with some of them to put together the festival.
Theatre will be debuting their original student-written one act, orchestra will send small bands to play musical numbers, art club will put their works out for display.
“The Creative Arts Festival is organized into sub-events like the film festival, art walk, and hands-on art activity,” Reveille editor sophomore Maggie Schumann said.
“It has been a lot fun to see how each club member puts their own individual spin on their event,” Schumann said.
Among the work Reveille has put into the preparations for this event, they worked to make it more student accessible by incorporating activities for everyone.
Peters and the members stressed the fact that the festival is going to be more student-oriented and have some activities for everyone.
“I hope this will be the first of an annual tradition,” Schumann said.
“It’s not going to be a nerdy school activity,” Peters said. “With so many departments and clubs represented, there is going to be something for everyone.”