The University LipDub video produced at Grand Valley will premiere
on the giant video screen at Lubbers Stadium, immediately following
Grand Valley's Homecoming football game on Saturday, October 9,
against Northern Michigan.
The song "Come Sail Away," by Styx, was selected for
Grand Valley's project, which includes more than a dozen locations and
celebrates the university's 50th Anniversary. Performers include
President Thomas J. Haas and Marcia Knapp Haas, Louie the Laker, the
national champion Rowing Crew, ballroom dancers and student
organizations, individual students, faculty members and staff.
"Nothing of this magnitude has been attempted by any other
university so far," said Kim Roberts, associate professor in the
School of Communications and project supervisor.
The international LipDub project began at Hochschule Furtwangen,
a university in Germany, with a challenge to other schools. The idea
is to choose a song that participants can lip sync and then shoot an
entertaining video of the performance in one, continuous take, without
cuts or editing. Grand Valley students Chris Coleman and Greg Kort
took up the challenge and worked out the details with Roberts.
Read more in an editorial from the October 4 Lanthorn
about how one event sparked the interest of such a broad group of the
GVSU population. Click here.
Following the premiere, the video will be available for viewing on
the Grand Valley website, www.gvsu.edu/lipdub, and will
also be posted on the international LipDup website.
