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Written by Dan England
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Friday, 05 October 2007 |
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 Although Jaime Ingrisano is really excited about the event she and Sara Velencich cooked up for the University of Northern Colorado, she gets a little frustrated at times.
The two resident assistants at Harrison Hall, after all, want to break the world record for the number of people participating in a pillow fight.
No, not THAT kind of pillow fight.
“It’s been so hard to find clip art for this for posters and stuff,” Ingrisano said. “You Google ‘pillow fight,’ and, well...”
OK, so let’s set the record straight. Everyone, not just sorority girls wearing teddies, are welcome to participate in the pillow fight as a way to celebrate Homecoming Week at UNC. Teddies, in fact, are discouraged, although sorority girls aren’t. They’re going to need a lot of people. The current record is 3,648 held by SUNY Albany. But Albany had only 4,000 more students than UNC, so Ingrisano thinks it’s possible.
To entice students to come out, or anyone, really, they’re bringing a band, The Forecast, just signed to Victory Records, and the band hopes to use footage from the pillow fight for its video. Once you sign a waiver saying you won’t sue if you’re hit a little too hard with a pillow, you can fight with the band and then listen to them.
“The band wanted to know if they could pillow fight with us,” Ingrisano said, “and I said sure, that was four more people to help us break the record.”
The benefit is free, but a $1 donation will help Miles4Smiles, a UNC-founded charity that funds children’s cancer research. Kids can come if their parents sign waivers for them.
The pillow fight should last 10 minutes, unless things really get going, and then the concert will start.
Despite the slight problems with marketing, Ingrisano has high hopes for the event.
“I say I’m excited a lot, but that’s because I am,” she said. “I think about it 24/7, and it’s all I talk about.”
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PILLOW FIGHT
Want to help break the world record for number of people involved in a pillow fight? Show up at 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11 at the University of Northern Colorado’s Garden Theater, on 10th Avenue between 16th and 20th streets in Greeley. The pillow fight starts at 5:30 p.m., and The Forecast is scheduled to play at 6:15 p.m. The fight is free but donations of $1 to help Miles4Smiles, a UNC-founded charity that funds cancer research, are encouraged. | Only registered users can write comments.
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