Vintage Days week kicks off
By JENNA NIELSEN
Fresno State showed its ‘wild side’ at the annual Casino
Night in the University Student Union Thursday.
A Walk on the Wild Side is this year’s theme for Vintage Days, which
runs Thursday and goes through Sunday.
Casino Night had a western theme complete with a recreated saloon and
students and members of the public tried their luck at blackjack and Texas
hold ‘em.
“I was in the USU studying and decided to come upstairs when I got
done with my study group,” said Kristine Taco Taco, a junior kinesiology
major.
Raul Hernandez, a senior business major, attempts to hold on to
the mechanical bull ride at the Student Union on Thursday.
Photo by Joseph Hollak |
Taco Taco went on to win a raffle four times in a row. “This is
way more fun than studying,” she said.
Student co-coordinator Chelsea Silva said admission was free, and for
$3 a person, patrons got $1,500 in play money. She also said complimentary
chips, salsa, water and soda were provided for all who went.
Frankie Moore adviser for Vintage Days said prizes for those who won included
DVD and CD players, various gift baskets and a Vintage Days gift pack
that included a water bottle, pen, magnet, Frisbee and T-shirt.
Thrill-seekers got a chance to ride a mechanical bull for $3.
“I came to play poker with my friends and then saw the mechanical
bull and decided to ride it,” said Ron Pizano, a senior enology
major. “It was fast and fun,” he said.
Freshman Javon Burris said he had never ridden the mechanical bull before.
“It was fun and I would do it again,” he said.
“It was fun, but it is a lot harder than it looks,” said Danielle
Flowers, a senior criminology major.
There was also a karaoke contest where the first-prize winner received
$150. Second place took home $75 and third place $25.
Senior music major Lindsay Rynda was one of the contestants and she sang
Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You.”
Michael Horta, a senior business major made the audience go wild when
he sang, “I Heard it Through the Grapevine.”
Freshman vocal performance major Adam Matthew Fernandez sang “Any
Dream Will Do,” from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Other events at Casino Night included a raffle and an opportunity for
patrons to take an old western style “wanted for $2,005” picture.
Biology major Angelina Carrasco took the picture with a friend and played
a lot of the games.
“We played blackjack and won all these tickets,” Carrasco
said. “I like the music, all the people and the fact that we won
prizes.”
Student director for Vintage Days Benito Cardenas said every year all
the coordinators get to decide what the theme for Casino Night will be.
“We try and make the theme fit with the overall theme of Vintage
Days,” he said.
The event was co-sponsored by the Fresno State Alumni Association and
AJ’s Tuxedo Junction.
Events going on every day at this year’s Vintage Days include a
crafts fair, the Boomtown Carnival and a kid’s zone with arts &
crafts, pony rides, a petting zoo and other rides.
Friday is salsa night and from 6:30p.m. to midnight, there will be various
activities such as salsa dancing, lessons and live music.
Saturday will feature live bands at the concert stage and a battle of
the bands in the Satellite Student Union from 7p.m. to 11p.m.
Tickets are $5 in advance for students.
For a complete schedule of events, pick up a copy of the Vintage Press
in the University Student Union.
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