Junior Adam Tebben and other members of the Zeta Chi fraternity can’t remember how long they have hosted Polyeuphony. He isn’t even sure what the word means.
He just knows the event has been an annual fundraiser since before his time as a Zeta Chi.
This year’s concert, which raises money to benefit the American Cancer Society, featured 10 different bands and took place Saturday. The bands played throughout the day, and Baker sophomore Bryce Lathrop was on the list to perform some of his original songs.
“Adam Tebben just asked me about a month before when they started to get people to perform,” Lathrop said. “I wrote some of my own songs, and it was my first live show in front of people.”
Lathrop, who attended the event last year, was nervous because it was the first time he performed his own songs. He also performed two other songs and a duet with sophomore Eric Loux.
“I just knew it was the first time most of my stuff was going to be played, and I was nervous to play live,” Lathrop said. “I just didn’t want to forget all the words.”
Sophomore Catherine Sailler helped Tebben find some of the bands that played and suggested her boyfriend’s band, American Low Life, play at the event. Her boyfriend is University of Kansas graduate Ryan Rettig.
"I just told (the band) it was for a good cause, and they said alright," she said.<br/>This was the second year that Sailler attended Polyeuphony. She went last year because she had friends in the fraternity.This was the second year that Sailler attended Polyeuphony. She went last year because she had friends in the fraternity.
This was the second year that Sailler attended Polyeuphony. She went last year because she had friends in the fraternity.
“I know all the guys in the house, and I was there the whole time,” Sailler said.
Although Tebben hadn’t counted up the total profits of the event, he was happy with the number of people that came out to support the fraternity’s philanthropy.
He thought that compared to some years, more people came out to watch, but it was a “come and go” kind of thing.
“We made at least a couple hundred between the donated and the food sales,” Tebben said. “It was just a lot of fun. It was fun to see the different people’s music.”