IMA Meeting- Feb. 16th

IMA held the second meeting of February in MGB 101A last night. Despite the rainy conditions, many students still came to enjoy the music showed off by the others.

The meeting started with auditions for ODU's annual March of Dimes event, which is held to raise funds for the research of premature birth defects and negative causes of early births. Four IMA members Brian Jerry, Kymani Dunn, Shamir Epps and John Dawson. Coordinators for the March of Dimes event were looking for live music to be included in the approx. 2 hour event. Last year's event showcased many student performers that did either original music or covers of popular love songs. Also featured were poets, artists and dancers, and all types of art are being searched for new performers for this year's event.

The rest of the meeting was filled with new tracks, some made even the same day of the meeting. Members applauded each others' works and gave constructive feedback on becoming better.

Artist "Cools Miliyan" performed a rap track in front of the group (and in front of an audience) for the first time. Although nervous and unsure at the start, he showed his passion for his verses once he felt comfortable.

" I'm really new to all this so I've never really performed in front of anyone before. It's something I want to get better at," he commented after his performance. All members showed a tight support which will hopefully ease Cools'  next performance.

Seeing how welcoming long-time members were to the new performers was refreshing, and just shows how inviting this association is to new faces. Be sure to come out to the next IMA meeting on March 1st to parttake.