{"id":6467,"date":"2024-08-28T16:08:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T16:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=6467"},"modified":"2024-08-28T16:09:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T16:09:17","slug":"silent-disco-draws-students-to-packed-dance-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2024\/08\/28\/silent-disco-draws-students-to-packed-dance-floor\/","title":{"rendered":"Silent Disco draws students to packed dance floor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TROY, Ala. (<a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TROJANVISION<\/a>) \u2014 Students got to bust a move silently during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.troy.edu\/student-life-resources\/groups-organizations\/student-government-association\/troy-sga\/welcome-week\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Welcome Week<\/a> Silent Disco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students put on headphones and danced while listening to their favorite beats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s really a fun interactive event you get to be around a lot of people,&#8221; student Ashirya Timmons said. &#8220;It&#8217;s music. People are dancing. I&#8217;m very excited for this semester, meeting new people, just joining more clubs and getting myself out there more.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome Week Director Sarah Jane Houston said Silent Disco can help students unwind from what can be a stressful start of the new semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Really hope that students can come out have a good time, enjoy some free food, some fellowship, some free drinks and unwind after the stressful start of the school year. We have a lot of variety of music for them to listen to so there&#8217;s something that everybody can get out of this event.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2024\/08\/22\/students-get-creative-during-tie-dye-and-paint-night\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>WELCOME WEEK:<\/strong> Students get creative during Tie Dye and Paint Night<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although some students already knew what to expect, others didn&#8217;t fully understand the concept until the headphones came out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Being new, like a graduate student here in Troy, there are a lot of events that is happening around here and I was pretty excited to know about the Silent Disco that normally don&#8217;t happen in Nepal so it was really exciting to me,&#8221; international student Yagya Pakhrel said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;These past two weeks have been super fun,&#8221; Houston told TrojanVision. &#8220;I think a lot of people are able to meet friends through these events, have a good time and really start to get comfortable here at Troy University.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Welcome Week Committee hopes students continue to attend their last few events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) \u2014 Students got to bust a move silently during Welcome Week Silent Disco.<\/p>\n<p>Students put on headphones and danced while listening to their favorite beats.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s really a fun interactive event you get to be around a lot of people,&#8221; student Ashirya Timmons said. &#8220;It&#8217;s music. People are dancing. 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