AndrewHeywoodApril12010

=GIRLS GONE WILD ROCK THE FERMAN CENTER=

By: Andrew Heywood heywooda@students.nescom.edu The Girls Gone Wild tour was the tour for musicians [|Amanda Duncan] and [|Joanna Burns] of New Jersey. In the past they have performed together as Red Rover, but are no solo acts. By working through the [|National Association for Collegiate Activities] and using the tour name Girls Gone Wild, they have been able to land such gigs as the one at Husson.
 * Bangor, ME** - The Girls Gone Wild tour came through  Husson University  on Tuesday, March 30. However, it was not the typical Girls Gone Wild tour one may think of. There was no stripping, but there were loud performances and a small crowd gathered around two talented women.

“We are not //the// Girls Gone Wild, but hey, it does get attention” said Amanda Duncan of the interesting choice of tour name. Looking at the tour schedule for the two, it seems to be working. Before arriving at Husson they were in Cambridge, Massachusetts at Lesley College. For Tuesday they were to be back in New Jersey for another show at Ramapo College.

Amanda Duncan tweeted before the show at Husson University’s Ferman Center, “Driving through Maine…really hope I get to see a moose.” She had no such luck, but did have luck on the stage. A small crowd of no more than a dozen was in attendance. The crowd welcomed her with open arms, and probably more importantly, open ears.

Duncan considers herself pretty fortunate to be able to be touring, having doing so for the past six years. As far as hopes and dreams Duncan says, “I just want to be able to have a house and make a living. Or even like you would call a cult following.” The other half of the show Joanna Burns has similar dreams. Besides being the self claimed “Rock, Paper, Scissors Champ”, she is enjoying being a musician on the road.

“I wouldn’t mind being a tour with a bigger name than myself”, said Burns after the show. The road to music stardom can be a long and rough one. Like anything it has to be taken one step at a time.

“I have done more shows this year, through NACA,” says Burns. She went on to say that she has been scheduled for roughly 30 shows between January and April.

The show itself spanned between original songs and covers. Burns’ cover of Lady GaGa’s “Poker Face” had the small crowd in a near frenzy. During Burns’ set she asked Duncan to come back onstage to do a song with her.

The two told the story of how they were once a duo. However the name they went by, Red Rover, caused some drama between another group that had apparently been using the name long before them. To solve that they each “killed each other and our now re-incarnated as solo acts.” Together on the stage they played Michael Jackson’s hit song, “Bad.”

Burn’s also played a melody of 90’s era and older musicians. Comparing it to “a rocket full of divas” before she began the number. The both had amazing voices and personalities after the show they stuck around to hang out with the few that did attend. According to Burns and Duncan it was not their first visit to Husson. Hopefully for those who enjoyed the show, it will not be their last visit.