A sea of purple tie-dye could be seen all day Saturday in front of the Sigma Nu fraternity house, where 11 bands took turns rocking two stages to help raise money for the Christopher Reeve Foundation at the annual Sunset Revival.
The main stage was set up on the front lawn at the bottom of the hill, and the second stage was tucked away in the back between two basketball goals.
Ben Meyer, sophomore in business management and Sigma Nu's organizer for the event, said the day went well overall; and more than $7,000 was raised for the Christopher Reeve Foundation. The foundation is dedicated to curing spinal-cord injury by funding innovative research and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis through grants, information and advocacy, according to the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Web site.
"The biggest thing I was concerned with was weather," Meyer said. "[The weather] turned out well."
Meyer also said more than 3,000 people attended the event and 1,000 people were at the concert at any given time.
The event started at 11 a.m., but the lawn didn't start to fill until about 2 p.m. Not many attendees arrived solo. Attendees in purple shirts arrived in droves when Lloyd Likes Mike, a local band, started playing.
While still warming up, Lloyd Likes Mike preformed a quick version of the theme song from the popular TV show "The Office."
Many of the "Sunsetters" spent the afternoon hanging out with friends.
Joey Harper, freshman in business management, attended Sunset Revival for the first time. Harper said he enjoyed being outside and hanging out with his friends.
Because the Sunset Revival is a well-attended annual event, there also was a great deal of anticipation leading up to the event.
Harper and like most of the other first-timers, said he didn't know how the day would turnout.
"I didn't know what to expect," Harper said. "I did expect that it was going to be a good time."
