'Last Blast Weekend' Starts Thursday

Thursday, April 19 will be the start of “Last Blast Weekend” at PBA.  Every student is ready to celebrate before final exams with concerts, games, food, sports and fun. 

 

Weekend relaxing at the dorms

Thursday Happenings: You can start shouting for joy at 8 p.m. at the Todd Agnew concert at First Baptist Church. Or, if superstar Christian worship singers aren’t enough, you can go to the Spring Dance Concert featuring the PBA Dance Ensemble 7:30 p.m. at the Crest Theatre in Delray Beach.  Plus, there is another event at the Norton Museum of Art from 7 to 9 p.m. featuring PBA Alum Kristen Alyce to advocate her Garbage Gone Glam cause. I will be there, along with 20 other girls modeling her dress creations.   

Friday Events: If you’re not worn out from Thursday, start your grills up for the annual Burger Cook-Off at 4 p.m. on the Rinker Green.  Of course, the event is always busy with hungry college students.  Then at 5 p.m. you can work off that food by watching the annual Strong Man Competition outside the Green Complex – with ladies competing, too!  To wrap the Friday up (yes, this is still Friday’s activities), hundreds of students will get washed up, dressed and out with their friends by 8 p.m. for the Spring Fling dance at the Box Event Hall. 

With all these amazing activities Friday, I can't make it to any because I will be spending that afternoon in the car with my family.  This is not too unfortunate though as I headed to my older brother’s Flagler College graduation ceremony early Saturday morning celebrating the weekend in St. Augustine, Fla. My older brother and I have been great friends since diapers.  We have a lot in common being only three years apart. Though, I often forget how three years makes a huge difference with wisdom and experience, especially now that he is graduating.



Weekend exploring wonders of West Palm

This will truly be a “Last Blast Weekend” for me because I will be celebrating the “Last Blast Weekend” of my brother’s undergraduate life, even though I have to miss the actual events at PBA. Moreover, this “Last Blast Weekend” talk is a constant reminder that the end of the school year is approaching here at PBA, with finals right around the corner. For me, going to my brother’s graduation is a reminder of why we celebrate these weekends at PBA.  As students here, we work hard in college each year to reach the ultimate “Last Blast Weekend” of our graduation from Palm Beach Atlantic University.

So while I’m celebrating at my brother’s graduation, what are your plans to celebrate “Last Blast Weekend” at PBA?